marmasatt

I sold Samir a box full of SAS drives and 25 sticks of DDR/DDR2/DDR3. I consider it almost freebies considering what I shipped him vs. what he paid.

marmasatt was the Seller on October 13, 2019 AnandTech

Wow. This is a first for me. Not once have I given or rec'd a negative feedback in over 16 years of trading. Boy he earned this one. I've had a few days to cool off and I'm still leaving it. Where do I start. Communication was abysmal. We started this trade 8/13 and I shipped 10/13. Need I say more about that? He kept wanting to scour the internet to see if he could find things cheaper. I totally get it. But there comes a time that you just bite the bullet and say you're interested or not interested. I could see him logging on and off AT yet he would refuse to answer. Then he would respond, and ask me to give him a few more days and message him again. I called him out on it after the 3rd time or so and he said he had family in the hospital. I did too. So I chalked it up to being flighty and we still did the deal.

He told me to get all of this stuff ready and that he would pay for shipping. Then when push came to shove, he would NOT pay shipping. I was a bit peeved and I told him I went through all of this trouble scouring my stuff to get what he wanted and he obviously wants it and I'll get rid of it - so let's get a new deal going. Told him to pay me $3 shipping and I'd basically eat the rest. Well it costs $13 to ship and that was USPS ground. Deal was for $33 total for 2 10K SAS drives and 25 sticks of memory. Where I come from, these are almost freebies. A buck a stick for memory? Well shame on me and I shipped ground and apparently the box came pretty beat up. I did NOT realize that insurance was not included. My fault. So apparently alot of the air bags popped and the memory clanked together. Samir starts taking pictures of stuff and I don't know what I'm looking at. He's claiming that there were little solder dots in the bag (not ram chips mind you) so he narrowed it down to 1 HD and 3 sticks of ram. I wanted more info. I asked him to test the items. He now refused to test them because he doesn't want to damage his old systems. Before you know it, he files a claim with paypal and now wants a refund of $13 when he paid $20 for 25 sticks of ram and 2 hard drives! I was taken aback. I asked him repeatedly where he was getting this figure? Now he starts linking me to prices of the 4 damaged items which total more than $13.. I frankly told him "You refused to pay Ebay prices and said you needed a deal. So why would you now go to Ebay to look up replacement costs of various chips when your costs was a buck apiece?" He said that's how it should be done. I countered with the fact that if he buys a $500 laptop on sale for $300 and he buys it at $300 - and then goes to return it, he's not going to get $500 for the laptop, he should get what he paid. And if he does try to get more, he can be prosecuted in some states... (Just making my example.) So again, he paid a buck a stick. I offered him $8. He refused through pp. I apologized and offered him $10. He refused through paypal. Now I basically feel like he's extorting me for money when 3 sticks of ram out of 25 are bad. And that's "allegedly" because he refused to test! I didn't ask for the memory back and I acquiesced to his demands and refunded him $13. As I said, this was an absolute first for me. He definitely earned this one. I would be very cautious in dealing with him if he's that stubborn that he would refuse to ship back yet also refuse to test and just randomly extort you for some figures he found online that he believes is the value of the damaged items - when again..... he paid a buck a stick.

Geez, I haven\'t done this in 10 yrs of trading but this really ticked me off. Funny thing is, he doesn\'t seem like a bad guy, just kind of a kid who made a few bad choices. He posted an item. We agreed on a price. I then paid him. He says he\'ll ship. And then heeven provides me a tracking number that the item has shipped.

marmasatt was the Buyer on December 29, 2009 AnandTech

Later in the day Zach emails me and tells me the laptop is having problems. And that it specifically had like hardware issues (bad Hard drive). I got it at a pretty fair price, so I tell him, I\'ll take it anyway and just eat the cost of another Hard drive for $50. Now he still won\'t ship it? Why is that then? Either poor planning and putting something up for sale prematurely, or he got cold feet and decided otherwise (or sold it to someone else for all I know). I cannot recommend this guy. I\'m pretty darned ticked. I stopped looking for a lappy after we had a deal, and even bought a new battery for this model after we had a deal. And he still won\'t sell it to me...Now I have to return or sell this battery and continue to spend another month looking for a laptop..Proceed w/ caution.

Sold him a new Xbox 360 and a game.

marmasatt was the Seller on July 24, 2009 AnandTech

Ben\'s a good guy. He has indicated he\'s had a few trades already and has not rec\'d heat. I believe it. We were actually on neighboring states and did the deal face to face. Courteous, professional, and an all around nice guy. Would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Cross traded Ram New 2700 for 3200.

Cross-traded on August 15, 2004 AnandTech

Cross traded sticks of 512 Megs w/ Jeff. Great trader and a great guy. Well packaged and shipped quickly. A + trader.

Sold him an X-Dreamer Case

marmasatt was the Seller on June 14, 2006 AnandTech

Sold Mike a lightly used PC Case. Nice guy, shipped quickly. Would do business w/ him again for sure.

Sold him a socket 754 mobo / 3300+ processor combo.

marmasatt was the Seller on June 2, 2008 AnandTech

Nice guy, was understanding about testing the mobo/cpu as I could not. We worked it out and I would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Purchased a starter HTPC from Terry in exchange for cash and a few odds and ends.

Cross-traded on March 30, 2006 AnandTech

Similar to the previous poster, we avoided a situation that could have been disastrous with lesser civil traders. I was under the impression that the purchase price included an OS on the system. (Somehow after 20 PM\'s) we still got our lines crossed. We ended up basically splitting the difference and I ended up getting refunded some. The item was extremely well packed - among the best jobs I\'ve ever seen. Terry shipped quickly and kept in constant communication. I would not hesitate to do business with him again. A truly great deal and a great trade.

Sold an Intel HSF to Todd

marmasatt was the Seller on March 2, 2006 AnandTech

Nice guy w/ with quick shipping. Would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Purchased a great condition Iphone4 from Mike.

marmasatt was the Buyer on May 1, 2013 AnandTech

What a guy. His reputation precedes him. No muss, no fuss. Good price, good packaging, good communication. Thanks for the deal!

Sold Eric FC2 for PC

marmasatt was the Seller on June 8, 2009 AnandTech

Nice guy. Paid quickly w/ good communication. No problems here.

Sold him some Beatles Cd\'s

marmasatt was the Seller on January 20, 2006 AnandTech

Sold Tome a few Beatles CD\'s I wasn\'t listening to. Very good communication and quick shipping. Would not hesitate to do business w/ him again.

System Shock 2

marmasatt was the Seller on September 19, 2004 AnandTech

I sold Kevin SS2. No problems here. Kevin is a good guy and a good trader. Thanks.

Sold Jeff some video cards, memory, processors.

marmasatt was the Seller on February 27, 2019 AnandTech

He bought a ton of stuff and is a great guy to do business with. Communication was great even though he was moving. Courteous and no nonsense. Hope we can do business again.

Sold him $900 in Best Buy Gift Cards.

marmasatt was the Seller on December 26, 2011 AnandTech

Nice guy. No problems here. Would deal with him again. Thanks for the deal.

Bought a couple of nice phones for Sprint

marmasatt was the Buyer on May 6, 2007 AnandTech

Nice guy and great prices. Bought a two nice flip phones. He shipped quickly with great communication the whole time. And to boot, better price than I could have imagined. Thanks for the deal.

GSkill DDR4 3200 memory 8GB x 2 (one stick defective)

marmasatt was the Seller on August 26, 2019 AnandTech

Paid fine. Could have communicated more, but seemed like a nice enough guy.

Sold Adam a PNY Flash Drive

marmasatt was the Seller on May 31, 2007 AnandTech

Nice guy. Stayed in constant communication. Thanks for the deal Adam.

Sold Carl some HD-DVD\'s and PC Games

marmasatt was the Seller on November 30, 2008 AnandTech

Quick payment. Good communication here. Thanks for the deal!

Purchased a Dell Latitude D400 Laptop from him.

marmasatt was the Buyer on February 28, 2011 AnandTech

Good guy, shipped quickly, and what a price! Thanks for the deal.

Purchased a 256 Meg stick of PC133

marmasatt was the Buyer on August 1, 2004 AnandTech

Rick is a stand up guy and no BS trader. Offered to cross ship w/ my inferior refs. Product came early and packaged the best it could have possibly been packaged. Thanks Rick. A+ trade.

Bought Wolfenstein for PC from him.

marmasatt was the Buyer on September 11, 2009 AnandTech

Nice guy, shipped relatively quickly w/ good communication - and gave a great deal. Thanks, my man.

OfficeMax Gift Cards

marmasatt was the Seller on May 22, 2004 AnandTech

Sold Alex some OM Gift Cards. Very smooth deal. Professional, Courteous trader w/ good communication. A+

Bought Max Payne 2

marmasatt was the Buyer on December 2, 2003 AnandTech

I bought Max Payne 2 from David. It was well packaged, perfect condition, and nice price. Seasoned veteran trader w/ good communication to boot. Thank you.

Sold 5 PC Games to him.

marmasatt was the Seller on January 12, 2004 AnandTech

Scott is a real veteran trader. Good communication and good guy. Has over 10 times more heat than I, and shipped first even though I didn't ask. Would deal with him again in a second.

Traded Quake Wars: Enemy Territory for SOF:Payback.

Cross-traded on July 16, 2008 AnandTech

Nice fellow, easy to deal with. Item shipped the following day after discussion. Thanks for the deal.