17 November 2008, 11:33 am
I wrote a question earlier, buy got some info wrong. Here's what is happening .... About a year ago I sold a business training package on Ebay. The buyer paid me $1500 through Paypal. He lives in New Jersey and I live in Idaho. The buyer received my training package digitally, via email download. He has even acknowledged that the information was "very interesting and intriguing", blah blah blah. I have the email proof that he sent me that shows this. Anyway, he evidently never did anything with the training materials, and I never heard anything more from him after a month or so. In March of this year (8 months ago), he had a law firm in New Jersey draft a letter to send me stating that he wanted a refund because he "never received what he purchased", and that I was to contact the BUYER, not the law firm (so it sounds to me like he just paid them to write the letter). I ignored the letter and dismissed this. Now, 8 months later, I received another letter in the mail from this law firm stating that the buyer told them that I ignored the last letter, and basically I better pay up or else the buyer will file a law suit against me and take whatever legal matters necessary. And that I should, once again, contact the buyer directly to settle this matter. I am considering contacting the buyer to just see if he needs further assistance getting the business opportunity rolling, etc., but my question is whether or not he can sue me in New Jersey, or whether he needs to come to Idaho to serve me, etc. I read up a little on New Jersey small claims court law, but I was hoping that someone out there might be able to lend a little insight. Again, he's in New Jersey, I'm in Idaho, the transaction took place digitally online as a result of an Ebay transaction and was paid for thru Paypal. I feel pretty confident that I can show that he took posession of the materials, as he stated so himself, so I'm not too concerned with this. Again, just wanted a little insight from the ever-friendly Yahoo community. Thanks in advance folks!... Read More »
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