smittypantz

slimpsy agreed to sell me i7 4790k / ram / mobo / ssd. I paid via verified paypal. REFUNDED IN FULL

smittypantz was the Buyer on August 11, 2016 /r/hardwareswap

I ask user slimpsy if they would be interested in selling me four components out of a build they had listed on HWS. slimpsy asked what I would be willing to pay for the parts I answered reasonably and they countered my offer with a slightly higher offer including shipping. I agreed to the price after a lengthy conversation about how experienced they were at shipping and selling parts in general. At this point I asked for a time frame for when I could expect them to ship. The deal was made on a Thursday and slimpsy explained that shipping Friday was unlikely but they would try, but promised me if not Friday Saturday for sure. At which point I sent the money via paypal. Saturday I received this message from slimpsy - "Hey smittypantz, some bad news. . . I went to pack things up this morning and while I thought I had a motherboard box with anti-static bag and some extra packaging it turned out to be a box for a 980ti with no motherboard anti-static bag. I've looked through what I have here and it doesn't look like I have anything that I could safely ship the motherboard in without damaging it. Although I thought I for sure had a motherboard box, I do not. I will see what I can come into and touch base with you again. My kids are starting school this week and my in-laws are coming into town so I really don't know when I'm going to be able to have time to get something figured out. As such I am refunding your payment. It's unfortunate because I did disassemble everything last night on my extra desk. I don't want to keep you waiting and notice a lot of great 4790k deals popping up on the sub so I will touch base with you again if I figure something out and you haven't found something. Please accept my apology for this inconvenience. . . it's equally frustrating for me. Enjoy your weekend! Refund coming your way :)". To which I responded with this, - "Buy some anti-static bubble wrap at the post office or ups. I bought many other parts to complete this build and now I am missing the core components. I thought we went through all this, you said your an experienced pro at shipping. This is not a problem its an easy fix.". slimpsy responded with - "Ok, I will try to wrap with bubble wrap then. I am experienced in shipping with actual component boxes and anti-static wrap. I'm more than willing to work it out, I Just didn't want to keep you waiting so I refunded. I will see what I can find at officemax today. I have the items ready, I just wanted to ensure they were shipped as safely as possible."

At this point I gave some suggestions for how they could package and ship the parts safely. On Sunday slimpsy responded with this, - " Sorry for the delay in reply. My in-laws came into town and that took priority over my weekend. The primary reason I didn't want to split the system up was because I knew I was short on the boxes as I stated in my ad. I really don't want to buy a bunch of shipping materials and take even more of a hit to get this packed properly. My wife works in the opposite direction of the post office, so that's not something I'm going to make her go out of her way for. I did the right thing by refunding your money the next day after realizing I couldn't ship timely and didn't have the supplies to ship. I'm sorry if that rubs you the wrong way or you disagree with it, but it's going to be a busy week for me again with my oldest two starting school and having to juggle all that. To you it may seem like I could easily run to the store, but we live by the school and my wife and I share transportation so I cannot just "run out". Please understand that and accept my refund and apology and let's move on from this. I wish you the best in your search, and I'm sorry if I let you down."

So I was refunded in full but I am left with no parts and now have half a system because of it. I would not trade with this user again. slimpsy seems to have a laundry list of reasons why the parts never got sent. Clearly they have no time for selling parts.

Bought Corsair CX750M from koestel

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 3, 2014 Reddit

koestel shipped my item the very next morning providing tracking by a reasonable time in the day. The power supply arrived in working condition. I find the seller to be very reasonable about all issues and easy to deal with.

Bought Gigabyte GTX 760 from seller. Card is in good condition.

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 24, 2014 Reddit

Seller responded to messages quickly. Shipped the card out just as he said he would. Would buy for him again

Bought i5 4590 from /u/rosaParrks using paypal

smittypantz was the Buyer on November 26, 2016 /r/hardwareswap

Things to know about dealing with user /u/rosaParrks.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.

2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.

3. Shipped on the day they said they would.

4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.

5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought a ASRock z77 Extreme 4 from wizardfingers. The item arrived in near perfect condition, included everything I needed. Bought on Friday arrived on Monday.

smittypantz was the Buyer on June 19, 2015 Reddit

wizardfingers had the whole package, fast communication, perfect packing, and speedy shipping. They even gave me a fair deal. I would be happy to deal with him again.

Bought EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler + EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 16, 2015 Reddit

Most important things to know about trading with user Ellipsis17
1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought EVGA 500B PSU from /u/J2R7L2

smittypantz was the Buyer on September 6, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user J2R7L2.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

MSI Z77a-g41 motherboard

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 16, 2014 Reddit

This seller is a cut above the rest even coming through for me after the sale. He obviously cares about his reputation and would not do anything to risk it.

Bought EVGA GTX 770 FTW 4GB from /u/OniDante

smittypantz was the Buyer on August 3, 2015 Reddit

Most important things to know about trading with user OniDante
1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought i7 2600 + G.skill ripjaw 2x4gb 1333 from /u/twstdtckno1 All around a great experience.

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 13, 2015 Reddit

Comments: Most important things to know about trading with user twstdtckno1
1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 from user mattplotas.

smittypantz was the Buyer on September 13, 2014 Reddit

This user gave me an amazing deal on a very cool cpu. A very reasonable seller. Definitely ended up coming through for me.

I bought 2 Sapphire RX 580 from KoSoVaR via pay pal g/s

smittypantz was the Buyer on September 5, 2019 /r/hardwareswap

If I had to describe the entire transaction in one word it would be PROFESSIONAL. Easy to communicate with. Willing to work with buyers to make deals work. Great job packaging the video card for shipment. Very reliable as far as shipping quickly and exactly as discussed. Would buy/sell/trade with them again for sure. I have already bought another card since our first deal.

Bought i5 3470 + Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H + Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb 1600 from user gmainardi. gmainardi also included a thermaltake cpu cooler free of cost.

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 7, 2015 Reddit

Most important things to know about trading with user gmainardi
1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

I purchased a asus gtx 670 from flyingdugong. The entire transaction was a pressure.

smittypantz was the Buyer on May 29, 2015 Reddit

flyingdugong did a great job shipping. The package was mailed out exactly on the day the user said it would. It also arrived on time. I would most definitely buy from this user again.

I bought a EVGA GTX 970 from user NZXT-xD3aDPooLx. Paid with paypal.

smittypantz was the Buyer on August 27, 2016 /r/hardwareswap

Things to know about dealing with user NZXT-xD3aDPooLx

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.

2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.

3. Shipped on the day they said they would.

4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.

5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Corsair TX650 power supply

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 20, 2014 Reddit

For a first time seller whippedkareem was extremely attentive. My messages where answered quickly and politely. The package was sent very fast.

Bought Acer aspire 5750-6489 from /u/twstdtckno1

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 15, 2015 Reddit

This was my second transaction with user twstdtckno1. The laptop was in perfect condition just as they described. twstdtckno1 even included an extra 2gb on top of the 4gb that they had promised me. All around amazing seller. The package was perfect so there was no chance of damage in shipping. Went as far as to send a second battery for laptop after the fact. Cant say enough good things about this seller!

XFX HD 7950 3Gb Double D

smittypantz was the Buyer on July 19, 2014 Reddit

Product came very well packaged. In pristine condition. Would buy from seller again.

Bought Silverstone AR02 CPU Cooler + Corsair CX500m from /u/zook388

smittypantz was the Buyer on June 17, 2015 Reddit

The user did an amazing job packaging the shipment. They sent the package exactly when they said they would. It arrived quickly thanks to this. The parts are in good shape. zook388 responded to my messages quickly and was very reasonable. Would buy from them again.

Bought i5 3330s from /u/meowmeowmeowmeowmeo

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 25, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user meowmeowmeowmeowmeo.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought Gigabyte R9 270 + EVGA GTX 660 TI from /u/ahenkel

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 11, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user /u/ahenkel.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought G-Skill Ripjaws 2 x4GB 1600 from /u/goodpunk6

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 24, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user /u/goodpunk6.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought G-Skill Ripjaws 4 x4GB 1600 from /u/Penguin_Fan93

smittypantz was the Buyer on October 29, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user /u/Penguin_Fan93.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.

Bought Kingston hyperx 2x4gb from /u/Bungie906

smittypantz was the Buyer on November 5, 2015 Reddit

I made a deal with /u/Bungie906 for 8gb of ram. Later I realized that the deal was for a single stick of ram, this was not ideal for me and so I explained that to /u/Bungie906. He took it upon himself to correct the situation by spending his own money to buy me the 2x4gb set. Great trader. 10/10 Would trade with this user again.

Bought EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB from /u/dances-with-cougars

smittypantz was the Buyer on November 4, 2015 Reddit

Things to know about dealing with user /u/dances-with-cougars.

1. Replies to messages in a reasonable time.
2. Polite and fair, easy to deal with.
3. Shipped on the day they said they would.
4. Packaged the items in a way that they made a safe trip.
5. I would definitely do business with them again.