I'm aware she has a store which sells secondhand dryers (hence my explanation that she is a professional conman- I don't think I'm the first person she's tricked) which is in Shildon, Durham.
I paid by Cash. Very smart of her to ask for Cash as this meant I have no proof of payment, save for a small receipt she wrote me.
I hope I am covered by the SOGA but I think the process will take a long time. I'm more concerned with the unfairness of the situation to be fair and I want to make sure I could bring her to court if I have to.
This is so bad. I have no idea Gumtree is literally a website for all these con artists. What makes it worse is that so many others get tricked and NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. Can you believe it? My goodness. I'm so impressed at how efficient these con artists are!
What happened is that a woman picked up. She operates in a way that she rushes me to confirm if I want a dryer by stating that she is doing a delivery down my way on that day and that I'd have to quickly confirm with her. She then rushes over, leaves the dryer, and rushes off (I took note that its a few people thats operating with her, not her by herself). When I complained, she sends someone else to replace the dryer and then disappears.