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I agree with necro.  You shouldn't offer services you can't fulfill.  Not only is that bad business, I'd say that's outright fraud.

I think some people need to calm down.

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Im not sure what you mean by that. No one here is arguing or fighting, simply stating truths to the matter, that someone shouldn't be offering said services or taking peoples stuff in if they cant fulfill the needs of the customer at this time/finish the work in a reasonable amount of time Zeta.  Imagine yourself going without your beloved system for going on 4 months and not getting any response from the person promising to do the work for you. You know damn well youd get worried,upset,ect... Most anyone would who cares about their stuff.

What Joe said is basically true,you go on for 3 months and are not willing to finish the work or cant,but insist also on not replying to the customer on any level to get things taken care of one way or another, then yea it does seem like fraud, and in most cases leads to it.

I read Aaron's rules post about members who rip anyone off being banned,ect... and to be honest if Dean cant settle up on Ceti's problem and get him his system back along with anyone else around here he may owe work to ect..  then he needs to be banned with a message requesting him to email a mod here with proof he has settled up all unfinished affairs with members here before he can post again.

I think this should apply to any member here involved in a deal that has had the items as long as Dean has had Cetis Duo or who goes 2 weeks without responding to any emails or Pms. Even if we like the guy,we don't need to make repeat exceptions because exceptions over and over again and months of slack are what causes issues like this to begin with to happen.


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Ban D-Lite? Yeah, f*ck that. Just be cool. Fraud is an extremely strong word that I'm a lot more hesitant to use than some people. He's dropped off the face of the earth before and he came back to sell me one of his custom region switches and a few dozen games. I even got a free copy of Groundhog Day. Then he disappeared again. This wasn't even that long ago. Its not like he's Crazy Dion or something.

BTW, why do you have such an enormous personal interest in him these days? You've written a couple of thousand words on this subject in the past few days. Did I miss the part where he owes you an email or a system or something?

And really, please, either chill out with this banning shit or just go get that criminal justice degree you always wanted.

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Wow, if he has a habit of disappearing a lot, he definitely shouldn't be offering his services, and people shouldn't be requesting them.  Sounds like you're looking for a potential bad time if you go with him as he may just randomly "drop off the face of the earth".  Thanks for recommending I go with someone else, Zeta.

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Dean is the subject of this particular thread Zeta because its been going on 4 months now and Ceti has not heard from him or got his Duo back. Actually the subject in general has come up before when Turbokon was offering services and that people offering them need to be able to prove they can do them ect and on how to try to prevent members from being ripped off of their hardware. Sorry if we didn't stop the world for you Zeta so you could take part in that conversation when you saw fit. :roll: If it was another guy besides Dean then the other guy would be the name in general on this thread,but its not,its Dean in this situation. Now your going to be the subject of this post yourself for a min Zeta.

Have you ever noticed Zeta that your post generally only concern your own self-interest,not the groups? Have you noticed that in this particular thread you are showing no care what so ever for your fellow members? Only out for yourself??? Only interested in tearing others down for the sake of doing so or for your own self gain??? Id say so,yea def. Because all I gather from your ability to post in this thread is you don't care if Ceti or anyone else gets his Duo or otherwise back,just so long as you can make another great purchase from Dean yourself. Thats a very selfish take on the world Zeta. Have you noticed these kind of things may be why you have no friends here currently? You seriously lack what we call empathy and the ability to see the world from others eyes. Maybe you shouldn't post in here anymore,because the more you open your mouth,the more it shows you care for no one else here but Mr.1.

I like Dean,and I agree the sales are great when he does them. I pointed Quoth in his direction to make purchases before Quoth even signed up here. I don't believe his sales are the problem really as he only post them when he knows he can do them. Its the mod services that are the problem. He's not following through on his deal with Ceti for what are now currently unknown reasons,and even if they are made known now the only thing that would really excuse him having Ceti's Duo for this long is something life altering like losing a child or cancer. Even then surely him along with anyone else could just send the money and the system back,correct???

Lets try to stick to the subject Zeta if you think you must post,and the subject is that Ceti should be getting his Duo back,not how we should make sure you continue to get great game deals and free movies Zeta. We need to work towards this kind of crap not happening again as much as possible by any member offering this service,ok? If any other member pulled this kind of crap you know full well they would be gone by now,just as well that you know if it happened to you, you would be spitting blood more likely then not. Dean is being given a chance to make right on the matter, as it has been offered that if he cant do the job currently he can simply send Ceti's deck to Nat.

Seriously,if Dean has not reached Ceti in the next couple of weeks then what are we to think then??? Surely Dean saw this thread or checks his pms and emails twice every 2 weeks. If you goal is simply to argue here in order to make sure Dean will still sell you games then please respectfully go post elsewhere,preferably on your own thread.

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He's dropped off the face of the earth before and he came back to sell me one of his custom region switches and a few dozen games. I even got a free copy of Groundhog Day. Then he disappeared again.

HAHAHA Must be good to know that someone only returned from another world just to give you a sweet deal Zeek.  You da man!  :wink:

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He's dropped off the face of the earth before and he came back to sell me one of his custom region switches and a few dozen games. I even got a free copy of Groundhog Day. Then he disappeared again.


HAHAHA Must be good to know that someone only returned from another world just to give you a sweet deal Zeek.  You da man!  :wink:
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« Last Edit: April 01, 2008, 09:42:19 PM by Michael Helgeson »

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Sorry for the delayed response.

I think time out to time back it was a month and some change. I sent the TG out in December, and got it back mid February. Granted about a week and some change was the transit.

Let me say, the work was GREAT. He even sold me an Arcade Card 3.0 from JPN, and it all works great. I will say he did lack emails, and communication during the process though.

Right now, i have an NES Top Loader going to another guy that mods systems in VA and I will report back the details afterwards, he seems to have his act together and has done a lot of misc. mods on a lot of systems.

For Ceti, sorry you haven't gotten your Duo back yet, I dont think it is intentional on D-Lite's part but I understand your frustrations. I would be super pissed off if it took 4 months to get something done. For those who also think its a bit on the long side, you aren't in the wrong its easy to drop an email back especially if he can login here and check the boards.

Zeta, let me point you to this:


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He's dropped off the face of the earth before and he came back to sell me one of his custom region switches and a few dozen games. I even got a free copy of Groundhog Day. Then he disappeared again.

HAHAHA Must be good to know that someone only returned from another world just to give you a sweet deal Zeek.  You da man!  :wink:

God you are hilarious.

The period of which I speak was his last big sale, and I'm pretty sure he sold several hundred games to multiple forum members here, not just me. I guess I'm just the only one that remembers.

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He's dropped off the face of the earth before and he came back to sell me one of his custom region switches and a few dozen games. I even got a free copy of Groundhog Day. Then he disappeared again.


HAHAHA Must be good to know that someone only returned from another world just to give you a sweet deal Zeek.  You da man!  :wink:


God you are hilarious.

The period of which I speak was his last big sale, and I'm pretty sure he sold several hundred games to multiple forum members here, not just me. I guess I'm just the only one that remembers.


The most important thing you keep forgetting Zork is that this thread isn't about his sales,we all consent to their greatness,even more so since according to you he came back from another world to do them. :P
Seriously,the subject at hand is the fact that its taking so long to get a reply from him and Ceti has been without his Duo for far far too long and this kind of thing has somewhat happened before. Can you please go mention said sales in another thread (likes the sales ones Dean started) if thats all you care to discuss?
« Last Edit: April 01, 2008, 09:43:54 PM by Michael Helgeson »

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A LOT!


Holy crap you write a lot. And often. I only have so many hours in the day to listen to your insults so please try to take that into consideration.

I didn't mention the stuff I bought from D-Lite because I'm selfish. I was sticking up for a guy that I believe is straight and I mentioned the games and mod chip because that is the only business I've done with the guy, and therefore the only personal experience I have with him that I'm qualified to talk about. I was trying to point out that he has always pulled through in the end, he just takes f*cking forever. I once waited a *year* for a price quote from the guy. Its really bad.

I remember a long time ago there was this skinny dude with a beard that would always be able to get you out of print Japanese model kits, Macross and stuff. This was before email. Like, 1987 or something. Between mailing him a letter ("Can you get a Max Type movie version VF1J 1/110th scale?), getting a reply letter ("Yeah, sure, when I go to Japan next spring."), sending him a payment (checks sometimes took months to clear in the 80s), and then him sending the kit it would sometimes take nine months or more. It sounds crazy now (Hobby Link Japan can have this kit on my door in 5 days flat now) but I can't emphasize enough that this guy was a f*cking hero back in the day because it was him or nothing. Its fully possible that that Urashiman kit sat on his living room table for a month before he mailed it to me without me knowing, but I will never forgot the fun I had as a kid finally getting my package from guys like him and other shops and stuff. This shit taught me patience.

The truth is that I obviously wouldn't recommend sending anything to D-Lite right now (see my posts elsewhere recommending Nat) but he's done a lot of (apparently) first rate work and nobody who purchased his services is going to regret it years down the road when his pro work is still going strong. They will always remember him as a great technician and how awesome the s-video looks on their PCE, NeoGeo, whatever. The fact that the stuff took forever to show up will just be a trivial detail.

These same people probably won't remember you calling for him to be banned. You should be thankful for that. They also won't remember you insinuating that people who are waiting for systems are never going to get them back...which is just f*cking bullshit. Period. D-Lite has given a great deal to the PCE/Turbo community. You on the other hand will only be remembered as the guy the the hugest, ugliest, tackiest f*cking signature image files since that horrible dancing baby thing.

Three months flies like nothing when you have a life. You'll just have to trust me on this. Until then please abandon your D-Lite witch hunt and go back to ragging on me...although I'd really appreciate it if you cut that shit out to.
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When I had my Duo fully modded by D-Lite, I went through a similar experience. It took a long time and I didn't receive any communication for a while. But in the end I did recieve it and the items I bought at the same time and did not regret dealing with him.

Of course, the fact that no one else was offering mod services played a big role in my patience and satisfaction.

Basically I'd just like to tell those waiting to get hardware back, I do believe that you'll get your stuff eventually, but yes, the lack of communication isn't cool. :|
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Holy crap you write a lot. And often. I will have to try to write even more :)

I didn't mention the stuff I bought from D-Lite because I'm selfish. I have no friends here and I am always selfish and alone.

When I was  a kid I loved Macross and sent money all the time for model kits,I rocked as a kid and was uber die hard leet and Rick Hunters greatest fan!!! but had no friends....I think this has about as much to do with the current subject as video games markets do with comics,but hey,Im always right,even when Im wrong,now back to the point worth addressing,

the truth is that I obviously wouldn't recommend sending anything to D-Lite right now (see my posts elsewhere recommending Nat) but he's done a lot of (apparently) first rate work and nobody who purchased his services is going to regret it years down the road when his pro work is still going strong. They will always remember him as a great technician and how awesome the s-video looks on their PCE, NeoGeo, whatever. The fact that the stuff took forever to show up will just be a trivial detail.

These same people probably won't remember you calling for him to be banned. You should be thankful for that. They also won't remember you insinuating that people who are waiting for systems are never going to get them back...which is just f*cking bullshit. Period.

Three months flies like nothing when you have a life. You'll just have to trust me on this. Until then please abandon your D-Lite witch hunt and go back to ragging on me...although I'd really appreciate it if you cut that shit out to.


Currently we have no idea what to think about what is going on,since Dean has not said anything himself and has not replied to Ceti. The fact is though if Ceti doesn't get a reply back and get his Duo then thats that,isn't it?
I'm sure people will be greatly pleased still with their mods,sure,esp those who only had to wait a couple of weeks to a month,even though a month is too long,but still the concern is the current work promised but not fulfilled obviously  :roll: and if Ceti doesn't get his Duo back soon then yea,Id say a temp ban until the issue gets resolved. If it never does then I guess a permanent ban would be the desired course,correct?
It shouldn't even have to be like that,all it takes is a damn email to Ceti to tell him the work can be completed soon,or not,and if not if Ceti wants just send the system to Nat to finish.

All the others can remember their modded systems all they want,Ceti's memories are only going to amount to the ones of sending it to him and never getting it back until otherwise happens. As said before,this thread is only here because its Dean that has Ceti's Duo,if it was you,Nat,me,anyone else and we were doing the same crap then flak would be just as well deserved. Its completely f*cked up that Ceti doesn't have his Duo back by now so he can enjoy his games.

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Currently as it stands,this would be considered a deal gone bad,and will continue to be so until Dean fixes said issues.This kind of stuff has happened before and there gets to be a point where enough is enough,its a simple as that. As Necro said,if you cant do the work,trow in the towel until you can. As for you,yea your taking flak,but for good reason,but don't think for once instance we think you offering to take the abuse is out of the desire to be a martyr for Dean,we know yet again its just more self serving-ness to secure future sales for yourself.

Besides,currently you're not the one with Ceti's Duo. I do tell you what though,and this gives you a chance to show how caring and unselfish you really can be Zork. Lets say Ceti does not get his Duo back in a month,one more month. Lets say if not then would you be willing to buy him another one and ship it to him since you have been so willing to put in assurances for Dean himself and seemingly speak on his behalf? I mean,if you're so willing to take his flak and speak for him,then surely you'd be willing to fix his problems too,correct? If so drop Ceti a line,thanks :)

Also,you can tell Ceti sorry in said pm for insinuating he has no life just because its been months on f*cking end with no current email updates and hes stressed out and he wants his Duo back you selfish punk.
« Last Edit: April 01, 2008, 09:45:36 PM by Michael Helgeson »

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If D-Lite never returns the Duo, then its pretty obvious that he'd probably stay dropped off the face of the scene forever in which case what is the point of a ban? That just seems like a pathetic and useless gesture at best and counterproductive at worse since if anything communication is something we actually want from the guy right now, isn't it? I don't understand this logic.

BTW, it was you I was telling to get a life (again). This whole urge to ban people, lock threads, copy and paste forum rules, etc is just so high school hall monitor.