HighNDryRulz

Spread Eagle in the first, Firehouse in the second.

This is probably my favorite Def Leppard release.

 

 

My favorite song is "Another Hit and Run" but all of them kick ass, including "Mirror, Mirror which is my 2nd favorite.

This is my all-time favorite disc. On Through the Night is my favorite song, at least right now...

There's just so many great songs on this disc!

The last GREAT Def Leppard release IMO.

I absolutely agree.

My favorite song is "Die Hard the Hunter." Lots of great songs on this disc!

I always liked Lightnin' Strikes Again.

I guess in Australia, Tim is spelled "Tom."

Anyway, welcome to the board, Rich. Glad you checked it out. I am very much a newbie here, but there are lots of great people willing to give excellent advice and help out. They have made me feel very welcome.

TIM

After no response to my emails, I have entered into the dispute process through paypal.

Rockcityaor just informed me that ncrrl's Ebay account has been suspended.

Just saw ncrrl mentioned here. I asked about him in my other thread seeking advice.

Ncrrl apears to be James. He has already told rockcityaor that he is unable to pay all at once.

Rockcityaor has reported him to ebay. Hopefully others will do likewise very soon.

First off....let's forget this shill bidding senario in this instance. Do a quick search of all the auctions bid on by ncrrl using the E Bay bidder search and you will see that this bidder is all over the place.....typical Arwine bidding as Whiplash pointed out.

 

Second.....rockcityaor is Richie Gallas in Australia and I've traded, sold, bought and just been friends with Richie for years. As Andy pointed out, Richie has been a part of the AOR collecting scene for a long long time.

 

What has happened here is most likely what was pointed out earlier.......ncrrl has bid up the item and then sent off his classic e mail as Whiplash pointed out with his sad sad story as usual.

 

Here's my suggestion to TDRough......respond to rockcityaor via e mail if you are still interested in the second chance CD and tell him that you are certain that ncrrl is a known dead beat bidder named James Arwine who repeats this process continually. Offer rockcityaor a compromise bid for the item and see if he is willing to accept that. Hey, this is just like any other business....make an offer. He can only accept or refuse!!! Once you have a chance to talk and negotiate back and forth you may reach an agreement that is suitable to both of you. But please.....don't jump off on a tangent right away and think that this guy is shill bidding because of something beyond his control.........

 

 

One final thought......pertaining to those CDs you won as high bidder (due to ncrrl forcing the item to be bid upward)....you are going to be obligated to pay for those items at the price you won them for.....

You were not forced to bid higher than what you fully intended to pay. You could have stopped bidding at anytime.....you won the item at the price YOU WERE WILLING TO PAY, so don't try to negotiate those items with rockcityaor......he is already obligated to pay E Bay a commission based on that final price for each item and that is basically the rules of the auction. So, you would only be negotiating the price of that second chance offer you received.

 

Good Luck!

Delbert,

Thanks for your comments. I did NOT want to go off on a tangent. That's why I posted my questions here - to see what you people knew. Now I know that Richie is a reputable dealer and that ncrrl/Arwine is a jerk. I have been in contact with Richie and he is aware of who this buyer is (yes - he already received an email from ncrrl asking to pay in installments!). He has also reported ncrrl to Ebay.

Thanks again, everyone!

Tim

I would like to thank all of you for your comments and suggestions.

You guys are great!!

Just saw ncrrl mentioned here. I asked about him in my other thread seeking advice.

What an

This person has bid me up or outbid me on numerous items. And those poor sellers are probably now getting crap from this !

Hello everyone.

I apologize if either of the Ebay persons mentioned here have already been discussed.....

I just won a bunch of items (17 - sheesh!) from rockcityaor on Ebay.

Then I received an off-ebay offer for an item I did not win - STEEL DAWN Mirror Images, saying the winning bidder, ncrrl, could not pay.

I became suspicious.

So I did a search on ncrrl and found that this bidder bid on 120 items in the past 2 weeks. He bid me up on several items, and outbid me on several others. He bid me up a ton on the items from rockcityaor. He has only been an Ebay member for about 5 weeks.

If, indeed, ncrrl is not a shill bidder for rockcityaor, should not ALL his bids be cancelled (which means the items go to the next highest bidder at the price they would have won at?) And should not this buyer get absolutely slammed for not being able to pay (i.e., booted off ebay)?

What do you think?

Also, I am not familiar with rockcityaor. Is he a member here? Is he a reliable seller? The seller contacted me through Ebay email to alert me of his auctions, and I went at it full force!

Please let me know what you know/think!! I am very hesitant to pay for any items bid up by ncrrl. After all, I would have won them at much less!

Thanks for any help/advice you can give.

All I know is that this person constantly bids me up, then leaves me hanging at or near my highest bid....

Hi Tim , good to see you here. How do they compare to the Retrospect stuff?

I will have to wait and see on the music quality. I understand that sometimes you may not have a lot to work with.

Retrospects inserts are nicer and better quality, hands down.

I highly recommend both these sellers!!

I still have 2 CDs (cdrs?) that have not arrived from this seller. One from about a month ago and one from longer than that. Guess I better start cracking on this!

I have bought 6 discs through Retrorecords (one word).

The music sounds decent, but the artwork looks REALLY cheap.

Definitely CDRs, IMO. Truthfully, this is not what I was expecting. Still not sure if I will pursue this matter or if I will be satisfied with the music.

I got:

Street Toyz - Some Assembly Required

Brass Kitten - EZN Pretty

Ript - s/t

Noize Toys - Fallin in Lust

Heist - High Heel Heaven

Roxxi - Drive It to Ya Hard

Highway, then Back in Black. Looks like I am in the majority on both.

Oh, while Brian and the music of his era is very good, Bon was GREAT and so was the music from his era!

Best of the whole catalog - Highway.

LOVE GUN!!!

But there are many fine songs on this disc.

It is probably my 3rd favorite Kiss album, next to Destroyer and Alive!

Well at least i got my cd before all you "haters" blew his/her ass up.....hahahahahahaaha.......But seriously i hate to see anyone from here get reamed, so they ultimately got what they deserved.....

 

Later

Lon

 

 

Happy you got your cd's Lon.

 

Not to worry this person got back on Ebay the very next with the new name melodicrockfreak. I'm not 100% sure, but from what I see and what I know, well I'm 99.9% sure.

I think I was bidding against this dude this past week. I can't remember the items.

Is this the same Rock-It Records that put out Heartless?

I would think so. The write-up from this auction is similar to the Reckless auction a little while back.

Okay, I have been trying to get this Reckless link to play, but it just won't work. I often have this same problem with VegasCDs links.

What do I need to do?

Man, now I am REALLY curious to hear this CD!!

Some GREAT songs!!