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As a slight corection, I had a hunch my dates might be out. I turns out that took place midway through 2006. I think what happened was that I copied and pasted it from another forum I was on and forgot to alter the dates when I did. Just thought I should clarify that minor factual error.

alldarker wrote:I've dealt with WJL once, living in Europe.
Bought a small part (gun) I needed to complete a TF. The item would have fitted in a regular padded envelope, but he insisted it needed to be sent by registered package, making the shipping more expensive than the item I was buying.

I am not defending the guy in any way as I have only bought from him once, but he might have had to use a registered package to get a tracking number internationally. Tracking numbers are a must especially dealing internationally as it's the only thing that will protect a seller from an "Item not recieved case".

If only that were the crux of the matter. In my personal dealings with him I asked if he would waive the outrageous insured shipping price for a pair of loose fists, to which he agreed. Upon using BIN however, he recanted, stating that he would only reduce the shipping charge if I didn't pay by Paypal, knowing full well that I was an international customer and that no other option was open to me.

There really is no excuse for the way he behaves.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

alldarker wrote:I've dealt with WJL once, living in Europe.
Bought a small part (gun) I needed to complete a TF. The item would have fitted in a regular padded envelope, but he insisted it needed to be sent by registered package, making the shipping more expensive than the item I was buying.

I am not defending the guy in any way as I have only bought from him once, but he might have had to use a registered package to get a tracking number internationally. Tracking numbers are a must especially dealing internationally as it's the only thing that will protect a seller from an "Item not recieved case".

That's both true, and it's a fair point.
I did ask him about cheaper shipping before bidding (explicitly stating I would accept the risk, for something which was in effect a low value item), but he told me it was his policy for overseas transactions, as stated in the item description (and he advised me just to add a few items to my order, which would also fit in the same package). Still, that's his right, and I did give him positive feedback.

Tekka wrote:If only that were the crux of the matter. In my personal dealings with him I asked if he would waive the outrageous insured shipping price for a pair of loose fists, to which he agreed. Upon using BIN however, he recanted, stating that he would only reduce the shipping charge if I didn't pay by Paypal, knowing full well that I was an international customer and that no other option was open to me.

There really is no excuse for the way he behaves.

Be glad that policy has since been implemented. When I dealt with him, my only option was to send him a Western Union money order.

Well, I know who I won't be buying anything from. That is just ridiculous.

I once bought a couple of G1 Ultra Magnus missiles from him to use on my reissue Magnus and all was fine.

I then bought Scampers gun which like happened to someone above he insisted on me paying for registered postage as it was coming to the UK. It never turned up, he couldn't provide me with the tracking number yet insisted he had proof of postage and was completely unreasonable.

After a drawn out Ebay dispute I got my money back, but I wouldn't go near his stuff ever again.

SJ21 wrote:Well, I know who I won't be buying anything from. That is just ridiculous.

Glad you're a convert. I can't imagine who would want to buy from this guy anyway.

At the risk of hijacking a thread to plug another thread; while we're on the topic of nightmare sellers, I'd recommend people check out this thread in case the douchebag it's about ever lists anything Transformers related.

I'd tried to getva shipping from him a while back for some Metroplex parts, the whole tone of his emails made it sound like I was causing him a huge inconvienience, so I just left I in the end....