i wish it were a joke. that seller is a douche, so it's just par for the course.
they actually ended up blocking his auctions over at CT.
Ah, Statman is alive and well. I assume he hasn't found this site yet. Or the free classified system would be right down his alley.
Who is statmann ?
Long history on Chiptalk. Inflated prices to prey on uninformed. What was his Chiptalk username? BGinGa, Wasn't Statman his eBay name not his CT name?Who is statmann ?
....If his chips werent so expensive, it would be funny for us at CT and PCF to setup a hilarious scam on him for once.
Heres my thinking, we all purchase his cheapest items, obviously don't want to pump up his wallet too much, and we all leave horrible feedback, but we demand he leaves feedback on us first, before we leave his.
Now that would be hilarious, ok I'm done being mischievous
If you think that would be hilarious and being mischievous, maybe you should change your PCF name to "KidAmongMen."
AFAIK, he has never "scammed" anyone. When he sells, he delivers promptly, goods as described.
And I'm pretty sure he reads both forums, since he has occasionally tweaked CTers (was the last one Bergs?) in his ads.
Why he runs so many ads with ridiculously inflated prices I'll never understand, but he pays for them, and he's not the only one who does this. At least with his ads, the inflated prices are obvious. There are a half-dozen other ebay regulars dealing in flipping and misrepresenting chips who I consider to be much worse. Some of them have banned me as a bidder, because I've told them so.