Office Depot Order Assistance

[farlad]

So I'm in dire need of some help here since I might have just lost a couple thousand to some damn office depot order problem. Last week I saw a craigslist ad for a guy selling 100 office depot gift cards for 80% ($80 each) and I saw an opportunity to make a good buck off of it. Sounded too good to be true, but I figured that they were legit since the cashier has to activate a card before any cash can be put on it anyways.

So I bought around 100, around $8000 from my own pocket, thinking that I could maybe make a $2000 profit selling them or even buy some servers for my own use. So I placed a dozen or so orders on officedepot.com for $200 gift cards (so I only had to put up half as many ebay listings) and now all of them say "Deleted-PF(Potential Fraud)". I've yet to hear back from OD customer support and all my $100 gift cards have been zeroed. Is there anything I can do in this situation?
I contacted the craigslist guy and he said that he won't return my money since the gift cards are blanked. What can I do in this situation. I know it looks shady as hell but I guess I didn't think the whole thing through.:facepalm:Help please?? (also, I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post in). Thanks in advance

[gazr]

Ouch....I feel your pain. Greed in this case is definitely not good. I would seriously consider contacting your local PD and asking them if you have enough information to file a report on the guy that sold them to you. I would also phone OD first thing Monday and ask for their fraud department and work with them, providing all the information you have.

Lastly, I hope you paid using a good credit card and not cash...I'm not sure if they would go to bat for you considering it's your own fault to an extent. I'm guessing you didn't as $8K on a credit card would make alarm bells ring unless you're loaded!

The old adage, "If it's too good to be true..." :(

[gazr]

Ouch....I feel your pain. Greed in this case is definitely not good. I would seriously consider contacting your local PD and asking them if you have enough information to file a report on the guy that sold them to you. I would also phone OD first thing Monday and ask for their fraud department and work with them, providing all the information you have.

Lastly, I hope you paid using a good credit card and not cash...I'm not sure if they would go to bat for you considering it's your own fault to an extent. I'm guessing you didn't as $8K on a credit card would make alarm bells ring unless you're loaded!

The old adage, "If it's too good to be true..." :(

Edit: Selling any of the cards now when you know there is a potential problems with them puts YOU on the hook further down the line. DO NOT eBay anything until you know what's up.