Looking for info on spitfire008

Hey everyone.

I am looking for a seller who seems to be ducking and dodging me.
His username is spitfire008 and he told me his name is Vincent.

A couple of months ago, I purchased a samsung lcd hdtv from him off of these forums for $480. The day I brought it back and tested it out, I was having problems. The picture on the screen was jumping. I immediately contacted him and let him know what was happening. It was then that he had told me he hadn't used the television for a long time. We came to an agreement to split the cost of the repair on the television. That deal went sour and I got back $50 to go towards repairs. I got the television repaired (for $170) and brought it back home. I contacted Vincent and let him know how much the repairs costed me.He refused to give me any more money for the repairs. A week later I had the same problem, the picture on the screen started jumping Just to give the seller the benefit of the doubt, I brought the television to be looked at again and repaired. Now a week after being repaired, it is doing the same thing. I am now fed up with the quality of the television that was sold to me. I am trying to contact spitfire088 to give him back his defective television and get my money back but his pm box is full. Luckily for me, I do know more about him than he thinks and I soon will be contacting the authorities if he does not come forward and contact me. If anyone has any information on this guy, ANYTHING, please forward it to me. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


Andrew

He logs on but his pm box is full! Can an administrator help me out here. Clear his inbox or something please.

So the seller agreed to share repair costs ($50) and you took it in for repairs. After 2 repairs and a couple of weeks the display is 'jumping' again? I'm not sure I agree with your action since it's easier to chase after your repair service and ask them to try again. There's a warranty on repairs.

I will recover the repair costs on my own. The fact of the matter is that the television was sold to me defective. It is not my responsibility to get the television fixed. The tv was described to be in perfect condition. We made an agreement to have the television fixed given it could be fixed. It is not the repair shops responsibility to give me a working television, it is the seller's

plus its a huge inconvenience for me to go and continually have the television repaired. I bought it to be used, not to sit weeks on end in a repair shop.

Originally Posted by andrew2good4u

plus its a huge inconvenience for me to go and continually have the television repaired. I bought it to be used, not to sit weeks on end in a repair shop.

True, if you agreed to handling repairs and hasn't worked out then working out a refund is best for everyone.

He has now come out but does not want to pay me

I never experienced ANY problems with the television when I had it. I'm not sure why the buyer started having this problem when he took the television back home. Anyhow, this was my offer to resolve the issue:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by spitfire088
It's really not easy to reach a resolution to this problem, but i'll try my best. I've been really thinking about this and here's what I think might work best as a final resolution for both of us:

- If you decide to keep the television, I'll give you $50 refund, and you can get this TV fixed whenever you have time.
- I can offer $430 to take the TV back from you and get this TV fixed myself after I'm done with my midterms. "

That way neither party will suffer full loss as a result of the damage that had occured to the television. Please let me know what you think. "

And his reply was:

"Sounds like the only fair resolution. I really like this television so I think i'll keep it and bring it to get repaired. When it works, the picture quality is amazing."

I met up with him to give him a $50 refund the next day. Now it's been two months, and he wants a full refund. I do not see how I'm still liable to him. He decided to keep the television after discovering the problem with it, I gave him $50 back. That makes it his responsibility to get it fixed or do whatever he wants with it.

you fail to see the issue. Any lawyer can vouch that I took the $50 under the impression the television could be repaired. To buy you time I even brought the television to be repaired a second time. The final resolution was on the terms the television could be fixed.

The seller does not want to provide me with contact info so I can move forward with legal action. He refuses to contact me on the phone or come see the television himself. If you are so sure you are right, you should have no problem representing yourself in small claims court. I pm'd you my phone number multiple times. Please call me so we can come to a resolution. I would like your contact information for the purpose of contacting you for legal action. You refusing to give me contact info shows that you do now want to take this any further. It only looks bad on you. You should have %100 percent confidence in what you are saying.

Originally Posted by spitfire088

I never experienced ANY problems with the television when I had it. I'm not sure why the buyer started having this problem when he took the television back home. Anyhow, this was my offer to resolve the issue:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by spitfire088
It's really not easy to reach a resolution to this problem, but i'll try my best. I've been really thinking about this and here's what I think might work best as a final resolution for both of us:

- If you decide to keep the television, I'll give you $50 refund, and you can get this TV fixed whenever you have time.
- I can offer $430 to take the TV back from you and get this TV fixed myself after I'm done with my midterms. "

That way neither party will suffer full loss as a result of the damage that had occured to the television. Please let me know what you think. "

And his reply was:

"Sounds like the only fair resolution. I really like this television so I think i'll keep it and bring it to get repaired. When it works, the picture quality is amazing."

I met up with him to give him a $50 refund the next day. Now it's been two months, and he wants a full refund. I do not see how I'm still liable to him. He decided to keep the television after discovering the problem with it, I gave him $50 back. That makes it his responsibility to get it fixed or do whatever he wants with it.

I don't understand how you could have been so helpful to me before, but now refuse to come to a resolution with me...

Originally Posted by andrew2good4u

I don't understand how you could have been so helpful to me before, but now refuse to come to a resolution with me...

I'm not sure seller needs to provide you with contact info. Hire someone to track him down then serve him to appear in small-claims. After reading his response I have to say he's done more than most RFD sellers. I'm not taking side, I'm saying. You also have to prove the seller knew the TV had an existing problem and hid it from you.

Maybe it's better to ask your repair show to honour your warranty?

Originally Posted by andrew2good4u

Hey everyone.
Luckily for me, I do know more about him than he thinks and I soon will be contacting the authorities if he does not come forward and contact me. If anyone has any information on this guy, ANYTHING, please forward it to me. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I found this a little funny.. I mean you tell him to pm you with his contact info, and ask people here about him but you say you know more about him than he thinks. What more do you know, if you knew more you wouldnt be asking... lol.
You expect him to help you further when you say things basically like, PM Me with your info so I can sue you. I wouldnt help you either.
Good luck with your lawsuit against him, you bought a TV on a online forum (your own fault if you didnt test it before you bought it), it didnt work and you agreed to split the repairs which was agreed at $50 at the time. If the deal went sour and you had to pay more for the repairs, its not his problem. He paid you that $50 on the agreement that the tv would be repaired. I doubt you will win in court...
Your going to have to prove that you had this agreement to split the repairs of the TV. Your going to have to prove that he knew of an existing problem.

I assume you got a quote before you took that $50 to fix the TV? If so and then you payed $170 instead of $100, and the repairs were not done correctly, you should maybe go to the place you got it fixed at. Was there no warranty for these repairs? Where did you take the tv?

411.ca???

if repairing doesnt work... it means somethings originally wrong with tv... so that probably means the tv was jsut faulty even after they fixed it, try to get claim warrently, or ask the seller/