WARNING!!! BAD SELLER!!! Pichai!!!

Recently I was looking for U.S. English games in MINT condition and was emailed by Pichai about some games:

hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

What games are you interested in? Most games are completed and in good shape

-Pichai

And to that my response was:
Mike Rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am only looking for games in mint to new condition. If you have any, please let me know.

Thanks,

Mike

Well....Pichai sold me some games alright... Baseball Stars Professional and Top Players Golf IN HORRID CONDITION.

Examples: GameDude Stickers, cracked cases, bent manuals, and faded inserts!!! <img src="graemlins/veryangry.gif" border="0" alt="[Very Angry]" />

Now you would think that I would just take this in stride as a normal process of a fluke transaction right??

Well I normally would have, but by reading some emails you can see why:

hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

I also have fire supplex, golf, basbeall star, and ninja combat in mint

And here:
Mike Rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

golf, baseball star, and ninja combat are English and in mint condition?

hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mike,

Golf, Baseball Star, Ninja Combat are English, Fire Supplex is Japanese all are mint.

$195 Shipped.

Here is more:
Mike Rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

These are all in the plastic cases right? There are no card board box games, and sorry that I have to ask, but nothing is "Freaked" right?

And his response was:
hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mike,

Yes, These are original. With plastic case and original insert, manuals and original cart. I just double checked and Baseball, Golf are mint.

Just to make matters perfectly CLEAR to Pichai I stated this:

Mike Rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I don't want to sound like a perfectionist, but I can't take Fatal Fury if the plastic is torn. I am trying to build my collection slow, with only mint to new games in mint to new condition. If there is something that you can do about it, then great I'll take Fatal Fury, otherwise I'll just stick with Baseaball and golf.

Thanks

NOW HERE IS WHERE I FIND OUT:

mike rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I sent $65.00 for Golf and Baseball. I can't afford the others right now. PLease send to my parents house:

Mike Rubin

5917 Lake Street

Houston, Texas 77005

Thanks!!
Mike

And in return:


hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

No problem

WELL....lots of time passes:
mike rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

Any word on shipping?

Thanks,

Mike

RESPONSE:
hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

yes, she was shipped yesterday. i'll send you tracking number whe i go out to the car

HMMM...when I go out to the car....That is when I started to think that Pichai would never screw me over..he has been a great seller from the start and there is no way that he would fuck me over...

Until I find out that he sent it to my school adress and was not able to check the package for about a week...even though he said "no problem: to sending the games directly to me:

mike rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

We have a problem. The games that you claimed to be MINT are not mint at all. Infact, they look like shit. I would like a refund immediately.

Please respond within 48 hours.

Regards,

Mike

He wrote back:
hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

Please send them back to me. Did you just get the games now?

No way in fucking hell am I about to send the games back and be out $130...

mike rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I just moved back to the address that you sent them to. (I had asked you to send them to my parents house where I was, but you sent them to my school address)

Please refund my paypal account $65.00 and I will send the games in the same box I recieved them to the address on the label.

Regards,

Mike

He writes back:
hye kyong polprasert <hye_kyong@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mike,

I'll refund you the 65 when I get the game back. I bet your happy now that school is out for the summer.

Nice try with the small talk Pichai:
mike rubin <mikejrubin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I will initiate a charge back through paypal by tomorrow afternoon if you do not refund me the money. YOU did not

provide the goods the way that they were described. There is no way that I am going to submit myself to a position

where you are in control of the money and the games. I don't want to have to go to the forums to relay our entire dealing complete with

all emails where you claimed that the games were "MINT" and arrived in USED condition. (cracked cases, no manual baggies, bent plastic)

Please take the responsibility for your mistakes and refund me the money. I have not done anything to spoil my end of this deal. You have.

Regards,

Mike

No look at what he says now:
Mike,

I just need to see if these are indeed the games I sent you. I have been in too many scams. Once I get the games you get the cash back. Those tray and plastic were not cracked when I shipped them. Those games were in great shape, not new like , but in great shape.



NOW I HAVE BEEN IN TOO MANY SCAMS YOU CROOK! THANKS TO YOU!

I have never fucked up a deal for the 2 years that I have been here registered at this site. I have always had a perfect track record and try to make sure to only deal with people that have a good reputation as sellers....

Pichai had one at one point...

Pichai-
You are a crook. I filed with paypal today to get my money back. I'll send your games as soon as the credit is returned to my account. I didn't want it to come to this, but I feel that everyone should know what you have done. I should have the right to smash the games into little pieces and send them back to you like that---but not so that you can try and FUCK someone else.


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I have dealt both Mike & Pichai in several transactions before and both of them are honest sellers/buyers.

Hopefully everything will be solved in a peaceful way.

PIchai messed me around real last year, when I bought some foreign currency and sent it to him for some games. He then said his family were in the middle of moving from Korea to the states and he couldnt send the games for 3 months....so he would offer a refund as well......I asked for a refund and it took 2 months to reach me. All the time he claimed it was in the post.....but the actual postmark on the letter was 11 days old, so he had been lying all along.

[ June 04, 2002: Message edited by: rugal2000 ]</p>

I had one deal with Pichai. I wasn't happy with it. Haven't dealt with him since.

Wow, Pichai has always been a great seller. I had two dealings with him and the items were as described. I hope both of you can fix this up.

There have been too many good sellers that have gone bad and its been happening a lot. From Wingzero to KS and others.

Quality and Service should always come first. You work so hard to get your rep and you can lose it so easily. Whatever happened to the Customer is always right?

M4S <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />

I have dealt with both Pichai and MIke and both have done awesome sales for me. I am not sure what has happened in this case.

Pichai does have a tendency of stating mint when the games are actually in good condition. Hope all goes well for you in the end Mike.

GAMEFAN

Mike, I'm sorry to hear that.

I remember seeing Pichai's name on some "Good sellers Lists" in the past months... just goes to show ya you never know when someone will turn into what I like to call, a "rotten apple."

Good luck in clearing up this mess.

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By the way, I dealt with Mike as well. Great seller. Never dealt with Pichai though. Hopefully this case can be settled as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Didn't people bash DreamH20 for posting a similar thread about Pichai in this very section? Damn........ <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />

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DReamh20 warned me about dealing with pichai.....and i didnt listen.

And now, the mark has been made. I know *I* won't ever buy from him now.

Spike

How about those who bought games from him?
Pichai is a honest guy and I have no problem with him.

Sometimes I feel people love to say some shit after bad thing happens.

"I dealt with him once and it was bad. Game was in bla bla bla........."

"I should listen to bla bla bla but I still dealt with him not long ago...."

"I didn't receive item(s) from him...bla bla bla"

Why those people never speak up until now?

"Oh, because it's a private thing and I dont' want to bring to public...."

If something is wrong, speak up right away.

see the thread in news and rumors about my botched purchase from him. most of the mint stuff i bought was really crap.

I never had any trouble with him. Bought 2 very nice games from him that I can recall. I think youre right. Some people just like to instantly flame their aggressions out on someone. You should work it out with him.

Sorry to hear this bad experience. I bought some games and Neo geo accessories from him. Fast shippment, nice email. No problem. He's good seller in my mind.

I purchased MVS Metal Slug 2 and SSIII from Pichai. MS2 was a bootleg and when I wrote him back he stated he didn't know what a bootleg looked like so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. But I wasn't too keen on the transaction and plan to not purchase from him in the future due to the latest incidents.

I bought a street hoop aes off ebay from pichai, never received it and never got my money back.

I won't deal with international sellers now, been ripped off too many times!

It only takes 1 bad deal for a Seller to Stink.

And this is incredable, more and more people are steping up and reporting the fraud Pichai really is.

If you combine both threads,
this one and the one in the general discussion,
there is over 10+ people Pichai ripped off,
Ranges from not shipping anything, to shipping poor condition items.

In volume, Pichai could be the biggest fraud up to date

perhaps the mods should consider stopping him posting in the seling forum.....I mean look at the heat people like Dion and Kyokugen Star have taken and rightfully so......yet we have had an international scammer like Pilchai here all along , who has been a lot more subtle and devious in keeping his corrupt practices silent to the majority.

Liquid,

I have posted this before on a diferent thread a few months back.

I don't have time to chase things up as i am so busy with work, i did keep emailing pichai for a while but eventually got no answer.