Hey BR, fam. I hate writing this, but I don't know what else to do.

I sent Impending Doom $115 for a NIB 900 Global ball back on June 4th, and he still hasn't shipped it. He gave a few reasons as to why (didn't get a chance to visit his storage bin, problems with his kids), and I've been patient with him - pandemics are hard and I understand everybody's got their stuff to handle. But 3+ months is a bit much.

I tried PMing him multiple times, but to no avail. I sent him an email earlier today in hopes of getting a response, but at this point I'm feeling like I was had. If anybody knows him, or has a phone number I can use to directly contact Doom, that would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: changed 5+ months to 3+, because I struggle with counting.

Could this guy or his wife/kids/relatives been affected by covid?
What the fuck i get you paid for a ball, but its a bowling ball! A whopping $115

One possibility is to contact Joe Lichner Motiv staffer from his area.  I believe he is the Motiv guy that IE spoke of in NE Illinois.  Maybe Joe can put you in touch.  Joe has a YouTube channel.  I believe Joe is from Warrenville, IL.  Worth a shot if you are getting no response noddlejester. 

Read this thread noodlejester.  Make sense?  That should help put you on the trail if Joe can help.  https://www.ballreviews.com/motiv/midwest-motiv-test-drives/msg2620851/#msg2620851

It's a shame about the money, but there is always a reason. Hopefully he makes it right, and he's alright.

Can’t we stop trying to justify or find an excuse for this guy? He stole $115. Plain and simple. He was still posting till September 15th, way too much time to ship a bowling ball, regardless of covid, aliens, earthquakes or whatever.

Stop sugarcoating this. The guy stole money from a guy who trusted him, no other way to see it.

I gave noodlejester a good way to figure out how to get in touch with ID thru Motiv staffer Joe L.  Up to him now to work this out.  It's evident that ID is not coming forward.  You can see from my post with some research you can get your ball or money back.  Pandemic or not this is ridiculous.

His name should be on the PayPal transaction.  Post his name.  That way he gets blackballed from every being on some other staff because there is a 99.9% chance this "sale" was for an undrilled staff ball.

Between PayPal, the USBC member lookup and Google it can't be hard to find him. 

Well...have you been in contact with him lately?

I am sure we can help OP get at least his money back. We do need his name though...

I hate when things like this happen. We can put his name on FB on the bad sellers group so people won't have to deal with stuff like this in the future.