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Some of you might remember my prior post regarding a deal with tree_ : http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=967745
Well, after it took about a month to receive the item I purchased from him:
I set up the system and it didn't work. I tried every possible thing using known good componenets...multiple video cards, monitors, ram, PSUs, etc, but the damn thing would not post. I don't have any other s754 systems, so I couldn't test the CPU/mobo individually, but it's 99% a dead mobo issue. Not only that, but the case arrived damaged. The cd-drive bay door was off and broken, at the least. So I begin exchanging PM's with tree_, hoping that maybe it's some weird configuration issue I overlooked or something silly like that. Now, I've personally assembled over 50 systems in 2005 and maintained my own internet cafe, so I have at least a little experience building and troubleshooting this kind of stuff, but again, you never know when it's something silly you might have overlooked. Well, after a few weeks of exchanging PMs, he leaves me with:
I reply back that I've already done so, and bam, that's the last I ever hear from him. I called him up sometime later on the phone and left a voicemail that was not returned. Then, I believe on the Saturday before I Christmas, I call his house around 8:30pm EST. I speak with his father who informs me he's at the movies. OK, so I fill him in a little on the situation, and ask him to make sure to have Justin (his real name) return my call. Well, since then, I've still yet to receive any sort of message. I've tried everything, PMs, phone calls, etc, and I've gotten nowhere. As you guys saw in my first thread, I was very relaxed and cordial about the whole thing, but in the end, it seems all it's got me is fucked. Now, the whole time, I wasn't in this for blood...I just wanted an amicable solution that worked for both of us. He claims the system worked fine and the case was in perfect shape when he sent it, but whether it was or not, that's not how it arrived to me. I have PMs to show that I purchased a working system, which is NOT what I received. I think I was patient, courteous, and understanding throughout this entire "deal" and always tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. I have the PMs if anyone wants to see. So I see that he posted a deal in the FS/FT board, so I leave him a little message. Maybe it was a little snippy, and maybe I shouldn't have, but c'mon, look what I've dealt with...Anyway, this is the reply I get:
Not only a shitty attitude, but a blatant lie (PM's or calls, and I can prove he didn't return my last PM), and then he accuses me of fucking it up like I'm some imbecile who can't assemble a system.
I'd still like to get this settled, but judging from his last post, I don't think I'm going to have much luck.
Well, after it took about a month to receive the item I purchased from him:
I set up the system and it didn't work. I tried every possible thing using known good componenets...multiple video cards, monitors, ram, PSUs, etc, but the damn thing would not post. I don't have any other s754 systems, so I couldn't test the CPU/mobo individually, but it's 99% a dead mobo issue. Not only that, but the case arrived damaged. The cd-drive bay door was off and broken, at the least. So I begin exchanging PM's with tree_, hoping that maybe it's some weird configuration issue I overlooked or something silly like that. Now, I've personally assembled over 50 systems in 2005 and maintained my own internet cafe, so I have at least a little experience building and troubleshooting this kind of stuff, but again, you never know when it's something silly you might have overlooked. Well, after a few weeks of exchanging PMs, he leaves me with:
I reply back that I've already done so, and bam, that's the last I ever hear from him. I called him up sometime later on the phone and left a voicemail that was not returned. Then, I believe on the Saturday before I Christmas, I call his house around 8:30pm EST. I speak with his father who informs me he's at the movies. OK, so I fill him in a little on the situation, and ask him to make sure to have Justin (his real name) return my call. Well, since then, I've still yet to receive any sort of message. I've tried everything, PMs, phone calls, etc, and I've gotten nowhere. As you guys saw in my first thread, I was very relaxed and cordial about the whole thing, but in the end, it seems all it's got me is fucked. Now, the whole time, I wasn't in this for blood...I just wanted an amicable solution that worked for both of us. He claims the system worked fine and the case was in perfect shape when he sent it, but whether it was or not, that's not how it arrived to me. I have PMs to show that I purchased a working system, which is NOT what I received. I think I was patient, courteous, and understanding throughout this entire "deal" and always tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. I have the PMs if anyone wants to see. So I see that he posted a deal in the FS/FT board, so I leave him a little message. Maybe it was a little snippy, and maybe I shouldn't have, but c'mon, look what I've dealt with...Anyway, this is the reply I get:
Not only a shitty attitude, but a blatant lie (PM's or calls, and I can prove he didn't return my last PM), and then he accuses me of fucking it up like I'm some imbecile who can't assemble a system.
I'd still like to get this settled, but judging from his last post, I don't think I'm going to have much luck.
