Ned Funnell

Bought a 3Com 905B-TX from him, this showed up defective. TROLL.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on March 14, 2004 Other/Unknown

TROLL.
I bought a NIC from him. He sent it without a anti-static bag. It was fried. When I told him that, and that it was bad to ship things without AS bags, he said that he never shipped anything with AS bags except memory or very high dollar items. Told me to ship it back, which I did. I forgot about it. A few weeks later, he IMs me saying that he got it, and that it works(I know this to be false). He says that he\'ll give me $5 to compensate shipping. The whole purchase was only $15 in the first place, so I said what the heck, I\'ll take what I can get. Never got it, even after being told I would multiple times.

So he has my $15, and the NIC to send to somebody else and scam. Nuts.

Do not trade with Darren under any circumstances. He is a TROLL.
TROLL.

TROLL!

Troll troll troll troll troll. Troll!

He was going to sell me an Athlon 64 setup, that is a 2800+ CPU, 754, on a Abit KV-80 motherboard with a gig of PC2700 DDR. 450w PSU. No video card. CD-RW drive. A 40gb hard drive was originally included, but he sold it while we were figuring out a place to meet. No price change. No case. I was also going to buy a gamecube from him with 10 games and accessories.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on October 6, 2005 AnandTech

This was a good deal to start off with, if he had actually gone through with the deal, good and cheap. I told him that I was interested and we were negotiating and trying to find a good place to meet to do the trade. My roommate and I happened to be planning an unrelated trip that would pass very near his house that weekend, so I suggested that we just meet either at his house or nearby. A hurricane blew through on the weekend we were going to do this, so we were not able to travel at all. He then suggested paypal, but still planning to meet. After the hurricane, I PMed him to try and agree with him on a time and place to meet. He then told me that he had no gas and therefore couldn't drive. I told him that the idea of actually coming to his house was only possible on that particular weekend because of the unrelated trip. He reminded me that he didn't have and gay and told me he'd 'see what he could do'. I told him to buy some gas, and he said 'if i get payed in the next few days ill see what i can do'. I then sent a $50 deposit via paypal as we had previously discussed and agreed upon. The next message after I sent my deposit was him telling me that he was dirt broke but he wasn't going to sell it, but said he would let me know if he changed his mind. He told me he would refund my $50, but didn't.
I didn't understand why he would change his mind suddenly like this, especially offering the excuse that he's dirt broke when he's A: in the middle of a agreement to sell something B: I just gave him a down payment for $50. I told him as such. My roommate and I were going on another unrelated trip that weekend, so I told him that we could meet him in Waco. He responded "i really dont want to sell it unless i have to thats why it was up for sale" and asked me to wait a week so he could be sure if he was going to sell it. He again told me he would refund my paypal monies, but did not. I politely asked him to take into consideration that I really needed the desktop for college. He replied a few days later asking if I could pay $300 for it instead of $250. Keep in mind that the original price was OBO. Normally I wouldn't, but I was (and am) in terrible need of a decent computer so I went along with it. After a few days and another PM from me, he told me that he didn't want to sell the machine, but told me about another machine he had for sale. I was fairly angry at this point because he had been playing me along for more than 2 weeks with this deal, and now decided not to sell it. I replied: " WTF, you've had me going on this for two weeks, I even send a down payment, and now you just change your mind? You can't do this kind of crap." He did not respond of refund my $50. At this point, I made a thread describing the situation in FS/T, but did not mention his name. The general opinion of the members there was that he was in the wrong. I PMed him a link to the thread and told him that I would leave negative heatware if he did not sell. You can read that thread here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1706784&enterthread=y

And a complete copy of our PMs here: http://teamcombustion.com/iamsomeguy.txt


I have not heard back from him, although I did get my $50 back once he saw the thread and freaked out. It's rather ironic, he was angry at me for making him look like a 'twit' by making the thread, but nobody knew it was him until he posted in the thread.


So a final warning: DO NOT TRADE WITH HIM. He does not understand the basics of trading and has no consideration for those that he does business with. Avoid.

I sold him a 512mb stick of PC133 CL2.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on March 12, 2004 Other/Unknown

Great transaction. Good communication, paid paypal, overall a good experience. Reccomended.

I bought a MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum motherboard from him.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on December 5, 2005 AnandTech

The PS2 port had something stuck in it that I had to remove, the audio jumpers were missing, but once I fixed that it works fine. He didn't know about these issues because he didn't use a PS2 mouse or rear audio. A good trader.

Trey sent me a serial port PCI plate for free after I posted in the \'freebies\' thread.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on April 23, 2006 AnandTech

Thanks a lot, Trey! Trey sent me the plate free of charge, even shipping. Thanks!

Sold him a mATX PSU.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on March 20, 2004 Other/Unknown

:beer;
Good transaction.

Sold him 2 socket 370 motherboards.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on February 14, 2004 Other/Unknown

Good communication, honest guy! No problems here. Reccomended!

I bought an AMD 64-bit 3200+ processor and stock HSF from him for $120.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on October 23, 2005 AnandTech

Shipping was a little laggy, but he took care of it well and everything worked out. The CPU works fine. Thanks!

Bought 80mm Tornado on the [H] Forums

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on April 15, 2004 Other/Unknown

Holy crap, this thing sounds like a freaking hair dryer.

Good to deal with Will013 again! As usual, the deal went smoothly, no complaints. Good communication, etc. Reccomended.

I bought an Antec case and 430W PSU from him for $77 shipped.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on October 23, 2005 AnandTech

Very good trader. Everything arrived in tip-top shape, and he was easy to communicate with. He even offered to clean out the PSU before sending it. A great trader, would definately work with again.

Sold him a 120mm Panaflo.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on January 9, 2004 Other/Unknown

Great buyer. Good communication and prompt payment. Reccomended.

Bought USB floppy on [H]ard|forum.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on October 13, 2003 Other/Unknown

Good deal. Very honest seller with awesome communication. Reccomended.

Sold him Pokemon Yellow for GBC.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on December 9, 2003 Other/Unknown

Very good buyer, good communication. Reccomended to anyone, I would do business again.

He donated a Game Gear game to kit for soldiers I\'m sending to Iraq.

Cross-traded on May 31, 2004 AnandTech

Good trader, thanks for the donation. Soldier morale++

Sold large diameter heatshrink.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on March 8, 2004 Other/Unknown

Flawless transaction. Thumbs up!

I bought: 2 512MB PC3200 DDR AMD S754 Sempron 3100+ Gigabyte HSF ECS nForce3 250 motherboard S754 All accessories included for $70 shipped.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on December 24, 2007 AnandTech

Good communication, quick shipment, good price. Items arrived in working condition. My only complaint is that the packing was a bit lacking. Other than that, though, no problems. Thanks a lot!

JesseKnows sent me a 5.3v Nokia wall power supply for the cost of shipping. Nice guy!

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on January 24, 2006 AnandTech

Absolutely fabuoulous. This trade was so smooth, it was like silk. Thanks for the act of charity, JesseKnows!

Bought a 35GB 7200RPM IBM Deskstar from him.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on December 2, 2003 Other/Unknown

Awesome. Good communication, fast shipping, paypal. I reccomend this seller!

I bought 2 playstation games from him.

Ned Funnell was the Seller on January 1, 2004 Other/Unknown

Great deal, great communication. Reccomended seller!

Intogamer sold me a WD 160GB IDE HDD.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on June 14, 2010 AnandTech

Everything went smoothly. The HD was shipped quickly and was well packed. The HD tested out just fine and I had good communication from the seller. No complaints, and I would gladly deal with again. Thanks!

We cross-shipped on a motherboard trade. I sent him a DFI LANParty NFII Ultra B, and he sent me an NF7-S V2.0

Cross-traded on December 12, 2004 AnandTech

A very pleasant deal. We planned to ship on the same day. He sent out his motherboard priority mail (as did I) and it got here quickly. It was well packed and included factory sealed accessories. This was a very professional deal, and I am pleased with how it worked out. Thanks a bunch.

Bought an AMD shirt and some stickers.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on November 1, 2003 Other/Unknown

Good seller. Straightforward deal.

Bought Chaintech headphones on [H].

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on September 29, 2003 Other/Unknown

w00t! Super great deal and great seller, good communication. Reccomend highly.

I bought a CompUSA 128MB flash USB drive from him.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on December 13, 2005 AnandTech

No complaints here, a very professional trader. I had no problems whatsoever. Shipping was satisfactory and the price was below retail for a new product. I would do business again. Thanks!

I bought a eMachines m6805, NIB, for $390.

Ned Funnell was the Buyer on December 16, 2007 AnandTech

Fantastic trader. Went the extra mile to help me out. Have done business in the past, and absolutely would love to do business again in the future!