Thank you very much for your insight. One last question - would it be in my best interest to try to retain a lawyer in Texas rather than attempt to file a small claims suit myself long distance? Would I be able to re-coup the attorney's fees? Thanks again.
Thank you for your response. The agencies I've submitted my complaint to aren't at all helpful. In fact, they've pretty much ignored me. The Detective in Houston who is investigating the "escrow company scam" paints the "seller" out to be a victim of the same people who scammed me. From what...
I won an ebay auction and sent a cashier's check for $1560 to a woman in Texas, who was supposedly the seller (I'm in California). Her name was on the cashier's check and she deposited it. I didn't get my merchandise and couldn't get in touch with her. I filed police reports, FBI reports, ebay...