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Is MyKindofMusic/John Costanzo a fraud?

Posted by 90493m (A) on March 18, 2012 at 12:32:40

- On Dec 31 2011 I contacted John Costanzo at My Kind of Music in Toronto Canada with an interest in buying a Verider Platine turntable he had advertised on the CanuckAudiomart.
- After a few days we agreed on a price, John sent an invoice which including shipping and I wired him $6925 on January 4 2012. John Said he would immediately begin to box up the turntable
- Over the next several weeks I waiting patiently for John to ship me the turntable. Periodically being told that he was finishing up the crating. On January 19 John informed me that the crating was finished and he would be shipping the next day.
- For the next two weeks John repeatedly told me the turntable was going to ship immediately but never did. He claimed that the crate was too big for UPS to pick up and for some mysterious reason he could not take it down to UPS himself. Claimed it was too heavy.
- Finally on Feb 1 I called him and asked that he either ship the turntable or give me a refund. I suggested he use 2-3 boxes instead of one big one so as to make the total shipment easier to handle. He agreed and by Feb 4 he told me, once again, the turntable was ready to ship and that, once again, he would send me shipping details immediately.
- On Feb 7 John claimed the turntable had been picked up for shipment and he, once again, would send shipping details immediately.
- On Feb 11 John sent me an email saying that something had ‘come up’ of a personal nature and that he would send me a refund as soon as he returned to Toronto. So he clearly had not shipped the table as he had earlier stated.
- On Feb 15 John said he would be away for a couple of weeks and would send me a refund when he returned. I was very nervous/suspicious at this point and asked that he send me apersonal check from wherever he was rather than wait another several weeks for his return. He did not respond.
- On March 5 John sent me an email saying he had returned and would send me a certified check the next day via courier, and would send me tracking info.
- On March 9 John sent an email saying that the check would be mailed by close of business on March 10. I have not received any check and Costanzo no longer answers my emails or phone calls.

What do you guys think?

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