Ok, there are a number of people here that will back me up on this.
I'll start with the easiest, which is user "nvjay775".
Back in December, I'm building my Blaster. I see bad93blaster is making a rear exhaust tube for like $100.
I pm him, and ask him how much shipped, and that I absolutely need it by Christmas.
He PM's me back a $$$ amt, and I ask for his paypal to pay him.
He says he has no paypal, only takes money orders.
I say cool, give me your address. He does, and I send out the money order, in full, the same day, with a detailed note to send the exhaust fitting to patric miller in Orlando who is helping me install my rear exhaust.
I have reciepts, copies, etc. for EVERYTHING.
Long story short, it doesn't show up.
I PM him, and get no response for quite some time.
Finally, I get a very short response that "I'm plowing snow and that comes first".
I PM back....no response. And he's not coming on the site either.
So, I post in the general forum if anyone knows him and/or has a phone number so I can call him. A couple users here PM me back, say they know him and will tell him I'm trying to contact him. I thank them all. And wait. Still no reponse from bad93blaster.
In the mean time, Daytona is getting closer and closer, and I'm stuck. No way to finish my ski, because bad93blaster has my money and my part.
So, I make copies of my money order, my letter enclosed to him, the dated envelope, etc etc., and ask for my pipe ASAP.
No response from bad93blaster.
By now, it's like the 2nd week of January I think. Daytona is a week or less away.
Out of the blue, user nvjay775 send me a PM and asks me what's going on with my blaster build. I tell him the whole story.
nvjay775 tells me he's got one of those exhaust fittings, and if he'll take it out of his ski and give it to me for Daytona, then I can either pay him $147 for it and the shipping, or I can have bad93blaster just send him mine that I paid for directly instead of sending it to me or to patric miller.
Long story short, nvjay775 sends the part to patric miller in Orlando, my ski gets done for Daytona, and still nothing and no word from bad93blaster.
About a month goes by, and nvjay775 contacts me, and I know I've gotta square up with him. So, I tell him I'm gonna try one more time and if I don't hear from him, I'll just paypal him $147 or some parts or whatever. He's cool with that.
Periodically, I keep checking, and bad93blaster isn't coming on the site. And I have no way to contact him other than regular mail.
If you notice, I sell some stuff on here once in a while or more, and I NEVER post in the negative feedback section. NEVER. And I have my reasons for that. I feel that way too often it ends up as a drama thread and/or a witch hunt....neither of which, IMO, are productive or good for the site.
Not to mention maybe a year ago, I bought some parts from a user here in I think Idaho, and they showed up here THIRTY ONE DAYS from the postmarked date on the box. So, given what happened that time, I have a very slow trigger finger in blasting someone about my stuff not getting to me in a timely fashion. I know from experience that things can happen.
At this point, I'm out the $125 or so I paid bad93blaster, and I'm out the $147 that I now owe nvjay775.
Fast forward to this week:
I come on the site one morning, and right on the home page I see bad93blaster has posted in some thread.
I immediately check my pm's, and nothing from him. So, I send him a PM right away saying that I'd like my part or my money back. Either one. And I'm polite, and respectful. Not vulgar, etc. Just two sentences.
Bad93blaster PM's me back, with attitude. Tell's me to "talk to my boy Patric".
So, of course, I call Patric miller right away.
He tells me the same story as he has from the begining: no pipe from bad93blaster, got pipe from nvjay775. That one is in my ski.
So, I PM bad93blaster and, again, politely ask for a tracking number from him.
No answer. No response.
....and now I find this....and negative feedback saying he'll never sell to me.
Why?
I don't know.
I am the one out the money. Bad93blaster is not.
I am the one out the pipe. Bad93blaster is not.
...and here we are.