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General Chat => 'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade => Topic started by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 10:37:51 AM

Title: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 10:37:51 AM
Hi guys, I am truly sorry to be writing a post like this.
I live in Australia and was looking at building a machine of my own, but due to my lack of knowledge at the time, I was a little lost. Luckily for me (or so I thought) "Dexter" whose name is Steve G (and says he works for DELL Australia) offered to help me by building me a machine and dropping it off on his way through my town and I pay him for it. Sounds absolutely brilliant to me, anyhow, at the time I wasn't completely financial to pay for the whole cabinet and so I gave Steve a $100 deposit to by materials to start. After doing this, it became increasingly difficult for me to get a hold of him, almost like he was avoiding me in which he was, after a few back and forths of emails I finally got a hold of him and we had agreed for him to refund my money and he would sell the cab to someone else. Well after trying to chase him down to refund my money, he ran off with it! IN OTHER WORDS HE HAS STOLEN MY MONEY
this was a very unfortunate experience for me and has really made me wary of some traders, but my message to all is DON'T DEAL WITH DEXTER, HE IS A THIEF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE TELLS YOU, HE IS A THIEF. I apologise for my rant and apologise if I have upset of any of his friends, but this is the truth and I wouldn't post it if it wasn't.

Thankyou for your time.

Gibgib.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 11:04:54 AM
Unfortunately it is the Dexter you all know in this forum, I though he was a stand up guy too but wasn't. I know he and his partner went through a trying time but his promises to me were empty and were never going to be kept. Too bad I was the sucker that took the bate.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 01, 2009, 11:07:44 AM
Yeah that sounds like him (name and company he works for).

Personally, he promissed me to do some artwork for my Puckman and Joust machines. Since he was collecting all different versions of DL and SA I thought I could return the favor by buying and sending him a couple of those games for the Atari Jaguar which he was looking for. It cost me a reasonable amount of money.

Ever since, I've got nothing back from him but replies that he has moved (which is like MONTHS ago already now) and "Can't reach his PC" (I really wonder what kind of people move homes and move all their stuff, but leave their PC somewhere else !?!?!) and just keeps sounding like a broken record and repeating that "it will be finished soon". Even better, he mentioned the Joust WAS finished, but when I asked him to send it over to me I got 0 reply.

I have lost all faith in this guy. Sure, I can understand real life gets in the way apart from hobbies, but here in Holland a promise is a promise.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 11:11:07 AM
It's funny how you say he couldn't reach his pc, coz when I was trying to get pictures out of him, furst he couldn't reach his pc, then he could get time and THEN he lost the usb lead to his camera, how on earth would he not have another if he does a tonne of digital photography?? seems he takes most ppl for fools, and I was the stupid one to trust and to pay him $100 lol.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 01, 2009, 11:13:44 AM
I think the total sum this cost me was about 60 Euro's. It's not so much the money (although I hate waisting it, I've worked hard enough for it) but it's even more the fact that you keep on waiting, hearing nothing, getting more promises etc. etc.

If you can't do it, DO NOT MAKE PROMISES, so I can look for alternatives.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 01, 2009, 12:19:09 PM
haha is this about that guy who made a topic about kidsnames on an arcadeforum while his wife wasn´t even pregnant yet :!:
sorry for your money loss and thanks for the warning. But I predict that this fraud probably will come online on this forum very soon, to explain to everyone that it is all a big misunderstanding. They always say that ;D :roll:
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 12:47:57 PM
yeah, that's the guy with kids names
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Muerto on October 01, 2009, 12:56:25 PM
link plz!  ::)

EDIT
arh! -  spend the last ½ hour seaching forums.arcade-museum.com without luck.
thats because it was here! - and i read it numerous times.... stupid :)
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 01, 2009, 01:00:25 PM
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=987.0

it´s a typical fraud excuse, forthcoming baby´s, pregnancy (same goes for serious illnes or death) etc. Everyone buys that, because everyone loves their own kids or baby´s, and they know that. And who has the guts to come toward a soon to be dad, with nagging stories about a handful of money, now would you ??? ::) :lol:
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 01:08:30 PM
He did say that his wife's niece passed away at one stage and I let him be for a few weeks, as I could never think of one of mine passing. I just hope for his sake that this is true ( i know that sounds awful) but if it isn't, he will be going to hell, you never speak ill of something like that.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 01, 2009, 01:11:47 PM
haha it´s always great fun to hear what sort of excuse they come up with.
I can guarantee you that his wife´s niece is still alive, IF she even existed in the first place :spaceace:
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 01:16:48 PM
If this is the case, then he will burn and if I ever meet him face to face, I wouldn't be surprised if I did do something I would regret, I guess I just can't understand how some people are so straight to you up front and then the dark side comes out after that, it's bullshit.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 01, 2009, 01:23:48 PM
enter the last phase, you just lost all your confidence in that guy and start telling others about him, he notices it and then he may contact you with a big IM SO SORRY letter and he tells you everything will be alright very soon, and he stresses that he will send you the money back. ( in the worst case he will threaten you for badmouthing but that is normally not the case)
the good person in you will believe it, but after some time NOTHING will happen...

I learned all that from just watching tv haha a tvshow called OPGELICHT or FRAUDULENT in English
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 01, 2009, 01:26:59 PM
this happened in May, I have been stewing for a while and weighing up whether or not to do this and I feel that it is right to tell ppl he is a thief.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: slasherman on October 01, 2009, 04:49:43 PM
Sound like a A...hole to me. I'm glad I have never been fraud on-line, I could never forgive such a thing. I would probably use more money to find out where he lived than he owned me. But revenge is a sweet thing.... ;D
You can smell something fishy here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=913.msg7887#msg7887
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: DarthNuno on October 01, 2009, 06:27:49 PM
I've just sent a message to Dexter in order to contact you directly Gibgib.

Hope this incident will be solved soon.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 02, 2009, 12:08:27 AM
Thanks Darth, I appreciate your help, but I've tried everything with him, he just keeps coming with more excuses about why he can't do it.

I'l do it tomorrow, I'll do it Saturday, I'll get my Mrs to do it, blah blah blah
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 06, 2009, 11:53:41 PM
I've just sent a message to Dexter in order to contact you directly Gibgib.

Hope this incident will be solved soon.
Any reply Bruno ?
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: DarthNuno on October 07, 2009, 07:06:20 PM
Nope.

... because I got an error message on his email address when I'm trying to contact him via private message :


  ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<>
   (reason: 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected)


It's sad because he always was very smart and kind on this board. I do not understand what happens  :-\
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Gibgib on October 08, 2009, 04:34:41 AM
it is a shame when someone's true colours are an exact opposite of what we are lead tp believe  :?
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on October 08, 2009, 12:51:15 PM
 :ghost: :ghost: :ghost: :ghost: :pac:
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 29, 2009, 02:11:42 PM
I just found out there was a certain Steve from Australia who screwed a member on the BYOAC forum too !!!!!

This guys is notorious. The fact he's not showing here anymore says enough.

Here is his profile on the BYOAC forum:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=10978

mmmm, that avatar looks familiar ! Here is his profile on this forum:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?action=profile;u=46

Same avatar. Same age. Bingo !
This can't be a coincidence !!!  But look at his location on the BYOAC forum, California !!! He sounds like a 100% scammer to me.

Steer clear from this guy, I hope the Jaguar Space Ace CD's I sent him will catch fire !

Time for a sticky on this thread !
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 29, 2009, 02:19:57 PM
Did anyone ever pay this guy through PayPal, if so I'd like to know the address he used to compare.

We want to prevent any more damage that this lier and THIEF can do !!!!   >:( >:( :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Here's Chadtowers report:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=trader;sa=detail;feedid=1230


(If you're not a member of BYOAC forum you may unable to reach that link. I copied Chad's report here:

Saw my Berzerk restoration thread and offered to sell me an original bat stick for the game.  Told me he's in Australia so shipping would be slow.  I paid him, he gave me a shipping confirmation but said his wife messed up shipping and sent it regular mail.  No tracking.

Never arrived.  No refund.  Dude has disappeared.  So has my cash.

Asshat.
Comment by: ChadTower
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on October 29, 2009, 09:56:15 PM
There is communication between Chad and Steve. Let's see what happens.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: level42 on November 15, 2009, 10:07:11 PM
Just found out something interesting about this story. Bruno, you sent him an e-mail on oct. 1 2009.

Next, I check his account here , and when did he last login: October 01, 2009.....................

So he probably saw all the shit in this thread from before that date and ran.....

For me, it's over and out with this asshole.
Title: Re: ALL BEWARE OF WHO YOU DEAL WITH IN THE ARCADE WORLD!!!!!
Post by: Ronald Reagan on November 16, 2009, 10:27:56 AM
dont be so harsh on him Level42, it's probably his wife's/ his new computer/his death niece/or his allnightcryingnewborn baby with first name "Dirk"'s fault.
 ;D