About six months ago, I arrived too late to an auction on a JL Audio stealthbox to place a bid. As a result, the winner got the item for an amazingly low price.

I wrote him and asked if I could buy the item for a little bit more than he paid for it, and he said that would be swell. I sent him the money, and (presumably) he sent the seller a new address to ship the order to.

A couple of days pass and the item is allegedly shipped to the auction winner's shipping address, despite the address change given to the seller (that change being, to ship the item to my home). The seller states that he will not ship the stealthbox again (due to its cost, and in his defense, it's a big box) without reimbursement from the auction seller. The auction seller says that he shipped it to the right address, the one provided by the original auction winner, and has fulfilled his part of the bargain.

Despite repeated efforts to contact the seller (at the auction) and the guy I bought it from, I can get no responses.

So this guy that I sent the money to has a stealthbox for more than he paid for it, and apparently has it onhand. I have the guy's name, Andrew Ngo, and his address ([email protected]), but that's the sum total of personal information I have on him.

My question is, would there be any way whatsoever to try and recoup my losses here? Are there any new paypal provisons (there were none at the time of this transaction) that would obligate them to divulge the address of Mr. Ngo? Is there any kind of pressure I can apply (save threatening emails) to have him fulfill his part of the transaction?