Ruler

Bought copies of RedHat 7.2 CDs.

Ruler was the Buyer on January 19, 2003 TechIMO

I wanted a copy of RedHat to install on my system. (I'm on a 56k dialup connection, so downloading the ISO images myself is out.) Made arrangements to send cash for a copy in the first part of December. I wasn't comfortable sending cash through the mail, but Christopher was OK with it and even offered to assume the risk if it got lost/stolen in transit. I sent the money and got the disks soon afterwards.

I tried to install and discovered that neither CD was bootable. I tried going old-school with boot.img on a floppy, but after the install program started, it refused to recognize the CDs as being RedHat install CDs; it kept asking me to insert the RedHat install disk into the CD-ROM drive.

Talked to Christopher about it and posted a message on TechIMO, asking if anybody knew of any special requirements for burning RedHat. Nobody did- Christopher volunteered to send another copy burnt with a different burning program.

It was quite a while before they came; I got an e-mail saying that the CDs were returned for insufficient postage and would be sent out again soon.

Received the new copy and was able to boot from the CD fine. The install program recognized them as RedHat CDs, but failed with a read error partway through the install. I tried copying the CDs to my hard drive and found that both disks had burn errors on them. Tried pulling an image with both CloneCD and Nero with the error correction settings cranked up, but still couldn't read some files off the CDs.

Christopher offered to send me his original RedHat CDs, which I could then copy and send back to him. However, I had lost patience by this time and bought a 6-pack for an old friend of mine with a high speed connection who downloaded and burnt the ISOs for me.

Overall, it was a frustrating experience, which is why this rating is not positive. Christopher did offer to continue trying- I was the one who gave up and got them elsewhere, which is why this rating is not negative. This leaves neutral. I also felt kind of bad that he must've spent about as much in postage sending CDs out 3 times then I paid for them, even though I had no control over the CDs being burnt incorrectly or insufficient postage being applied before shipment.

Bought DVDs and a bunch of PC games.

Ruler was the Buyer on July 2, 2003 TechIMO

Great guy who communicates well and is willing to make a deal. I definitely won't hesitate to buy from him again - everything was in great shape, well packaged, and promptly shipped. One of the best guys I've done business with. (Even if I do waste extraordinary amounts of time on the games I've gotten from him.) ;)

Bought Jedi Knight 2.

Ruler was the Buyer on September 29, 2003 TechIMO

As always, it came well packaged and in the exact condition stated. I won't hesitate to deal with Scott again- he's one of the best guys I've dealt with online.

Bought Windows 98SE.

Ruler was the Buyer on January 30, 2003 TechIMO

Great guy to deal with. Everything came right away, well packaged and in excellent condition. Won't hesitate to deal with Eriq again.

Bought video capture card. Arrived quickly and well packaged in good condition.

Ruler was the Buyer on October 8, 2002 TechIMO

The card didn't work right away in my machine, but I think it's my install of windoze and not the card. Shahani gave me advice on things to try and ways to solve my problem.

Bought Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun.

Ruler was the Buyer on March 5, 2003 TechIMO

Originally, I was going to buy Return to Wolfenstein as well. However, Todd checked the disk before sending and discovered that it was unreadable; he had just gotten it in a trade. I bought just C&C. The disks and instructions came soon, packaged well, and in excellent condition. Todd is a good guy who's on the level.

Returned item previously purchased.

Ruler was the Buyer on November 2, 2002 TechIMO

The video capture card I purchased from Shahani didn't work properly in my machine. (The card was OEM and looking for the hardware from the original machine.)

Shahani was very nice about it and sent me a refund check right away. Excellent guy to trade with.

Bought Diablo II.

Ruler was the Buyer on March 16, 2003 TechIMO

Great guy to deal with. Sent the game very fast and extremely well packaged. All 3 CDs and the manual look great. I'd trade with Shawn again in a heartbeat.

I bought 2 books and a zip drive with disks.

Ruler was the Buyer on February 11, 2004 TechIMO

Shipped promptly, everything was exactly as described. Great trader!