Arcade Rick aka TAC Solutions - Anybody got any experience?

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BAD SELLER - Gasorin aka ArcadeRick aka TAC Arcade Solutions

A rather laughable 4 months have passed since I first posted some concerns about this deal here. This guy is still yet to bring our deal to a satisfactory close so I thought I would bring him to the attention of any of you who haven't heard of him.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2751881030

I paid him over 400 euros for a Naomi cart system back at the start of september. First he shipped my system to someone else with the same first name who had enquired about another auction of his. It took around 8 weeks and several threats for this to transpire. Incompetant. He promised to return my money, then dragged it out another month, until he had another Naomi system in stock he could send me. This time he didn't include my I/O board or wiring in the package, but did include a free copy of Dead or Alive 2 by way of apology, which wasn't compatible with my motherboard. Pathetic. Another couple of weeks and I had my I/O board (I guess he had to wait for the stock), but no VGA or USB cables need to hook it up. Laughable. He promised to send my cables ASAP, but three weeks later I'm still waiting.

I have learnt from others that this is fairly typical of this seller. The fact that he has changed his identity three times is warning enough. I strongly advise everybody on these boards to avoid TAC Arcade Soltuions, formerly known as Arcaderick.de, eBay account name "gasorin", like the plague. I don't have the words to express how bad a seller this guy is.

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that guy is a total ass.
he doesn't care about his customers and he doesn't even have all of the listed stuff in stock.

shipping within the eu shouldn't take much longer than one week.
so ... i'd suggest to try to do a chargeback, if you don't receive your system within the next week.

guess, you won't understand his postings, but i can assure you, that they weren't friendly :
http://www.daddelkingz.de/board/index.php?action=show_thread&thread=03.1061546001.dat&file=03
 
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I dealt with him once and had a few troubles BUT I'm almost certain you will get your suystem. The guy doesa a lot of selling on ebayso its very unlikely he would jeopordise his business for $450...

Just send him an e-mail saying if you haven't heard back from him in three days ou will issue a charge back and you'll hear from him pretty swiftly.
 

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About 4-5 months ago I had buy two pcb from arcaderick(win on ebay and paid by money orders), the shipping was slow but I've recevied the items.
 
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Trevor spencer said:


Yeah I noticed the old eBay member account (wwwarcaderick.de) closed. That was shortly after a number of japanese sit-down cabinets were sold. I was waiting for feedback on the cabs as I was thinking of purchasing one.

The guy is a fan of MVS so maybe he lurks this website.


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Did you have full value insurance and tracking on the package?

Royal Mail have lost or stolen three of my packages in the last two months.
 

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Wabbit Season - Duck Season said:
Yeah I noticed the old eBay member account (wwwarcaderick.de) closed. That was shortly after a number of japanese sit-down cabinets were sold. I was waiting for feedback on the cabs as I was thinking of purchasing one.

The guy is a fan of MVS so maybe he lurks this website.



When I had my phantom-1 I used one of his auctions to buy a brand new MS3 full MVS kit when he was under the arcaderick name.
After about 3 weeks and a no show of the kit,several emails were sent.Replies came back that he was having problems with his supplier(selling stuff he hasnt even got in stock,naughty,naughty).After a few more weeks of this I got pissed off and demanded my money back.Still nothing for a further 2 weeks.Got really pissed at him and told him that I just wanted my money back in my paypal account or I was going to take action.
About 4 days later it was back in my account,with a simple sorry note attached.
My problem with him was resolved but not how I wanted it at the time.
He puts on a flash auction and has a flashy looking website but just doesnt deliver.I would say avoid dealing with him.
 
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