MONDOALMIGHTY -...

[Famous Mortimer]

I sent 88 DVDs worth of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in return for what I was hoping were going to be 63 DVDs of Night Flight and an assortment of other stuff. No such luck.

I posted them off on the understanding that my DVDs were already on their way- when they arrived in the USA he told me he would send mine out "soon". Then they were apparently posted but nothing has ever arrived- I left it another month before asking for a replacement set. I got no reply, so tried again. He then asked me for a list of what I'd originally asked for in a trade so he could send a replacement set. This I supplied, and I waited around another month (about a fortnight ago) before asking for them again.

I had no reply to that email, and no communication from him since. It cost me a bloody fortune in blank discs and postage, as well as the time taken copying them all, and I'm really disappointed. I know, I know, I should have done a smaller trade first, but he seemed super-reputable and had a massive site with all sorts of rareness on it.

So all I'm saying is avoid this trader- I don't think he uses here a lot anyway, but just to make sure.

[BrownEyedGirl523]

Don't know if you're the one who posted this originally, but here is another bad trader alert about him:

:issue resolved:

[Lamont]

can we get his NAME, city/state and email so we can be warned?

[savageamusement]

Info I have so far

3 outstanding complaints.
No activity here for 3 weeks.

Almighty Studios
*(*(* Cherry Street
Jamestown , NY 14701


http://www.myspace.com/almightytattoo
Male


Not on any other mainstream trading forums I know of.
He does post on google groups
and has complaints on there - as another trader posted

And he's an ioffer.com serller: http://www.ioffer.com/users/almighty


Complaints and all info is ont he bad trader list until he contacts me.

[jasimon1]

I would like to say that I had a good trade with him. This is the info that I was using when I traded with him. Hope he gets things straightened out. He has some great rarities.


http://www.almightytattoo.com/VIDEOMAINPAGE.html

Ryan Gillikin
130 Forest ave.
Jamestown, NY 14701

[MONDOALMIGHTY]

Hi all

I'm so sorry about any misunderstandings

please drop me an email if I owe you something...

the guy in Europe that got the NIGHT FLIGHT and GET A LIFE, I honestly did send them, I'm sorry that something seemed to happen, I was waiting to see if they came back to me or showed up there, the shipping was like $45 or something and it was alot of time and effort to burn 80-90 discs, doing it twice really sucks but I will do it rather than him get screwed over..

sorry about not being around, I've been going through some personal problems and have had a rough time dealing I wasn't trying to avoid anyone .... my apologies.... I know it's not a good excuse and I'm not giving details of my personal issues, but rest assured I will get all of this sorted out, and as most of you know, I am usually a fast and reliable trader...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drop me a line

If you need my email address please go to my site... it's there

MONDO ALMIGHTY
http://www.almightytattoo.com/VIDEOMAINPAGE.html


have a good one all
my apologies....
Ryan

[savageamusement]

First of all i
m glad you replied communications is KEY it really is.

If you can retrace your steps- maybe look for the reciept

It always always sucks having to redo a package, but its GREAT that your willing to.
Contact the user and see what can be worked out and please please let me tell you this-
the post office NOW has GLOBAL flat rate.
I just sent 45 discs to London for 11.90

You can save a lot of money with flat rate and it isn't very popular yet so if you DO have to redo them, keep that in mind defiantely to break up the cost.
And if the loss was legit, which sounds like it was- maybe the other trader would be willing to split the shipping etc-


Keep in contact, and try to resolve things-
I can give you the name of several sites that have media on sale now- as well to help with the cost.

Anything we can do, to help let us know- but your willingness to work it out is the first and best step!

[savageamusement]

This is my offer


Mondo you live in the US I believe?
So do I-

tell you what if you want to concetrate on the discs, and put the time/energy into redoing the order-
Send it to me, delivery conf- first class. Or flat rate priority is 4.05.

and I'll foot the bill and send it flat rate global to the UK-

That way, your protected it was sent you'll have proof- since its US to US
The chance of it getting lost from NY to IN is slim-
And then when I sent it, I'll send it global, which is less transit time.
And mortimer will have confirmation it was sent, and it was accurate.
SO yeah, you still have to redo it, and the media/time sucks-
But if your willing to do that, I'll stand behind you and foot the bill for shipping to help you out.


Thats my offer to both of you.

[funnybook]

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I am the trader that posted the caution message about MondoAlmighty that was quoted in Google Groups in the first post of this thread. Please note that I said 'We had one good round of about sixty disks' because we did. On our first round we sent at the same time and we both came through and it was fantastic. I just knew in my gut that Ryan was a good egg, still, I posted that caution since he had dropped from sight.

Ryan has been back in touch with me in the past couple days. He has had some outside issues plus his Hotmail filter was tossing my mails in his trash folder. He's promised to square things up and I believe him. I'm going to resume trading with him and I hope other folks will not judge him too harshly based on my mild cautionary post.

The Night Flight that he has to share is absolutely fantastic. I got all sixty-plus disks from him. Excellent quality. Ryan does true digital backups, not any of this degrading deck-to-deck crap. He doesn't hoard the rare stuff or demand heavier trades or money (ugh!) for it. A disk is a disk is a thirty cent slice of plastic and nothing more.

I believe that his heart is in the right place and that his name will be completely cleared in the very near future. savageamusement, your offer to be the peacemaker between these two traders is the coolest thing I've ever seen a moderator do. It makes me feel a whole lot better about this forum as a whole.

Hang in, Ryan.

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[savageamusement]

In a tremendous turnabout time, Mondo has secured not only the tracking number of the replacment package to me, but also insisted on repaying the hsipping

Its tragic when a package this size gets lost- and it can be finacially burdoning as well as time consuming.

My hats off to Mondo for accepting this disapointment, making a large scale trade right so quickly- and for not just walking away as some traders would have done, and have done.

I updated Mortimer as well, and I am sure he will be just as happy, if not more.

Thanks Mondo, very upstanding trade behaviour

[MONDOALMIGHTY]

A big thanx to everyone involved (FUNNYBOOK, KIM, ETC)

FAMOUS MORTIMER, enjoy your discs, I really can see why you were upset, my apologies for the wait, after the package didn't arrive, I must admit I strung things along hoping that the package would show up either being returned to me or arriving to you, It was very expensive to send and time consuming to put together, I hope you know now that it wasn't a con or a game on my end ...... again my apologies..... I can only wonder where the 1st package ended up .... I guess we'll probably never know...

FM, if you ever want to try this again, I could always use more MS3K...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL
Ryan

MONDO ALMIGHTY DVD LIST
http://www.almightytattoo.com/VIDEOMAINPAGE.html

ALMIGHTY TATTOO MYSPACE
http://www.myspace.com/almightytattoo

[savageamusement]

Well I don't know where the first package went
but true to this word mondo remade the entire package and all 70 pounds of it are sitting on my desk.

I have contacted Moritmer and items will be shipped on ASAP

Thanks for such a great turnabout with this- its terrible such a large package got lost...truly I am sorry for the extra word/effort and cost this caused
as well as the length of time moritmer had to wait, but to me, with the patience of both, communication and willingness to redo it, it was resolvable-
but only through both members being willing and able.

Thanks Mondo, for being such an upstanding member-
And Mortimer for your patience during this.

[Famous Mortimer]

Thanks for replying to savageamusement, Mondo, when the discs arrive I'll be sure to change this topic to resolved. Might be worth replying to people who are trying to find out where their 80 discs got to in future though, eh?

[savageamusement]

The original package came back to him, about 4 days after remaking it and sending it on to me- SO in the very least he has another set, premade for a future trade-
Which, still a shame it was lost - but at least he got the set back for a future investment.

The remake, went out to you..oh, like a week, maybe more ago- so that should be there any day-

I'll never understand shipping.

I sent 3 packages last week, one to canada, one to scotland, one to Nevada.

Nevada, still waiting on- but it made itself to scotland in 6 days.

[MONDOALMIGHTY]

Thanks for replying to savageamusement, Mondo, when the discs arrive I'll be sure to change this topic to resolved. Might be worth replying to people who are trying to find out where their 80 discs got to in future though, eh?


Hey FM
at this point the matter IS resolved, I sent the package through the board moderator, so if you trust Savageamusement then you know it's on it's way...

I had NO IDEA where your discs were and I did tell you that they were sent 2-3 times, when I did finally recieve the package back it said reason for not being delivered was that the package was "UNCLAIMED" so maybe you should have a talk with your local post office and check your mail a little closer, eh?..

I dont mean to come off angry at you or anything but FAMOUS MORTIMER you really need to understand the time and money that this trade cost me about $60 worth of shipping and about $80 worth of discs, and HOURS of burning time... so forgive me if I get a bit defensive of your advice/critique... I sent your package quickly, and the problem was beyond my control,

to be perfectly honest, I'll NEVER do that big of a trade again with someone overseas, and if I do it will have to be for something I really want

I really am glad that this is resolved, and this really is nothing personal, but after being bitched about, and dragged through the mud I think I deserve to put my 2 cents in as well..

have a good one all
thanx to everyone that stood up and defended me...
Ryan


ps. to SAVAGEAMUSEMENT, I'm sending your package out today and enclosing the returned/"unclaimed" box from the UK for a souvenier, thanx again for all your help, you were more than cool through all of this..

[Famous Mortimer]

Okay, seeing as you're replying now...

I paid a fortune in blanks and about $60 in postage. You received the discs I sent several months ago now, as I packaged mine properly and put the correct address on the parcel. You have never mentioned at any point up to now that you received the parcel back because it was unclaimed- you did, on the other hand, say the parcel was sent back because you'd written the wrong address on it. Funny how your story has changed now you've been called out, isn't it?

Also, after you agreed to post the parcel for the second time, about two months ago, you then stopped replying to the numerous emails I sent you. It took savageamusement threatening to ban you from the boards he modded and adminned for you to reply to him, even. You can complain about the way the trade went all you like, but I sent on time, you received on time, and this only came out into public because I got annoyed at waiting over 2 months for you to even send your side of the trade, and you refusing to answer my emails.

I'd really appreciate it if you didn't act like the injured party in this- you've had my side of the trade for months and I've had nothing. I spent as much time and money burning and posting as you did and have so far received nothing in return. I didn't drag you through the mud (please stop being so melodramatic), I just brought out a bad trade into the open because trying to communicate with you privately had failed.

[savageamusement]

In a situation like this, BOTh parties are hurt.

One got their items right away to enjoy
one had to wait

One had to redo things, and suffer a hit on the reputation

Both parties are hurt -

The fact is all trades involve 3 parties
You, Them and the post office
and the post office, most often gets bad feedback on cases liek this.

Mortimer, you were patient, and you did wait longer than most would have-
and I recognize that
and Mondo, you could have said screw it- since something negative was already being said- but you didn't.

Don't fight with each now, try to look at things the way they are-

Mondo you really, rasied the bar on this and it was costly, and you did have to redo them, and for no reason, really-
but, not knowing what happened- it might not be Mortimers fault.

With over seas trading, it is hard to know what is coming/going and to prove it-
its a huge risk and you 2 aren't the only ones to face being upset over this-

but fighting about it now, wont' fix things done.

BUt Mortimer, I resent the items now, quite some time ago and you STILL haven't gotten them have you?
I sent somethign to Scotland same day, its received-
SO you may want to look into a possible problem.

You both had a hard time with this trade-
and in the long run, it cost more time, and more money than it shoudl have, unfortuntely, its a risk of trading.
Mondo you did say in a previous post here, you dragged things out a little hoping it would arrive-
So maybe writing him previously would have helped ease some of the frustration
And Mortimer, you could have written me first, before posting- and this would have gotten resolved as well, without the public show.

We ALL can do things differently, in hindsite.

Your BOTH good traders, who stand up for their reputation and word-
No one stopped communication, or gave up- despite the time, effort, extra money this involved- your both to be commended for that.

It didnt go as well as it could have, but sometimes that is the way it goes. Blaming each other , finding fault now- will only leave ill feelings-
And its natural to be slightly upset or feel resentful, but considering the resentment in this case problaby majority falls on the post office- don't punish each other for it.

And Mondo, knowing you put extra work into it, I also, tried to toss youan extra gain. I owed you 4-5 discs for our trade, and included the full run of tales form the crypt instead- the full set of 23.
So it balanced out a little bit.

Your both good traders, who got a raw deal. I'm sorry for that.

[MONDOALMIGHTY]

No problem, and honestly I'm not mad at you FAMOUS, your post kinda rubbed me the wrong way which is why I responded like that.... well maybe it was the cocktails I had before I read it :)

anyway, I'm just glad that this is resolved,

a BIG thanx to SAVAGE A. again you are the glue that keeps these boards together, also, the package I got from you today was top notch, my wife and I are getting ready to watch TALES FROM THE CRYPT now... as soon as I get your BILL DVD I will include a few suprises for ya' when I send it in your next package....


no harm, no anger, problem solved...

unless that is if the package doesn't make it to FM for some odd reason.... UGH!


STAY SICK ALL
Ryan

[Famous Mortimer]

The discs arrived this morning, there's no problem with the Post Office and very few problems with overseas trading when parcels are addressed correctly. Thanks savage, I look forward to finally watching them.

[MONDOALMIGHTY]

The discs arrived this morning, there's no problem with the Post Office and very few problems with overseas trading when parcels are addressed correctly. Thanks savage, I look forward to finally watching them.



FAMOUS MORTIMER

FYI I put the address on the package that you gave me, you can stop being a jerk anytime now since you got your stuff.... enjoy!!!!

cheers

[savageamusement]

Enough enough..its over.

Glad they got there...

Its definately a rare set- I took a peak at them to mkae sure they wer eokay when they got here rare nad good quality from what i saw.