Ranadin

Katin as he is known on AT was looking to trade his X800XL PCI-E for a lower end AGP card. I offered my X800XL AGP and we agreed on a deal on Jan. 10th. He wanted to cross ship and I said I couldnt because this is my only card. He didnt have a problem with that. On the 12th he updated me with saying he didnt even get the card yet from another deal. I was fine with that. On the 17th he said he was shipping out the card. After that he stopped responding to my PM\'s. No card was received. I even warned him i would leave negative feedback if he didnt get back to me by the 27th. He signed on the 27th and never PM\'ed me.

Cross-traded on January 27, 2006 AnandTech

I didnt lose anything but a deal was made and he didnt keep his end of the deal. Thankfully i didnt cross ship otherwise i would be screwed.

Winchester 3200+, Thermaltake Silentboost K8, and ATI 9800 Pro.

Ranadin was the Seller on December 11, 2004 AnandTech

Paid for all three items on November 18th. He said he would ship the CPU/HSF the next day and the video card the following Wednesday. Finally shipped the CPU/HSF on December 3rd (after I inquired on the 1st) and I got my money back today for the video card (requested the money back for it)

Communication was the biggest problem. Nice guy though, and appologized for the mixup. Got my video card money back to me by the time I requested it back.

Would trade with again if communication was better...

Bought a 74GB WD Raptor from him through [H]ardforum

Ranadin was the Seller on April 9, 2005 Other/Unknown

DO NOT TRADE WITH HIM! No matter how good the trade is, do not trade with him. It's not worth the time and effort it'll take to get the merchandise. He apparently has a chronic case of bad communication. I really want to GIVE HIM A NEGATIVE, but he eventually sent the drive after I filed a Paypal complaint. Here's my post on Anandtech:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1552848&enterthread=y

Does anyone here know or have you dealt with katin (heat: Ranadin, email: Ranadin@hanmail.net)? I haven't heard from him in a week. I paid for a 74GB Raptor and he said he would PM me the tracking number (we made our deal on Hardforum). It's been a week and he hasn't gotten back to me. I've PMed him four separate times and, according to his profile, he's been online after each PM, yet I have not received a reply. He's also been online on the AT boards, so he isnt dead or anything. He has pretty good heat (34 pos, 1 neut, 0 neg), so I dont know how to respond.

Any suggestions?

UPDATE:
he claims to have tried to send the package but UPS said he couldnt cause I gave him the wrong address. I didn't, though, cause I just used my verified address on file with Paypal. his "shipper" apparently transcribed my zip code incorrectly. Personally, I think it was just another lame excuse. he claims to have tried to contact me during that ~two week time period. yet he never PMed me, our original form of communication. Any person with any common sense would have gone back to PMs to contact me. but like I said before, I never got any PMs from him. After he finally contacted me, he said he would ship it the coming Monday and email me with the tracking number. Surprise! come Monday he didn't. I filed a complaint with Paypal that Tuesday (3/29), I believe. He finally shipped the package that Thursday according to the tracking info. He didn't even email the number to me, but instead only submitted it to Paypal's complaint process, which forwarded it to me; i.e., his communication is lousy. at least the packaging was decent. I haven't tried to test out the 74GB Raptor he sent since I probably wouldn't get a refund anyways (Paypal closed the complaint simply because a tracking number was provided). The drive still has a warranty, though, so I am protected in that regard. Just assume it works for now. I'll post an update if it doesn't work.

good luck if you are in a deal with him. don't be surprised if he doesn't communicate at all and it takes a long time to complete the transaction.

Here's another thread about him:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1400801&enterthread=y&arctab=y

I traded a 3700+ san diego for a 3000+ retail Venice and $130. On wednesday, he claimed he had shipped and paypaled me $142, the extra $12 for express shipment because he needed it saturday. I shipped and he got it friday. About a week later I asked for a tracking number and he stalled for 2-3 more days, then admitted he had never shipped the 3000+. He offered $130 paypal the next day or he'd express the 3000+ to me. Nothing came the next day. I contacted trollhunters and created a thread about him on anandtech. About three days later I recieved the additional $130 from paypal.

Cross-traded on September 12, 2005 AnandTech

First, I did eventually get everything I was owed. But it took almost two weeks. During these two weeks I was lied to on more than one occasion. I won't be dealing with him again.

Purchased a few S478 mobo\'s, HSF\'s and some DDR from Katin on [HF].

Ranadin was the Seller on May 14, 2009 HardForum

I did get my stuff but it was mailed 30 days after I was told it was which pisses me off to no end. Avoid this loser at all costs.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1418537

sold regular pentium, 2 gig hdd and other smalll items

Ranadin was the Seller on September 12, 2002 AnandTech

trades under the nick "katin" at anandtech forums

good trader A++

Sold Slot1 P3 700's

Ranadin was the Buyer on September 24, 2002 Other/Unknown

Great trader. Smooth deal. Sent out wrong amount, I sent procs when I got he 1st check and got the second one the next day...

I traded Him a stick of Samsung 512MB DDR stick for a Maxtor 120GB HDD.

Cross-traded on August 29, 2004 AnandTech

He shipped out the HDD first. Transaction went smoothly. Awesome trader.

he bought a used epox 9npaj mainboard

Ranadin was the Buyer on August 24, 2005 HardForum

saw classified, pm'ed me that he wanted it, put money into paypal. no b.s., quick. great buyer

Sold Dell 700m Laptop (Sealed in box)

Ranadin was the Buyer on May 15, 2005 AnandTech

We were able to quickly work out a deal that benefited us both. Katin was patient with my schedule that did not allow for returning his calls immediately, however I think we both communicated fairly professionally and quickly ironed out any detauls.

Good guy to deal with.

9500 Pro 128mb AGP video card

Ranadin was the Buyer on June 14, 2005 AnandTech

Very fast buyer, doesn't waste time at all, paid when he said. Very good transaction.

2x512 Dual Pack of Mushkin PC4000 Redline DDR

Ranadin was the Buyer on August 23, 2005 AnandTech

Buyer paid in full, and had good communication. Would sell to again anytime.

Sold 2ea. P3 1 Gig/133fsb and 2ea. GORBS.

Ranadin was the Buyer on September 19, 2002 AMDMB

Excellent communication and fast payment. All trades should go this smoothely

I bought a Pentium 820 D from him.

Ranadin was the Seller on December 10, 2007 HardForum

Processor arrived afst and was as described, good packaging. No issues at all with him.

I sold two P3 750 mhz slot-1 cpus to this gentleman.

Ranadin was the Buyer on September 16, 2002 Other/Unknown

Good communications, fast payment.

sold him a geforce2 mx twinview

Ranadin was the Buyer on September 16, 2002 AnandTech

money was quick, deal was easy! thanks!

1 gig of Twinmos BH-5 ram for 100

Ranadin was the Seller on June 16, 2005 ForumOC.com

The seller was very responsive and communicated well. I ordered on tuesday and the RAM arrived Friday. I would do bussiness again with him at anytime.

2x512MB TwinMOS SP BH5 For ASUS 9600XT + $20

Cross-traded on June 16, 2005 Other/Unknown

Seller was great and shipped the next day; I got it in 3 days. RAM runs as advertised.

Purchased a GeForce2 card from Jun

Ranadin was the Seller on September 6, 2004 AnandTech

Seller shipped first, I recieved it in excellent condition and the packaging was very good. I'd definitely do business with again.

Sold a 700m 8 cell battery

Ranadin was the Buyer on June 15, 2005 AnandTech

Great buyer. Fast communication. Fast payment. Pleasure doing business with. thanks

Hitachi 7200rpm Laptop Hard Drive.

Ranadin was the Buyer on June 15, 2005 Other/Unknown

Payed in a reasonable amount of time and let me know when package arrived.

bought OCZ booster

Ranadin was the Seller on March 22, 2005 Other/Unknown

Very Fast shipping and a pleasure to deal with. A++ Thanks!

bought a voodoo2 accelerator card

Ranadin was the Seller on September 20, 2002 AnandTech

Nice deal, good communication. Would do business with again.

bought some ram

Ranadin was the Seller on September 1, 2002 AnandTech

quick shipping, great person, would deal with again!

I bought an AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Ranadin was the Seller on May 27, 2005 Other/Unknown

Smooth transaction. Fast shipping. A great guy to deal with.