By chance does anyone know this guy?

On Ebay he goes by the name of:
billy1977

He says he lives in Kitchener
His email is:
billy_the_great@hotmail.com

I am about to do a fairly large transaction with him and am a bit concerned. So I thought I would post on this handy-dandy good/bad guy forum.
Thanks for any info

I wouldnt do business with anyone who uses HOTMAIL accounts....

Get a phone number and cross-reference it with the white pages. (Tell him you don't want his cell nunmber!)

Call him at a random time.. see what kind of answer you get.

... if you really want to be sure, enlist one of the Kitchener guys to go over and check out the product/item for you.

It's not foolproof, but at least he will have to have the product, and an address.

Thanks Steve I already thought of that though. He has yet to respond with the info.

After I cross-reference him, call him, and know where he lives by mapping him on Mapquest. If things go wrong I can hire one of the Kitchener guys to collect. *lol*

I should be okay I'm not a stupid Ebayer. I just wondered if he is known by the club. (slim chance)

I also just wanted to postwhore on your new Forum

Oh, I just got an email from him His anme is Billy Rideout (William S.G. Rideout)
the phone number checks out too. Now I have a map to his house. I love internet

My suggestion is that you send the money to one of the Kitchener guys, and have them pick up the part(s) for you.

I'd be real cautious.

EXACTLY! In order to get on the net you have to have a provider and every provider provides an e-mail address for it's clients. Why is this guy using a hotmail address?

I don't buy anything on the net unless I actually talk to the guy on the phone first.

eBay frowns upon non-ISP accounts: hotmail, yahoo blah blah.

They will do it but you have to bust out verified credit cards - pay a refunded fee and all this other crap.

So if it is good enough for eBay it is good enough for you. Anyway your insured against fraud ($200) as a member.

I got his number ran it through infospace and it came back as the right name. I then phoned him. I then paid his verified paypal account the amount owed. If he doesn't send I can find him.

Acutally E-Bay will only allow you to use anonymous e-mail (hotamail, yahoo mail etc.) after you verified your real e-mail (ISP e-mail) with e-bay.

CK

Shoot me an e-mail with his address and stuff if you need someone to check out the product.

That's a great idea, go get Dan and Mike Jackson go check things out

Anyways u can always check to see if hes a good user by his User Rating In Ebay also.