Badguy Alert!

Hey guys,

Just want to alert you to a criminal on eBay. His name is Richard Ellis and operates under the user-id midsouthauto801, selling reproduction A-body dash pads out of Mocksville, NC. I decided to take a chance and pick one up after he talked a good game about them.

I paid him $228 and waited…and waited…and waited. For weeks, he gave me every excuse in the book for not sending it. When it finally got here, I was pretty excited…until I opened the box and found myself holding what amounted to be a 5ft long mule muffin. Total and complete junk with more than its fair share of cuts, holes, scuffs, bubbles, etc. I’ve left better looking specimens in the bowl after a bout with a brutal Taco Bell lunch.

Anyway, I emailed him right away and told him “it would not fit my needs at this time.” He says, “no problem, just send it back and I’ll refund your $199”, so I did. For the past three weeks, I’ve been begging this j.o. to give my money back. Now that the pad is back in his possession, it would seem that he’s disappeared…along with my two bills.

I paid him via PayPal, so I also filed an immediate claim with them. Unfortunately, they slammed the claim closed because I actually did recieved merchandise. I guess for them to consider reimbursement, the claimant has to have received nothing.

Since you guys are his target market, I thought I’d give my A-body brothers a heads-up. Stay away from midsouthauto801 on eBay.