SamirD

I sold Samir a box full of SAS drives and 25 sticks of DDR/DDR2/DDR3. I consider it almost freebies considering what I shipped him vs. what he paid.

SamirD was the Buyer on October 13, 2019 AnandTech

Wow. This is a first for me. Not once have I given or rec'd a negative feedback in over 16 years of trading. Boy he earned this one. I've had a few days to cool off and I'm still leaving it. Where do I start. Communication was abysmal. We started this trade 8/13 and I shipped 10/13. Need I say more about that? He kept wanting to scour the internet to see if he could find things cheaper. I totally get it. But there comes a time that you just bite the bullet and say you're interested or not interested. I could see him logging on and off AT yet he would refuse to answer. Then he would respond, and ask me to give him a few more days and message him again. I called him out on it after the 3rd time or so and he said he had family in the hospital. I did too. So I chalked it up to being flighty and we still did the deal.

He told me to get all of this stuff ready and that he would pay for shipping. Then when push came to shove, he would NOT pay shipping. I was a bit peeved and I told him I went through all of this trouble scouring my stuff to get what he wanted and he obviously wants it and I'll get rid of it - so let's get a new deal going. Told him to pay me $3 shipping and I'd basically eat the rest. Well it costs $13 to ship and that was USPS ground. Deal was for $33 total for 2 10K SAS drives and 25 sticks of memory. Where I come from, these are almost freebies. A buck a stick for memory? Well shame on me and I shipped ground and apparently the box came pretty beat up. I did NOT realize that insurance was not included. My fault. So apparently alot of the air bags popped and the memory clanked together. Samir starts taking pictures of stuff and I don't know what I'm looking at. He's claiming that there were little solder dots in the bag (not ram chips mind you) so he narrowed it down to 1 HD and 3 sticks of ram. I wanted more info. I asked him to test the items. He now refused to test them because he doesn't want to damage his old systems. Before you know it, he files a claim with paypal and now wants a refund of $13 when he paid $20 for 25 sticks of ram and 2 hard drives! I was taken aback. I asked him repeatedly where he was getting this figure? Now he starts linking me to prices of the 4 damaged items which total more than $13.. I frankly told him "You refused to pay Ebay prices and said you needed a deal. So why would you now go to Ebay to look up replacement costs of various chips when your costs was a buck apiece?" He said that's how it should be done. I countered with the fact that if he buys a $500 laptop on sale for $300 and he buys it at $300 - and then goes to return it, he's not going to get $500 for the laptop, he should get what he paid. And if he does try to get more, he can be prosecuted in some states... (Just making my example.) So again, he paid a buck a stick. I offered him $8. He refused through pp. I apologized and offered him $10. He refused through paypal. Now I basically feel like he's extorting me for money when 3 sticks of ram out of 25 are bad. And that's "allegedly" because he refused to test! I didn't ask for the memory back and I acquiesced to his demands and refunded him $13. As I said, this was an absolute first for me. He definitely earned this one. I would be very cautious in dealing with him if he's that stubborn that he would refuse to ship back yet also refuse to test and just randomly extort you for some figures he found online that he believes is the value of the damaged items - when again..... he paid a buck a stick.

I sent him a Box of 40+ Sata Cables for the cost of shipping.

SamirD was the Buyer on November 25, 2019 HardForum

Excellent communication.

He paid promptly.

Sold him some HP 2.5 to 3.5 drive carriers

SamirD was the Buyer on November 22, 2021 HardForum

Great communication, good trader to work with,

Dealt with him many times, I didnt accept his payment for this deal, merry christmas , it was on me!

I "sold" a pair of old Netburst era Xeon CPUs at the request of SamirD as long as the shipping was covered

SamirD was the Buyer on October 21, 2021 ArsTechnica

I received some CPUs from a freebies post and wanted to pay it forward. SamirD inquired in a freebies post where the original Ars member sent me the remaining unclaimed CPUs as long as I covered shipping. I contacted SamirD to inform that I had the rest of the CPUs and offered the requested Xeons. I sent pictures and SamirD was happy to take them. We swapped some stories about vintage hardware and had a pleasant time altogether.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S (2014 model)

SamirD was the Buyer on September 6, 2023 HardForum

Great/quick communication. Super friendly and just all around nice person. Glad I could help you out with my old Tab S....it was awesome back in the day! Still such a beautiful screen. Good luck with it!

Sold a dynatron heatsink.

SamirD was the Buyer on October 21, 2020 HardForum

Solid guy to deal with as always, thanks man.

Gave him a Palo Alto device I had no use for, just asked for shipping cost

Cross-traded on October 27, 2023 [H]ardforum

Glad he was able to make use of the PA, he covered the shipping cost right away as well.
Thanks again !

Ethernet cables, bluetooth gateway, harddrive, and other items

SamirD was the Buyer on July 9, 2019 ArsTechnica

Second sale to SamirD, and it was just as easy as the first. Great buyer.

Two 2.5 to 3.5 bay adapters and a bunch of free items

SamirD was the Buyer on June 11, 2019 ArsTechnica

Good communication and quick payment. Would definitely deal with again!

Sold him some video and USB cables and adapters.

SamirD was the Buyer on October 17, 2024 ArsTechnica

Excellent communication, paid promptly, and confirmed receipt of the package. Happy to trade with them again in the future

Sold some ram and a drive.

SamirD was the Buyer on October 3, 2019 HardForum

Fast payment, great communication and a smooth deal. Thanks.

Sent him some laptop RAM, router, and ethernet cord

SamirD was the Buyer on September 6, 2023 HardForum

Fast payment! Helped me clear out some laptop ram and a router! Thanks!!

I sold a used kit of 2x8GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 memory kit.

SamirD was the Buyer on October 21, 2020 HardForum

Negotiated a fair price and seller quickly paid for the item and I shipped it promptly the following day.

I sent many freebies to SamirD on two separate occasions. He covered shipping.

SamirD was the Buyer on June 11, 2019 ArsTechnica

Good communication and easy to work with both times.

Sold him a box full of antistatic bags and an iPad case

SamirD was the Buyer on May 4, 2020 HardForum

had all these bags hanging around, as glad he was able to use them, shipped everything in one large box for a shipping cost, he paid quickly !

cd/dvd media

SamirD was the Buyer on September 8, 2023 HardForum

Thanks Samir! Always a pleasure to do business with.

Sold Samir WRT1900AC

SamirD was the Buyer on March 1, 2021 HardForum

Quick communication and sent me a prepaid label for shipping the item. Happy to trade again!

Sold him all the guts of an HP Z420 machine

SamirD was the Buyer on July 18, 2019 HardForum

Glad he was able to use the parts, pays fast, good communication.

Seems he is always online and answering PM or doing trades.

Good trader here folks

Sold him an HP Zbook with missing mouse pointer tip

SamirD was the Buyer on July 19, 2022 HardForum

Great trader to work with, pays quickyl, and consistantly, good communication and is always on the forums helping folks

Omron blood pressure cuff

SamirD was the Buyer on October 26, 2023 HardForum

Blood pressure cuff was listed on the Perpetual Freebies thread on [H]ardOCP forums. Thanks for coming through with shipping up front! I look forward to working with you again.

Sold him a box full of mini Displayport to DisplayPort adapters

SamirD was the Buyer on October 31, 2019 HardForum

Simple deal, box full of new , unused adapters (mini DP male to DP female) that I had no use for, for a flat amount.

two thumbs up for this good trader !

Sold (2) Iphone 7 Plus

SamirD was the Buyer on February 18, 2022 HardForum

Good communication, overall good trade. Thanks!

Sold a cpu and ram.

SamirD was the Buyer on May 3, 2021 HardForum

Communication was great, payment was quick. Easy transaction. Thank you!

Sold a g.skill 60gb sata ssd for the cost of shipping

SamirD was the Buyer on March 20, 2022 HardForum

Good communication, smooth trade. Thanks!

I had some 'shelf art' which was Quadro RTX4000 boxes with accessories

SamirD was the Buyer on January 18, 2022 HardForum

He gladly sent me a shipping label and picked up those items from me.