xinco

Followup on Cendyne 16x DVD sold

xinco was the Seller on December 30, 2002 Other/Unknown

Tread carefully with this guy.

I shipped first, he both payed me and left positive heatware after receiving goods, confirming they were as advertised (New, still internally sealed). And yes, I left positive heat at that point. Who wouldn't? It was great up to that point.

However, after the fact he either found a manufacturing flaw, or he broke it. Tried to get money out of me for RMA to manufacturer or pay him to ship it back to me and get a refund. (Who pays for RMA shipping? No manufacturer, vendor or anyone else that I know of.)

When I refused, he immediately claimed it was 'used' and 'opened' when he received it, and filed a complaint with Paypal (paypal denied it). Well then, why did he pay me, and indicate that it was as advertised (new, still sealed) in his heatware?

His interaction with me was extremely rude and bullying, threatening me with his 130+ heatware, etc. No discussion, no compromise, nothing.

I have a complete PM record to indicate he was either lying or very confused or forgetful. I'll be glad to email it to anyone who requests it.

Here are some select quotes from his PM's with me and his heatware eval left for me:

His heatware eval:
"item arrived fast and in great condition as advertised. Thanks "

His first notification that the drive was having problems:
"it's just very aggravating that Cendyne can't even make a drive right anymore." (Hmm... no indication at this point that it wasn't new)

The following contradict his paypal payment and his heatware:
"What I wrote was that this Cendyne drive was not cellophaned, and the seal inside was broken. This drive HAS been opened by somebody before it got to me."
"this drive is not new."

The kind of threats I was getting about heatware, etc:
"I'll be glad to make sure nobody else buys items from you"

Haven't hear from him in over a week. I've got a PM out to him, waiting for some response to me calling him on his contradictory statements. One would think maybe it was because of the holidays, but he has been posting on [H] and amdforums at least. I've decided not to wait any longer.

If the guy had actually been courteous, and not tried to lie, threaten and deceive me, I likely would have compromised on the RMA or him returning it to me. But when he immediately turned to threats and lies, that went out the window pretty quick.

I suggest when deciding whether to deal with Klamen or not, you take a look at the following:
1. He's a high volume trader who appears to be in it for the money. No forum contribution anywhere to speak of that I could see
3. closed ebay account with some complaint near the end
4. On some trading forum (you'll have to get it from his signature, I'm not noting it here) he is the one and only admin/moderator. His forum? Don't know. The domain is registered to someone else.

Do you want to trade with a fellow enthusiast, or a guy out to make a buck? I could have him pegged wrong, but that's my gut after doing more research after the fact. I suggest you look into him yourself.

Note that I'm not out any money. But he was definitely the rudest trader I've run across online. And perhaps he was 'busy' and 'confused', but the contradictory statements sure looks like lying and an attempt at bullying and deception to me.

Feel free to email me with any questions.

Audigy 2 ZS

xinco was the Seller on March 28, 2004 AMDMB

Quick payment, easy transaction.

Rainbow Six 3 Raven-Shield for PC

xinco was the Buyer on May 4, 2005 AnandTech

Works great, shipped promptly! In exactly the condition as described.

Canopus ADVC100

xinco was the Buyer on January 4, 2005 AnandTech

Works great, and it's in pristine condition. He's a man of few words, but delivered quickly and communicated well.

256 Crucial Ram PC2700 and 40gb Maxtor HDD

xinco was the Seller on May 6, 2004 AMDMB

Money Order sent promptly as promised - good guy to deal with.

Gameboy Advance

xinco was the Buyer on February 4, 2003 AnandTech

Works great! Great condition, well packed. Great communication, fast shipping.

Sold 2x512 PC3200 Patriot RAM

xinco was the Seller on February 15, 2006 AnandTech

In auditing my evals, I noticed I never left heat. (9 months later - it\\\'s Nov 12!)

No issues with this trade! Quick payment & testing!

9800'pro' & vga silencer

xinco was the Buyer on January 6, 2005 AnandTech

Works great, told me it shipped, arrived quickly, what more can one ask for?

WD400JB & 48xCD-RW

xinco was the Buyer on November 30, 2004 AnandTech

Superb trader! Excellent communication, fast shipping, well packaged, everything works great. I paid $5 for shipping up front, then paid balance on shipping. I would gladly pay first in full with him at this point.

2x512 MB LL Patriot Memory

xinco was the Buyer on September 15, 2005 AnandTech

Great guy to deal with. Extremely fast shipping. And one BIG-ASS box for two little sticks of ram. (Says it won't get lost that way - and he's probably right!)

Traded stick of DDR for a Men's Wearhouse gift card

Cross-traded on December 15, 2005 AnandTech

Good transaction! Easy and quick.

Bought LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth

xinco was the Buyer on December 22, 2004 AnandTech

Works great! Shipped fast, even though it was right before Xmas.

Sold him an Asus A7N8X motherboard

xinco was the Seller on September 10, 2006 AnandTech

Great buyer, payed quickly. Understanding of my \\\'the wife throws away all the shipping boxes\\\' struggle!

Dell 1100 Laser Printer & USB cable. New in box.

xinco was the Seller on November 29, 2005 AMDMB

Great buyer! I told him I could ship monday, then I realized I was flying out of town first thing. I was going to make arrangements for someone else to ship it for me, but he said a couple days later was fine with him.

Recommend him 110%!

2x256MB Kingston Value Ram

xinco was the Buyer on December 4, 2004 AMDMB

Fast shipment, works great. Could have used an anti-static bag on the RAM, but it worked fine, so no issues.

Dtek radiator, shroud, 120mm fan

xinco was the Seller on April 10, 2004 AMDMB

Fast payment, easy to deal with. Thanks!

Aopen AK79G-VN Barton 2500+ locked AX-7

xinco was the Buyer on March 16, 2004 AMDMB

Bought the above from tenax. He even included 5 bonus fans and a fan duct! He shipped promptly, but things were held up in customs for over 3 weeks, but that wasn\'t his fault.

Bought a 7900GS, with Zalman cooler.

xinco was the Buyer on March 19, 2007 AnandTech

Works great! I did a local pickup at his place, as he\'s near downtown Denver and I had a meeting downtown anyway. Easy to work with, I\'d have no hesitance dealing with him again. I heartily recommend him to anyone.

DangerDen 9700 waterblock

xinco was the Buyer on January 5, 2004 AMDMB

Flawless execution of a trade! He shipped first. He communicated perfectly over the few days prior to shipment, immediately sent me DC # upon shipment. (I had told him there was no hurry on shipment, since it was over New Years -- and he communicated almost daily on when it would ship) Arrived EXACTLY as described.

Zalman NB32 northbridge heatsink.

xinco was the Seller on December 17, 2002 Other/Unknown

Great trader, very fast payment, good communication.

20GB WD HD

xinco was the Seller on October 21, 2004 AMDMB

Nice guy, easy to deal with. Would deal with again!

Couple sticks of DDR.

xinco was the Buyer on June 19, 2003 AMDMB

Works exactly as described. Good guy to deal with, good communication.

RavenShield

xinco was the Seller on November 27, 2003 AMDMB

Quick easy payment, good communications. Good guy to deal with.

Age of Mythology

xinco was the Buyer on November 8, 2003 AMDMB

Prompt, good deal, good guy. And it works, and in good condition. What more can I say?

Barton 2500+

xinco was the Seller on March 29, 2004 AnandTech

Prompt payment, nice guy. Thanks!