I’ve been looking to buy a replacement DVD drive for my Xbox (the original one is effectively dead, a common problem). I attempted to buy one on Kijiji (a Craigslist competitor with a horrible name). Unfortunately, it looks like I’ve been stiffed; it’s been two weeks since I paid and I haven’t heard anything from the seller after repeated requests. So, I’m doing what I can to respond: I’ve already reported him to Paypal and Kijiji, and I’m posting his information to earn him some negative Google-karma.

The seller contacted me using the email address murdercityknight@hotmail.com. The display name was “d g”. The emails were tagged with IP addresses of 70.67.143.59 and 207.216.255.121. He gave me a Paypal address of 1610@live.ca; Paypal reported his name to be Jeffrey March. Google knows a bit about him too; it sounds like he’s also going by the names David Poreba and Dave Gilchrist and uses the email/paypal addresses davegilch@hotmail.com and superspeed@live.ca. He claimed he relocated to Vancouver, which matches the IPs and the other information on the message boards. Nothing in our email conversation seemed particularly suspicious; he knew appropriate details about the product in question.

I only lost $35, so the damage isn’t too bad. I hope everyone else who deals be more fortunate. Keyword goodness: thief liar steal ripoff fraud scam.