Thomas Morris, AKA Magnetic on Amiga.org , AKA Eastcoaster212 on Ebay

[amiga92570]

Do not buy from this seller, I purchased a drive from him three weeks ago. He said he would ship Priority mail. Its been three weeks and no drive, He does not respond to emails.

I filed a dispute on ebay and he responded very nice and told me he takes care of his amiga friends(god only knows how). He stated that its hard to deal on ebay with a dispute(I wouldn't know I never had one) and convinced me to drop the dispute. I did and after another week I still haven't received the drive and I tried to open dispute on item again and it says it has already been resolved. So I guess I am screwed out of the $82.00 and the drive. Buyers Beware, I have emails I can share if he disputes this on line here. This is the first problem I have had with a seller on ebay, Buyer beware!!!!!!!!

[amiga92570]

I know that know(point taken). Lesson learned. That is exactly why I quit selling on Ebay, dead beat buyers. Now I guess I have to deal with dead beat sellers.

[amiga92570]

Thanks Jeff, and how is the UX doing. If I did not have another one I would have kept it. I think we both got a good deal considering Ebays Prices. PM me sometime If you are looking for anything, You are one of the Best people I have dealt with. thanks

[amiga92570]

I have not had time to take many pics. I hope I get my money or the drive I purchased but the gentleman does not respond to emails. I am glad you liked the packing, I started using the Dell boxes because they are very sturdy and we buy about 100 a month so I figure why not recycle, ahhha.. I wonder what dell would think of shipping amiga's in Dell crates.  :-)

[amiga92570]

Hey Jeff here are a couple of shots. I am going to try to get a new Camera as this one sometimes takes good shots and sometimes they look like squat. Hopefully next month I can get one, this one has served its purpose I guess. Anyway here are a couple shots.



Tower Of Power



2MHZ and stereo Sids!



Small Footprint, big Power. I like it!

[amiga92570]

Well, to email him he seems nice enough, but I am out $82.00 and he kind of tricked me into closing the dispute on ebay, so I thought I would warn anyone that is thinking of dealing with him.

[amiga92570]

Yeah I did to until after emailing him, then I got the drop.:pissed:

Well I am going out to do something I really like to do. Just got my bike back....

[amiga92570]

TheMagicM wrote:
nice pics..


Magnetic, huh?  doesnt he run a store in NYC ?  if so, thats pretty disappointing.

EDIT: yea, used to run a store I guess... in San diego? magneticsystems.org.   his website doesnt work.  

Yeah he said he was a dealer for 10 years. If he had problem with the drive that would be ok, but he gave me a story about being able to ship only weekly. Its been three weeks and since I paid instantly it seems priority mail isn't what it used to be. I doubt that. I have sold many things on ebay and priority has always delivered within 4 days.

[amiga92570]

he convinced me to retract my dispute. so I wrote paypal but as right now I cannot file a dispute because they say it has been settled. NOTE: do not ever settle a dispute no matter what a seller says until you get the item.

[amiga92570]

Thanks, I hope so to. If he actually completes this deal or refunds me, I will post. By the way the SCSI kit I sold you is very fast. It seems faster than the cyber 3 but I guess it depends on the drive.

[amiga92570]

You know, this kind of makes me think of the time someone near  to me sold a 3000t of mine because I didn't pick it up fast enough. I was renting a room at the time during a divorce and the landlord sold one of  the items I left behind when I moved out. I guess no one will keep thier word. That was a while ago but I dare to think I would have had 3 3000t's. I will always miss it. :boohoo:

[amiga92570]

amigadave wrote:
I think you may have been a bit hasty in filing a dispute, which sometimes can %$#& the other party off.  I know that Thomas has been busy lately and I believe he still travels between the West Coast and N.Y. fairly often.  His work has recently forced him to cancel some other things that he had planned.

I know that you are probably anxious to receive your drive, or a refund, but for most sellers, eBay is a minor, secondary occurrence in their lives and sometimes other matters take a higher priority.

Having dealt with Thomas in the past on several purchases, I would guess that this is the case and that you will eventually get your drive, or your money back.  It may be delayed more by your actions and negative remarks left here.

I don't condone such behavior, and don't know if that is happening, or will happen, but know that some individuals use such behavior to retaliate when disagreements occur.

I hope that it will all be worked out soon for your sake and things can be patched up between Amiga users.

Good luck, try to communicate directly and not here, and exercise as much patience as you can force from yourself.

Amiga Dave, How is my 3000t doing? I heard you were the one that purchased it. Just for your info, that 3000t has a dead 030 chip on board. You can not run it without the accelerator. I was going to pick it up one day and change boards as I have a spare one. But alas I heard it was sold when I called to get the rest of my stuff. As for retaliation I don't work like that. I was just warning amiga users. I communicated with Thomas up until I purchased the drive and discussed the priority mailing. After purchase all communication ended until I filed dispute. After he convinced me to drop dispute, all emails were unanswered again. Don't try to second guess me, I have a 100% feedback on ebay and I am a very tolerant person. I also have a more than full time job, but when I sell things I make sure to get shipments out the day after payment. I consider it my responsibility as a seller. I do not have time for people who make deals though and do not follow through. I deal with Softhut a lot and quite often he tells me shipment will be delayed, but at least he tells me so. As far as Thomas goes, its up to him to uphold his end of the bargain. I paid instantly and paid for priority shipping, its been three weeks with no mention from him as far as whats going on. Sounds reliable to me.

[amiga92570]

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