leavercm

I posted in Sept of 05 looking for a P4 mobo and CPU. Nicholas posted a Shuttle AB60R and Celeron D. I took the offer.

leavercm was the Buyer on March 25, 2006 ArsTechnica

My first mistake was paying first. He only had 2 Heat. I have 75ish and over 200 on Beerology. What was I thinking?

He shipped the goods in better-than-par packaging. I split the combo due to other things I was doing. The Celeron D was fine. The mobo was a different matter.

I put a 2.4/533 Northwood on the mobo and loaded it up for my oldest son. When gaming, he would notice sporadic lock-ups and pauses. I talked to Nicholas about this and he suggested drivers or a different video card. I swapped drivers around, tried an Nvidia card instead of the Ati I had in it - nothing changed. I communicated this all to Nick. I even wiped the system and started over with the bare minimum drivers needed - nothing helped. After each step I sent a summary to Nick. Most of the time I didn\'t get an acknowledgement until a week or two later.

Then things went really downhill. His communication became less frequent. Sometimes weeks would pass.

I finally got him to agree to take the board back on December 8th. It took him A WHOLE MONTH and 3 e-mails for him to respond to confirm his ship-to address. I shipped immediately thereafter. He received the mobo back Fed Ex ground on January 10th. I followed up with an e-mail reminding him that I needed non-CC Paypal for a refund. On the 11th, he sent me CC-paypal which I promptly rejected. I immediatley e-mailed him an explanation as to why I could not accept it. 4 days later he acknowledged and said he had to \"borrow some money\" for someone in order to pay me back otherwise. I find that odd when he had been buying/selling in Agora through December. It is suspicious that he would go suddenly \"broke.\" 9 days later he responded to say that he had money to send me and he wanted to know if an MO be OK. I didn\'t want an MO because I needed to send some Paypal to someone else but I reluctantly accepted in order to get the money and be done with this whole mess. (January 24th)

6 days later and no MO shows up (He\'s in Chicago and I am in Grand Rapids, MI - it\'s a 4 hour drive) and I get the Agora Mods after him. (It\'s now January 31st.) He responds almost immediately to say the MO was mailed on Saturday the 28th. I receive the MO on Feb 1.

I WOULD NOT deal with him again because his (lack of) communication is not worth the extra effort I would have to put into it to make a deal happen.

I justify a Negative based upon the following:
1) Unacceptable communication - followup was slow, sporadic, or had to be extracted via Mod intervention.
2) Lack of timely response - he claimed lack of a car as slowing up getting the MO. If I were being threatened with banning from the Forum, I would do whatever necessary to facilitate things - not wait until it was \"convenient.\"
3) Attitude - He said I should be thankful he is giving me a refund because it took me 3 months to give up on the board. If his initial troubleshooting e-mails had been more timely, I would have been able to come to a conclusion much sooner.

Bought a "new" Leadtek GF2 Pro retail from him

leavercm was the Buyer on January 9, 2002 ArsTechnica

I was told it was basically new - only installed and then used to load an OS. When it arrived it smelled like it had heavy smoking around it and it was missing the games that make it a retail package.

I attempted to discuss the situation with him but he continually avoided the subject and changed his story. He claimed he did not smoke and said that it could have "dropped into the package" while he was getting it ready to ship. What on earth does that mean? Then FINALLY he came back and said "Okay, if I do smoke, what do you want me to do about it?" This after I told him 2 or 3 times that it was up to him to make me an offer because he was the cause of the problem, not me.

I cannot recommend him because of his lack of honesty with me and I will not deal with him again!

Traded him my SB Live 5.1 and Live Drive IR for a Samsung DVD/CD-RW and Netgear 8 port switch.

Cross-traded on September 6, 2005 ArsTechnica

Packaging adequate. Communication good. Would deal with him again.

Sold him a strip of Intel P2 stickers

leavercm was the Seller on August 15, 2001 ArsTechnica

Payment via Paypal and shipped first class mail. Flawless transaction

Sold him a few Panaflos left over from the Bulk Buy

leavercm was the Seller on February 7, 2002 ArsTechnica

Paypal payment. Smooth, fast, easy. Textbook transaction! (Shouldn't they all be that way?!?)

Bought a pair of 15GB IBM 75GXP's

leavercm was the Buyer on June 30, 2001 ArsTechnica

Packaging of the drives could have been more secure but overall a great deal and no harm done. Would deal with him again.

Bought a combo package - CD-ROM, video card, and NIC from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on February 1, 2002 ArsTechnica

Great price for the goods. Good packaging. Slight glitch on the CD-ROM, but was rectified to my satisfaction.

Bought a set of Addtronics castors from him for basically the cost of shipping.

leavercm was the Buyer on July 11, 2002 ArsTechnica

Outstanding deal, excellent packaging and communication. Textbook transaction, IMO.

Would not hesitate to deal with him again.

Bought an 80GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDD from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on March 29, 2006 ArsTechnica

Communication was excellent both before and after the transaction. Packaging was in a static back and shipped within an original HDD shipping box. Drive worked flawlessly out of the box.

I would gladly deal with him again!

Bought an Aureal Vortex II soundcard from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on November 13, 2002 ArsTechnica

Great price, excellent communication. we both forgot to do evals though! No biggie.

I would gladly deal with him again.

Sold him a training book and a copy of some training software for networking

leavercm was the Seller on September 27, 2001 ArsTechnica

paypal payment, struck a good deal. Would gladly deal with him again!

Sold him a WD 20GB 5400 rpm drive.

leavercm was the Seller on December 19, 2002 ArsTechnica

He asked for one, I had one, he liked the price. He paid immediately with Paypal and I shipped. Textbook deal, what can I say?

I would gladly deal with him again.

Bought a retail P4 2.4/533 and Intel 865PERLL from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on December 14, 2004 ArsTechnica

I posted a WTB and he had exactly what I was looking for. I offered to pay on my next Payday and he went ahead and shipped via DHL ground. Package arrived thoroughly abused the day of payday.

CPU was in the retail blister pack. Mobo was in the retail box (which looked it has been tied behind the pickup and dragged from here into town). Both items were in a large box filled with peanuts and bubble wrap. I'd consider it adequate packaging.

I waited to send Paypal until I could verify the contents as working. That was the following weekend over the Christmas holiday. Once the hardware was installed and ran 48 hours without a hitch, I sent non-CC Paypal.

I would deal with him again provided he used another shipper.

Sold Scoob a pair of NICs and a hellah patch cable.

leavercm was the Seller on October 29, 2002 ArsTechnica

Glad I packaged the box well. Despite significant trama, the goods arrived in prefect shape!

Excellent communcation and follow-up, swift payment. A+ trader!

Bought a Yamaha 16x10x40 C-RW drive from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on October 3, 2001 ArsTechnica

He provided full retail package for a used drive. I was impressed. Even let me try it before paying for it to make sure I didn't have any problems with it. Can't knock that.
Two thumbs up!

Sold him my HP laptop.

leavercm was the Seller on July 25, 2004 ArsTechnica

Communication was excellent. I shipped via FedEx ground/home using their custom laptop shipping box. (Well worth the $10) Upon receiving tracking, he Paypal'd me the sum of the transaction. He followed up quickly after receiving it to let me know it was working fine.

I would gladly deal with him again!

Traded Panaflo fan for old video card

Cross-traded on February 27, 2002 ArsTechnica

First card had problems on arrival after being tested ok before shipped. Might have been banged around in shipping due to not enough padding. He quickly sent me another card with was well-packaged and worked fine.

Excellent deal and outstanding customer service. I would gladly deal with FF again.

Bought a handful of games, a gamepad, and NAV2002 from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on March 7, 2003 ArsTechnica

Excellent communication and follow up. Great packaging that survived near-death. I am serious when I say the package was nearly destroyed and the tape was the only thing holding it together. Yet the contents were undamaged.

Great trader whom I would gladly deal with again!

Got a Thumbdrive from him for an awesome price - free!

leavercm was the Buyer on October 6, 2002 ArsTechnica

Excellent communication, awesome deal. Product packaged well and shipped quickly. An outstanding transaction - would not hesitate to deal with him again!

Traded him an IBM 16.8 GB HDD for an IDE Zip100 and some cash.

Cross-traded on March 23, 2002 ArsTechnica

Excellent communication and packaging. Disaster-proof packaging (which saved the Zip from being damaged at the hands of USPS).

Would gladly deal with him again.

Bought a 900MHz Tbird for a song and a dance!

leavercm was the Buyer on August 9, 2002 ArsTechnica

Awesome deal and he came through with overnight shipping when I was in a pinch!

THIS is how deals should go.

Sold him my wife's SCSI scanner. He paid via MO, I shipped via FedEx ground.

leavercm was the Seller on September 30, 2004 ArsTechnica

Apparently it took a bit of rough handling and knocked something loose. Hans knew what he was doing and repaired it - thus saving me the headache of a shipping claim. I owe you one!

I would gladly deal with him again.

Bought a new pull Antec SP-350 from him.

leavercm was the Buyer on June 25, 2006 ArsTechnica

He shipped Priority, I payed via personal check. Packaging and communication were top-notch! I would gladly deal with him again anytime and for any amount.

Two cross-trades for different items at different times.

Cross-traded on May 31, 2000 ArsTechnica

Well, I THOUGHT I was a better record keeper than him, but I cannot find dates for the transactions.
Great guy to deal with. Good packaging, great communication. Just beware of what he uses for "stuffing" his packages! =] (Inside joke)

Sold him some Panaflo tails and a USB header.

leavercm was the Seller on January 24, 2003 ArsTechnica

Excellent communication and follow up. Quick to pay. Quicker than expected, even. He originally asked to pay cash or check. I was fine with a check, but then he changed and paid Paypal instead. Cool by me!

I would gladly deal with him again.