boxpressed Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I think we've all won those auctions that seemed too good to be true -- and they were. What are your stories of auctions that sellers did not honor, whether the ending price was too low or for some other reason. I'd had a few end this way, but the last one was particularly annoying. Here's the link: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330629367697 A classic case of seller's remorse. A BIN auction: 30 8-bit carts for $100 shipped. Some very rare ones in there, including two Romox titles and then some better ones like Gridrunner and Basic XL. The seller refunds my money and says that upon testing the carts, some were found not to be working. He says that in good conscience, he cannot complete the auction. I reply, telling him that I'll take them as-is. He still wouldn't do it. I don't know if someone made a side deal with him or if he plans to relist them (he said he would relist at some point with the working ones -- this hasn't happened). I neg'ed him and will report him to eBay Trust & Safety as a "non-selling seller," but there's not much else a buyer can do. His username is traderjoeonline. If any of you are looking for Romox carts, feel free to contact him -- I'd just love to know if he would sell them to you and what he would be asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Several years ago (8 or 9) I won a minty boxed XF-551 drive for my XE for around $80 and the seller never shipped it. The seller completely dropped off the face of the earth after that. I never did get my money back either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Jeffrey Drost (buttcrackplumber@gmail.com) aka butcrackplumber on eBay is one of those sellers who has now repeatedly not honored auctions. First time I've won Q*bert, Pinball and Triple Action for the Intellivision and never got them. Finally got an refund by PayPal. This time I've won Donkey Kong Jr. and again I've to get my money back through PayPal. Left him negative feedback this time. Others on AA were also waiting for items from him, not sure if they ever got them. Jeffrey Drost aka butcrackplumber :thumbsdown: I think he should also be put on the scammer list. Someone who takes the money but never ships the item is a scammer in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldjd Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 With a seller name like buttcrack plumber,I suspect there is a logical reason for that! I have also dealt with this seller Tries to play both sides against the middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 With a seller name like buttcrack plumber,I suspect there is a logical reason for that! I have also dealt with this seller Tries to play both sides against the middle 20 days after the auction I've left him negative feedback and opened a case, just got a message from him. "dont bid on my item anymore. i will issue you a refund for this game. now piss off!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 buttcrackplumber is a retard. i bought the intellivision piano boxed. he slapped some shipping stickers on it and shipped it like that. it was ruined. i neg'd him. this was like 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) Jeffrey Drost (buttcrackplumber@gmail.com) aka butcrackplumber on eBay is one of those sellers who has now repeatedly not honored auctions. First time I've won Q*bert, Pinball and Triple Action for the Intellivision and never got them. Finally got an refund by PayPal. This time I've won Donkey Kong Jr. and again I've to get my money back through PayPal. Left him negative feedback this time. Others on AA were also waiting for items from him, not sure if they ever got them. Jeffrey Drost aka butcrackplumber :thumbsdown: I think he should also be put on the scammer list. Someone who takes the money but never ships the item is a scammer in my eyes. Might as well put a face to the name: butcrackplumber Edited November 28, 2011 by SpendTooMuchOnAtari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinKarpis Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Jeffrey Drost (buttcrackplumber@gmail.com) aka butcrackplumber on eBay is one of those sellers who has now repeatedly not honored auctions. First time I've won Q*bert, Pinball and Triple Action for the Intellivision and never got them. Finally got an refund by PayPal. This time I've won Donkey Kong Jr. and again I've to get my money back through PayPal. Left him negative feedback this time. Others on AA were also waiting for items from him, not sure if they ever got them. Jeffrey Drost aka butcrackplumber :thumbsdown: I think he should also be put on the scammer list. Someone who takes the money but never ships the item is a scammer in my eyes. Might as well put a face to the name: butcrackplumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 That's him, got it from his ebay "me" page, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarinut76 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 buttcrackplumber is a retard. i bought the intellivision piano boxed. he slapped some shipping stickers on it and shipped it like that. it was ruined. i neg'd him. this was like 2 years ago. wow!! whenever I buy a boxed game and they ship it in a bubble envelope I tell them you might as well of just put a shipping label on the game box and ship it that way... But you got the real deal for that!! sorry to hear : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) I think we've all won those auctions that seemed too good to be true -- and they were. What are your stories of auctions that sellers did not honor, whether the ending price was too low or for some other reason. I'd had a few end this way, but the last one was particularly annoying. Here's the link: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330629367697 A classic case of seller's remorse. A BIN auction: 30 8-bit carts for $100 shipped. Some very rare ones in there, including two Romox titles and then some better ones like Gridrunner and Basic XL. The seller refunds my money and says that upon testing the carts, some were found not to be working. He says that in good conscience, he cannot complete the auction. I reply, telling him that I'll take them as-is. He still wouldn't do it. I don't know if someone made a side deal with him or if he plans to relist them (he said he would relist at some point with the working ones -- this hasn't happened). I neg'ed him and will report him to eBay Trust & Safety as a "non-selling seller," but there's not much else a buyer can do. His username is traderjoeonline. If any of you are looking for Romox carts, feel free to contact him -- I'd just love to know if he would sell them to you and what he would be asking. It happened. A relist of one of the Romox games: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330653928558 Unscrupulous seller. UPDATE: Looks like he blocked me from asking a question about this item. Edited December 6, 2011 by boxpressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) To turn the tables, buyers dont honor their purchase a lot of times either. Right now Im dealing with a guy who bought my jag system set, and paid, but then changed his mind and a day later opened a case against me "item not received" (cus i argued with him, he wanted a mint condition jag instead of the one pictured which wasnt perfect and he wasnt willing to pay 5 dollars more for mint system...). This is 1 day after he paid lol... What a broken ass ebay/paypal system that some low feedback buyer has the power to open a case and take the money out of my paypal only 1 day later (not near enough time to ship) so then they (paypal) can "review the case" for which who knows how long that will take. Turns out, I checked the guys ebay feedback this morning, he bought another jag system set the day after he bought mine. this set went for 80, jag system controller hoookups. my set was 100 had all that plus 4 games... so anyway, very annoying example of buyers remorse. lot of low feedback doucheback buyers out there that screw over sellers daily, it goes both ways. Edited December 7, 2011 by kevincal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I think we've all won those auctions that seemed too good to be true -- and they were. What are your stories of auctions that sellers did not honor, whether the ending price was too low or for some other reason. I'd had a few end this way, but the last one was particularly annoying. Here's the link: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330629367697 A classic case of seller's remorse. A BIN auction: 30 8-bit carts for $100 shipped. Some very rare ones in there, including two Romox titles and then some better ones like Gridrunner and Basic XL. The seller refunds my money and says that upon testing the carts, some were found not to be working. He says that in good conscience, he cannot complete the auction. I reply, telling him that I'll take them as-is. He still wouldn't do it. I don't know if someone made a side deal with him or if he plans to relist them (he said he would relist at some point with the working ones -- this hasn't happened). I neg'ed him and will report him to eBay Trust & Safety as a "non-selling seller," but there's not much else a buyer can do. His username is traderjoeonline. If any of you are looking for Romox carts, feel free to contact him -- I'd just love to know if he would sell them to you and what he would be asking. It happened. A relist of one of the Romox games: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330653928558 Unscrupulous seller. UPDATE: Looks like he blocked me from asking a question about this item. WTF, that sucks man. Just tell me what you wanted to ask, I'll ask it for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) not an auction, but in my younger, naive-er days i paid for a red dreamcast from a seller on Sell.com. i'd made several other purchases there - mostly oop dvds with no problems. never saw the dreamcast or my money. live and learn. Edited December 7, 2011 by raskar42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I once won a 16mm projector, very nice condition, great price. Shipping was expensive, but reasonable for a heavy item. Money was sent, everything looked to be in order. Then I got the email- "I'm sorry, I no longer have that item. You can use the funds for store credit, or I can issue a refund." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I recently won a lot of 32X games for a fraction of their true value, and the seller already had one apparent incident of "seller's remorse" on his record, so I feared I'd be making a contribution to this thread...but the guy came through. I did have a seller recently issue me a refund after she "couldn't find" the item, but I actually think that one was sincere -- and in truth, it was a relief since I'd overpaid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 I think we've all won those auctions that seemed too good to be true -- and they were. What are your stories of auctions that sellers did not honor, whether the ending price was too low or for some other reason. I'd had a few end this way, but the last one was particularly annoying. Here's the link: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330629367697 A classic case of seller's remorse. A BIN auction: 30 8-bit carts for $100 shipped. Some very rare ones in there, including two Romox titles and then some better ones like Gridrunner and Basic XL. The seller refunds my money and says that upon testing the carts, some were found not to be working. He says that in good conscience, he cannot complete the auction. I reply, telling him that I'll take them as-is. He still wouldn't do it. I don't know if someone made a side deal with him or if he plans to relist them (he said he would relist at some point with the working ones -- this hasn't happened). I neg'ed him and will report him to eBay Trust & Safety as a "non-selling seller," but there's not much else a buyer can do. His username is traderjoeonline. If any of you are looking for Romox carts, feel free to contact him -- I'd just love to know if he would sell them to you and what he would be asking. It happened. A relist of one of the Romox games: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 330653928558 Unscrupulous seller. UPDATE: Looks like he blocked me from asking a question about this item. WTF, that sucks man. Just tell me what you wanted to ask, I'll ask it for ya. Thanks, friend. I was going to ask him that if we was relisting because some of the carts weren't working, why was the BIN price for this one cartridge ($200) twice the BIN price of thirty cartridges in the original auction ($100). So, even if twenty-nine of the original carts were bad, shouldn't the most this cart go for is $100? Or did the seller have another reason for relisting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I messaged him, no reply yet. Be sure to report him to ebay because what he did was bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Might as well put a face to the name: butcrackplumber More problems with this guy. He never shipped the games and never provided a tracking number, so PayPal ruled in my favor and my account shows an open refund. Now I got this email: "An eCheck payment from jeffrey drost was declined by the sender's bank. We will automatically try to process this payment again in 3 business days. It then usually takes 3-5 days for the money to be deposited into your account. Please do not ship items until you receive payment." This was an eBay purchase, so it is covered by the buyer protection. What do I care about an eCheck payment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 I messaged him, no reply yet. Be sure to report him to ebay because what he did was bullshit. Thanks again. Yes, although eBay can't do much until multiple buyers report the same offense, it will help that the seller has now relisted at a much higher price. The problem is that the seller reversed the transaction and then lied about the reasons for doing so. It would be one thing if he/she said, "I goofed and listed this at a lower price than I now know it to be worth." That would be bad enough, but then to lie about the reason for reversing (you should see the transcript of our messages) really reveals the low character of this seller. It just amazes me how some people will trash their honor just to make an extra hundred bucks or so. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Might as well put a face to the name: butcrackplumber More problems with this guy. He never shipped the games and never provided a tracking number, so PayPal ruled in my favor and my account shows an open refund. Now I got this email: "An eCheck payment from jeffrey drost was declined by the sender's bank. We will automatically try to process this payment again in 3 business days. It then usually takes 3-5 days for the money to be deposited into your account. Please do not ship items until you receive payment." This was an eBay purchase, so it is covered by the buyer protection. What do I care about an eCheck payment? I would call PayPal on that one, you have their phone number? If not, here you go: PAYPAL - 1-888-221-1161 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Might as well put a face to the name: butcrackplumber It's the 'you might be a redneck if..." poster child! Edited December 8, 2011 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 It's the 'you might be a redneck if..." poster child! His "ME" page on ebay states that his name is "Bruno". http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=butcrackplumber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I should'nt ought to be pokin' funz of the guy. Only "know" him by reputation here. Edited December 8, 2011 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike99mccarthy Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Its kind of scary because his ebay feedback is actually really good. he only has 4 negs, but the only buyers who neg'd him have very low feedback. I normally assume he was totally legit. Edited December 9, 2011 by mike99mccarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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