I posted an ad on Craigslist to sell a Generac generator for $450. This generator sold new for $700. Pazzaglini responded to the ad and asked if I would bring it to his home. When I arrived I saw that this was a $1,000,000 home, complete with a pool, a hot tub and a view of a lake. It sits on 16 acres in a community where people have airplanes in their garages. We unloaded the generator, Pazzaglini started it, plugged an electric drill into it and declared that it worked fine. Then I made my mistake. He asked me if I would take a check. Given the surroundings, I ignored all of the Craiglist warnings about taking checks for items sold and accepted a check from this guy, thinking he was totally legit. He even told us he was a defense contractor working on Phased Array systems for the E6B. He said the reason he needed the generator was because lightning had hit his main supply line into his house and the contractor needed to run a new main "under the pool” and it was going to take a month for them to get started. That should have been my first clue.
Needless to say, the check bounced. I contacted him and asked for cash. He said he would bring it by the next day, a Saturday. That didn’t happen. Then he said he would take care of it "next week”. Then he said he would take care of it on Monday. I asked for cash or for the generator back. After telling me three times he was going to pay for it, he then made up a story that the generator was faulty, didn’t work properly under load, that he had to spend money to have it fixed and we "needed to work something out”. The generator had 12 hours on it and those 12 hours were supplying power to a house in Texas during the hurricane last year. It worked fine. I took a hard look at the check and noticed that it had very clear instructions to the payor to get a pre authorization code BEFORE writing the check. There were also clear instructions to the payee to check the authorization code before accepting the check. These were things I didn’t notice until later. So one of two things occurred here. Either he had never written one of these checks (the check number is 1082 so I doubt that is true) or he intentionally wrote a bad check. His last message to me was "By the way, f… off”. Nice
paul
Weddington,#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Fri, February 01, 2019
Craig and his family are nice people. Met them in the Bahamas years ago. I picked up tab at the restaurant for dinner. Craig said ever need anything let me know. That tab was not cheap I paid for. Well I was stranded and neeed some help. So I reached out to Craig and he sent me 50 dollars.
Thanks Craig, I got back and went in the hospital. He tried reach me and I told him I was in the hospital and would get back to him. The next thing I know he is trashing me. Thanks Craig...but don't forget the dinner I paid for.
paul
Weddington,#3REBUTTAL Individual responds
Fri, February 01, 2019
Don't know Jim, never did anything with a Jim. Must have nothing better to do than gosip about me. Get a life Jim and mind your own business.
Jim
28210,#4Author of original report
Mon, January 28, 2019
You never know, they may have another case running against him. they were more than happy to pile mine onto the case they were already preparing against him.
From my discussions with the SDeputy Sherriff, my guess is that they always have something going against him. You are right, he wont stop until he is taken off the streets.
Craig
Florida,#5General Comment
Mon, January 28, 2019
He basically conned us out of some money too when he was in Costa Rica ( probably running from the law ). Talked us into sending him some cash because his wife supposedly cancelled his cards on him when he was down there over Thanksgiving 2018... He tried to have us send more after we sent him the initial cash, but I refused. Once he got home, he refused to talk to us again... knowing we needed it back. He is a complete fraud... who needs prison time!
Jim
28210,#6Author of original report
Thu, January 24, 2019
the check bounced. on advice from another user on this website, i contacted the DA and my complaint was made part of a larger case they had running against you. The sherriff call me from this persons driveway asking what i want to do with my generator. i got my generator back, but it had been butchered to run on propane and was not repairable. Anybody who has a question about my response can check the Waxhall police records.
paul
Weddington,#7REBUTTAL Individual responds
Wed, January 23, 2019
The generator worked for about 3 hours then stopped working. I called the seller and he said it was sold as is. I put a stop payment on the check I returned the generator to him.
Roy
Alpharetta,#8Consumer Suggestion
Sat, March 17, 2018
Jim, Sorry to hear you are one of the latest victims of this con man. I am a previosu victim. PLEASE contact the District Attorney and notify them of how he stole from you. There are currently ongoing cases against him and believe it or not he was just granted another continuance on a trial that was supposed to happen last week. He knows that he is close to going to prison and each additional crime he commits will help to put him there, where he belongs. One of the cases against him is with the Utility company who is currently stealing from by hooking up illegally. Perhaps they got that shut off whihc is why he stole your generator. Not sure how he feeds his family but most likely by stealing from more innocent victims. His wife should join him in prison as she stands by his side and is fully aware of what he is doing. I can only imagine the lies he tells his daughter while all of this is going on. His home will be sold on the court house steps eventually.
Again, sorry you were yet another victim but PLEASE take the time to report it and contact the District Attoeny so they know he is till up to his old habits.
Jim
28210,#9Author of original report
Mon, March 12, 2018
This guy has been reported on two other occasions on this site. Once for selling the same car on ebay to three different people. The other is a complaint about business practices. He also has an arrest record for Fraud Disposal of Mortgage Property, False Imprisonment, Fraud Disposal of Property, Unauthorized use of Motor Vehicle and Unauthorized connection of Utilities among other things. This guy is a bad actor.