Seems there has been a whole lot of double standard bs going on in the Neo forums I hear about the Dean mishaps.
I heard from a few that Mr. "Super awesome Ill threaten you by PM" mod Wasabi tried to cover things up via moving threads to the War Room for less notice.
I think if anyone from the Neo forums taking Deans side or bashing him needs to see the whole side of all of it.
I can understand someone wanting to take up for Dean. He has in past communication in deals with me always been great and fast to complete my transactions with him. Granted,these are sales of ready made items. I do think Dean is a very nice guy,talking to him via email I just get that impression.
That being said I am just calling it like I see it. This is as it stands. Dean took money to do said jobs for multiple people from here,Neo,and Shumps forums. It doesn't matter how much he took,weather it be $5 bucks or 100,once he agrees to do said work it needs to be done,and in a timely manner. I don't care who you are,no one is fine with having their stuff kept by anyone for over a month or 2 without solid communication. Actually hitting past 2 weeks is simply too long in my book. After too long,even if no one wants to call it a scam,it does appear to be one. Its one of those things where you go "Hey,if no one said anything publicly,would I ever have got my stuff back???".
Ceti Alpha was a victim in this case. His general time was wasted. 4 months basically. He was caused stress,and no he was not compensated for said stress. Dean didn't finish the work. He simply took the (easy) exit option and punted it to Nat who is doing it in a timely manner. Dean didn't even open Cetis package the entire time it sat there it seems. This makes it even worse. That being said,Dean didnt really resolve the issue,he just punted the work elsewhere,instead of jumping on it asap (within the next couple of days). Its the complete blowing off of someone who paid money and sent them a item expecting work done in a timely manner that burns the most. The trust is broken. Factoring in the shipping time Ceti Alpha did not expect this job to take more then a month at the most.
These are not favors,and should never be considered such. And when this kinda crap happens,they become screw overs,nuthin else.
We had others post in Deans past sales thread that there was a hint of similar issues. These same issues have happened before on other forums. It looked really bad in the past because Dean said things like he didn't have net access as a excuse,or his house was being bug bombed, but his ebay account was busy buying up expensive Valiant comics daily. Instead of Dean putting the time into his customers,he was giving said time to the adventures of Magnus Robot Fighter and Turrok. This is just what it is. There was no defense or viable excuse for this.
Dean has done alot of good for said communities,but all the good does not matter to the new ones who come along to do a transaction and end up in a situation like the one Ceti was in. Most people taking up for Dean are the old customers,so its a loyalty issue,and one of preservation in the case of people like Sign of Zeta only worrying that Dean will no longer sell games here to him if the bad is brought up. The general concern should be for the whole community,not the few individuals who got sweet deals.
So far it mainly seems Dean is just hoping if he ignores it it will all go away. That may not be the case,but it def does look that way all in all. Dean sent me a email when this came up. I didn't know it,so I did not get to reply to him until much later then I should have,but the point is he said he didn't know how I could manage it all with family and work. The fact is once I took back custody of my kids and am now a single dad,I don't take on more work or sales then I can handle. When I post I'm going to do a sale,I may run 2 days late getting it up,but I get it up so that people are not holding money waiting forever to buy my stuff. Dean did this awhile back,people saved up and held money,and Dean never delivered said massive sale,pissing people off.
Its very clear Dean has taken in too much on his plate. He didn't know when to stop,think,and say no. He just kept taking in said work and money,and now he cant get it all done. I heard all about the good ole boys old school double standard thing over at Neo forums. I'm thanking god its not like that here,that we generally don't put up with that kind of bull shit and we have honest great mods who call it like it is. No amount of thread moving or arguing on Deans behalf is going to change the fact Dean has f*cked up majorly and burned multiple people, mentioned and un mentioned in this thread in the past and now.
The best thing will be that Dean finally gets it all resolved,and starts telling people no,not yes,when someone ask if he can do a job. He needs to stick to this until all his family and work issues are settled with. Once all that is done,hes owned up to the problems hes caused and sorted the shit out in a timely manner,Im sure everyone here at PCEFX will be happy to welcome him back. But thats only if its in a timely manner. People are tired of being put off,delayed,and ignored. Continue to do that,here or on other forums,and people will pay attention,and not be so friendly upon your return.
To Dean,you have a up hill battle,you did what you did,no excuses,now all you can do is go forward and make the best of it,and do your best to make it right. Making a few public status updates might be nice for your image right now
Either way,good luck to you. Regardless of being caught in the lame shit,you're still a good guy I think. I think you've just had a major f*ck up,and you need to fix it asap.
