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

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I met him once at a Pegasos show, and he seemed like a decent enough fellow.  :pissed:   That's a damn shame, and hope you get your drive or your money back.  Did you pay via Paypal?  Is there any way to do a dispute resolution through their service?

[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.

[guru-666]

I know where he lives. Have done some deals with him. overall things have worked out.  I hope he will resolve this with you!
Very disappointed that he would do this!  
Anyway thanks fro the SCSI kit you sold me for a good price and with great speed.  Anyway let us know if you can work this out

[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:

[Damion]

amiga92570 wrote:
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....

AWESOME bike. My brother and I are riding ours to Laguna next weekend, can't wait.

Good luck with getting your issue resolved, unfortunately this sort of thing is somewhat common in amiga-land.

Get on that sweet boxer of yours and you'll forget all about it for a while. :-)

cheers

:pint:

[amigadave]

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.

[uncharted]

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.

That is no excuse.  If you don't have the time to do it properly, then don't do it at all.  He took the money quick enough.

[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.

[amesie2]

@amiga92570

Hope you can get either your drive or money back, I know what it's like being ripped by people on Ebay (boogiegail 4000D motherboard). I feel it is happening more and more lately and even if someone has 100% rating as buyer/seller. I purchased a video card from an ebayer 8800GTX for 400.00 and never received it from the person after several emails and promises. The guy had 130 some purchases/sales and 100% rating then took a dive and ripped 4 others besides me for a total of about $2500.00. I did file a dispute with PayPal and recouped 200.00 from PayPal since there was 200.00 buyer protection on the sale. I don't know how you paid or if there was any buyer protection on the auction might be worth checking into.

Just wondering what type of drive you purchased from him?

Good luck

[amesie2]

@amiga92570

Hope you can get either your drive or money back, I know what it's like being ripped by people on Ebay (boogiegail 4000D motherboard). I feel it is happening more and more lately and even if someone has 100% rating as buyer/seller. I purchased a video card from an ebayer 8800GTX for 400.00 and never received it from the person after several emails and promises. The guy had 130 some purchases/sales and 100% rating then took a dive and ripped 4 others besides me for a total of about $2500.00. I did file a dispute with PayPal and recouped 200.00 from PayPal since there was 200.00 buyer protection on the sale. I don't know how you paid or if there was any buyer protection on the auction might be worth checking into.

Just wondering what type of drive you purchased from him?

Good luck

[amiga92570]

High density 3000 floppy. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290133296149&rd=1&rd=1">
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