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[gbohrn]

I am curious what are the major steps to filing a fraud suit against a supplier who does not deliver. I want to make sure if I go this route with one of my supplier that I not only handle all the legal angles, but Shame them in ever prominent forum or venue I can put a post in. The supplier is in the USA. Let me know your thoughts and all angles to make this company not only pay me back, but to destroy their credibility in the market place. As I have not been able to get past their receptionist to a real person in over a week, I am considering more drastic measures. If I have to, this will be the first forum I lay my case against the company and name and shame them appropriately. Thank you all for any input. Hoping this will become a long message thread to help all of us in this kind of situation.

[mkidderenterpri]

Why don't you make a post in the name & shame section of this forum with their company details and transaction details and the members will help you and will bring shame to their name.

[tantk]

gborn, I am sorry to hear you were scammed again. If I am not wrong, I have seen several other

posts from you saying you have lost money as well. Could it be you are chasing for too

good and sweet a deal and in the process of trying to maximise your profits, you lose your money

instead ?

If you have noticed, the name and shame forums only bring awareness and highlights a problem to

everyone who participates in this forum. There are thousands of forums out there and others are still

none the wiser.

It will however not stop the scammer from trading under another name or re-appearing under another

name altogether once their scheme is exposed. I am not saying everyone or every company that

runs into money problems is running some big scam but obviously alot of people keep loosing

money.

If you have lost money, the best way is to take them to court, file a proper lawsuit and have their

assets seized or the person made a bankrupt. It is a long drawn process and it will cost you

more money but that is the only way of a good chance of having the matter settled and you get

back some money. If you can get all money back then it is great else a little is better than nothing

at all.

All the name bashing and all doesn't really help. This only lets you vent your frustration which is good

to a certain point but after the dust settles, the underlining problem is still there.

Take for example alibaba.com, there are so many scammers out there. If you look at the complaints

section, alot of "companies" are being named and shamed but then new "companies" emerge and

the scamming continues. It never ends.

So if you feel you have a valid case then you have to weigh the pros and cons. If it is worth all the

effort then taking it all the way through the courts. Like many others in this forum have said, any

other method just causes alot of confusion, blows alot of smoke but when the dust settles, it starts

all over again.

File a lawsuit and kick their a**.

[mkidderenterpri]

It's always worth the effort, but a lot of times, even a attempting at a lawsuit does no good!!

[gbohrn]

Actually the pricing on the products were in the right category. Others had purchase from the suppliers I'm having problems with and received products. The problem with 2 of the suppliers I'm dealing with is they changed their suppliers and got the shaft, which in turn got us the shaft. I've got a group of customers together an filed a group lawsuit to spread the cost around. There are plenty of scammers out there and those I've managed to get around by analyzing what the market cost of the products I've been trying to acquire are. Anyway, there are alot of people who got the shaft this last fall/winter season. It's unfortunate, but that's life.

[mkidderenterpri]

The amount of money successfully scammed always goes up near Christmas because people become very desperate for products and are more willing to send cash.