Msand9898

I had a terrible experience with Mario and still after 4 months and sending (at my cost) the defective RAM he traded me, I still have no RAM. Bad trader and absolutely terrible with communication. He has a good trading record here, which is why I trusted him, but he completely ripped me off. If you have any questions about this deal contact me at Ars under tbor. Thanks a lot Mario.

Cross-traded on August 26, 2002 ArsTechnica

The following is a recap of the trade that was sent to Mario and to Leavitron on Ars:

Mario, this is Trevor Johnson from Plover, WI. I have repeatedly tried to contact you to complete our trade. I sent you a new JVC Surround Receiver and you sent me some various other items including a 512MB stick of SDRAM. It turned out that the stick of RAM was defective. I contacted you and told you about this and told me to send it back to you to RMA. I did so and you said that you would cross ship your working stick on a Wednesday. I shipped my stick on that Wednesday around mid-May and waited for your stick to arrive. I called you in mid-June to follow up on why you didn't ship my RAM. You said one time that you were "very busy" and "out-of-town." I didn't have a problem with this but now it is 2 and a half months later and I still don't have my stick of RAM. Are you trying to cheat me out of this RAM? I need to get this RAM, as I said before I have a computer waiting on this stick of RAM. Please get back to me!

Never received $61 for 2 processors and heatsinks

Msand9898 was the Buyer on September 6, 2002 AnandTech

After having no success contacting Mario for over a year now, I figure I may as well stick a negative up on heatware. A year and a half ago I sold Mario a couple celeron 366s with one alpha heatsink and one generic heatsink. After not receiving the money order and him trying again, with no luck, we agreed to do a wire transfer. After that I lost contact with him and haven't spoken to him since. Private messages on anandtech haven't done any good and he hasn't been on icq for some time. Calling his house never helped and I've lost his number since then. I doubt I'll ever see the $61 he owes me.

This trade has still not been resolved. Mario you still owe me a 512MB stick of SDRAM. Fulfill your end of the bargain.

Cross-traded on March 7, 2003 ArsTechnica

See lower negative post.

This is a followup of Mario's comment: "Dont know who this guy is but I have been a long time member, do not ever recall trading or buying anythin from SFSEEKER??"

Msand9898 was the Buyer on October 30, 2002 AnandTech

I have been having problems with anandtech's forums for some time, my Anon4Life username quit letting me change any settings, post, and send private messages. Since I began going by a unique username (SGSeeker) everywhere else...pretty much anywhere that required an account, I decided that I'd create this new username on anadtech also. After a couple months without posting, this username also quit functioning. I haven't had a desire to bug the mods about info on this nick problem so I haven't. Sorry if you didn't recognize me, I didn't mention this username in the last eval.

To mario's credit, while we were still in connection with one another, he did state that he'd try to send the money order a couple more times. I don't know if this was true or not, but I never received them (think he retried twice). After talking about doing it through a wire transfer, I could no longer reach him. I no longer had his phone number, he wasn't responding to the email address he was using at the time(it looks like it has changed in his profile now), and with the anandtech issues I could no longer message him; this being after sending him numerous PMs continuously for a couple weeks (in his defense, I WILL state that he said he'd be out of town but didn't state for how long).

I just wish I would have had paypal back then, it would have made the transaction a lot easier if he too had an account(can't remember if he did/does).

fast transaction, pay fast, good A+++++++ user~~

Msand9898 was the Buyer on October 10, 1999 AGN

a very good user

I sold a STB Velocity video card to Mario.

Msand9898 was the Buyer on November 9, 1999 AGN

Payment arrived on time.Would deal with him again,a nice guy too.

Trade D-Link 10/100 NIC for Adaptec 1535 SCSI adaptor.

Msand9898 was the Buyer on November 21, 1999 AGN

Will certainly deal with him again!

Traded one Vantec 5030d PIII cooler for video and sound card.

Cross-traded on November 24, 1999 AGN

Mario shipped promptly, packaged well, and communications were terrific.
Good trader. Would trade again anytime.

Buying 2940U & video card.

Msand9898 was the Seller on November 29, 1999 AGN

Excellent guy to deal with! Fast shipment!

i traded a joystick -for a modem /like allways with mario it went as just as planned .

Cross-traded on November 27, 1999 AnandTech

never a problem hes a++++++++++++++ .i wish i could ship thinks that quick!!! will anytime with him.now if ups was as fast as the postoffice he would have that joystick today!!!!

crosstraded 32MB ram for Kenwood amp

Cross-traded on November 30, 1999 AnandTech

Great guy to deal with. Gave me a nicely packed item on time and gave what he described. I would trade with him anytime!

Traded some nics and a hub for a copy of Office 97.

Cross-traded on December 2, 1999 AGN

This came as promised and very prompt. Mario was in communication with me and understand my late shipment do to a death in the family. Very nice person to communicate with too. I would deal with him again any day.

we cross trade i got a cpu and sent mario a cdr

Cross-traded on January 15, 2000 AGN

as always just a great exchange

cross shipped and traded

Cross-traded on February 3, 2000 SYSOPT

great deal from start to finish...thanks Mario..A1 trader...honest,respectful,class act

Cross traded my DVD for his soundcard

Cross-traded on March 29, 2000 AnandTech

Transaction went smooth and quick, Mario is professional, responsible and a quaility, friendly trader. I highly recommend. Sound card was perfect and complete..worked great! Thanks!

swapped vid cards

Cross-traded on April 1, 2000 AGN

Great trader, packages both arrived fast. would trade again.

sent me 2 free cd-rs

Msand9898 was the Seller on April 4, 2000 AGN

what can i say. he sent me 2 free cd-rs to see if it would work with my burner. a great guy

traded dvds.

Cross-traded on March 31, 2000 AGN

great deal. mario was quite easy to deal with, and prompt with communication.

Cross shipped a stick of thermal paste for a P133 CPU.

Cross-traded on April 27, 2000 AGN

Smooth deal and I won't hesitate to deal with him again. A+ trader.

Traded a HD for a Video Card

Cross-traded on May 16, 2000 AGN

Trade with Mario went very smoothly. Will trade with again.

Traded a webcam for a sound card.We cross shipped.

Cross-traded on June 13, 2000 AGN

Mario shipped fast and his package got to me in great shape.I would deal with him again for sure.

SIIG ATA66 PCI Controller Card

Msand9898 was the Seller on July 14, 2000 AnandTech

Great guy to deal with Promt response, Let me know when it shipped and Package arrived sooner than expected. I will trade with him again. It was my pleasure, thanks

bought GW 2000 MoBo

Msand9898 was the Seller on July 29, 2000 AnandTech

quick reply,fast deal,would trade again anytime!

I bought a couple of Athlon stickers from him.

Msand9898 was the Seller on August 14, 2000 AGN

What a great guy. For some reason Paypal wouldn't take my CC. I already had most of the money in my account, and he just said go ahead, and send that, even though I was short. Would definitely trade with again. A++++++++

Purchased 128MB PC100 via Paypal.

Msand9898 was the Seller on September 21, 2000 AnandTech

Good transaction- prompt in answering my email. Another smooth one for msand98 :)