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Amiga computer related discussion => Recommended Amiga Dealers => Topic started by: Dropcheck on April 01, 2008, 03:41:07 PM
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Hi
I'm trying to find out about a repair shop run by Hans George Campbell(aka The DoomMaster) in Oregon. I found his website RetrogeekComputers.com where he proposes to fix Amiga computers. You pay $40 + parts and pay shipping both ways and he supposedly fixs them. So being the trusting sole that I am (I know, that may have been my first mistake), I sent him a broken A2000 motherboard.
UPS tracking put the package in his hands on March 11th. On March 17th I emailed him requesting a update on the progress. He responded quickly and reported that he had removed the cpu socket and soldered the cpu to the board directly. (Not a authorized action, despite the increased reliability he claimed) He also said that he had R & R the hybrid video chip but hadn't checked yet to see if everything checked. He advised that he hoped to ship back to me that Friday, March 21st.
I have not heard from him since despite sending three emails in the last 2 weeks. UPS tracking does not show he has sent the package. I realize that he's probably doing this as a second job or catch as catch can, but surely it doesn't take that much time to fire off a status update.
Anybody else had any dealings with him? :-?
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im aware you will see your A2000 on ebay for sale soon
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He's a pretty well known crook around here. He probably broke your motherboard and now doesnt know what to do. I would watch ebay to see if he puts it up for sale.
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Was the cpu socket the thing that was wrong with your machine? If not, then he must have needed a cpu socket for some reason...
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I beleave you sent your MoBo to DOOMY, :-(
Sorry for you ... who knows what will happen now.
By the time he is done with you, you will probably
be better and cheaper off to buy another MoBo on EBay.
Mel
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I'm trying to find out about a repair shop run by Hans George Campbell(aka The DoomMaster) in Oregon.
Known crook. :-( Sorry... Your Amiga is probably gone for good.
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One of the more creative April Fool's Day posts on Amiga.org today. Congratulations! :lol:
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heheh good 1 :-D
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I think he has been banned from at least 3 sites.
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your Amiga is gone... sorry to say..
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I am sorry to report that it seems I have been scammed as well. I sent in my prized Amiga 3000 plus computer with AGA for repairs and I have not heard word from the Doom Master. I should of known... :crazy: :madashell: :roll:
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wow, he even burned a moderator on his own "forum" ?
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I sent him an A4000T with a CSPPC accelerator and all the motherboard traces and chip pins redone in 24K gold by Jay Miner himself. I just needed it cleaned. You think I'll get it back?
And Boomer Sooner...
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@ jiminy, You are joking right? April fools is over.
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Well,
I wasn't trying for a joke. I guess from what I've heard the jokes on me though. Do you think reporting him to the local authorities/BBB would have any effect? Maybe there's a 'News9 on your side' type local television news option.
He didn't get me too badly, just a broken A2000 motherboard. It's the principle though. :madashell:
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Do you have the serial number? Do you have tracking information for the shipment? If you have both of those, call the Beaverton OR police department.
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Once again I state my case for a list of known nasties.
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Yeah when you tell the Beaverton police that you are reporting the theft of a 15 year old computer motherboard you'll have to wait 5 minutes for the laughter to die down before continuing...
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persia wrote:
Yeah when you tell the Beaverton police that you are reporting the theft of a 15 year old computer motherboard you'll have to wait 5 minutes for the laughter to die down before continuing...
Tell them it's a Military Spec motherboard and it shouldn't take too long for Homeland Security to get involved. The thought of Doomy in Gitmo should appeal to some people. :lol:
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Darrin wrote:
persia wrote:
Yeah when you tell the Beaverton police that you are reporting the theft of a 15 year old computer motherboard you'll have to wait 5 minutes for the laughter to die down before continuing...
Tell them it's a Military Spec motherboard and it shouldn't take too long for Homeland Security to get involved. The thought of Doomy in Gitmo should appeal to some people. :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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persia wrote:
Yeah when you tell the Beaverton police that you are reporting the theft of a 15 year old computer motherboard you'll have to wait 5 minutes for the laughter to die down before continuing...
Theft is theft. They won't laugh, but this report will likely be filed immediately with no follow up. However if everyone starts filing a complaint, eventually they will have to take notice. Also an A2000 motherboard would be hard to prove value, but an Amiga 4000 and other Amiga related goods would not. I think anything over $400 is usually considered grand theft.
The Palm Beach County Serriff's office took it very serious when an auto repair shop stole the emblems off the hubcaps on my 1986 Ghetto Sled.
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I'd contact him and tell him that you want the motherboard back immediately. Give him a specific deadline and follow up the contact in writing sent registered mail.
Then after the deadline passes I would report him to the local authorities as recommended. It will only take a few reports of theft from people to cause an investigation. Make sure you keep all the evidence in a folder so if the police request details you can supply it quickly.
-Nyle
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Speaking of April 1st, I almost signed up for Virgle (http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html) yesterday.
Sorry to hear about your Amiga 2000 problem. There's a repair center in France. I know it's far, but they will give you a free diagnostic first.
Fester
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even if it was modern hardware it's unlikely that the authoraties would do anything due to the ammount of work involved. No joke here, they do try to avoid internet fraud because of that.
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You all know that Doomy is not the most prompt person. I think he will come clean on this one. Give it some more time.
@Dropcheck, did you pay him yet? Let us know how it pans out.
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@TjLaZer
I know you know Doommaster and are a mod on his site, but I think you're being a bit euphemistic here.
He is a known scam artist and with that also rude and annoying.
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Well maybe I am, I guess I just like to see the good in people. I do sincerely hope he does like he claims and does the right thing. There is no need to be ripping people off.
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TjLaZer wrote:
Well maybe I am, I guess I just like to see the good in people. I do sincerely hope he does like he claims and does the right thing. There is no need to be ripping people off.
Well it happens. And he will drag you into it. Some people have the urge to do wrong (in their perspective).
Psychology recognises this.
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TjLaZer he has ripped you of to the tune of an A3000+ "the rarest Amiga of all" and you want to see the good in him!
Damn, either you are very foolish or you ARE Doomy! :crazy:
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maybe we could all put some money together and pay a baseball team to visit the guy at home?
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Too all the people that wanted to let Doomy back on this site and give him "Another Chance" last month when he tried to sneak back in, because it seems like he really did change this time & he seems really sincere... well :lol: :lol: Doomy never changes. He's a crook!
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TjLaZer he has ripped you of to the tune of an A3000+ "the rarest Amiga of all" and you want to see the good in him!
Go back check the date I posted that comment...
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I took my computer monitor to a place and the repair charge was $60 for handing it over the counter. I called back in a month and they said they couldn't fix it so the charge was $60. I called another place and they said,"What do you mean, we fix them all the time."
Other people in my area have taken their Amiga to shops and the repair people take what is inside out so if you have anything special installed, beware.
I've taken my PC to a repair shop and all they did was run utilities on my PC and charge me. All they did was roam around my computer. I called Microsoft and two or three technicians before I had to fix it myself.
And there are people who are fired at UPS. Diamonds and everything comes through there and workers often put packages off to the side and that is when products go missing. I know one lady who has seen people get fired there and she has seen it all. A driver that use to deliver for my company was fired. Cell phones were missing from his truck, they had a suspicion so they started following him and watching him on his route. They probably set him up but they fired him but it is not smart for them to give up a $70K job just for a $100 dollar phone.
Another thing is that UPS can sign your signature for you with their little tablet that you sign your name with. We have a contract for them to pick up and deliver to our company every day. Someone else received a package for us but the driver electronically copied my name onto a receipt and the boss was asking me if I received a package while someone else had it. So just because someone's name is signed doesn't mean that they have to physically sign for something that doesn't get delivered.
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@ ChuckT, I experianced the same very recently. I have a parcel due by ParcelForce (totally hopless company) and then was wondering were my item was. I contacted the seller and he gave me a link with all then info to say it was deliverd. It even had the signature on the website showing a name M.K*** of which I had no idea who it was. I chased the local council but no luck. It wasn't until I had an alert from my door of another item that was waiting for me in the local post office. I went doen and put in the slip but noticed a parcel exacly the right shape for my item so I asked if it was mine. They look and IT WAS! Turns out one of the staff signed for it but I never got the alert through my door to say were it was! Been in there for nearly 2 weeks, bah!
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I bought something on eBay from him. I paid promptly. He wrote the only negative rating on my eBay user stating it took me 2 weeks to pay. I wrote back on his eBay user ID that I consider him disorganized & it was an untrue claim. I would never deal with him ever again even though I eventually got the item. :madashell:
There is no logic to soldering the CPU chip to the mother board, nor does anyone operating a legitimate business make unauthorized, useless "repairs" without checking the with the owner first.
Doesn't he need some sort of business license to operate a computer repair shop? I wonder if he's filed taxes for all the money from computer "repairs" to the local, state, & federal authorities. :-?
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The nerve of some people:
I created a throwaway email address and sent an email to him talking about a 2000 that would only boot intermittantly. Asked him if he could take a look at it. Within 24hrs he answered. Sure, no problem. $40.00 Gave me his 'business address', a residential street in Beaverton Or according to MapQuest.
Won't answer the last three emails I've sent him in the last two weeks. Not bouncing back. He just is ignoring them. :madashell:
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Update: Got the motherboard back! :-o
Finally got a reply to my emails. Had the nerve to tell me he didn't want to send it back to me until he had fixed it since that was what I had paid for. Told me what he planned to do next. Same story he had told me two weeks before. He hadn't done anything with it in two weeks. Guess he had more important things to do like work on his music career. :roflmao:
I wrote back and said he had until the end of the week to fix it. After a whole month if he hadn't fixed it by then he wasn't going to especially if he wasn't going to even work on it. Of course he didn't send it back then, had to send an second email in caps. (I don't like yelling, hurts the fingers.)
Finally got it in from UPS the other day. It looks like the one I sent. Like he said the cpu is soldered directly to the motherboard. What kind of freakin' repair standard is that? No indication if he fixed it. Guess I hurt his feelings yelling at him. :roll:
Thanks everyone for the mental support. Live and learn!
Anyway.... now I'm back to square one. One broke 2000 motherboard. :shrug:
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A wise lessen has been learned. You are one of the lucky ones to get the gear back, he's stolen many expensive goods in the past. Now your in safe hands for your mobo, im sure everyone here will do what they can to help you. Sadly I can't help much, sorry.
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TjLaZer wrote:
I am sorry to report that it seems I have been scammed as well. I sent in my prized Amiga 3000 plus computer with AGA for repairs and I have not heard word from the Doom Master. I should of known... :crazy: :madashell: :roll:
Bad April Fools Joke.