NES WORLD Forum - Looks fishy to me

lx460 Full Member Offline Battling my inner demons of Geek and Normality Posts: 204 Spring Hill, Florida Gender:	Looks fishy to me 12. May 2007 at 12:06 Why didn't I think of this? If you send me free stuff I'll give the proceeds to charity...yeah right. Has anybody seen this yet? http://myspace.com/COMPLETETHELIST
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Re: Looks fishy to me
Reply #1 - 12. May 2007 at 13:09

When you click on their eBay link, it brings you to auctions of thecollectorskeep. They BS a lot when buying items (speaking from personal experience as well as what I've heard from other collectors that they've bought from), so IMO the charity part is likely BS as well (they don't specify any amount or percentage of the future sale).

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Re: Looks fishy to me
Reply #2 - 12. May 2007 at 15:43

What's truly sad is that pleas like this work...and it's not because they're being dishonest and bilking people out of games. I don't understand why we collectively feel the need to satisfy our guilt and vanity by donating to charity, but we rue paying taxes and half of us vote for people who promise cuts in government spending and taxes. Got news for you, every time you get a paycheck you've given to thousands of charities and NPO's. Unless you work for pay under the table, relax and spend what's left of your hard-earned money on yourself or your future.

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///it's because I already helped feed many of them three times today.

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dgordon86 Junior Member Offline NESWORLD KICKS ASS! Posts: 89 San Francisco Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #3 - 13. May 2007 at 06:57 thats awesome, both 'complete the list' and I would love to meet: caltron, stack-up, snow bros. and contra force....who'd of known? ...wow.
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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #4 - 13. May 2007 at 14:01 Hmm I actually sold a sealed King Neptune to this guy... no wonder the payment came so promptly
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TheFinalDayComes God Member Offline NES will not die Posts: 655 Upstate, NY Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #5 - 13. May 2007 at 16:23 I agree with you dangevin...completely I have sold a game to that seller before. they take forever to pay
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burnambill333 Ex Member	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #6 - 13. May 2007 at 19:20 Yeah, he takes forever to pay usually, which only bothers me a little bit. The main thing that I don't like is he always emails you saying some BS sob story to buy time. Why not just email you and say that he's going to need some extra time for payment?
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burnambill333 Ex Member	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #7 - 13. May 2007 at 19:22 Also, if you go to that myspace page, and click on the last person to leave a comment "adrian" you can see who he is. Not that it'll help you much but it's nice to know the person behind thecollectorskeep.
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NESaholic God Member Offline Obscurist maximus Posts: 2450 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #8 - 14. May 2007 at 11:41 Interesting thread, always good to see that collectors are alert.
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Re: Looks fishy to me
Reply #9 - 14. May 2007 at 22:56

But really... if anybody wants to send me stuff for my collection, I'd be happy to take donations. Please note the following however:
-These are not tax deductible
-They do not benefit charity (except myself)
-You will not receive a T-shirt (unless it's really good)
-But I will give you an email "Thanks!"

Just want to be up front and honest,
Please PM for shipping info Tongue

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Re: Looks fishy to me
Reply #10 - 15. May 2007 at 01:51

lx460 wrote on 14. May 2007 at 22:56:

But really... if anybody wants to send me stuff for my collection, I'd be happy to take donations. Please note the following however:
-These are not tax deductible
-They do not benefit charity (except myself)
-You will not receive a T-shirt (unless it's really good)
-But I will give you an email "Thanks!"

Just want to be up front and honest,
Please PM for shipping info Tongue

EVERYONE READ THE ABOVE

now we need more honest collectors like this, thanks for being so honest Wink

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Re: Looks fishy to me
Reply #11 - 15. May 2007 at 18:07

lx460 wrote on 14. May 2007 at 22:56:

But really... if anybody wants to send me stuff for my collection, I'd be happy to take donations. Please note the following however:
-These are not tax deductible
-They do not benefit charity (except myself)
-You will not receive a T-shirt (unless it's really good)
-But I will give you an email "Thanks!"

Just want to be up front and honest,
Please PM for shipping info Tongue

Do you take empty, stickerless cartridges? Tongue

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dgordon86 Junior Member Offline NESWORLD KICKS ASS! Posts: 89 San Francisco Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #12 - 16. May 2007 at 16:57 This individual just bid and won on two of my auctions...yet to receive payment..eh. I swear, if he hits me wth a sob story I will be like "well, you didn't consider your situation when you bid, now did you?"
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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #13 - 16. May 2007 at 21:23 I'm fairly sure he pays... I didn't get a nice story although it did take him almost a week to pay (I'm that lazy too sometimes for no real reason other than being lazy)....
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dgordon86 Junior Member Offline NESWORLD KICKS ASS! Posts: 89 San Francisco Gender:	Re: Looks fishy to me Reply #14 - 29. May 2007 at 08:23 this guy payed, but advertised in my feedback for his myspace page.... I gave him neutral for that little stint. Told me he wasn't going to buy from me anymore and I said thanks.
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