Who on Amiga.org have you met in real life?

[AmigaEd]

I met AmigaEd when I sold him my a1200 and nec3d multisync. He lives in Pennsylvania IIRC and we met close to the NY/PA border.

Yep! That was back in 2005. How time passes when you're having fun!:)

Still have both the monitor and the A1200. Oddly enough the keyboard just started acting up a couple of weeks ago, so for now I'm using my back-up 1200. I hope maybe cleaning up the flex-circuit contacts will help. If it comes down to it I've got a spare keyboard, so I should be able to bring it back to good health.

[AmigaEd]

So did anyone have dealings with this doommaster incarnate? He did offer SAS/C here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?p=605008#post605008 and some HW here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55487

If so, were there any problems?

Some years ago, I bought an A2000 (Mil-Spec of course) from Doomy via eBay. After about three or four months,  a couple of re-negotiations of the price and some strongly worded correspondence, I received the A2000 in working condition. Still have it to this day and most likely will never get rid of it.

One book of stamps = $3.70
Postal Money Order = $64.90
Four trips to the post office...

Doomy's A2000.... PRICELESS!

[AmigaEd]

Well, I did have the pleasure of meeting the DoomMaster ...  Right now he is in the process of re-doing the 2-hour movie ... he will mail a master copy to OPB and to Washington DC for the archives.

OMG! I think I just blew one of my capacitors!

Don't look now Doomy! Someone is running off with your master copy!

[AmigaEd]

How can you tell if an A2000 is Mil-Spec?

Easy! If Doomy previously owned it then it must be Mil-Spec!

(I'm sure this also applies to any of his endorsements of German made Amigas.)

[AmigaEd]

@AmigaEd
Why on earth was he renegotiating the price of an eBay sale?!

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moto

Well, you know at the time, I wondered why also. Actually to be more accurate, he was renegotiating the shipping cost rather than the sale price of the A2000.

It was a nervous deal the whole way through but in the end worked out. I've got to say that I was really surprised that he shipped it after the long delay. I initially figured that I was being chumped. Of course, I got tired of waiting for him to actually deliver the unit and just went out a bought another one eBay that showed up a two months sooner than Doomy's.

Truth is, that it pays to do some research ahead of time. I was just getting back in to the Amiga at that point and in my excitement I unwittingly bid on one of Doomy's listings. It was only afterwards that I learned about him here on A.org.

[AmigaEd]

Well, it sounds to me that you did not pay enough on the shipping, so, Doomy did not ship the Amiga 2000 until you mailed him the needed funds for shipping.  I do not think that he had any intention of ripping you off, because you did get the Amiga 2000, but only after you mailed him the correct amount for shipping.  It sounds like you are very happy with your purchase.  So, why spread negative feedback about Doomy?  He did not do anything wrong.  I think that the guy is getting a bad rep for no good reason and many people here on Amiga Org think so too, but are afraid to speak up for fear of getting kicked off the forum.

George, (so again, you have clearly identified yourself with the comments made) you damn well know that the price of the unit and the cost of shipping was all explicitly stated at the close of the auction. Only afterwards did you change the terms of the sale. Only after me not receiving the unit for an extended period of time and only after I sent correspondence to you did any action on your part occur.

...and I gotta tell you, if telling fact is considered negative feedback and as a result all that happened is that your feelings are hurt, then you should consider  yourself lucky.

By the way, the videos are great, keep up the good work! They keep me entertained for hours in a "Silence of the Lambs" kind of way.