I was also ripped off by this person.
I was looking here today, to see what comment had been made about my sale (different thread), saw this thread, and thought to give it a look.
After looking on ebay, I see this person has changed his name on ebay a few times, here is the ebay history;
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turbostuff09 May-20-09 Present
turbozone4u Dec-19-04 May-20-09
gupster2 Mar-15-01 Dec-19-04
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I dealt with this guy 2 or 3 times when he was gupster2. At least twice, it's been a few years, so I can't recall too clearly.
1st purchase was on ebay, then again this may not have happened as it's been a few years... Anyway, that went well if it happened.
Next purchase was the, "Hey, I have more games for sale not on ebay, but I want to avoid fees" pitch.
I agreed to buy games from his list, and pay the fees, as long as he listed it as an auction or BIN, for my protection. He eventually agreed after I said I'd pay the $5 or so in fees if he set it up as a BIN. He setup the BIN, I quickly grabbed the game lot, and I had my 3 games. Later, they arrived. All was OK.
Sometime later he watched a Legend of Hero Tonma auction, and saw I bid up to $70 for it (New game). He sent me an offer, saying he'd sell it for $70 plus shipping. I had already dealt with him on ebay before, so I thought, "The ebay transaction went fine, rather than make thigns more complicated I'll go along with this guy and deal off ebay with him, he didn't con me before".
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You know what happened after this!
Stallling.
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Canada post was no help as the package wasn't insured/express. I even called their customer service number. They said only the shipper could initiate an investigation. I gave up after 4-6 weeks after purchase. I paid with an international money order. He had many excuses, and also sent me a scan of a receipt, could have been photoshopped. He didn't offer to ship a replacement. I felt f*cked over, and vented once or twice to him through e-mail. I didn't complain too much, as I imagined him laughing on his end.
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Funny thing is, a year or so later he messaged me through ebay AGAIN when I was trying to buy the same game. I rememebr sending a "longer than it should have been" reply, asking him why he thought I would want to shell out another $70+ dollars for a game from him, when the first didn't arrive???
I communicated with him more than I should have.
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He's a scammer. Maybe all his TG-16 stuff will burn up and not be insured. I imagine he may have been one of the TZD folks selling in Canada, judging by all his NOS (New Old Stock). Another possibility, is he had a decent chunk of $$$$$ set aside, and bought up a lot of TZD's stock at wholesale prices, years ago when they were clearing out the Duo's and such.
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I don't like being scammed, and have a very good radar for it. I felt stupid for being scammed by him. I also found it funny he asked me if I wanted to buy another copy.....
It's one of the most expensive scams I've been caught in. While $70 isn't a WHOLE LOT of money, it is still money that was mine.
I later found the same game, at direct4games, for a bit less ($50? $60? I forget).
My collection is complete. I'm glad.
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Interesting to see this guy is still at it, years later.
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