Anyone heard from JimmyJams?
 

He's gone AWOL and I'm still owed a piece of artwork...

Hmmm...its been years since ive dealt with him, a number of times, and every time it was a positive experience. Nothing further to add but I hope it works out for you.

No, but I've seen him do a number of successful sales, so I'd like to think he's just dealing with some issues rather than pulling a scam (not that I wish issues on him, but you know what I mean). Yeesh. Hope it works out for you, bud.

Wasn't there an issue where PayPal wouldn't refund your money?

He has a recent history of taking a long time, but in the end the deals seem to get done.

Well still nothing from him, and he hasn't been here in three months, so I'm thinking this is probably a blow-out now and 200 quid lost...

That stinks, sorry man, hopefully he will show up one of these days.

That's just really bad on his part. I can't imagine someone spending a lot of money on something I was offering for sale and then taking months or even years to ship it. I actually get a little annoyed when people want me to hold merchandise for months on end because I have space issues as it is: when I sell something I want it out of my house ASAP. I would suggest you guys don't buy from him anymore if he ever does show back up.

He says he shipped it, and it must have gotten lost somewhere in the mailing system when it hadn't arrived my end after a month, but when pressed never coughed up any proof that he'd actually shipped it. Making me suspect he never did.

Did you pay via paypal? If so, when?

You could've asked for the tracking number if he claimed to have shipped it.

He just said "he never coughed up any proof that he actually shipped it."

Yes, asking for a tracking number or any proof of posting was met with silence.

Yes. Last October. But Friends&Family option so it's incredibly difficult to claim back through Paypal. He had a good reputation here, so I wasn't that worried about using that method instead of credit card.

Well if he did indeed turn snake & rip you off, I'm very sorry to hear that. You're a cool dude, definitely not deserving of it. & it's a shame that a seemingly decent member of our little art scene would go that route. :(

Sorry to hear that it was friends & family. I know this doesn't help your situation, but let this serve as a public service announcement to not use Friends and Family to purchase goods for this very reason (setting aside the fact that it's against Paypal's policies). Should the deal go south, you have no recourse. That extra four percent isn't much in the grand scheme and really provides peace of mind.

Any chance you paid with a credit card and just paid the fee yourself? You could have a layer of protection there.

This is the first time it's ever come to bite me... I trust the people I know, and have never had an issue before. So I trusted him because he'd been here a while and had good feedback. Usually when selling stuff I insisted on F&F as well, but if people don't want to use it, then fair enough, I just ask them to add 5% to cover the fees.

I believe I paid for it using bank funds not a credit card, so I can't even go back to my card provider and state it's a fraudulent transaction.