MIKE S

Having dealt with James numerous times online as well as several telephone conversations I can vouch for him being one of the most stand-up guys I have ever dealt with. There WAS an issue with one CD I sent him that apparently wound up in his neighbors mailbox, but that was sorted out within a day or 2 followed by an apology. As far as the incident in question here, it looks like a simple disagreement - I can see both parties viewpoints and doesn't appear that anyone was being intentionally deceptive/misleading/dishonest on either side. I certainly don't rush to my email box when I am sick and things can get delayed for one reason or another - hell, I have 4 CDs in a package ready to mail to James right now, but we got blasted with a foot of snow last night & I have not even begun to clear out my driveway yet, so its probably going to delay that mailing for another day. People have jobs & countless other tasks to get done on a daily basis - even more so this time of year plus the fact mentioned previous that mail can be SLOW in December due to the massive amount of people mailing Xmas gifts. I can understand wanting the merchandise that you have paid for ASAP, but occasionally it WILL take a bit longer to receive for a myriad of possible reasons. staryder1 was looking for a price break for the wait & drumrman wasn't willing to give it because he felt the reason for the delay didn't justify it. $10 seems like an awfully insignifigant amount to initiate this type of finger pointing & name-calling, but maybe thats just me? Heres wishing all at HH a Merry Christmas & prosperous New Year(HH = HAPPY HOLIDAYS!)

I'll definitely second, third, fourth the fact that this guy is a TOTAL ass - i was attempting to purchase a CD from him a few months back using best offer option...made 3 offers each higher than the last. Then after declining the 3rd offer he lowered the price to LESS than what my offer was then proceeded to block me from bidding on his auctions!!! Followed by swapping of many profane name-calling emails when I attempted to figure out what his game was... As it turned out, I was able to contact a member of the band of the CD he was trying to sell which he happily sent me for FREE because I was interested in it, so happy ending for me & one more megalomaniac ebay asswipe on the "do NOT deal with" list! I suppose if you use the buy-it-now option at his preset price & pay promptly you will experience no issues at all, but God help you if you attempt to use the best offer option with this assclown!!!

I'll 2nd that BIG time - I've had a cassette version of this title in my collection since shortly after its release & on my 3rd one of those now after wearing out the 1st two! Always wondered what happened to this band as well...would be very interested in the story behind it. Definitely one of my favorite titles of all time in 25+ years of collecting - bet this EP would win over a TON of new fans with a CD release!

Looks like ebay is getting a bit quicker or someone is reporting it faster(more likely!) as heavymetalhaven70 ID is now NLARUd... I'm sure his new ID is already up & running but shouldn't take long to figure it out - just have to look for a new member in PA bidding on high-priced demo tapes...

Thanks to ebays laughable automated screening security of new members that re-register after being kicked off countless times, Rob/Chris or luck313, sleaze4ever, glamster1970, helterskelter2008, & whatever other alias IDs this jerkoff has used in the past is back with his latest ebay ID: heavymetalhaven70 If you are like me & many others on these boards who have had the misfortune of dealing with this DORK, please join me in adding this new ID to your blocked bidders list!

Looks like this clown is back again with a new ID: helterskelter2008 Using Pottsville, PA as a location which is just down the road from Scranton - check out all the sleaze/glam demo items on the bidder list for this ID and it sure looks like the same guy!! Anyone who has dealt with this idiot previous may want to put this new ID on their block bidder list - at least until ebay figures out its him, he gets NLARUed again & he comes up with the next new one...

Ebay must finally be listening to someone regarding this guy & the multiple IDs. How long before he shows up again with a new one?

Your current high bidder on this auction is another crazed demo tape assclown: metalrules-2007 AKA luck313 AKA sleaze4ever AKA glamster1970...Rob Sinkaus in Scranton PA. If he wins hopefully he pays up without issues - his "false description" non-payments have been well documented on the boards here as well as ebay feedback from his prior IDs, all of which are now NLARUed...

This luck313/sleaze4ever/glamster1970 assclown has another new ebay ID: metalrules-2007. I had his other 3 IDs blocked because he did the same to me bidding up a tape to $89 then claiming "false description" and never paid... He recently won a cassette from me with the new ID and did follow through with a money order payment(took 2 weeks) and I didn't figure out it was him until he left feedback for me - the wording came across as vaguely familiar so I checked out what else he was bidding on and sure enough he's got around 30 bids on OOP & demo melodic/hair metal and sleaze/glam style cassettes. Plus the Pennsylvania address should have been a dead giveaway but totally went over my head at the time. A humorous side note here is the buyer name of the new ID is "Chris". Those familiar with his previous escapades on the boards here might remember the Rob/Chris car accident thing... Ebay sellers who have had issues with this nutjob might want to add this new ID to their blocked bidders list to avoid any potential problems - I can see he has won a few auctions he has yet to receive feedback for including one tape he bid up to $107. If his past history is any indicator the negs should be showing up any time now...

Just noticed this on ebay myself and came here to report the info but looks like jlp caught it first... You would think this clown would at least be smart enough to use a different background with his photos - the dark bedspread with the distinctive pattern is on all his item pics under every alias when he sells. And yep, he's already bidding up his own auctions - see ALIAS MANGLER demo. I reported this guy to ebay for the aliases and shill bidding, but of course they have yet to take any action. M

Davesmetal is back on ebay under the user name "metalslaves". http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...rid=metalslaves Appears he may have some adequate help processing orders now - only one complaint out of 500+ transactions... M

Rob was a good customer for me over the summer, but the last 2 transactions I had with him were the biggest headache I have ever had on ebay with a buyer. This assclown lied to me numerous times about following through with payment, illegally retracted his bids on my auctions, then left me a retaliatory neg claiming "false description" when he changed his mind about purchasing the demo he won. Paid seven other sellers whose auctions ended after mine did then when I asked him why he was not paying me first he said "I wanted the other ones more". I have heard plenty of other horror stories from other ebayers who have had bad experiences with him as well - my advice would be to proceed with caution because he could do you like he did me...bid your auction up then decide he doesn't want it after he wins. Suppose I could hope he changes his mind again...maybe the new mind will work better! Or better yet, maybe "Chris" has finally recovered from his horrible accident & will step in and make things right... - M

I would agree with JL - I have had nothing but good experiences with Japanese buyers/sellers. Always curteous to the nth degree, always follow through exactly as stated whether paying or sending, etc. Guess there are bad apples in any country but I have certainly never encountered any in Japan...(knocks on wood) M

I'm sure you can dig up "interesting trivia" like that about ANY state in the USA - say New Jersey, for instance?

http://retrospectrecords.com/Band/Mariah2.htm You must be looking at a different page than I am...