What happened to Rising Stuff : (

[nodtveidt]

You had to specifically ask for them. She sold them apart, or she would give them to you for free if you bought something from her... but you had to actually ask her for them, as she never tried to push them, and never even hinted that she had them in any of her game auctions.

[SuperPlay]

They did do a couple of funny game play videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/RisingStuff

[esteban]

You had to specifically ask for them. She sold them apart, or she would give them to you for free if you bought something from her... but you had to actually ask her for them, as she never tried to push them, and never even hinted that she had them in any of her game auctions.

My brain hurts. I looked at a few of the images. My brain hurts.

However, this seller is totally awesome. You can't beat this crazy, real life story.

[Tatsujin]

U - MUST - SHOW - TO - US! peep-peep-peeeep

Enjoy.

MUAHAHA!! WTHF?!?!

As I always like to say, nothing is impossible!

[roflmao]

My brain hurts. I looked at a few of the images. My brain hurts.

However, this seller is totally awesome. You can't beat this crazy, real life story.

Crazy, yes.  But it's not my brain that hurts.  It's my eyes!  Why, oh why did my curiosity get the best of me and look at those photos.  Dear God, why!?

[TheClash603]

I looked at each of the ebay lady pics, and then I had to immediately look at some younger women on youporn to reset my schema.

...then I looked at the ebay lady again.

[Firebomber7]

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=16270&start=40&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
The thread in the forum I linked to was made by one of the guys running Rising Stuff. They basically just moved on with their lives.

[Arkhan]

I suspect they got real jobs. Operations like theirs are fun and all, but they basically can't last. Sad, but true.

They already had real jobs.

What really happened is:

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!
For the long version, keep reading along!   For the short version.  Scroll to the very end..........

Sensei got too busy because of having a kid and wife, and whatnot.  Understandable.

Then, Good ol' Alex Tardborino took over the operations and quickly turned the place into Falling Junk instead of Rising Stuff.

He let loose a campaign of empty promises, clueless salesmanship (Ever have to tell someone who's supposedly well versed in reading Japanese that they listed a game on the site by the company name (Scaptrust, written in english on the cart) instead of the actual game (Crimson)?  I have. Thanks to him, lol), poor customer service (HEY I LOST YOU ORDER, ILL TELL OTHER PEOPLE, I WONT TELL YOU THOUGH.  I MIGHT REPLY TO YOUR PM IN LIKE 3 MONTHS AND DODGE THE PROBLEM AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN ILL ACT LIKE ITS ALL YOUR FAULT AND FAIL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEING A f*ck UP).

ETC. etc. etc.

Things like that contributed to


I blame him for the downfall of the entire operation. 100%.  The way he came on here to start flailing at members blaming US for the problems was a nice way to hit the nail on the head.  Telling me "YOUR SPECIAL ORDER PRIVILEGES ARE REVOKED" was great, especially since after that I got a message from Sensei saying the exact opposite.  Alex apparently likes to go rogue and make up his own rules.

Yes, its totally my fault he neglected to tell me (but told others!) the item I was waiting on to complete my giant order was lost in transit.  Totally my fault!  And its totally my fault he sent the stuff out to who the hell knows where.  Thank God I never actually paid. (Since I was waiting for that final item to show up).  Whats funny is, someone got a random package of PCFX and PCE games. I am sure that person was either ecstatic, or confused as hell.

The part of it all that I feel bad about is that Sensei tried to fix the problems.  He approached the problem like a good businessman, and tried to fix everything up.  Had that weird Japan shipping charge increase thing not went down at the same time, I would have gotten my stuff.  A year late, but I would've!   So I never got the stuff, but in the end I consider the transaction a plus thanks to Sensei.  Its not his fault the shipping increase went up to where it was too obnoxious to get.

So, long story short:

Alex happened.



WATASHI WA HERPDERP DESU DESU DESU

BEST YEAR EVARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

\o/

[esteban]

I looked at each of the ebay lady pics, and then I had to immediately look at some younger women on youporn to reset my schema.

...then I looked at the ebay lady again.

Haahahahaha. I managed to click at least 8 images before my brain screamed "STOP!" but my heart said "Just one more..." and then my brain hurt even more.

[grahf]

I'm not gonna lie, I looked at all of them.

[Tatsujin]

I still try to figure out of her intention for doing all this..lol.

[esteban]

I still try to figure out of her intention for doing all this..lol.

My friend used to write interesting articles (online and print publications) a few years ago (late 90's, early ) about wacky stuff like that. He shared so many crazy stories.

Anyway, one of my favorite things he did: play chess/card games with this old dude (in his 70's-80's). The dude, of course, played in the nude and had an all-glass table. If you were a free-spirit, like the old codger, you were encouraged to take off your clothes as well, but you were under no pressure to do so. He simply wanted people to play cards/chess with him whilst he was naked.

No pictures, unfortunately.

[Necromancer]

What really happened is:

Don't forget the threats of legal action against M.H. 

[esteban]

What really happened is:

Don't forget the threats of legal action against M.H. 

So, I take it that M.H. gave Rising Stuff a piece of his mind? I remember how he was when he got angry/annoyed. He could be rather spicy with the language.

[Necromancer]

So, I take it that M.H. gave Rising Stuff a piece of his mind? I remember how he was when he got angry/annoyed. He could be rather spicy with the language.

He had a short page on his website about their f*ckups, so they threatened to sue for defamation of character.  They backed off after finding a dictionary and learning that defamation and definition are not interchangeable.