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Ok, first off, I'd like to point out that I don't feel I have been scammed in any way. I think that life just got in the way of things with Matt, but I'm putting this up in hopes he gets in contact with me. I just want to cover all my bases, in case he has missed or misplaced my correspondence.

I commissioned Matt to do a project back in December, with a completion date of January 28th. I've tried contacting him numerous times since Early-Feb and have only received two responses, one stating that he would be shipping my items in early March, and one saying he'd e-mail me soon. I've tried contacting him via PM here, via e-mail, and through his website (that is no longer available).

If anyone has a way to get in contact with Matt, please let him know that Jon would like to speak with him regarding the Epic 40k Imperial Guard project. I would really like to resolve this issue quickly, so we can all move on.

If mods require any transcripts of e-mails or PM's to be posted, just let me know and I will produce them.

This thread may be of interest since it concerns the same chappy:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/288305.page

I too am waiting for stuff from Matt.

Last I heard from him, he was trying to scramble and get all of the late stuff out by...?

Bottom line: I have no idea when he's going to ship.

I have to think it will be soon.

His life is in some turmoil, as has been well documented.

Other than wait for him to ship, I'm not quite sure what we can do at this point.

Matt has gotten back to me via e-mail, and we are negotiating on how to settle this issue.

No contact since my last post. May 5th is the date by which I was to have a refund or tracking info. If there is no satisfactory contact by then, I'll be proceeding with previous plan-of-action.

I'll keep updating this as the issue is resolved (one way or another).

I was also told my stuff is to ship Wednesday(the 5th), too.

i hope me throwing this "me too" on is okay.

This is not meant in support OR attack of RSO.

I'm trying to get contact with him, too. I'm actually trying to SEND something TO him, though.
I can't get him, either.

My point being that, if I can't get him to respond so I can send something to him, I suspect it's more of an issue with him being unable to communicate and/or not bothering to come online and check messages.
If it was just a case of him ignoring you because he owes you stuff, I'd imagine he'd be happy to contact me, so he can get the package *I* have for *him*.

Eric

*Update*

Matt has contacted me and my box will go out in the morning, with accompanying tracking number.

I was supposed to hear from him yesterday after his being delayed Wednesday.
so far, i'm still in limbo.

*Update*

No tracking number as of 5/7/10. This is two days past our established deadline (5/5/10), so on Monday I will be meeting with my attorney to discuss filing the necessary criminal complaints and a small claims case in Texas.

A mail fraud complaint was filed two weeks ago, and the IC3 complaint will be filed on Monday. A Letter of Demands will be dispatched on Monday as well.

MagickalMemories wrote:This is not meant in support OR attack of RSO.

I'm trying to get contact with him, too. I'm actually trying to SEND something TO him, though.
I can't get him, either.

My point being that, if I can't get him to respond so I can send something to him, I suspect it's more of an issue with him being unable to communicate and/or not bothering to come online and check messages.
If it was just a case of him ignoring you because he owes you stuff, I'd imagine he'd be happy to contact me, so he can get the package *I* have for *him*.

Eric

EXACTLY.


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Arklite wrote:*Update*

No tracking number as of 5/7/10. This is two days past our established deadline (5/5/10), so on Monday I will be meeting with my attorney to discuss filing the necessary criminal complaints and a small claims case in Texas.

A mail fraud complaint was filed two weeks ago, and the IC3 complaint will be filed on Monday. A Letter of Demands will be dispatched on Monday as well.

I have emailed you. I have tried to talk to you via phone since i DONT SIGN ON EVERYDAY.

I just got your most recent email saying its going to get pricey with your legal expenses.

I have nothing for you to sue me over.

Also, our deal was for such a low amount of money this is crazy. I have explained my situation and you want to move forward with taking me to court, I cant stop you.

That said, I do keep trying to talk to you to work out a deal and you want to just email me and not talk then get mad when i havent replied daily.

So again, check your email.


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alarmingrick wrote:I was supposed to hear from him yesterday after his being delayed Wednesday.
so far, i'm still in limbo.

We talked earlier today.

You emailed me, and you haven't replied since my last email.
not sure what your intentions are at this point.

redstarone wrote:
...I have tried to talk to you via phone...

What would a phone conversation change? If I called you and you said, "Sorry, couldn't mail it today!", I'd be just as disgruntled.

redstarone wrote:
That said, I do keep trying to talk to you to work out a deal and you want to just email me and not talk then get mad when i havent replied daily.

We have discussed this issue frequently, but I have told you exactly how I'd like it resolved multiple times. I do not feel that you need to "reply every day", and I am not angry for that reason. I am angry because we have passed the final deadline by two days and I have not received a tracking number.

redstarone wrote:

I have emailed you. I have tried to talk to you via phone since i DONT SIGN ON EVERYDAY.

I just got your most recent email saying its going to get pricey with your legal expenses.

I have nothing for you to sue me over.

Also, our deal was for such a low amount of money this is crazy. I have explained my situation and you want to move forward with taking me to court, I cant stop you.

That said, I do keep trying to talk to you to work out a deal and you want to just email me and not talk then get mad when i havent replied daily.

So again, check your email.

Let's go over the situation;

My project is finished, per your e-mail two weeks ago. At that juncture; you asked for some additional time to get home, box it up, and mail it. The deadline I set was May 5th, which I was willing to extend two additional days, due to your difficulties in getting back to Dallas. Those two days have now passed, and since I cannot file any charges over the weekend, I have given you an additional two days in which to mail the box. This is now 3.5 months past the original date the box was to be shipped.

Now, is the project really finished? Because if it is, I can't really see a reason why someone would be unable to pack and ship such a small package in the time that has elapsed. Is the partial-refund an issue? I don't need a partial-refund. I just want;

A) My completed minis

B) My money/minis back.

No need to make this more complicated than it already is, just complete the transaction in one of those two ways by Sunday night.

I am under no illusions about the recovery of funds. I fully expect, that should I not receive any finished product or refund, I will never see any form of compensation. That said, since I sent the miniatures to you via USPS Priority Mail, any attempt to commit fraud during this transaction becomes Federal Mail Fraud. I believe, both the State of Texas, and the US Government are able to charge you in this instance. In civil court, the best I can hope for is a judgement that would then damage your credit rating, if left unpaid.

I may, in point of fact, end up spending more time/money seeing this through than I could ever dream of recovering.

Again, these are not threats, they are simply some of the possible outcomes of this scenario.

I mention these, not out of any malicious intent, but because I am not quite sure that you understand the severity of the consequences that can stem from these charges. Once I go forward with this issue, it is very difficult to resolve this situation without additional costs.

I don't want to make your situation any more difficult than it has been, however I feel that I have been more than patient. I am treating you no differently than I would any business that I chose to patronize, so please do not feel that I am being intentionally hostile.







****Addendum****

Matt has stayed in regular contact this week, just no tracking number. I'm sorry if my updates led anyone to believe he was ignoring me. My updates have simply been in regards to the due-dates that I establishedin regards to this project.

Mod mode on: I'd like to remind everyone that the only people who should be posting in this thread are those with direct contact / information / assistance connected to the traders involved in the transactions. I've had to delete inflammatory posts, further such posts will result in more serious consequences.

Please keep this thread clear for those trying to resolve the transactions being disputed. Thank you.

in His last reply, he rambled something about Monday.
when i try to reach him for confirmation, he's not respnding.
i'm getting the feeling he's never going to ship.

Well, i now am hearing that because he can't find Arklite's package to ship to him, he can't ship to me.
for some reason because Arklite's package is missing, that prevents him from driving to the P.O. and completing
our transaction by mailing the one final box (he says he has, i wonder now!) to me that he owes me. i've never heard
of such a lame excuse! and he won't give an explanation of how one stops the other. i think he's just run out of excuses,
personally.

Matt also owes me a partial refund and a paid-for Thunderhawk from well over a YEAR ago. I have heard nothing in nearly a month, with the last message I got from Matt stating he was opening a new Paypal address to make payments toward a partial refund while he worked on shipping the model to me.

I have already talked to the Texas postal services in Plato, Texas and begun the paperwork on filing official citations against him for fraud in his business practices.

If anyone successfully finalises a deal with Matt in the near future, please PM me and let me know as it will help prove that he has taken my funds and ignored our transaction well beyond the reasonable amount of time, constituting fraud.

Thank you,
Bryan

I am going to be quick and blunt.

A friend of mine is a personal buisness consultant.

No one can understand im busy with my wife... alright. Hes taking over all the contracts to resolve the issue while im not in town to handle it.

Bryan - Ive asked for your number, if you want to refuse to give it again thats fine.

Rick - Ive told you ill email you the number this week. Your not happy and I understand. No more needs for 10 emails a day and 3-4 calls and voicemails.

Alpha - Thank you for understanding.

Arklite - Thanks for working with me.

So to sum up, my friend does this for a living. He fixs buisness problems. And since its obvious i DONT HAVE TIME as my WIFE is my priority, this is the route it will go. Or since i give my number to everyone that asks, CALL ME. STOP posting when it takes me days to see. Or post and then call m e.

I IGNORE NO ONE.

Matt,

Will this new personal business consultant be taking over all aspects of all pending deals immediately?

If so, I imagine everything should be resolved rather quickly, as the only thing left to do for everyone is ship out their stuff, right?

Alpharius wrote:Matt,

Will this new personal business consultant be taking over all aspects of all pending deals immediately?

If so, I imagine everything should be resolved rather quickly, as the only thing left to do for everyone is ship out their stuff, right?

Call me. I dont have time to keep coming back here to explain each detail when people like rick simply say im a liar no matter what.

Matt - I do not give out my telephone number freely if I can help it. Not only does it leave absolutely no paper trail for anyone's security, but it actually costs people money and time (cell phone minutes, etc.). Using email and forum services allow me to have software and hardcopy backups of everything I do in business. Not to mention, protects me against potential claims of misunderstandings and the like.

I actually care a great deal about what is going on with you and your family, but I also have to look out for my own family and the business dealings we spend our finances to be a part of. You have said so yourself, I have been very polite and understanding in the seventeen months that you have had the money I paid you. I still wish you and yours the best in your personal life; I just want you to fulfil your end of our delinquent business deal, too.

Concerning the business guy, that is excellent news! What is this consultant's name and email address so we may begin contacting him to resolve things?

-Bryan

we all care about someone who's going through what you're family is.
Maybe if you'd have followed through in the last 22 months as much as you've said you will, i would trust you more.
i look forward to receiving the #.

alarmingrick wrote:we all care about someone who's going through what you're family is.
Maybe if you'd have followed through in the last 22 months as much as you've said you will, i would trust you more.
i look forward to receiving the #.

22 months eh? Our deal has been what? 3 parts?

Part 1 was a bunch of guard you got and were un happy there were messups on the undersides for tabletop quality. I admit i was slow painting them.

Part 2 you sent them back and more models. I painted those as well as yarriack in your scheme for being slow. You got them and were very happy from what I recall. I also painted some tanks and in email you were happy but when you got them you had them painted by another painter here at dakka.

Part 3 is what we are at now, and thats been since dec. not 22 months. Im supposed to send you some terrain to make up for all the extra bitz and such you tossed in as you said you had no use for them.

BTW Your voicemail you just left telling me to take down you calling me a liar was great. Then 5 minutes later you post this then edit it to say 22 months.

And no, im not going to call you. You call me a liar every other word. And FYI me making a date to do it and something comes up thats OUT OF MY HANDS does NOT make me a liar.

"Part 3 is what we are at now, and thats been since dec. not 22 months. Im supposed to send you some terrain to make up for all the extra bitz and such you tossed in as you said you had no use for them. "
actually it was for well over $200 dollars worth of Space Marine blisters and bits. and a $100 advance for your broken laptop. and you agreed to send several terrain pieces and IG kits. i decided to settle for a terrain kit that's valued less than $100. think you made out pretty good on that deal, don't you?

you make it sound like it's a "good" thing that i've only had to wait 5 months for the 3rd part as you put it. call me silly, but I wouldn't brag that it takes that long to mail a box.
and i'm not going to air all of our dirty laundry in this thread. the main point is to advise the community (which you say you're part of) about what they can expect to get into dealing with you. you have my package, ready to go you say for months now. and the current excuse is you can't mail it because you can't find Arklite's. i'd like to know why you couldn't mail my box seperate of his? after all they are 2 different transactions. and you say you are in Ar. right now. which is where you say Arklite's box is. why not mail him his box before you get back to Dallas? it would save him having to wait any longer wouldn't it?

as for a third party having my contact info, i'm not so sure i like that idea. contact me before you give out my info to somebody, please.

Rick,

I have told you more then 10 times now I travel to and from little rock all the time. I live check by check. I need to be able to make a single trip to mail what needs to go out all at once. Im SORRY you arent happy with that. Thats why I have an actual buinsess consultant taking this over. To get each thing shipped out on its own and at a faster rate then I can do.

You emailed me before posting the above thing saying i have to contact you because you didnt want you info given out.

Making things even harder doesnt speed it up.

Airing dirty laundry.. my wife is stage 4 with stomach cancer. You KNOW we lost our son last jan in labor. All that with no medical insurance. You KNOW how rough its been. In fact, let me quote you from dec 22 of 09.

"alarmingrick
12-22-2009 05:31 PM
alarmingrick
hey!! glad you're back brotherman! hope everything is alright."

In fact, you and I were alright up until arklite and the other problem here with nurgleboy (now with new name change) He was given a full refund right away through paypal and I think you are upset his was settled and your still waiting. I understand and again apologize.

That said replied to your email.




EDIT "

say you are in Ar. right now. which is where you say Arklite's box is. why not mail him his box before you get back to Dallas? it would save him having to wait any longer wouldn't it? "

When did I say his box is in little rock? Its in Dallas, in my storage unit. My wife and I both had apts. We moved into one that was smaller then either of ours to begin with. We put our extra things in storage and regularly move things back and forth. His little box was moved there. And also, im in dallas currently.

redstarone wrote:Rick,

I have told you more then 10 times now I travel to and from little rock all the time. I live check by check. I need to be able to make a single trip to mail what needs to go out all at once. Im SORRY you arent happy with that. Thats why I have an actual buinsess consultant taking this over. To get each thing shipped out on its own and at a faster rate then I can do.

You emailed me before posting the above thing saying i have to contact you because you didnt want you info given out.

Making things even harder doesnt speed it up.

Airing dirty laundry.. my wife is stage 4 with stomach cancer. You KNOW we lost our son last jan in labor. All that with no medical insurance. You KNOW how rough its been. In fact, let me quote you from dec 22 of 09.

"alarmingrick
12-22-2009 05:31 PM
alarmingrick
hey!! glad you're back brotherman! hope everything is alright."

In fact, you and I were alright up until arklite and the other problem here with nurgleboy (now with new name change) He was given a full refund right away through paypal and I think you are upset his was settled and your still waiting. I understand and again apologize.

That said replied to your email.




EDIT "

say you are in Ar. right now. which is where you say Arklite's box is. why not mail him his box before you get back to Dallas? it would save him having to wait any longer wouldn't it? "

When did I say his box is in little rock? Its in Dallas, in my storage unit. My wife and I both had apts. We moved into one that was smaller then either of ours to begin with. We put our extra things in storage and regularly move things back and forth. His little box was moved there. And also, im in dallas currently.

i Was glad you were back? not sure what that means?

from you:

"From: Conversion Corner
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:25 PM
To: Minton family
Subject: Re: hello

I figured arklite would update his thread saying he talked to me and im shipping this week after i get his package out of storage. STORAGE in LITTLE ROCK. It got f*cking packed with my modeling stuff i didnt need as it was such a small back.

Im back in little rock. Ill take care of it all WHEN I CAN."

you did say it was in Ar. ....

not sure how you giving me a tracking # instead of someone i don't know will slow things down. i'm sure you wouldn't feel comfortable having random people given your info.

Look at how fast I typed that and froma phone no less. The word ISNT should be in there. I was in Ark where it ISNT.

WHY on earth would I have a storage unit in little rock when my wife and I live in DALLAS where we had our apts before moving together and NEEDING the storage.

Im sorry You got confused.

"Im back in little rock. Ill take care of it all WHEN I CAN."

Thats a DEAD giveaway that the storage unit ISNT there.

Personal problems aside, when I read RSO's post, I could tell that he meant the box was in Dallas & he wasn't.
Eric

"Personal problems aside, when I read RSO's post, I could tell that he meant the box was in Dallas & he wasn't.
Eric "

Thanks?
Not sure how that helps or is relevant.

MagickalMemories wrote:Personal problems aside, when I read RSO's post, I could tell that he meant the box was in Dallas & he wasn't.
Eric

Indeed. Your spot on.

alarmingrick wrote:"Personal problems aside, when I read RSO's post, I could tell that he meant the box was in Dallas & he wasn't.
Eric "

Thanks?
Not sure how that helps or is relevant.

Maybe because he and I have an on going trade just as you and I do. So if its relevant for you to post here, why is not not for him?