Re: Long time!

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 24 May 2002, Karen Randall wrote:

> Egads.  Can we get a stop payment put on the original check?  I know that is
> possible for a bank check drawn on an American bank in case of loss or
> theft.
> 
> Karen

Hi folks,

Let me give everyone a little background on this case, so that you know 
the timeline AND how frustrated I am:

Frode won 1st place in the 2000 contest (November 2000).  First place was
a bow-front All-Glass tank.  Frode lives in Norway.  James Purchase agreed
to sell the tank on Ebay and send Frode the money.  James sat around doing
nothing, then bailed (May 2001), leaving the job to me.  I auctioned the
tank (Summer 2001), and went through a major rigamarole with All-Glass and
the winning bidder, finally getting the tank to him and the money in my
bank account (Summer-Fall 2001).  I then attempted to get the money to
Frode.  First I tried a postal money order; the post office doesn't do
money orders to Norway.  Frode also gave me an international routing
number.  My bank said they didn't do that-- in fact, the bank said they
didn't even DO international cashier's checks, and that I'd have to go
downtown to get that done (during the work week).  Finally KATHY went and
got this done on her day off from work.  We got a check drawn on a foreign
bank (DECEMBER 2001), and I mailed it (JANUARY 2002!!).

Now you have to understand that my communication with Frode was of the
type you saw at the bottom of this list, about once ever 2 months, "Hi
Eric, where's my money?"  I beleive I e-mailed him to let him know I'd
sent the check to him right after I sent it.  But I didn't hear back from
him for another 2 months, with yet another "where's my money?"

SO.  I have no idea how one can do a stop payment on an international 
cashier's check on a foreign bank that was in all likelihood cashed back 
in JANUARY.  Kathy thinks we can at least find out when it was cashed, but 
I really doubt this.  I don't even know where the receipt is.

David, I beleive you cannot effectively use PayPal to PAY other people,
only collect money.

  - Erik


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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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