koogles

Tim was one of the good guys. I fondly remember our talks about music over the phone. He turned me on to many great AOR/melodic bands and was one of the nicest collectors out there. He was also an active member on this site. So it was with both shock and sadness I learned of his recent passing from COVID-19.
R.I.P. Tim.  

https://www.floralhaven.com/obituaries/Timothy-Dever/

Bought a number of CDs from me, had an issue with one CD and then filed a chargeback for the entire order (almost $100!). eBay melodic/AOR sellers: do NOT deal with this buyer- BLOCK HIM IMMEDIATELY- because he WILL take your money. He has NO CONSCIENCE and stops replying after a while because he is a coward and a con artist who abuses the Paypal buyer protection program.

ebay ID: georgik2

^{At his peak, I believe James owned over 10,000 CDs. He was always particular about the authenticity and the quality of the music he collected.}

One of the nicest guys in the HH community has left us too early. A world class CD collector and a friendly voice over the phone who I never had the chance to meet in person. I will miss you, James. A Quality/Quantity silver-pressed salute to a man who had a heart of gold.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/obituary.aspx?pid=174377896

Less Journey Frontiers, more Final Frontier!

Thanks guys

Christopher Martinez aka sasha_forever threatens negative feedback over common sense. Will win CDs and then claim non-receipt, do a chargeback, harass rinse and repeat. BLOCK THIS SCUMBAG or you will lose your money.

The Chinese and Russian bidders who pay right away then do a charge back by the time the Aussies pay... those are the people I have problems with!!

Had an awesome chat with him on the phone tonight. Just like old times. Still loves to talk music and CDs, even though he assured me his collecting days are over.

Remains a Hall of Fame CD collector, as far as I'm concerned.

Lost contact with the quality/quantity CD king of America. Is he still collecting? Has anyone heard from him lately?

Got this CD from NEH, but the jewel case was different looking. Any one else get a weird case with theirs?

anaccapela10.... gave him a chance, but what a ridiculous piece of shit. Claims he never got the CDs and wants me to refund him and then he'll pay me back when the package is delivered and/or is returned to me and I re-send. Yeah, right. He tried to do a Paypal chargeback and the only reason it didn't go through was because he filed it outside of the time frame. Also bitched about how I didn't send the package registered. Well, you don't pay for registered, you don't get registered. And registered shipping here in Canada costs out the ass!!!!!!!

Any sellers out there... trust me. DON'T give him the benefit of the doubt. Block its irritating ass. You don't want/need the aggrevation. As Dave let us all know, he's also super-anal and demanding as hell.

I thought I'd give him one chance, NOT worth it.

Block!

The feedback system is a joke, so unless you take it seriously (which most people don't because it's meaningless until it returns to the two-way street model of the early/mid 2000s), a negative doesn't mean much at the end of the day. Your reputation is sterling, Dave. One little Russian retard will never change that!

Wow, Andy from Australia just told me the news. I'm devastated. Kelly and I had our ups and downs, but lately, we had been chatting as friends do. Shocked and sad to hear about this. He will definitely be missed. R.I.P. Kelly

If you have a demo tape, chances are he will try to win it. And chances are, he also won't pay. Ban nortonboy33 (formerly metalrules-2007, ilovehairmetal and many others) if you're a seller of any rare hair metal/melodic rock tapes on eBay, because it's Chris Sarti, chronic bid-happy, non-payer from PA.

I'm still here, James. Miss our great long distance talks too, man. I would love to spend more time on the boards, but my kids and regular job at the bank are keeping me busy!!

Disk Union or Recofan are two I remember being amazing.

Yeah, just my Wildstreet CD today... thanks Sam! What a blast this disc is! Like Lights Out on the Playground-era Baton Rouge mixed with Loud & Clear of course, DEF LEPPARD! Big sounds, seemingly thousands of layered vocals mixed together for a huge, high-impact, faceful of rock the likes of which have been missing from the scene for years.

This twat ripped me off for 50 EUROS on eBay and then promised to give me half back after I processed the refund... never came through and instead, dropped me negative feedback on eBay.

Ban this lying thieving f u c k i n g shithead... in fact, if you ban only one buyer this year, make it twister74356

Hey thanks to everyone for the congrats. I am really flattered, but it's just a number really. Now if I had a CD for every feedback, then that would be different, right? And then I guess my name would be James Gebbia! LOL. (And I would still have some catching up to do!)

Thanks again- and thanks to Dave for the thread!

Cheers from Canada,

koogs

The new U2 single sounds like "Wild Wild West"

Thought Jani Lane's return to Warrant might have signalled a turn around, but this recent footage is beyond sad.

http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news08/0706war.shtml

Got an email from ebay this morning and they re-instated endangeredcds, without really telling me why or any of the mechanics behind their move. My guess is it was a case of "oops, we fucked up!", back you go to make us richer.

Now my store has to be re-built brick-by-brick, all my settings were wiped out. So bear with me, guys, cuz it might take a while to get everything back on track.

Thanks for all the support and e-mails while the chips were down, I really appreciate it.

Tony

(koogles)

Thanks guys. Not a peep from eBay after 48 hours, the time by which they said I'd get a response from the appeals department. And they said being a powerseller, my dilemna would be given "priority status". What a pile of bullshit. There's no power in "powerseller", once eBay leaves you twisting in the wind.

A live rep said they were backlogged 4 days on the e-mail side. Hardly a surprise given the avalanche of complaints and dissatisfied sellers they must be dealing with now.

Great to hear about a few stories (thanks, Adriano and Mike Butt) of eBay disasters that turned out ok in the end. It gives me a little more hope for the future!!

koogles

Thanks guys- nice to know someone's in my corner. Ebay certainly isn't.

I'll be back, not because I miss the feel of eBay's big dick in my ass, but because- not 24 hours into my suspension- I already miss dealing with my friends who love rare melodic rock CDs as much as I do...