Good f*cking riddance.
Are there any TG/PCE dealers you've had positive experiences with? Last year you were ranting about 16-Bit, D-Lite, and a laundry list of ebay sellers. I'm sorry you and/or your friend had a bad experience with TZD. From what I gather, you've had more bad online transactions than any one person should have to deal with in a lifetime and that sucks. I appreciated your post and warning about TZD, but I've been reading about it for a month now and I'm sick of it.
I've really appreciated their service over the years and I'm bummed that Steve's gone regardless of who takes over.
Maybe I'm sick of hearing "how much" they kept the Turbo community going (all assumptions,and giving credit to the wrong people).I also didn't like to see the comments they made about the forum members here to Keranu in email and to my friend when he attempted to get his credit card refunded. It was bad mouthing everyone one who was buying from them.Seems Steve doesn't think too highly of his "fans". Seriously,if your sick of my posting,simply skip anything with my name on it. I gave 16-bit another go,and the second time around he did really good.Dean has as of yet to let me down on any Pc Engine purchase I made from him. I never ever said Dean screwed me in a Pc Engine deal. What was going on there was related to other subjects that have also since been settled.
TZD NEVER refunded my friends credit card. The card company themselves had to. TZD was given plenty of time to fix it by way of apology,and just refund the card. This was quite a large charge,that partially wouldn't have even taken place if I had not mentioned the sale to my friend,nor if Steve had just admitted that he honestly did not have enough stock before the card was charged,ect...They had plenty of chances to do right,they didn't,so yea I'm happy they are gone.So in the same manner I will never quit being disgusted with them.
If someone completely new takes over,with fair prices,maybe starts selling new and used US and Jap titles,I would give a def go again,but in its current state I'm glad to see it gone. That last sale thing was a horrible exit method. Just because you got what you wanted from it and all went well for you doesn't mean it did for everyone else here or in in general. Also,if a new TZD opens with Lords of Thunder and Forgotten Worlds in stock,I'm going to laugh my ass off
If you're really sad to see Steve go,go light a candle,hold a vigil,pray for his comeback,and cry when it doesn't happen. Thats the best I can offer you at the moment.