cowsclaw

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

cowsclaw was the Buyer 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

bought an Abit BH7 backplate

cowsclaw was the Buyer on June 27, 2003 AnandTech

good guy. helped me out by selling me an Abit BH7 backplate for only the cost of shipping. thanks for the deal.

sold him a 40GB WD400BB hard drive

cowsclaw was the Seller on April 27, 2003 AnandTech

good seller. quick payment when asked. no problems.

sold 512MB HyperX PC3500

cowsclaw was the Seller on April 30, 2003 AnandTech

quick payment after receiving item. good to deal with

purchased xbox component video cables from raiderj

cowsclaw was the Buyer on May 19, 2006 AnandTech

received the cables very promptly. good communication. good trader. thanks

sold an vantec aeroflow

cowsclaw was the Seller on April 28, 2003 AnandTech

quick payment, good communication. no problems.

sold an aeroflow for p4

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 16, 2003 AnandTech

had to pay first, but he paid very quickly after receiving. good trader

sold black lite-on 48x24x48

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 16, 2003 AnandTech

had to pay first, but he paid very quickly after receiving the drive. good trader

bought Panaflo L1A w/ 4-pin connector from him

cowsclaw was the Buyer on March 20, 2003 AnandTech

EXCELLENT SERVICE! he couldn't send it out the day he said he would, so he made up for it by sending a $6 fan OVERNIGHT! WOW! I even told him that I didn't need it in any hurry. Have no fear dealing with this guy. he's great.

sold him 2 HDs, NIC, and modem

cowsclaw was the Seller on March 17, 2003 AnandTech

paid for the items very quickly. easy to deal with and good communication.

sold an ata133 card

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 22, 2003 AnandTech

quick payment. quick replies. good buyer.

athlon 1700+ XP

cowsclaw was the Seller on June 10, 2003 AnandTech

good and understanding trader who paid promptly.

sold him a TNT2

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 1, 2003 AnandTech

good trader. had to pay first, but he shipped very quickly. THANKS

bought a P4 1.6a

cowsclaw was the Buyer on May 1, 2003 AnandTech

he sent the P4 very quickly even after only receiving part of the payment. good trader to deal with. good communication and he didn't even complain when i took forever to give him his heat. SORRY, MAN!

sold an antec smartpower

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 21, 2003 AnandTech

good trader. quick payment. good communicaiton. would trade again

thanks

sold an intel mobo and P3 550MHz

cowsclaw was the Seller on May 21, 2003 AnandTech

good communicationa dn understanding trader. i sent the package out a month ago, but he finally got it. i feel so bad. fortuntely, he was very understanding. all in all a good trade.

thanks!

sold 2x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC3000

cowsclaw was the Seller on June 2, 2003 AnandTech

was nice enough to come by my apt. to pick up the RAM from me. it saved me both time and money too. good trader.

sold a ata100 card to him

cowsclaw was the Seller on April 18, 2003 AnandTech

good communication. paid quickly. no problems.

bought a Panaflo 120mm M1A from him

cowsclaw was the Buyer on May 8, 2003 AnandTech

let me pay with paypal even though the fan was only $8. gave me a great deal on the fan. sent VERY promptly. great trader.

3x PCI slots

cowsclaw was the Buyer on July 21, 2003 AnandTech

good guy. gave me some PCI slots for free. thanks.

Bought a Dell pull 64MB Ti4200 w/ DVI-VGA adapter

cowsclaw was the Buyer on August 12, 2004 AnandTech

everything went smoothly. had good communication and sent the item promptly. no problems.

Thanks

sold him a SBLive Value card

cowsclaw was the Seller on April 18, 2003 AnandTech

good trader. good communication. paid promptly. no problems

antec case fan

cowsclaw was the Seller on July 21, 2003 AnandTech

no problems in deal. sorry about the late eval.

sold a 7\" xenarc touch LCD

cowsclaw was the Seller on February 28, 2006 AnandTech

paid as promised and had good communication. would trade with again.

sold a Linksys WRT54GS Router

cowsclaw was the Seller on February 20, 2006 AnandTech

paid promptly and had good communication. no problems whatsoever a