The woes of an aspiring entrepreneur and starving college student...

I was thinking the same. VISA/MC protect the consumer, is there any way you can protect yourself as a merchant? Some sort of business insurance maybe?

That actually sounds quite interesting...although I could see people developing businesses structured to specifically bankrupt/rob this particular insurance company.
 


Whatever you do, don't watch the Disney channel with your girlfriend's sister. It's absolutely horrible.
 
Hello friend,

Maybe if he buy lplockdown from NickyCake it help? I just joke.

But for be serious there lot scum online who want steal all you money and bankrupt you when you try make money online. Have for be careful.

Good luck bro

I fucking love you man
 
I was thinking the same. VISA/MC protect the consumer, is there any way you can protect yourself as a merchant? Some sort of business insurance maybe?

yes, there are plenty of 'chargeback insurance' providers for online merchants.
 
best way to track them is to find out if you can get the devices' serial numbers. If they ever turn up (they will probably be sold for cheap), trace it back that way.
 
This can't be a rare or very isolated case at all.

Try to figure out how some other big ticket merchants prevent such scams.
 
That was so unfortunate to hear, dude. I hope everything will be fine so you can get back on track as soon as possible. Good luck!
 
On your site you could add Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode. You could contact Fedex or UPS and see if they can enable a policy where if a package cannot be delivered at the address on file it is returned to the sender and not held at a hub.
 
On your site you could add Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode. You could contact Fedex or UPS and see if they can enable a policy where if a package cannot be delivered at the address on file it is returned to the sender and not held at a hub.

UPS always did this after 3 delivery attempts or immediately if it was a bogus address. DHL made three attempts then sat on it! Blows my mind.
 
Ok... but all you did was submit an online form.

Grab a lawyer, visit the police station together, and demand they open an investigation. Not sure where in Canada you are, but if you're in (or close to) a major city, they more than likely have a cyber crimes division there. Visit it in person. Bring all logs, and details of the order that you can.

If they refuse to open an investigation, maybe contact a couple media outlets, and let them know how useless the police are. Doubtful they'll pick it up as a story, but you never know.

I mean, the guy got away with it this time, so he's obviously going to do it again. See if you can work with the police to lay some bait, and try to catch him. Once caught, just hope you can connect the guy to your theft somehow, and maybe get your funds back.

Or you can just go the vigilante route, try to bait him yourself, then pay the Hell's Angels or someone to take care of it, and get your money back. They can be pretty convincing, I've heard. :)

I am probably going to consult with an attorney and see what I can do. Assholes faxed IDs that had a matching address on them as the billing as the card used. Everything matched. This guy/group raped me.

I should probably troll CL and see if the guy is trying to sell the product, try and set up a "meeting" to get the shit and have the cops show up instead :)
 
I am probably going to consult with an attorney and see what I can do. Assholes faxed IDs that had a matching address on them as the billing as the card used. Everything matched. This guy/group raped me.

I should probably troll CL and see if the guy is trying to sell the product, try and set up a "meeting" to get the shit and have the cops show up instead :)
If you were smart about business, you would be figuring out how to make more money, not how to get even.

There is no justice in the world, shed yourself of that childish naivety. Sometimes you just get shit on. The question is whether you want to keep rolling around in shit, or you want to clean yourself off.
 
I am probably going to consult with an attorney and see what I can do. Assholes faxed IDs that had a matching address on them as the billing as the card used. Everything matched. This guy/group raped me.

I should probably troll CL and see if the guy is trying to sell the product, try and set up a "meeting" to get the shit and have the cops show up instead :)

These guys are social engineers, you are easy pickings. Doesn't matter what you start to sell or what you start to do, if you don't cover your ass it will get mercilessly raped.

Lucky for you, I am offering consulting services on the matter for the humble fee of $199/hour.
 
If you were smart about business, you would be figuring out how to make more money, not how to get even.

There is no justice in the world, shed yourself of that childish naivety. Sometimes you just get shit on. The question is whether you want to keep rolling around in shit, or you want to clean yourself off.

I am going to make this my fucking sig.. thanks G