Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
I had the impression that he made A LOT of trade-ins of donor cartridges over an extended period of time.
The real lesson here, is NEVER accumulate that kind of value in store credit, from ANYBODY.
Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
In essence, store credit is the same as cash in my opinion. He probably sent a ton of donor carts which is what I did. He isn't out $1,000 cash but that credit still cost money.
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Thanks, this is what I was trying to get at, though you say it so much better than I did.
If the guy scammed, then I am all for the OP getting his money back (or his product), but I also don't think we should be taking the guy to the cleaners regarding an unrelated issue (piracy), when every other person here on NA is doing the same thing. The fact that the guy was making so-called repros isn't the reason the community has the problem, rather it is that the guy never sent the product. So the latter issue is the thing that should be addressed and worked out, rather than the other issue. As for me, I would never want to be part of a community where I do a wrong (legality sense) behavior, which everyone else does and accepts, and then when I do something that goes against the community, I get nailed on said other issue as well. Maybe the guy is scamming, maybe he is just lazy or has other issues in real life keeping him from fulfilling the order, who know, maybe he just feels in over his head. I think if he would communicate what is going on, it would clear up a lot, no need to take the guy to the cleaners over other issues though (and this is coming from the anti-repro guy)
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Thanks, this is what I was trying to get at, though you say it so much better than I did.
If the guy scammed, then I am all for the OP getting his money back (or his product), but I also don't think we should be taking the guy to the cleaners regarding an unrelated issue (piracy), when every other person here on NA is doing the same thing. The fact that the guy was making so-called repros isn't the reason the community has the problem, rather it is that the guy never sent the product. So the latter issue is the thing that should be addressed and worked out, rather than the other issue. As for me, I would never want to be part of a community where I do a wrong (legality sense) behavior, which everyone else does and accepts, and then when I do something that goes against the community, I get nailed on said other issue as well. Maybe the guy is scamming, maybe he is just lazy or has other issues in real life keeping him from fulfilling the order, who know, maybe he just feels in over his head. I think if he would communicate what is going on, it would clear up a lot, no need to take the guy to the cleaners over other issues though (and this is coming from the anti-repro guy)
"We" and NA aren't doing anything. Stop trying to spin your own narrative. The guy asked for advice after getting ripped off, and I gave mine. I don't think it's being a hypocrite to fight back after being scammed, and if the only arena you have to fight in is a dirty one then so be it. If you want to gripe at someone, then go complain to the a$$ hat who won't get off his thumb and respond to the OP about what he owes him.
I don't know if the OP has had any update on this, but just wanted to add my experience.
Placed an order for a repro of Splatterhouse with GameReproductions.com at the end of January this year. Zero communication since then and the same status on my order of "Processed" as the OP has on his. Last week I had an email saying my order was shipped and this week it arrived. If it takes three months to process a single cart, I can't imagine how long it would take to process an order of $1,000+. Here's hoping the OP is just the victim of bad customer service and sloppy admin rather than a full on scam.
I made a trade deal with him started our conversation in Sept of last year, finalized it at the end of November. I sent him about a $100 worth of games for credit. I have emailed him about once a month to check up on the status. Not since our last agreement email back in mid Dec. Has he emailed me back once. I continue to get his sale emails (i know its through an email portal), but everytime I see the sale emails it makes me a bit more sour. His first email said once I receive the games it'll take 30/35 days to ship what his end of the bargain was out. I know I've read a lot out there that he has been getting slower n slower but a simple email back would make sense after 7 months of bullshitting.
I ordered from this guy in February, had my product marketed as "shipped" a month before I received it getting an e-mail that tracking would follow... never got that tracking. When I finally got the items one of the carts had what I have only figured is a bad ROM when I asked for help in this thread,
I've been contacted by him in the past when asking about shipping but as soon as there's a problem with the cart he's gone completely silent and he hasn't responded and it's been 3 weeks. Sooooo I did a chargeback with my bank. Just kind of wanted to add to the bad experience train here considering I wish I saw this thread before I made the purchase. This guy straight up isn't worth dealing with.
Edit: He did finally message me and asked me to redo my order in his store. Let's see if I finally get anything!
Any further update Dan? Unfortunately sounds like you're not alone in this.
He did respond after mentioning I'd have to take legal action, but then never responded again. I randomly out of the blue got something saying my order was "Open" but it's gone silent again as so has he. The order was never actually processed or shipped.
I really just wanted to spend my hard earned credit! I didn't want it to come to this! It appears the next action is going to be legal action. How many other people here we're ripped off by him?
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
There have been several threads about this place. The list below isn't even exhaustive. I've never used it before nor plan to, but perhaps there could be information below that may be helpful in some fashion.
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
The mention of legal tender was in relation to account credit. For instance, if an item was ordered, but out of stock and credit given in lieu of purchased merchandise, then legal tender was exchanged (much like purchasing a gift card). Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft. Account credit was given. When the credit was not fullfilled honored, that's a breach of contract. I'm not defending the guy - what he's doing is dirty. I'm just evaluating the situation.
I ordered from this guy in February, had my product marketed as "shipped" a month before I received it getting an e-mail that tracking would follow... never got that tracking. When I finally got the items one of the carts had what I have only figured is a bad ROM when I asked for help in this thread,
I've been contacted by him in the past when asking about shipping but as soon as there's a problem with the cart he's gone completely silent and he hasn't responded and it's been 3 weeks. Sooooo I did a chargeback with my bank. Just kind of wanted to add to the bad experience train here considering I wish I saw this thread before I made the purchase. This guy straight up isn't worth dealing with.
I had a similar experience. It was right before I joined NA. I ordered 10 games from him. One straight up didn't work. My SNES didn't even register it. I emailed him about it and even sent videos showing it was the game and not the system (I sent one of it playing Super Mario World, one of it playing a different one of his repros, and one of it not even turning on for the broken one). The response? "Huh, that's weird. Don't know why it's doing that." Then silence. Nothing. Never got it fixed. Had a to get a new one (thanks, MrPete1985!). That was over two years ago, and I still get his sale emails. Ha! Like I'll buy from him again.
Let's not give him too much information about how he can skirt a law or get away with something, eh? Ya never know who is watching... Sometimes people don't know they have a get out of jail free card until it is shown to 'em.
Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft.
I think maybe you are conflating "making a donation" and "donor cartridge". The latter is more like a sacrificial item. It's a sports video game (for instance) that is generally cheap to obtain and the owner doesn't care about and is willing for it to be reprogrammed for a different game. The owner isn't relinquishing the cartridge for the sake of patronage; the cartridge is giving up its circuit board and/or outer shell to be turned into something else.
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
The mention of legal tender was in relation to account credit. For instance, if an item was ordered, but out of stock and credit given in lieu of purchased merchandise, then legal tender was exchanged (much like purchasing a gift card). Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft. Account credit was given. When the credit was not fullfilled honored, that's a breach of contract. I'm not defending the guy - what he's doing is dirty. I'm just evaluating the situation.
Reproductions and homebrews are typically made from existing "donor" cartridges. I actually tried to buy three 400¥ copies of Super Famicom Pilotwings today as "DSP donors" to restore my copy of SNES Ballz 3D, SNES Pilotwings, and Super Famicom Suzuka 8-Hours (I salvaged those DSPs for three Super Everdrives in the past). This has nothing to do with charitable contributions. It simply means that they are intended to be used for parts.
If I buy a parts/junker car for my mechanic to restore another car we are working on, it's a parts donor. It doesn't mean I give up my rights to it as my property in exchange for nothing.
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Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
I had the impression that he made A LOT of trade-ins of donor cartridges over an extended period of time.
The real lesson here, is NEVER accumulate that kind of value in store credit, from ANYBODY.
The real lesson here, is NEVER accumulate that kind of value in store credit, from ANYBODY.
The real lesson here, is NEVER accumulate that kind of value in store credit, from ANYBODY.
Hahaha
Dude has always been shady. Took me forever to get my games and I persistently emailed him. I finally got them but said I'd never order from him again. Hope it all works out. That's a lot of money.
It is, but the OP also said that it is store credit. How does one obtain store credit with this guy? Bonus points from previous purchases? Refunds? Or something else entirely?
In essence, store credit is the same as cash in my opinion. He probably sent a ton of donor carts which is what I did. He isn't out $1,000 cash but that credit still cost money.
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Thanks, this is what I was trying to get at, though you say it so much better than I did.
If the guy scammed, then I am all for the OP getting his money back (or his product), but I also don't think we should be taking the guy to the cleaners regarding an unrelated issue (piracy), when every other person here on NA is doing the same thing. The fact that the guy was making so-called repros isn't the reason the community has the problem, rather it is that the guy never sent the product. So the latter issue is the thing that should be addressed and worked out, rather than the other issue. As for me, I would never want to be part of a community where I do a wrong (legality sense) behavior, which everyone else does and accepts, and then when I do something that goes against the community, I get nailed on said other issue as well. Maybe the guy is scamming, maybe he is just lazy or has other issues in real life keeping him from fulfilling the order, who know, maybe he just feels in over his head. I think if he would communicate what is going on, it would clear up a lot, no need to take the guy to the cleaners over other issues though (and this is coming from the anti-repro guy)
Nintendo Age isnt "playing god". What members do on their own is what they do. Please seperate the two.
Contact Capcom, Square, Konami and Nintendo and tell them he is making illegal reproductions of their games.
Yup, and then report all the other NA users that are doing the same thing too, for good measure. Maybe the guy scammed (IDK what the case is,I had dealings with the guy about ten years ago and received product, but it was very slow to get as well), but the business of reporting folks as pirates when so many others are doing it as well, is for the birds. Let's not, this isn't some friggin smorgasbord and there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is "bad" enough to be reported and who not.
Trying to take the moral high ground while defending piracy, I love it!
I took it much less as defending piracy as a mix of "don't s**t where you eat" and "don't be a hypocrite." If you're not already calling in the authorities on every listing you see here where a member is making/selling/distributing repros that they down own the rights to, you're selectively "defending piracy" too, as I see it. As fcgamer said, "there is no reason why NA gets to play God as to who is 'bad' enough to be reported and who [is] not."
Thanks, this is what I was trying to get at, though you say it so much better than I did.
If the guy scammed, then I am all for the OP getting his money back (or his product), but I also don't think we should be taking the guy to the cleaners regarding an unrelated issue (piracy), when every other person here on NA is doing the same thing. The fact that the guy was making so-called repros isn't the reason the community has the problem, rather it is that the guy never sent the product. So the latter issue is the thing that should be addressed and worked out, rather than the other issue. As for me, I would never want to be part of a community where I do a wrong (legality sense) behavior, which everyone else does and accepts, and then when I do something that goes against the community, I get nailed on said other issue as well. Maybe the guy is scamming, maybe he is just lazy or has other issues in real life keeping him from fulfilling the order, who know, maybe he just feels in over his head. I think if he would communicate what is going on, it would clear up a lot, no need to take the guy to the cleaners over other issues though (and this is coming from the anti-repro guy)
"We" and NA aren't doing anything. Stop trying to spin your own narrative. The guy asked for advice after getting ripped off, and I gave mine. I don't think it's being a hypocrite to fight back after being scammed, and if the only arena you have to fight in is a dirty one then so be it. If you want to gripe at someone, then go complain to the a$$ hat who won't get off his thumb and respond to the OP about what he owes him.
Placed an order for a repro of Splatterhouse with GameReproductions.com at the end of January this year. Zero communication since then and the same status on my order of "Processed" as the OP has on his. Last week I had an email saying my order was shipped and this week it arrived. If it takes three months to process a single cart, I can't imagine how long it would take to process an order of $1,000+. Here's hoping the OP is just the victim of bad customer service and sloppy admin rather than a full on scam.
Edit: He did finally message me and asked me to redo my order in his store. Let's see if I finally get anything!
Any further update Dan? Unfortunately sounds like you're not alone in this.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=173995
I've been contacted by him in the past when asking about shipping but as soon as there's a problem with the cart he's gone completely silent and he hasn't responded and it's been 3 weeks. Sooooo I did a chargeback with my bank. Just kind of wanted to add to the bad experience train here considering I wish I saw this thread before I made the purchase. This guy straight up isn't worth dealing with.
Originally posted by: Stryphos
Originally posted by: Armageddon Potato
Edit: He did finally message me and asked me to redo my order in his store. Let's see if I finally get anything!
Any further update Dan? Unfortunately sounds like you're not alone in this.
He did respond after mentioning I'd have to take legal action, but then never responded again. I randomly out of the blue got something saying my order was "Open" but it's gone silent again as so has he. The order was never actually processed or shipped.
I really just wanted to spend my hard earned credit! I didn't want it to come to this! It appears the next action is going to be legal action. How many other people here we're ripped off by him?
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
The mention of legal tender was in relation to account credit. For instance, if an item was ordered, but out of stock and credit given in lieu of purchased merchandise, then legal tender was exchanged (much like purchasing a gift card). Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft. Account credit was given. When the credit was not fullfilled honored, that's a breach of contract. I'm not defending the guy - what he's doing is dirty. I'm just evaluating the situation.
I ordered from this guy in February, had my product marketed as "shipped" a month before I received it getting an e-mail that tracking would follow... never got that tracking. When I finally got the items one of the carts had what I have only figured is a bad ROM when I asked for help in this thread,
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
I've been contacted by him in the past when asking about shipping but as soon as there's a problem with the cart he's gone completely silent and he hasn't responded and it's been 3 weeks. Sooooo I did a chargeback with my bank. Just kind of wanted to add to the bad experience train here considering I wish I saw this thread before I made the purchase. This guy straight up isn't worth dealing with.
I had a similar experience. It was right before I joined NA. I ordered 10 games from him. One straight up didn't work. My SNES didn't even register it. I emailed him about it and even sent videos showing it was the game and not the system (I sent one of it playing Super Mario World, one of it playing a different one of his repros, and one of it not even turning on for the broken one). The response? "Huh, that's weird. Don't know why it's doing that." Then silence. Nothing. Never got it fixed. Had a to get a new one (thanks, MrPete1985!). That was over two years ago, and I still get his sale emails. Ha! Like I'll buy from him again.
Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft.
I think maybe you are conflating "making a donation" and "donor cartridge". The latter is more like a sacrificial item. It's a sports video game (for instance) that is generally cheap to obtain and the owner doesn't care about and is willing for it to be reprogrammed for a different game. The owner isn't relinquishing the cartridge for the sake of patronage; the cartridge is giving up its circuit board and/or outer shell to be turned into something else.
*Note, I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to deal with similiar issues before. It's never fun getting ripped off
It's not theft since no actual legal tender traded hands, so the police won't be able to do anything. It is breach of contract as he failed to follow through on his written agreement (the store credit). It is not theft or theft of services because no legal tender was exchanged and no property was stolen (as I understand it; the carts prompting the store credit were donations), so it would be a matter of civil law and not criminal law. Also, just showing up on someone's property is very dangerous - especially if there's already contention. Don't do that. Your only real recourse is 1) hound him until the end of days, 2) report / leave negative reviews for him on every viable platform, 3) get a lawyer on principal and go after him on the breach of contract (which, at the price-point, is a losing proposition anyway).
If someone steals my car, no legal tender changed hands. It's still theft. OP's games were not freely given to the owner. If the games can't be returned, those strings are a bit more than contractual.
The mention of legal tender was in relation to account credit. For instance, if an item was ordered, but out of stock and credit given in lieu of purchased merchandise, then legal tender was exchanged (much like purchasing a gift card). Also, as I understand it, the particular verbiage used with the service is that cartirdiges are donated. It was not a trade. In return for that donation credit is given. Since the cartridges were donated, there was no theft. Account credit was given. When the credit was not fullfilled honored, that's a breach of contract. I'm not defending the guy - what he's doing is dirty. I'm just evaluating the situation.
Reproductions and homebrews are typically made from existing "donor" cartridges. I actually tried to buy three 400¥ copies of Super Famicom Pilotwings today as "DSP donors" to restore my copy of SNES Ballz 3D, SNES Pilotwings, and Super Famicom Suzuka 8-Hours (I salvaged those DSPs for three Super Everdrives in the past). This has nothing to do with charitable contributions. It simply means that they are intended to be used for parts.
If I buy a parts/junker car for my mechanic to restore another car we are working on, it's a parts donor. It doesn't mean I give up my rights to it as my property in exchange for nothing.
Heya, sounds good. You can send them
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