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AmongTheChosenX
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- Sep 24, 2007
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Had an absolutely awful deal experience with Rubbish -- a member here since 2007... Lowballed, ignored, promised payment but never received, given an excuse about a broken snowblower, all for the user to come back to me and tell me "I can get a better CPU for that price" 14 days later. I'd like to clarify that I did not outright lose any $ here, so this isn't a "scam", but I did lose two potential sales because this user decided to drag this out for 14 days. I'm in the middle of a new build, so the timeliness of getting some $ back from a sale of an old combo was going to be very helpful for me.
January 12th: Receive PM with a massive lowball of an offer for an old AMD combo for an HTPC build
January 13th: I answered the PM that morning, but receive no response for nearly two days
January 14th: I follow up to see if Rubbish is still interested in the purchase, I even find some links to help with aforementioned HTPC build and offer to throw in some extra parts to help get the build along
I am ignored for 2 days. Rubbish has been online during this time
January 16th: Rubbish PM's me asking "so what are you trying to sell me"? -- odd, since I just outlined the deal, but whatever, everyone has their day. I throw in another part as a courtesy
January 17th: We agree on a price and a combo, I offer to get the combo sent out that day
I am ignored for 2 days AGAIN. Rubbish has been online during this time
January 19th: Rubbish tells me his snow blower broke which is why I didn't receive an answer, and that I will have to wait for payment until Friday the 21st. I agree to this and put the combo in my thread as pending
I am ignored for 2 days AGAIN. Rubbish has been online during this time. I've message Rubbish 4 times informing that I am receiving hits for individual parts but that I am fending them off for him
January 23rd: Rubbish PM's me asking if I still have the parts, only to then ask me about individual parts. I offer the full combo, but inform Rubbish that I have other buyers inquiring for the CPU now
January 24th: I PM Rubbish and let them know that the CPU is now pending. I receive a PM back less than an hour later asking me if "I am online right now", then I send my phone number in the event that Rubbish would like to text me since Private Messages clearly aren't working. I received a message back stating that they will text me soon.
No text is received
January 25th: I explain to Rubbish that I've lost out on both Motherboard and CPU buyers for this combo because I was holding it for this sale. I up the price on the combo to $185 shipped (Ryzen 1300X, 4GB DDR3, MSI mATX Board, 256GB M.2) since I am no longer trying to be helpful for this buyer
Just prior to midnight January 26th: I receive a message back saying "I'll pass I can just get a Ryzen 5600X for that price"
Fun fact, Ryzen 5600X CPU's are going for at least $220 on ebay. Buyer mentioned he had a spare board, so it seems he was just lowballing me to see if I'd budge.
I should have given up when the snowblower excuse came, but I was just trying to be helpful and understanding -- clearly I should have known better myself. There's a clear lack of concern by Rubbish here, not even considering the fact that I am depending on the sale to happen since it was agreed upon twice. Beyond this, I don't even receive an apology even after calling out Rubbish for causing me two lost sales because I held the combo in pending status.
I can't recall having a bad experience with an [H] member, this by far is one of the worst I've dealt with -- nearly craigslist levels of string-alongs and lack-of-commitment to the process. I went online to check for the user's heatware, and there isn't one under the account name either. An [H] member since 2007 with no heatware... I'd advise avoidance of this user -- unreliable, disrespectful, and does not deserve any of your precious time.
January 12th: Receive PM with a massive lowball of an offer for an old AMD combo for an HTPC build
January 13th: I answered the PM that morning, but receive no response for nearly two days
January 14th: I follow up to see if Rubbish is still interested in the purchase, I even find some links to help with aforementioned HTPC build and offer to throw in some extra parts to help get the build along
I am ignored for 2 days. Rubbish has been online during this time
January 16th: Rubbish PM's me asking "so what are you trying to sell me"? -- odd, since I just outlined the deal, but whatever, everyone has their day. I throw in another part as a courtesy
January 17th: We agree on a price and a combo, I offer to get the combo sent out that day
I am ignored for 2 days AGAIN. Rubbish has been online during this time
January 19th: Rubbish tells me his snow blower broke which is why I didn't receive an answer, and that I will have to wait for payment until Friday the 21st. I agree to this and put the combo in my thread as pending
I am ignored for 2 days AGAIN. Rubbish has been online during this time. I've message Rubbish 4 times informing that I am receiving hits for individual parts but that I am fending them off for him
January 23rd: Rubbish PM's me asking if I still have the parts, only to then ask me about individual parts. I offer the full combo, but inform Rubbish that I have other buyers inquiring for the CPU now
January 24th: I PM Rubbish and let them know that the CPU is now pending. I receive a PM back less than an hour later asking me if "I am online right now", then I send my phone number in the event that Rubbish would like to text me since Private Messages clearly aren't working. I received a message back stating that they will text me soon.
No text is received
January 25th: I explain to Rubbish that I've lost out on both Motherboard and CPU buyers for this combo because I was holding it for this sale. I up the price on the combo to $185 shipped (Ryzen 1300X, 4GB DDR3, MSI mATX Board, 256GB M.2) since I am no longer trying to be helpful for this buyer
Just prior to midnight January 26th: I receive a message back saying "I'll pass I can just get a Ryzen 5600X for that price"
Fun fact, Ryzen 5600X CPU's are going for at least $220 on ebay. Buyer mentioned he had a spare board, so it seems he was just lowballing me to see if I'd budge.
I should have given up when the snowblower excuse came, but I was just trying to be helpful and understanding -- clearly I should have known better myself. There's a clear lack of concern by Rubbish here, not even considering the fact that I am depending on the sale to happen since it was agreed upon twice. Beyond this, I don't even receive an apology even after calling out Rubbish for causing me two lost sales because I held the combo in pending status.
I can't recall having a bad experience with an [H] member, this by far is one of the worst I've dealt with -- nearly craigslist levels of string-alongs and lack-of-commitment to the process. I went online to check for the user's heatware, and there isn't one under the account name either. An [H] member since 2007 with no heatware... I'd advise avoidance of this user -- unreliable, disrespectful, and does not deserve any of your precious time.
