My story.... what's yours?

I bought a Flexview Helmet (w/9002x lens) with adflo system from Heldy02 on the night of August 4th. I paid for it immediately thru paypal with paypal and bank account funds- total: $725.00. I got the first ill feeling about this seller, the next day. Why? because a worthy seller will acknowledge that you bought and paid for an item quickly - especially when the item cost is over $100, let alone $700. I received nothing from Heldy. I sent him an email the night I bought it, asking when and how he would ship the item; still no reply. The next day or so, I sent another email , again asking the same questions; no reply. 6 days after purchase, I sent the 3rd email (a little more stern) and got a reply which was:

" No im on vacation until monday sorry its been hard down here finding a wireless signal, i will be home sunday and sship it out first thing monday morning."

Pretty lame, but I still hoped that I wasn't f##ked over. I needed the adflo system for a mig/tig class that was starting soon. A week after the 'monday', I emailed again stating that I had received nothing and if he could not deliver - to refund me. Nothing from Heldy after that and nothing to this day, which is over a month from original purchase.

In the interim, I was on a family vacation to AK and did not have full access to internet or my info. Prior to leaving, I started a dispute on this transaction with paypal and upon my return, 9 days after opening dispute, I escalated it to a claim. In the meantime, Heldy was still selling (ripping more people off) and I had responses from 'murfness', another victim that had purchased the same item a few days after I had. He was having the same experience with Heldy... no item delivered and a lame response. I then did research on ebay and found all Heldy's sales for the last month - and I left negative feedback. I emailed the amount that ebay would allow (only 4 per day) and some of you have responded with similar stories. I also got a few emails due to my neg. feedback - and was able to warn potential buyers and trade notes with yet another victim that had purchased the same item I did. This is an example of why it is important to leave negative feedback. Not only did this save others from being a potential victim, but allow past victims to communicate and get motivated to bust this scammer.

Internet Fraud is a crime and many do get busted for it, including ebay sellers. I need you to help get Heldy prosecuted and to help the internet buying experience be a positive one. Please add your experience with Heldy here.