>>>I filed the FBI fraud complaint about 2 or 3 months ago, and I still haven't gotten any reply. Has anyone had experience w/ filing a complaint and how long did it take to settle? thanks so much...=)
I hate to be the one to break the bad news but you'll be lucky if you hear anything at all from the FBI. You might try calling your local FBI office and see if you can get a sympathetic ear and that might help. You should also contact your state attorney general's department of consumer affairs. What they'll do, if anything, will depend upon your state, but they may be able to provide advice applicable to your local laws as well as some contacts among local or state law enforcement agencies. Remember that in calling any government agency what advice or direction you get is going to depend entirely upon who you talk to.
Your best bet though will probably come from alerting the manufacturers of the bags that have been ripped off.
The only thing you can do is to be persistent and hope that someone pays attention. You might try e-mailing some of the major news organizations like CNN or consumer news shows like ABC's 20/20. They're always interested in stories like this.
You need to decide how much time and emotion you want to invest in such a campaign. Sometimes it's best to swallow your losses, put the whole wretched experience behind you and simply move on.
How long should you hold onto the purse? I'd keep it for a year just in case someone should call you about it. If you can't stand looking at it put it in a bag in the attic where you don't have to see it and be reminded of the whole miserable affair.
I'm sorry that this has happened to you. I hope you didn't lose too much money. In the future always buy something like this with a credit card so you can get your CC company to do a charge-back. In Internet rip-offs credit card companies are your only ally.
