I feel obligated to drag this thread up from its rightful resting place and add a quick update:
I came to an agreement with armax on a trade deal (in the midst of the ugliest period of this / these threads), and pulled the trigger on a wish and a prayer. Since it wasn't an outright paypal sale, I figured I wouldn't be out any money, rather just the goods I was sending him. I also figured if I was sending him something in trade, I would for sure have a name and address for him (and he gave me his phone number too). A quick reverse lookup confirmed his phone number, address, and name all matched. Not a foolproof plan, but at least it was something. I also checked the metadata of the crappy pictures he sent me, and they matched with metadata from pics he sent someone else. They were apparently taken with a cell phone at low light, and the dates of the metadata jived. (Knowing that could be spoofed, but figured it was not). All the items he was sending me were in the same picture, which helped with piece of mind.
UPS verified my item was received on Dec 22nd, but by that time, armax had disappeared completely, and did not answer any emails or PMs. I gave a little benefit of the doubt knowing it was during the holidays, and figured he might be travelling.
Fast forward to Jan 6th.... Still no reply to any emails and PMs. 2 phone calls to house number rang to voice mail after 2 rings (no msg on my part yet). I started planning for the worst, and knew that it was all a gamble to begin with. I knew that I would probably not persue anything with address (sending law enforcement to bust down the door and get my joysticks, lol). But I figured at worst case, I could at least have fun leaving messages to his house (which from what I gather is his parents(?) house).
Made another phone attempt yesterday on way home from work, no answer.
Get home...... package at my door (not uncommon if you know me, lol).
Return address........ BINGO!
Open box...... Its all there. In good shape. Everything as promised.
Conclusion...... Armax sucks at communications and is slow with shipping (still could be from holiday) but some more communication would have made it all better. BUT, he did come through. I think I came out with the better half of the trade, so end result is I am happy.
GATORDAD: If you are still reading....
I feel bad that he f-ed you out of a sale that he obviously offered you. I went back in my PM list and noticed that our trade deal was made shortly after he asked you for the money. Realize that when I made my offer, I had no clue he was dealing with other people on the same items. He told me the items I was looking at were all still available. My only guess (and I am by no means defending him) is that armax liked our trade deal better than your sale deal. That's not the way I would ever deal with people here, and I don't think it was the right way to treat you, but in the end, it was his stuff, and I guess he reserved his right to take a different offer (again....not defending him).
I do feel somewhat bad for benefiting from your trade-gone-bad, so if there is anything I can do, or a consolation prize I can send you, I would be more than happy to do so.
I'm ready to close this chapter, but figured I would fill everyone in, just in case someone else here was waiting for their goodies. It might give them some more hope. (I hope someone got a good deal on his SW yoke).
-Stobe
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