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#1
Fighting Street / Re: Randomness
04/05/2009, 08:15 PM
http://www.fundistraction.com/2007/08/poop-like-pastries.html

clicky clicky linky link for more images.

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#2
If you have a problem with my prices- Make an offer.

All the trade details and jazz below my sold items, to let people see the items for sale faster.


Arkanoid Returns US F3 cart + US F3 Motherboard. Includes original box for the cart, styrofoam holders and the anti-static bag - $150 shipped.

F3 boxes are not easy to get, most operators/distributors tossed them. Out of all the F3 carts I have ever purchased, this is the ONLY one I have ever gotten a box for, or seen for that matter. Not to mention the US version of this game is not exactly common. Box has minor to moderate wear, as shown in the photo.

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Expendable JP Dreamcast - Complete, disc has some very minor scratches - $15 shipped


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Shinobi Legions - US Saturn back cover - near mint, has one super small crease from the (white) backside - Free with purchase of anything else.

Don't really wanna ship this by itself; cost would be $1 + shipping + paypal fees = not really worth my time to sell.

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35mm Film Negatives from various movie reels, basically strips of film that have 4-6 cels each on them. Looking to get rid of all of these; I purchased them a while back either in sets/lots or all at once. Lots of good films here, and to the right person that cares to do film cel reselling, it's a nice investment. I canceled my project that I previously was going to do with them is the reason I'm ditching them. For each movie, I have at least 5 strips, and most of them, 10 or more. Looking to get about 1-2$ per movie, so you end up with about 50 cels for each movie at that price, if not more; some I have several strips of, some I only have 5.
List is as follows:
Alien Resurrection, The Jackal, My Bloody Valentine, Australia, Hostage, Wanted, Live Free or Die Hard, 88 Minutes, Out of Sight, Gran Torino, For a Few Dollars More, Robocop 3, Valkyrie, Minority Report, End of Days, Babylon AD, The Last Samurai, The Sixth Day, Butterfly Effect, The Hills Have Eyes, Mercury Rising, Memoirs of a Geisha, Krull, Event Horizon, Solaris, A Scanner Darkly, Harsh Times, Unleashed, Lemony Snicket, King Arthur, War of the Worlds, The Devil's Advocate, Bronco Billy, Tomb Raider, Terminator Salvation, Inside Man, Oceans 11, Tomb Raider 2, Million Dollar Baby, Changeling, Oceans 12, Oceans 13, Almighty Heart, Leatherheads, Mission Impossible 3, Closer, Magnolia, Duplicity, Lesbian Vampire Killers, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (B&W), Star Wars: Clone Wars (animated), Space Cowboys, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Righteous Kill, International, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, The Guardian, City Hall, Merchant of Venice, Bone Collector, Wolverine, Deception, K-Pax, What Happens in Vegas, Kate & Leopold, Three Kings






SOLD / TRADED:
PGM Demon Front cart (Korean 1.05)
Mortal Kombat 4 (Revision3) (US)
MVS Metal Slug 4 (TRADED)
Sexy Parodius (Japan)  - $150
Shogun Warriors (US) - $40
Taito G-Net XII Stag card (TRADED)
MVS Puzzle De Pon - JP label - $30
ST-V Cotton Boomerang carts (bootlegs) - $50 (Both sold/traded)
Demon Front (Korean PCB 1.1) (TRADED)
Taito G-Net Motherboard v2 - $85 shipped (TRADED)
ST-V Shienryu cart - $85 shipped (TRADED)
Taito F3 motherboard + Bubble Symphony (Asia region) - $100 shipped
Wireless Playstation 2 controller - 3rd party official licensed Katana, Excellent condition, with receiver - will work on PS1 as well.
Sega Genesis - Devilish - Complete, good condition
Sega Genesis - Shinobi 3 - Complete, Mint
ST-V Sea Bass Fishing - with color photocopies of all artwork and manual
Sega 32x (head unit only) - $10 (SOLD)
Neo Geo MVS Ninja Commando - Complete US kit, matching serials - $65 shipped (SOLD)
Soul Calibur (US) - $60 shipped
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (US)  - $55 shipped
Fighter's History - new marquee and bezel (US) - $20
AFEGA (Guardian Storm) (Korean)
Gekirindan Taito F3 Japan Cartridge - $100
Atomiswave - King of Fighters NeoWave - $30
Gokujyo Parodius PCB (Japanese version) - $150
Project Justice (aka Rival Schools 2) US Naomi Cart
Gals Panic S Extra Edition - Cart and Kaneko Supernova MB (Korea) - Game is entirely in English - TRADED
Shienryu ST-V cart with photocopied/laminated color sheet and photocopied 1 sheet manual - TRADED
Puzz Loop Kaneko SuperNova cart and motherboard (both Korean region) - SOLD via eBay
Microsoft MN-100 Wired 4 Port Ethernet Router (complete) - SOLD via eBay


N-Gage QD -- System is complete with everything originally included: packaging, all original paperwork, original charger, unused earbuds, battery, and CD + 4 games in their original cases, with manuals, mini carrying cases, etc.:Splinter Cell, Bomberman, Pandemomonium!, and Operation Shadow. Cases have some minor wear. I'm also including a 256MB MMC card, a DVD-R full of games, downloaded updates, programs, and numerous guides + other info; A lot of the stuff on the disc is no longer available on Nokia's site or elsewhere on the net. + my old SIM card.
$80 shipped SOLD.






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Need references for previous deals, accounts I have feedback on, etc. feel free to contact me.

If you want anymore photos, have a question, or anything else feel free to ask.

I am mainly looking for cash on this stuff, but I will take trades. I will listen to offers, so let me know what you have price wise or for trade. My trade want list is below, but that is only a small portion of things I would be interested in. Don't like my prices? Send me an offer.

All trades, initiator sends first.
Not doing any holds longer than 1 day unless trading, or special arrangements are made.

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My WANT list:
webpages.charter . net/quoth09/wantlist.txt
#3
Off-Topic / Re: CATTANK IS STRONG
01/14/2009, 02:09 PM
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First off Joe, I don't appreciate threatening to ban members here based on a card when this is all in good fun. Myself and others have expressed that Nintega is not welcome here. I don't really care what he does otherwise here, but when he starts posting stupid drawings on my thread that have NOTHING to do with what is going on here, when there is a thread already clearly welcome for that (here: https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=6332.0), I have a problem, which if you notice, I did not say anything about (some of us ARE trying to ignore him). However I think my previous post here pretty much spells it out:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=3663.msg106365#msg106365

Yeah, sure Pac-Ass is retarded, but at least it's funny. iPod man is not. Ask just about everyone else here, they agree.

So guess what Joe, feel free to ban me, because I don't want Nintega posting on my thread. I'm sure your head really will be on a stick at that point. As far as I'm concerned, you can take Sini posting the Grimace card, like I posted it myself. No one here is insulting anyone else, that should tell you something. I think how many times he got banned here means something as well.

Don't let your mod powers get to your head Joe. This thread is nothing but fun, and I'm glad I have started something here that so many people are enjoying.
#4
Off-Topic / Re: A real pointless thread
12/27/2008, 07:40 PM
What you say?

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#5
Chocolate Soldier, Chocolate Cow and Yoo Hoo all remind me of one thing:

Explosive Diarrhea.

The label to Chocolate Soldier especially:

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So have fun with that one, and this:

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#6
I found that whole thing to be a bit fishy from the start of watching it. Namely because a certain You Tube celebrity is in it...Athene.

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It's all of him and his little friends, which are all a joke. What's even funnier is that some of you thought it was serious.

Just more stupid internet viral crap. Go watch his videos, which some are funny, if you don't believe me:

http://athene.movielol.org/
#7
Quote from: ceti alpha on 03/25/2008, 05:58 PMSunshine
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I still need to watch this. Sitting on a disc in the other room. Looks good.
#8
Off-Topic / Re: Cereals that suck...
03/18/2008, 11:40 AM
Some great food ideas here. Glad I started this topic now  :P. Just haven't been around to reply to it.
I have always wondered about Soy Milk and Rice Milk, because I always see it in the store; I think I may try some now.

Also, I knew that this was eventually going to come up, just didn't know how many posts it would take; Joe wins it at #18 - Nintendo Cereal System:

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 03/16/2008, 05:31 AMthis stuff is the best!
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WTF?  Are they saying that "berry" is different than "fruity"?  I want the system that has chocolate on one side, and cocoa on the other!
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Quote from: ceti alpha on 03/16/2008, 05:12 PMWhat about the new Diamond Shreddies? It's mind blowing!!  :shock:

http://www.diamondshreddies.com/index.php
WTF, it's turned on it's side?? Marketing like this is hilarious. Makes me wonder if they are even being serious:

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Quote from: guest on 03/17/2008, 12:43 PM
Quote from: Sinistron on 03/16/2008, 04:08 AMslightly off topic- peanut butter alternatives are actually damn good.  I really like crunchy sunflower seed butter.
Have you ever tried Nutella?  It's a tasty blend of hazelnut butter and chocolate, though I'd like to try it sans the chocolate flavor.
Nutella is good. It tastes more like a chocolate spread than anything else. Nice alternative to Peanut Butter, and when you mix the 2 together, it's a rather nice combination, especially on toast!

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Quote from: guyjin on 03/17/2008, 04:29 PM
Quote from: guest on 03/17/2008, 12:43 PMThe worst cereals that have ever crossed my spoon are Honey Nut Clusters
Clusters is awesome in all varieties and anyone who says otherwise is a commie homosexual!
LOL - Clusters is pretty good. Speaking of that, I just found these the other day. Not sure how long they have been out for, but the store I was at, was having a sale on General Mills cereals, so I figured I would try it, since it was essentially free after the whole thing.

Cheerios Crunch.
So far, I have only eaten 1 bowl, and I'm half and half on them. I think I am going to go eat another one, since it is time for breakfast anyway:

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#9
Off-Topic / Cereals that suck...
03/16/2008, 02:04 AM
I will start the thread with this one...

They're ASSSSSS! ...and I will never buy another box of it again!
Too damn hard, and they taste funny.
Not good at all.

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#10
I would have to agree with Michael here. While I hope Game Gavel does well, there is no way I would have put any of my sealed games up there (that are on eBay) for no one or just a few limited people to bid on, and get for dirt cheap, when I am selling the stuff in the first place to put the money towards other items. It would be a complete waste of my time and effort. If I put anything up there, I would be getting nowhere near half the bids I am now, on any of the stuff I am selling. How many members does Game Gavel have? Not enough for me to risk only getting 30$ (or possibly even less) on my sealed copy of Lunar or Final Fantasy 8, not to mention any of the other items I am selling, just so someone can turn around, and make a profit off of me by putting it on eBay, just because I decided to help. Who is helping who at that point? Also, you can bring up the point of, 'Well that could happen on eBay too', and while yes, it could, the likely hood is next to nihil.

I thought about bidding on stuff myself as well, to snag a few cheap games, but Michael is right as well, it's not fair to any of the sellers if you get all their stuff for .99, when you and I know damn well, that the same stuff, given a larger audience, such as eBay or elsewhere, wouldn't sell for .99. Now, you can say, 'Well I have seen so and so item go for that on eBay before!" - While that may be true for maybe 1 auction, put the same item up again, and the same fate, depending on the particular item, will not hold true at all, as long as it is something worth buying. I can't honestly think of many games that are only worth .99 cents, except for ones that are absolute ass, and what good is a game auction site with barely any members and 'legendary shit games'?
If a seller that signs up on there and lists items specifically to 'help the site out' ends up having all their items go for below average value (or worse), who is that helping? NO ONE. What that will do however is make that seller think twice about ever listing anything up there again, if at all.

While I completely understand what turbostar said about helping, and that is fine, because yes, it does take multiple auctions being up to keep the site going, the site did not have enough exposure prior. I haven't seen a single ad anywhere. I've only seen it mentioned once on the Neo forums...and that was by someone not even associated with the site, asking about where to sell Neo Geo Bootlegs and Conversion carts. Assembler forums: no posts. I could search more on other forums, but why waste my time? Dragon Warrior Jasen wanted to jump the gun ahead of Rover, while he (Dragon Warrior Jasen) was busy beating around the bush in the first place. Rover started saying that he was going to do it, and all of the sudden GameGavel is up shortly after, with no real preparations.
So tell me again, why should ANYONE put their items up on a site that has made no preparations to promote itself prior, and no one is talking about elsewhere, just so myself and others can risk all their items going for next to nothing, just to give a helping hand to a site that the owner didn't even bother promoting?
I mean I would much rather look at a GameGavel banner ad, than these stupid ads on Yahoo, 'How Do I Become a?'


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It's like Pokemon...Gotta Catch 'em All! If that spam can be put on my Yahoo Mail!, then why can't Game Gavel promote itself on there? I have even seen eBay ads and plenty of others on Yahoo, and other sites.


As for the evilBay comment, same goes for me here too; I have never called it evilBay, in fact that name is retarded. The only thing evil about the site is the new CEO, and asshole sellers that don't send shit out, like Red Frog and a few others. They as a whole make eBay look bad. I have been on there since I was 18, and I'm 27 now. I have made some nice money selling my own stuff, as well as selling other people's items for them. I don't have a problem with the site for the most part, because I know how to use it, and I enjoy buying items off of there most of the time. I have gotten plenty of items off of there at nice prices, as well as items that I wouldn't have been able to get elsewhere. Anyone else that has a problem with the site due to sellers and then they don't file the proper complaints; I don't feel sorry for those people. People that let themselves get ripped off when they can do something about it, are weak, and basically screwing over other eBay members by not doing anything about it, because the same seller can go off and do the same thing to other people, and if those do nothing about it, etc. etc. The seller continues to stay on there, and then you or someone you know has the same thing happen, and now you have people calling the site evilBay, because people were too damn spineless to do something about it. Would you let a department store do that to you? Of course not. What is so different about online?

Also Zeta, not sure what items you are buying on there, but if they are 'useless shit' then why the hell aren't you buying useful things? I buy arcade boards, video games, movies, music and plenty of other useful items that I care to own. I can't think of anything on there that I have bought that is useless, unless the seller lied about the item, or it didn't work in the first place. Kinda funny because half the people on here buy their games and stuff off of eBay...so you are basically saying that Turbo and PC Engine games are 'useless shit'...now what was the reason you are here on this site again?  :lol:
I guess if everything I buy off of eBay is 'useless shit', then I should just put it on Game Gavel to 'help'. I don't know where logic like that comes from, but Zeta, if you think Game Gavel is so great, throw your entire KLF collection on there so I can get it all for next to nothing.  :P

Seriously though, when the site starts doing what it is supposed to, gets more members, and has more exposure, I will more than consider throwing some items up. Until then, I hope the best for it, and hope the person running the site tries to do what he should have already done for it.
#11
I hate to make this my first post, as I should have already posted on this thread before Michael started in with all the emails back and forth from Red Frog. As a result this is huge, and tells my experience with TZD during their 'sale'. My apologies for the length before hand, but it is pretty in depth.

Most of you already know who I am here. I'm the 'quoth' or Eric that Michael talks about occasionally.
Either way, enough introduction.

For those wondering if Michael is telling the truth, yeah he may be very verbose and quite detailed about everything here, but it's all true. Red Frog are asses and I will never deal with them after seeing his experience, not to mention my second hand view of the whole situation, especially since I am the one that has been having to take care of the Paypal claim on the items he didn't receive (it was paid for through my Paypal account). Them buying TZD won't impact me much, as I never attempted to deal with them or dealt with them until their sale that all of you know about, back in November, and I definitely won't be now.

I don't appreciate the prior owner of TZD's handling of the situation, nor do I appreciate them lying to people to make sales (which they did), or changing both mine and Michael's order that I submitted combined without at least notifying me that they even did so. They also lied about shipping out our order, and told both of us different things when we called up separately. They also charged my card, and then sent a check out as a refund for a credit card payment. I don't know if any of you know anything about refund policies, but that is not considered professional in any sense. That also doesn't fly with credit card companies when you don't receive the check, and the company argues with you about the situation. Also, they would have ended up ripping off Michael if he ordered separately like he was originally going to, via Money Order. They told him when he originally asked that they had Lords of Thunder in stock. They were sold out before a money order would have even arrived (he doesn't have a credit card).

I also don't appreciate the previous owner holding back stock from all of us. I don't care if it was 1 copy or 1000. What kind of business holds back stock that they could sell and make money off of? And that sale that was mentioned before, where the owner sold off the first 2 letters of the Alphabet of rare titles he had back stocked is a joke as well. That is probably around the time that talks started for selling off the business.

Now look where the stuff is. Up on eBay. Going for too much, and possibly more since the last time I looked. The new owner of TZD (Red Frog) can say all day long that those games are from his 'collection', but I don't believe it for one minute. The timing is just a little bit too coincidental for me to believe that. I really doubt that those 5 will be the end of this either.

Either way, enough about Red Fog, er I mean Red Frog. They are not TZD and never will be whatever TZD was.
This post is about my issue and experience with the previous TZD so you people can see their BS. My credit card company is still doing an investigation on the refund, and TZD has not bothered even cooperating with them. Wondering why that is a big deal? They said they would accept the charge back, that's why. They also told me that my order was shipped when I called them, but when Michael called them maybe 15 minutes later, they told him that it wasn't. This was about the time that everyone on here was posting, saying they were out of Forgotten Worlds. I called them prior to making an order, and they said they had them in, I then made my order quickly after that, and ironically, when all was said and done, I didn't have one in my order.

So here are the details:
Keep in mind, that I threw away my original confirmation emails from when I made my order, after I canceled my order because I was urked about the whole thing. Plus I wasn't worried about it because I knew I was covered by my Credit Card company if they tried to pull something.

I made my order on November 2nd online, and got a confirmation back either the same day or next day. I had called them prior to ask if certain items were in stock, which they told me they were.

Then I started hearing about items being pulled from orders on Monday the 5th from Michael and all of you talking about the situation on here. So I called them up, asked them if my order had shipped. Told me Yes, order shipped already. I said Ok, Thanks, hung up the phone. Then me and Michael started talking, and he was reading other stuff on here, and he decided to call them up, after all of it. He asked them if the order had shipped off yet, They said no.  That wasn't even 30 minutes after they told me it had shipped. Not sure what else they told him, but then the whole thing about them pulling items out of the orders without telling people was going on, and he had been reading that as well. So I called them back up, asked them about it, asked them what had been pulled out of the order. They told me both copies of Forgotten Worlds, and a few other items were pulled. I immediately told them, 'I will call you back' and hung up on them. I did that because Michael wasn't even wanting to place an order unless he could get a copy of Forgotten Worlds. He only ordered the additional items he wanted, because of the shipping being combined and such a cheap rate with my stuff. It was only worth it to him if he could get a copy of Forgotten Worlds in the deal, as the stuff was cheaper elsewhere, which I agreed with him. Same kinda fell on my stuff as well, and the stuff they removed made the rest of the order not worth it to me. So I talked to Michael immediately about it, told him what they told me, and he told me just to go ahead and cancel the stuff on his side. So I called them back up with Michael on 3-way, and told them to cancel my order (note without me even saying who I was, or anything), and he instantly said, 'OK done.' I just hung up after that, and whiled annoyed, it gave me money to spend on other stuff, because originally I wasn't even going to make an order if it hadn't been for the sale.

Afterwards of that, I looked on my credit card status online. I noticed that they had charged me on the 4th, as the image shows (scanned from my statement I received later that month):

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So I kept on checking it...kinda forgot about it for a week or so, figured it would take care of itself. So I checked it again, still nothing changed. So I finally wrote them at bonk@tzd.com on November 19th:

QuoteHello, I placed my order on the 1st or 2nd of
November, and then canceled it on the 5th, as a result
of all of the items not being in stock, and my order
being modified without my notification. I was told at
that time of canceling, that the items had not shipped
yet.

My credit card was charged on the 4th, but I have yet
to see a credit posted to my account. It has been 15
days today. I don't know my order # off hand, as I
deleted the emails after I canceled my order.
The name would be under **** ****. The shipping
address would have been:
** *** ****
*********, **  *****-****

The billing address would be:
** ******** **** ***
*********, **  *****-****


The order was charged on a Discover Card in the amount
of $136.50; the last 4 digits of the card # is ****.

Please let me know the status of the credit back to my
account. If you need anymore information, please feel
free to email me.


Thank you.
I then get a reply back the next day (November 20th):

QuoteOur refund check #16772 in the amount of $136.50 was cut November 8. It
 
is not to be posted to your Discover card, it is a refund check.
So I write them back the same day:

QuoteI have not received anything like that in my mailbox,
nor have I ever heard of any company that did a charge
on a credit card, issuing a credit or refund in the
form of a check. It is common policy to credit the
account back in the full amount.

I would appreciate it if the amount in question was
simply refunded back to my card. It has already been
15 days.

Please let me know, Thank you.
So then, here in the story is where I get ignored and they start getting rude. I waited until the 26th (6 days after the last email that they didn't reply back to), and wrote them again with the last email attached to the bottom of it as well:

QuoteI wrote the reply below on the same day that I
received the first response, on November 20th. I have
not received anything in my mailbox in the form of a
check, a refund back to my credit card, or a reply to
my email.

Since you apparently just want to ignore me, I am done
dealing with you people. My credit card statement will
be coming sometime in the next few days, and I will be
filing a charge back since you people apparently
refuse to refund me my money to my account. You can
deal with my credit card company since you don't want
to deal with me. Have fun telling them that you sent a
check, as that is not normal business practice when
dealing with credit cards, not to mention it won't fly
since I have not received anything. I will also be
filing with the BBB in your area, and the IFC as well.

You people lied about what you have in stock to get
people to make orders for other stuff, then attempt to
pull a quick one on them, by not telling them that you
changed their order. It's really sad that you guys
decide to close up shop and do this to not only
myself, but several other customers that have been
supporting you for years. Also, selling items that are
used, and stating them as new, is a fast way to get in
trouble as well.
Good riddance.
I was going to file with the BBB and IFC, like I mentioned, but I got lazy :-P. It definitely wouldn't do any good now anyway other than making Red Frog have a mark on their name. I also threw in there what I had been reading about on here as well about a few of you getting used items and damaged things. I can't remember off hand if i knew about Keranu's TV Tuner incident. Either way, I get this response back the next day (November 27th):

QuoteWe do not lie to customers, we made an honest mistake.  When you called we believed that we had another unopened box.  You took an innocent mistake and blew it beyond all sense of proportion. We said in the initial offer that we would run out of some titles. A sealed box was mis-marked, it was actually 24 pieces of Splash Lake inside. It was no one's fault. You did not ask us to communicate anything to you, if you had we would have told you a title was missing. Dozens of other customers that day were happy to get a great deal on games even if they couldn't get everything they wanted.

We did issue the refund check as stated. That has been our policy for 14 years, we set policy not you.  We will accept the chargeback after we have put a stop-payment order in with our bank. We're sorry you have made this so unpleasant. Happily for us the vast majority of our customers appreciate our support of this platform.

TZD
www.tzd.com
When I received this, my immediate reaction was, WTF is he talking about? Splash Lake? What? I ended up asking Michael about that later on to find out what they were even talking about. Either way, I have bought from several other companies in the past, and ALL of them either indicated that items were out of stock prior to sending my order, or when my order was shipped in the form of an email or calling me. I never had to tell ANY of them that I needed to know this. They do it as a courtesy, and don't assume the customer doesn't want to know what they won't be getting until it is too late. I don't care if a sale is going on or not, that's a piss poor excuse. As for others being happy, there is an old phrase that goes 'If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.' Stupid phrase I know, but none the less, it basically means that it shouldn't matter if everyone else is happy, I'm the customer at hand.

'we set policy not you.'
No, that's not rude at all. That type of refund is not any kind of policy that any other kind of company I can think of off hand does. Check around, they will probably look at you dumbfounded if you even mention it.

'We're sorry you have made this so unpleasant.'
They are sorry that I (as in ME) have made this so unpleasant? Wow, great way to say that we don't care about you as a customer there. I think the only thing that made this unpleasant was their lies, and the fact that I canceled my order with no refund after 22 days of being charged, not to mention their email replies.

Either way, so I write them back on the same day:

QuoteI'm not sure what this crap about Splash Lake is, but
that is not even close to what I am talking about,
which further more proves what I said before.

Actually, you have pissed off a lot of customers more
than anything, and even if you were staying in
business, a large majority won't be dealing with you
again. So, I'm not sure where you get off saying
'Dozens of other customers that day were happy', when
I have heard far more than that, NOT HAPPY.

Regardless of what you issued, I didn't receive
anything. Also, when I pay with a credit card, MY
CREDIT CARD COMPANY sets policy, not you. You can sit
and think in dream land that you are in control, but
that is nothing but a thought when it comes to this
kind of thing.

'Happily for us the vast majority of our customers
appreciate our support of this platform.'
Yeah, well I know of several that aren't appreciative
of your service, lack of communication, and overall
wouldn't deal with you ever again, even if you were
the last dealer on earth.

Regardless of how you care to address it, your
business practices since all of this sale has started
is unacceptable, not to mention left a bad taste in a
large amount of customer's mouths. Further more not
even apparently caring to clear up the situations
makes it even worse. Selling USED items as NEW is a
sure chance to never have to worry about getting
business with someone else again as well. I'm also
glad that I opted to combine an order with my friend
and pay by credit card, because you lied to him as
well, and he would have been screwed over, as he would
have been paying by Money Order.

Send in your stop payment, or whatever you have to do.
I received no check, nor would I have accepted such a
payment, so if it has been cashed or whatever, go
looking for someone else. All I know is that if I
haven't received my refund back in the full amount of
my total by the time that I receive my statement, that
I will be calling to file.
I never received a reply back. I ended up filing a charge back with my credit card company, and received a temporary credit pending investigation on December 2nd for the full amount that TZD charged me on the order that was canceled, and I have never received any type of refund back on:

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Also note during the whole thing, they never once offered to refund the account back, or send out a 2nd check.

I know a lot of you may have fond memories of them back before the internet, but somewhere along the way, things apparently changed. I heard nothing but good things about them prior to this deal, and I was always impressed with their flyers that I received in the mail and saw elsewhere. This whole thing was disappointing to me, and the fact that some company has bought them out that cares about nothing but making a high dollar by ripping people off over shipping rates and then blaming it on an ex-employee, makes it even worse. If that is TZD now, I want nothing to do with them. I don't really care that much about the U.S. games anyway, as I already have most of them that I want, not to mention the JP variants are usually cheaper.

Once again, sorry this is so long, and I'm sorry that this had to be my first post.