hey RBD i'd hold off on that for now until you find a person that definitely has done business with him.

he had responded to me about a part that i had needed and had me shoot him an email through his regular email then i never heard back from him. but i never sent him the money either. in fact, he never even asked me for the money for the part. so it's a tough one here.

i hear ya, im not going to pursue a deal with him. i've already received PMs regarding his business practices and how it seems deals never get fulfilled.

thanks everyone

RYNO - theres a dude on DFO looking for a gretsch playboy kit in the wanted section!

I'm not getting my hopes up on any deals from him either.

funny enough, i actually had a bit of a hard time selling that kit. i was almost thinking of lowering the price but just a week ago a guy stopped by my house interested in a snare drum i have and fell in love with the gretsch kit instead and bought it for my asking price.

but what's funny is that ever since i sold it everyone is interested in it. it's a true collectors piece. my pictures didn't do it justice. the thing is mint.

being a restorer though, it was bittersweet, because there was nothing to restore. it was already all good. ah well, it did enough end up going to a good home which is really what matters to me in the end.

I also tried to do a deal with him on some floor toms. Email after email went unanswered, then several months later he responds and wants to know what they were going for. Once I replied with my normal, average price I pay per floor tom, he never replied back. At first he was all hot to trot, I asked for his paypal account and that seems about the time he stopped correspondence.

Paypal, outside of ebay, offers no protection, so even if a deal goes bad on a personal matter, there is no recourse, so why people insist on using it for personal business is beyond me. I hate paying fees for my own money, and they get you both ways on ebay deals, coming and going.

So for him to request a money order is the way we all used to pay, so what's wrong with the continuation of that practice?

Although I would not buy from this individual outside of ebay, I really see no reason to pay paypal fees outside of ebay.

i agree with that. and i have done business with people on here also outside of paypal or as a gift through paypal without hesitation. but they are people that i have gotten a good vibe from and/or spoken on the phone with and all that.

this person easily seems quite flaky and doesn't make you feel good about doing business with. well, that's how i feel anyways.

it's a shame too, i mean, he had the part i needed! haha.

I've been left hanging on three unanswered inquiries about items.

Passadeena from now on......................

I have a floor tom shell to be delivered tomorrow from him via FedEx. There was a delivery attempt made today but it requires a signature. I was advised against dealing with him but took a chance. I paid by PayPal and so far things have gone well. I will update tomorrow after the item arrives.

Well. On the Ebay pay-pal account if you sell on ebay don't you need a pay-pal account?? or some other type of a p/p account?? To me that would be a Red Flag but thats just me...I know when i sell on this forum and others its always P/P...It seems like members on this site and others iam on "Say i will take the parts and mail you a M.O. it never comes in the mail....Mikey

Well this is my first transaction with StatusCymbal and I too heard some not-so-good things from others. All I can say is my floor tom shell just arrived. It's a beauty and the price was in line with others I've seen. Overall I'm very pleased.