Bitmain is selling the S5 on amazon, why didn't you pick them? Your agreement was for the OP to purchase a specific item listing on amazon from a specific seller in exchange for bitcoin. If he followed through on is end then you owe him the amount of bitcoin that was agreed upon. If the amazon seller scammed you then you need to work with amazon and the OP to get a replacement or a refund.
I picked the first result in the list for Antminer S5. That should be Bitmain.
That is between you and amazon. This does not concern the OP.
I attempted to work with the OP OVER AND OVER to resolve this as I DID NOT ORDER ANYTHING. He REFUSES to contact Amazon. He REFUSES to contact the seller. He ordered a bogus item from Amazon and REFUSES to even TRY to resolve it.
It is understandable that he wants his money first. The agreement was that he order a specific product from a specific seller, he fulfilled his part of the bargain. You should give him his money you owe him and then he can attempt to work with the seller on amazon.
Since you gave the OP your address if the order is not canceled and you do not pay him then the OP could easily contact the police. Your address in Alexandra,VA would not make it difficult to find you. My understanding of VA law based on my quick google search reveals that stealing the amount you have stolen is Grand Larceny, is a felony and is punishable by between 1 and 30 years in jail (likely closer to the former then the later)
A: Bitcoins are not currency.
Doesn't matter. Bitcoin has value and stealing it is larceny. You do not need to steal money to be guilty of larceny.
B: I hope that this scammer TRIES to report me to my local precinct. I swear to god almighty I will not only beat the charge, I will immediately file a defamation suit so fucking fast his head will spin. I have done nothing wrong here. I have received a bogus item, and I will not pay for that bogus item. That's where the debate ends. Period. End of discussion.
If you sticks to the facts that he set forth in this thread then he would certainly not be liable for defamation. He did follow through on his part, you have not. Regardless of if you actually received that battery from the amazon seller or not you are most likely guilty.
If I had received my miner, we wouldn't even be talking about this. Again, I've sent goods WHILE BEING PAID AHEAD OF TIME with no trouble whatsoever. This is the one problem I've had, and it isn't on me. The OP either needs to contact Amazon/Bitmain and work this out, or admit that he tried and failed to launder an Amazon's balance. Either way, this isn't on me.
That is between you and amazon. This is not the OP's problem. You should have picked a more reputable amazon seller.
You either planned the entire time to say the item you received wasn't as described or the seller sent you a fake item. As you already stated there's no debate whether or not you received the item, and it should be pretty obvious if it was from the seller as their information would of been on the package. The only question is whether or not you or lying about receiving the correct item or not. It obviously wasn't a smart idea for Poksak to send first without using Escrow to a member with no reputation.
I agree with you about everything except the no reputation part. I have done two deals where I was paid in advance by two reputable (One reputable, one semi-reputable) users. I shipped those items immediately.
You are not reputable. Two deals is nothing. It was scammy for you to refuse escrow in the first place. An escrow setup would be one similar to what just happened. You would send bitcoin to escrow, the OP would place an order for you, once the items are delivered the escrow would release the funds to the seller. If there is a dispute then the escrow can log into the seller's amazon account to make sure the order was not canceled.