I don't think he had to cut back,as I said,my son says he post often on the Neo forums,and this crappy comic buying has elevated him into a new level of ummm...well you'd call it dorkness,but I have alot of other terms,all much harsher.
My reply is to you wanting him to come back like he died or sumthin, I mean jesus,come on....
And yea,he did suck the sales up dry. Since last summer there has not been a huge slew of new members to sell mods to around here. Yet over at the Neo forums he still post Neo and Pc-Engine stuff for sale all the time. I checked that myself,and he still offers to do the mods. He constantly will have new customers over there because its a larger community and he has a cult there.
Around here he hasn't so much as posted to say "Hi, I'm alive my drones" to his fans here. Face it,he ditched you. Hes staying where the money is and where he can delete post and alter/ban accounts. Find someone new,like OSG or something and move on,or go over to the Neo-Geo forums if you want dean back so badly. Dean is the past around here.
He obviously didn't suck the money dry around here because tons of people still ask about him and ask where they can get the services he provided.
Yea right,thats complete bs. One or two guys a month wondering around here doesnt = "tons"
As for his ebay buying habits,that was pointed out to me by someone who collects comics,and had noticed these sucky comics going for crazy amounts. He gave me the link to some,I saw the name of the winner and knew it was Dean because of the Dragsy id. I had thought Dean has stopped buying or selling on ebay until the comic buying habit was pointed out. When you deal with arcade hardware often you tend to know of other dealers and buyers ebay id names and who they are. I also know of kurtz,and KPJs,and a few others because I have outbid them on hardware at one time or another. KPJ is the most current vile piece of crap reseller on ebay these days with his consolized units.