Magnepan MGCC1 & shysters


Back in April, I sent some guy $600 USD for a virtually new Magnepan MGCC1 in oak/white. Since then, I've gotten nothing (except a lot of broken promises). I have urgently requested a refund many times since September 8th since I was getting laid-off and the fellow didn't know if he'd be able to deliver the speaker. Well, many different promised dates to send out that refund have come and gone and I still have nothing.

This person is located in Canada and payment was sent via USPS International Priority Mail (I have a dated receipt). Any ideas to put an end to the hollow promises and get my money back??? This fellow claims to develop the Magnepan website and be an attorney in Canada. Do I pressure Magnepan? Do I file a complaint with the Legal Society of Upper Canada? Do I file a mail fraud complaint with the USPS? All of the above?? Something else???
irish_george
I have received a response from this fellow claiming that he sent a refund...I have NOT received it, nor did I receive a reply to 6 or 7 emails I sent to him between the most recently promised refund date and my posting here. I will keep a status update here.

Oh, BTW, in his email, he thought I wasn't being fair because I failed to mention that I bought MG10.1's from him. When he was unable to deliver them after four months, we talked and he offered to upgrade me to MG12's. (His terminology was "upgrade", for me, full-range like the 12's ARE preferable to the 10.1's.) I did get them in a reasonable amount of time from the agreement to switch. However, no compensation was offered for the 12's having a lower price than the 10.1's. I've given him the benefit of the doubt many times over due to having received something from him before. (I paid for both the 10.1's and the MGCC1 within about a week of one another...obviously, I would not send someone more money who kept me waiting for 4-9 months.) I know of at least one other fellow who bought 10.1's and an MGCC1 from him...the other fellow just recently got his 10.1's and is still waiting for his MGCC1 and doesn't get his email answered or his phone messages returned either.

Again, any ideas/suggestions are appreciated.
Just a quick update:
12/24/01 I responded to his email to again let him know that I have not received anything.
To date (12/28/01), I have not received a reply, merchandise or a refund. (Any yes, he could be away for the holidays.)
Still no response from the fellow (after my email of 12/24/01 saying I still had not received my refund). Looks like the suggestions regarding treating this as a criminal offense would be the next logical course of action.