The case against the seller is simple -- breach of contract -- and the damages are easy to compute (but maybe difficult to obtain).

In my example, the watch was in the interloper's hands, and I wanted the watch . . . for the original $1,500. Yes, the interloper lost some money, as he had paid $3,000 for the watch and received around $2,000 from me, but that is the cost of being a crook, right?

Jeff

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: so just to be clear - in your example:

: If the third party is known, you can go after the buyer.

: if the third party is not known, you would have to go after the
: seller.

: In going after the seller, is the same process possible - ie. send
: them a legal complaint for damages of breach of contract?

: so in this specific incident, Jeff sends trey a notice - Hey buddy
: - this watch is worth X, and since I was paying X-Y, and you
: breached the contract for whatever reason, you owe me the
: difference, otherwise Lawyer up!!!?