klamen

AMD marketing items

klamen was the Buyer on March 4, 2003 Other/Unknown

I came VERY CLOSE to making this a NEGATIVE feedback, based on the reasons below. The ONLY reason I did not post negative feedback is the fact that the correct item finally showed up six weeks after I bought it, and he was apologetic about his behavior at the end.

Here is what happened:

January 21: Bought item off of nochay, and made immediate payment minutes after finalizing deal

January 30: Wrong item shows up in mail. I contacted nochay.

January 31: Nochay promises to send correct item.

Feb 5: Contact nochay as correct item did not show up yet. Nochay informs me that he hasn't sent item out yet, promises to send immediately. His reason for not mail yet: (too busy to mail)

Feb 10: Contacted nochay as item has not arrived yet. Nochay hasn't sent item out yet, promises to send immediately. He says that he's been too busy to get to the PO (although he is still conducting deals online) and tells me that I just have to wait. So, I wait.

Feb 13: Contacted Nochay to see if item was sent out yet. He tells me that he hasn't sent item out yet, promises to send immediately. His reason for not mailing YET: (flooding in town, can't get to PO before now, he says)

Feb 20: Contact Nochay AGAIN. No item has arrived yet. He tells me that he hasn't sent item out yet, and promises for like fourth or fifth time to send immediately. Nochay tells me that I, the buyer, is impatient, and I should just wait. This is ONE MONTH after deal was orignally completed, and he received the money.

Feb 24: Contacted nochay by PM, no answer. Sent email, no answer.

Feb 28: Contact Nochay by PM, he answers this time. He STILL HAS NOT sent item out yet, promises to send immediately. His reason for not mailing? He's been busy, and I should give him a chance to mail, he says...WHAT???) I tell him if it's not there in a week, I'm posting negative feedback and alerting Paypal to fraudulent behavior.

Mar 3: Item shows up. Included is a couple of AMD pens, worth a buck or two.

So...if it were you, how would you leave feedback? I thought about NOT giving feedback, but then other's don't get the chance to be warned of this seller's false promises and attitude when refusing to send out correct item for nearly six weeks.

I hate people that lie or make excuses (especially repeatedly), and am bordering on NEGATIVE because:

1. Nochay made repeated promises that he broke. Had he said "look, I can't mail for two weeks", I would have understood. but he kept promising to mail immediately.

2. Attitude. Two of his PMs said I was impatient, and that I'd have to wait. This is a month and afterwards after he received my money.

3. NEVER did Nochay contact me first...I had to initiate every conversation.

4. Wrong item sent the first time, and didn't make it right immediately afterwards. Nochay acknowledged the fact he screwed up, but then lied to me for weeks afterwards about making it right. Sorry, that's very bad trading morals and ethics.

5. Took from January 21st to March 3rd to complete a deal. I understand things go wrong...but you DO NOT like to the person you are dealing with REPEATEDLY.

I received the item finally. Nochay included a few token items, told me to keep the original item, and apologized for his trading behavior. This is the ONLY reason why he doesn't get a negative from me.

Would I trade with him again? ONLY IF HE MAILS ITEM FIRST, AND I MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 100% RIGHT BEFORE MAILING MY PAYMENT OR ITEMS TO HIM.

His feedback to me was positive, due to the fact I made payment immediately (you can see it at http://www.heatware.com/eval.php4?id=9344&expand[0]=145304).

This was all over less than $10 in merchandise, but it really worries me that if he did this on less than $10, what would it have been like had it been for $100 or $500 in a transaction?

Any ways, that's my experience with Nochay.

Was supposed to be my Flash book for his RAM...just took over three weeks to accomplish it on his end

Cross-traded on October 16, 2003 Other/Unknown

This is my part of the heatware exchange in relation to the heat left me here:

http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=9344&expand[0]=191870

I was VERY close to posting a negative on this trader. It is only due to the fact that we have traded successfully in the past that I did not give him the negative he probably deserves.

Here is how the deal went:

Sept 24: We agree to do a straight trade, my Flash book for his RAM. We both agree to mail the next day.

Sept 25: I mail book, he doesn't mail RAM.

Sept 26: He receives book, and tells me that the RAM package was returned to him due to wrong address on packing slip. Funny thing is on the 24th, he sent me a pic of the packing slip, and it had the correct address on it.

Until October 15 (I can provide exact dates and emails/IMs/PMs if anybody is interested), I hear a lot of lies about mailing.

First, he tells me he mailed and it was returned (see above). Then he tells me that his boss at work is going to mail it. However, he doesn't bother to tell me that his boss didn't mail it until I CONTACTED HIM to find out where the package was.

Then, he tells me his mom will mail for him. Again, he doesn't contact me to tell me that his mom didn't send it until I CONTACTED HIM several days later looking for tracking. He then promises to mail it AGAIN.

Couple days later, after not hearing from him, I CONTACT HIM AGAIN, and am told he is grounded and cannot mail.

When he then posts on HF to sell his system, I then publicly ask him about why he keeps lying to me, and demand the shipment of the RAM to me as he promised weeks ago.

Remember, he's been enjoying the book since Sept. 25, and I've had nothing but lies.

Only then does he contact me after ignorning me for two days in IMs, and tells me he will ship it out AGAIN. It finally did arrive...but then he sends me an IM (and includes a letter in the package with the RAM) asking me to remove my comments in his for sale thread.

I've now done four deals with this trader. The first two went fine, and I even met him in person. However, the other two deals were worse...one one of them he sent me the wrong item, and I told him to forget it. The last deal here, he lied to me four times (more with the other promises in the three weeks), and I don't tolerate that.

If somebody is running behind, just tell the other person. However, to LIE and tell them you shipped, and then say the packaging slip was wrong (and after even sending me a picture of it that showed it was right!!!), then I have an issue with that.

Online trading requires honesty, and trust. Due to the last two problems, I was very tempted to put a negative on this account, but the only saving factor for this trader is the fact that we had some good deals before.

My recommendation would be that this trader will deliver, eventually. However, if your item does not arrive the FIRST TIME he promises it was mailed, it is time to start hounding him for the delivery of what you have gotten from him.

Will I deal with this trader again? I don't know. I can't stand to be lied to over and over and over by somebody. I may change my mind depending on the deal down the road, but rest assured that I will only mail payment or items AFTER receiving his end of the trade after awhile.

It is very hard to get rid of a negative on this site, and I didn't want to put that on this trader if he changes his methods down the road. However, I will not hesitate to change this feedback to a negative if this trader raises issue with my comments, or ever lies to me again in a deal.

SVC fan and HSF

klamen was the Seller on March 4, 2003 Other/Unknown

Fast payment, yet another good deal between us!

Purchased a Paypal transaction

klamen was the Buyer on February 17, 2003 Other/Unknown

Needed to move some money around in my account, and 327 helped me out. Very honest and dependable, great communication. Looking forward to future dealings!

3 ink cartridges

klamen was the Seller on November 4, 2002 Other/Unknown

Fast payment, good communication

20gb laptop drive

klamen was the Seller on October 19, 2002 Other/Unknown

Very fast payment, what can I say...for his first feedback, I'm proud to be the one to leave it!

video card and for a UPS and other stuff

Cross-traded on October 19, 2002 Other/Unknown

Very fast on shipping, quality protected, great communication...a great trader!

Circuit City gift card

klamen was the Buyer on November 4, 2002 Other/Unknown

Very fast shipment! One of the fastest ever! Can't wait to deal with again.

2 small hard drives

klamen was the Buyer on March 4, 2003 Other/Unknown

Need a hard drive for a Folding computer (www.grid.org) and Len came through extremely quick, and wouldn't take any money for the hard drive (only had me pay for shipping).

Hell of a trader, wish more people were like him! Thanks Len!

Items

klamen was the Seller on August 6, 2002 AnandTech

Really quick payment, thanks

computer system

klamen was the Buyer on September 2, 2002 Other/Unknown

Bought computer system. Jason was very honorable when the computer arrived with some problems. We worked out a secondary deal, and everything went very smooth.

Pleasure to deal with, and I look forward to dealing with this person of integrity very soon!

few DVDs

klamen was the Seller on June 16, 2003 Other/Unknown

Fast payment, good communications!``

laptop hard drive

klamen was the Seller on February 25, 2003 Other/Unknown

Paid fast, great communication!

Laptop

klamen was the Seller on April 6, 2003 ArsTechnica

Very fast payment, great communication. Definitely recommended.

DLink wireless card

klamen was the Seller on June 10, 2003 Other/Unknown

Very fast payment, great communication, and from my experience with him, going to be a good trader here.

512MB RAM

klamen was the Buyer on February 25, 2003 Other/Unknown

Sold it, shipped it, great condition, works great, what else can you expect? Thanks!

RatPadz

klamen was the Buyer on March 21, 2003 Other/Unknown

Fast shipment, thanks

MS optical mouse

klamen was the Seller on June 18, 2003 Other/Unknown

Very fast payment, great communication!

digital doc, custom

klamen was the Seller on October 2, 2002 Other/Unknown

Item arrived great condition!

chieftec case, two drives

klamen was the Buyer on October 9, 2002 AMDMB

Very quick payment, great communications!

Laptop bag

klamen was the Seller on June 18, 2003 Other/Unknown

Very fast payment, great communication...very nice!

item

klamen was the Buyer on August 31, 2002 Other/Unknown

Very fast deal, great communication, totally trustworthy in my opinion!!!

Norton AV 2002

klamen was the Seller on October 2, 2002 Other/Unknown

Arrived, thanks!

mobo and cpu combo

klamen was the Buyer on October 21, 2002 Other/Unknown

Fast shipping, well protected...thanks

2 modems

klamen was the Seller on June 28, 2003 AMDMB

Very fast payment, an excellent trader!