GameTZ

Username: OIONeoOIO

Status: active
Created: December 5, 1998 at 7:30pm (EDT)
This is a followup for my 10/24 Report. After a significant amount of effort and time, I finally managed to get Mr. Johnson's family phone number. I talked to his mother that provided me with his cellular phone number. He was surprised I found him and he vaguely mentioned he thought he had sent me my game (false) and that he hadn't cashed my check yet (false again). I gave him one more week to send my money back or the game, waited, and nothing happened. So I called his family a second time, and this time I mentioned to his mother the reason why I was calling. She was very upset at him (it looks like I was not the first caller); she quickly agreed to send me my money back (and so she did). So, according to my experience, Mr. Johnson (a 23 year-old college student at University of Oregon) is a bad trader. There is another report about him (by Gio Hunt) and a quick DejaNews search will reveal another person that had troubles with him (in alt.video.laserdiscs if I am not mistaken; that deal was worth more than $100). He also had negative Ebay rating last time I checked (end of October). In short, be careful if you trade with him.
Reported By: Thexder

Username: OIONeoOIO

Status: active
Created: October 24, 1998 at 2:28pm (EDT)
I agreed to send him a check for Tomb Raider on Sept. 4th. He cashed the check on Sept. 25th (and I only know that because of my bank statement). I have sent E-mails to him asking about the status of our transaction on Sept. 27th, Oct. 18th and Oct. 24th, and I have not received any replies. Actually, the last message he sent me was on Sept. 8th. While I have a feel this is a misunderstanding or a special situation (in which case I will gladly remove this complaint), I am afraid I am not the only person having this kind of trouble (at this date, there is another report about him).
Reported By: Thexder

Username: OIONeoOIO

Status: active
Created: September 25, 1998 at 9:37pm (EDT)
Marc and I agreed in early September to trade Unreal for Starcraft. I sent Unreal to him the next day, but he never sent Starcraft. I followed up with a number of emails. He responded to only one of these emails, and in his response he acknowledged receiving Unreal. His excuse for not sending Starcraft was that someone in his family had died!! Maybe he was telling the truth, I don't know. All I do know is that I still haven't received Starcraft, and he hasn't responded to the last couple emails I have sent. I hope this is all just a misunderstanding, in which case I will be happy to delete this report. But in the meantime don't trade with this guy.
Reported By: GioHunt