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I've emailed him 3 times with no response...but I think this answers my question... http://cgi.ebay.com/FRICTION-BABY-TALK-199...1QQcmdZViewItem He'll be getting no money from me... I'm just trying to figure out where in his item description it says 2005 Retrospect Records re-issue...can't seem to find that anywhere...

Has anybody won any indie's from this seller before? I won this auction a couple days ago...wondering if it's the real thing or the cheap Retrospect re-issue... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Maybe this is where Metallica got the production ideas for St. Anger...

Same here...this thing sucked royally.

$30 sounds extremely reasonable considering the condition of the disc...cool seller (even though he as much admitted that he was trying to pull a fast one). He could've stood by his claim that it played fine on his player & it was TS for you...believe me, that's happened to me many times. Glad it worked out for you.

Well, the way I interpret the description, I wouldn't have expected the cd to have been in "really good condition" as you say. Then again, I wouldn't expect it to look like it was skipped across a gravel parking lot, either. Does it skip on your cd player? I would contact the seller with your concerns, especially concerning the front insert if it's in rough shape (other than the tab indentations he mentions). Inquire about a possible refund, say around $15.00 & see what the seller comes back with. Good luck!

I'd be interested in the Defcon as well if it were silver pressed this time around. Sounds like Sam's doing a-ok despite a few bumps in the road. Congrats!

Don't freak out...when the email address is "usetheyellowbuttom@ebay.com" it simply means that the ebay user who posed the question has chosen to have his email addess hidden. It's ebays way of telling you to respond to the users question by clicking on the yellow button that says "respond now" (or something like that) that's included in the email. That will route your response through ebay's messaging system.

For me, "Under The Influence" hands down. "Years Of Decay" is a close second. Classic thrash from a classic band!

And what's the picture you guys are talking about...it's not showing up.

Kind of a catch-22...it was always comical to read his profanity-laden responses, but I for one am kinda glad to be rid of him. Let him continue to pollute some other board, I say. Good riddance!

And knowing Sam, he'd offer to butter it for ya!

I wouldn't even pose it as a question...next time you ship your cd's, simply TELL them that you need an individual receipt for each parcel. You may get some dirty looks from the people in line behind you, but who cares. It's all about covering your ass.

Next time, ask if they can print you out an itemized receipt showing the destination for each parcel you ship...that's what I do...

And another thing...I recently bought some dvd's from a guy in Canada, & they took 3 weeks to arrive. Definitly the longest it's ever taken for something to arrive from Canada, but still, they got here. I would bet that you're right, though...even when the cd arrives, the jerk will claim "non-receipt"...

Did this "FUCKING PUNK" buy insurance? If not, then his gripe is with the postal service, not you. What an asshole. It's amazing that paypal allows people to file (& win) claims for not receiving product when they haven't purchased insurance. I ALWAYS get a receipt when I mail something...it is at the very least proof that I mailed something to the city, state, & zip where the buyer lives. Of course, I don't know if that would be good enough for the dumbassess at paypal...

If you don't want to be associated with the "Retrospect camp", you might want to stop with the insider info. When you keep speaking of sales increasing & legal issues, it puts you spuare in the middle of that camp, whether you like it or not. Just my 2 cents.

Nothing much...except that apparently, Sam's dog ate his Sweet Teaze contract.

Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't see anything particularly strange about a "newbie" showing up & posting concerns about this. Isn't it possible that like cerebus, some people have been pointed in this direction by others that knew about the thread? Or maybe someone just "googled" Retrospect Records & found out about it that way? Does everything have to be a conspiracy to bring down Retrospect by people at this board?

Did you ask for a refund before you took this route? From what's been said here, it sounds like getting your money back shouldn't be a problem.

I did respond to the sweet teaze issue... it was a sad attempt by the competition to bring down Restrospect. I imagine one might have to use such tactics if one can not compete. Just too bad you all don't know the whole story and what one might try to defeat a rival. Enough said. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, that's not nearly enough said...not by a long shot. Since you seem to be privy to the whole story, how about sharing? I would imagine though, that if Sam had an excuse for the Sweet Teaze release, we would have heard about it by now.

I wasn't aware that Sam had such a liberal return policy. Again, my suggestion with filing the claim was based on the assumption that he wouldn't accept a return of the merchandise in question.

Funny thing...out of all the times I've had to file a claim with paypal, not ONCE have they contacted me for furthur information, whether my case was eventually won or lost. I don't believe they ever actually contact anyone...on the "he said, she said" cases the assholes probably just end up flipping a coin...

Dan, Not trying to start anything here, but didn't you suggested the exact same thing recently... http://heavyharmonies.ipbhost.com/index.ph...ndpost&p=108505

I disagree...at no place in his auction (or his site, for that matter) does he mention the fact that his product is pressed on CDR media. This unsuspecting buyer obviously thought he was getting genuine re-issues on silver pressed discs...otherwise he wouldn't have posted his concerns in the first place. What I meant was that he should file the claim if he attempts to return the merchandise for a refund & is refused...this is exactly the sort of problem Sam's misleading auctions lead to. It's just the first time someone from outside our "circle" who won some of his auctions has posted their disapointment with the final product here.