Several PPC cards on Amibench

[preacher]

@JaXanim

I agree with you, to a certain degree. Yes, sending stuff between countries can be a hazzle and the seller can not help this, of course. However, Herr Binder ought to learn how to take care of his customers. In our email thread, I asked for a quick reply when the money showed up on his bank account. He hasn't even done that. And in this forum thread, I read about people that have been waiting for more than a month.

Me, and I'm sure others as well, doesn't accept paying good money for hardware that 'might' show up within the next two months.
I'm pretty convinced that if there were a delay with his cards, he'd tell us. I see no reason why not. Oviously, people wants to buy. If he'd waited until he actually got the cards, he could easily sold them at that point.

[sir_inferno]

JaXanim wrote:

Plan B, whatever that my be, wouldn't need a linguist.

JaX

plan b is to run up with battleaxes and spears and guns and torches and sacks with doorknobs, and beat the living crap out of him...or something to that effect

[NightShade737]

Well mine will be up on ebay shortly after getting it because I am fed up with trying to fix this {bleep}ty ****ing A4000 and I am scrapping the Amigas entirely.

[Jose]

Does anyone knows anyone in Germany that lives near this guy that could pick up the cards for us? If so, I'll call him to arranje things. I made a Paypal complaint... this has been goint for too long without explanation.

[CU_AMiGA]

At least i have no incompatibility problems then.

If this whole thing is a scam, i think i will leave the Amiga community as well. I cannot to afford to be ripped off like that by some {bleep} (if that is the case) by that amount of money, as i am a student.

[JaXanim]

If you pop over to Ebay and do an Item by Seller search under Kralle900, you'll see that Mr Binder is actively selling stuff at this very moment.

There is so much stuff on offer here, it must be a full time job keeping everything in order. I notice items which received no bids ending a few days ago are back on offer right now.

So, Mr Binder is up to his neck in Ebay, selling everything from Amiga kit to mobile phones and car parts. The question is, why did he put the PPC cards on AmiBench?

Now when this question was raised early on, it was suggested he probably didn't want the hassle. That's clearly not so. He spends a large part of his time with Ebay, so he could have made a small fortune selling these cards by auction. Check recent PPC auctions, people are going quite mad over PPC stuff.

I have contacted him via the Ebay Members Messager and asked him why our cards haven't arrived. I put it to him that he has sold them before he actually had posession of them (remember they were obtained from bankrupt stock somewhere). I asked him to admit this if it's correct, so we can at least understand the delay.

That is the only reason I can suggest for the current situation. Kralle900's Ebay feedback is 100% good. That applies to stuff sold during the time we have been waiting.

I still feel this deal will be OK in the end, but it's a very bad way of doing business. It's a pity that AmiBench doesn't have an Ebay style feedback system!

IF I get a reply, you'll be the first to know!

Cheers,

JaX

[CU_AMiGA]

I AM GOING TO EMAIL HIM AGAIN! :pissed:

[Ryu]

no ones phoned yet then....

@ the dude who was talking out of the wrong end...

Phoning the guy would make a big difference, for starters it will be a voice conversation which is vastly different to bouncing emails back and forth. Plus you will be able to ask questions and get answers straight back, whereas email theres always a delay and the respondant might not bother to reply for days whereas over the phone he doesnt have that privalidge....

[CU_AMiGA]

@Ryu,

We are going to wait until the end of April, then ring him. But i am still pissed he isn't replying to emails.

[Acill]

This is just crazy! I cant believe you all havent got the cards yet! This is why I am a Pegasos user now. I got my Pegasos II motherboard all the way from Germany in 10 days!! 10!!! This guy sounds like he is playing games to me.

[Jose]

@Acill and other's that are think to leave
"This is why I am a Pegasos user now..."

Ugh? :-? What does that has to do with anything?
We made the choice to make a risky deal in the first place! I can't see why anyone should leave the Amiga because of this.

[guest1955]

@Jose
Maybe they are leaving cos this deal will leave them with a large hole in their pocket and they can't afford to go it again?

@the creep that's talking out of his other end
I don't disagree that calling him will be beneficial in a way that you at least know that the guy is answering his phone and alive but there really is only one question you can ask and that's "Have you sent my card".
If he is genuine and has sent it, all you can expect is a yes, and if he is a con artist then he is still going to say yes. What else is there to ask?

[AntonioX]

You lot make me laugh,
you complain but don’t do any thing about it call him all ready I would of after the second week if I sent money and my goods did not arrive.


 

[JaXanim]

There appear to be two Bernd Binders living in Albstadt.

I called the first one today around noon and got an old gent who hardly spoke English. After a very short discussion in my pidgin German, he was clearly the wrong one.

I called the second number and got an answer phone gabbling on in German. I'll call again this evening. This second Mr Binder has a diploma in engineering (Dipl.Ing.FH) which sounds more promising.

Cheers,

JaX

[CU_AMiGA]

:nervous:

[JaXanim]

I just called Bernd Binder No.2 and he's not our man either. This one's an architect with no interest in the Amiga or Ebay.

He did say that there are 'many' Bernd Binders in Albstadt, though I can see only the two in the online directory. He was aware of one in the Taelsfingen (?) area of the city.

If anyone thinks they have 'our' Bernd Binder's phone number, please PM it to me and I will have another go.

Cheers,

JaX