tireironsaint - 3-4-2007 at 02:20 AM
I have a burning hatred for people who use the anonymity of the internet to feel comfortable acting like complete cunts. Tough guy trash talking,
internet drama, whatever, it's all bullshit and it gets on my last fucking nerve.
Today I had a series of exchanges with a guy who is a seller on Amazon. Last month I ordered a book from him (awesome fucking book called Famous
Monster Movie Art Of Basil Gogos) which I received pretty quickly, but which was packaged for shipping by being placed inside one of those free
envelopes they have at the post office for small priority mail packages. Not a box, not thick cardboard, not even a padded envelope or anything which
might provide some sort of protection from the rough handling we all know is common treatment in the mail. Because I know that Amazon has an agreement
with their sellers which says that the sellers get x amount of money to use for packaging and postage and they are expected to package items in a
sensible way in order to fulfil their end of the deal, I left him negative feedback. This guy then has the nerve to send me a message whining about
how I should have contacted him for a refund instead of leaving "lousy feedback". I responded, telling him that the feedback was deserved and that I
didn't appreciate him crapping out on his agreement with Amazon in order to scam a couple bucks off the shipping fee I paid. After that he started in
on me with the fucking name calling and sarcastic bullshit. Since I was still looking at this as a business transaction and because I'm a fucking
adult, I kept it on an adult level and kept explaining my position to him, but he continued berating me and acting like a spoiled brat who got caught
fucking up. I warned him after receiving about 6 emails from him within about a half hour, that he could either own up to his shit and agree not to
keep doing that or that I would do whatever I could to keep people from having to deal with him. He continued to be an asshole and refused to accept
my point while at the same time responding to my feedback with a lie about the packaging he used. Since he can respond to my feedback and I can't say
anything else in that publicly read forum, he gets to cover up his bullshit with a lie I can't respond to, so I filed a complaint with Amazon and I
decided to let my friends (like you guys) know not to buy anything from him unless you don't mind the probability of receiving damaged items from
someone who feels it is his right to verbally abuse you for daring to say that his service is shitty.
His seller name on Amazon is darrenkbooks and he sells mostly sci-fi and horror related stuff, which I know several people on here are into. As I've
said before, I'm not in charge of anybody's spending habits and such, but I thought I would pass the word along about this guy just in case any of you
end up dealing with him.
Sorry for ranting about something petty, but after receiving 8 or 9 emails from this guy I'm more than a little pissed.
BDx13 - 3-4-2007 at 01:13 PM
forward the entire exchange to amazon.
Discipline - 3-4-2007 at 07:07 PM
I had the same kind of problem with a guy on ebay. He sold me a shitty bootlegged dvd of ECW matches. I emailed him and politely explained that I
was under the impression it was an official dvd, not a home-made one. He told me to fuck off. Long story short, I was on a mission to bet him banned
from ebay. Mission accomplished. I've had two sellers banned from ebay for fucking with me.
tireironsaint - 3-5-2007 at 02:26 AM
I ratted him out to Amazon and explained the whole exchange, they're looking into it now. Somehow this douche has something like 99% positive feedback
though.
Discipline, I've done the same thing on eBay a few times. Unfortunately, there always seems to be another fuckwad waiting to be a dick, so I hardly
ever use that site anymore.