This hapened to me on March 21.
As a Tourist, I went to this Electronic & computers Store on 259 East Flagler St.in Miami to ask for a company I was told I could send a T. V to Colombia through them. A guy by the name of Eduardo, seemed to be the owner, told me he could take care of it, sending the TV to Colombia with no extra charges if I bought the Tv from his store. I showed interest in a hp laptop as well. He told me that he had the best one he could offer, better than the hp I was interested in. It was a Aspire 4720-4721 with 2 gigas memory. And he told me that he will arrange a package for me, paying $1632 for the laptop and that I will only pay $500 for the TV when arriving home.
He asked one of his employees by the name Mauricio (a Colombian Guy) to take note of my address in Colombia, phone number, e-mail and name. Promissed that someone will contact me in Colombia to bring the TV to me. It was a 45 inches, Sony-Bravia, LSD Plasma.
I had to come back to the store the very same moment because I noticed that the LapTop did not have that memory and that I wanted my money back (I had paid in cash). He refused to it and told me if I wanted a laptop with a higher memory capacity I had to pay more for it, but told me not to worry because I would pay less money for the TV (Only $ 425), so I gave him $473 more for a DELL Inspiron 1420.
I trusted him because of the Colombian Guy telling me it was a serious store, nothing to worry, so I didn't asked for a written agreement between the parts. The TV was supposed to arrive a week after the deal, but this didn't happen. I called the store from Colombia several times and at the begining Mauricio told me not to worry that the TV will arrive. I am still waiting for it, and in the latest called they never put themselves on the phone saying they were not at the store and to call back later.
I would do whatever in order not to let these guys get away with it. This need to be stopped if there any government authority out there to help.
I have seen in some TV report programs, recording with hidden cameras, some similar situations then calling back the individual, playing back the tape in front of him, and asking him to respond for this ripoff act. I there is a responsable lawyer out there and think that this might work, please contact me through this page and we might work something smart out to have this individual pay for his act.
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