Paypal is a joke

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This forum proves get shittier and shittier every day.

I ordered tein coilovers through the marketplace here on Zilvia from a member name VBL. He told me they were "still in good condition" and had "8-9k miles" on them. So after I ordered them I didn't hear from him for three days. I started getting nervous, then he finally responds and I receive them this last Monday.

Now, you have to understand I don't have alot of extra cash, I pay for three cars, a mortgage, and all the little bills in life, including my fiance's school, which is not cheap. So saving $350 dollars is a big thing for me, and requires a lot of sacrifice, so you can imagine how thoroughly upset I was when I opened the box and found the biggest fucking mess you have ever seen in your life. Three of the boots were ripped, they are filthy, scratched, bent, the struts are loose, and THREE OF THE COILOVERS ARE COMPLETLY BLOWN!!!!!

So I search the web and find this dickbag VBL's phone number and address, if he lived near me I would get to his house personally, but he lives in Minnesota and I am in cali. I have called him, texted him, emailed him, pm'ed him (he has been logging on) and the pussy is afraid to answer his phone.

So I contact paypal, file a dispute, then escalate it, only to find out ten minutes later that they WON'T EVEN INVESTIGATE because it wasn't ordered through ebay (when I called initially they never mentioned it and after hearing my story told me I would probably get my money back). So they basically tell me to fuck off, they aren't going to do anything. So now I am out $350 bucks, have to have them rebuilt at $100 per coilover, so they will end up costing me $750 bucks, the same amount I could buy them new from some site.

So does anyone know VBL? I would appreciate it if you knew his parents phone number so I could get a hold of them and try and resolve this. Also, what other ways can I go about to get my money back, file a dispute with the credit card company, mail fraud, police report.