Has anyone had any experience with videotradeblog? I've sent him money for a facts of life set, however I have not heard from him for the last four days (no logins). Just wondering if anyone else has pending trades. Thanks!




*edit - updated note from robyrob: videotradeblog got a little ahead of himself in making too many trades at once and got behind in getting everything out to everyone, but to my knowledge he has made good on all trades as you can see by reading all the feedback in this thread.

I traded him about a month ago-I'm still waiting on the sets he was supposed to send.

Although he is not a user on my site, i have heard complaints from 2 users that are.

I contacted him to help resolve the issue, and no reply was given to either email.

My suggestion is for any future users, to only send via paypal, which is insurable-
and if you paid any funds that to offer refunds or insurance, to use that option.
Paypal in example, if the seller can not show proof of sending, will refund your money, most often within 48 hours.

Great..... well at least I paid via paypal. I'll file a dispute sigh

great... paid him nov 25th and no sign of anything.... at least it is paypal though

here is all the info i have


Conversion to:
Jason Konarz
Email:
jkonarz@prodigy.net
Payment Sent to:

videotradeblog@aol.com

That is funny-
I was given a completely different name. He gave me the name Richard Thomas.
Wildlele-I hope you either get your money back or the items you purchased. Thankfully, I only did a small trade. I'm only out 20 discs and 5.00 shipping. Hopefully he will make good on all outstanding trades.

Another user, this one out of ireland has come forward- he also went money through western union

and while their name/email isn't on the bad trader or scammer list-
the fact that he has given all of you different names, raises a great deal of suspicions.

Maybe everyone needs to compare notes- and as well, take the info to the owner of this site, so that this user is banned or suspended, until everything is resolved - so no furthor damage can be done?

Thanks for the advice savage. Can you please provide us info on how to report it to the owner as I have never had to report anyone before.

just put yur information together and email it to TJ - or send it to me, and I can forward it to TJ.

Thank you robyrob for your offer. I have sent you my information via a PM for you to forward. I do not know who TJ is or his email so it makes it a lot easier to just send you the information-thank you again for the the offer and for your help.

Well, in any situation you feel you need to speak to a moderator for Sitcoms- you will find if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, the moderators are always listed- and if you click on their name, you can contact them easily.

In example, trading forum you scroll down and Tj is listed, as well as RobyRob

If you were to have a problem in the Chit chat area, I think it is Tj and Janice for another example.
And the moderator is pretty much always where you want to start.


Remember, if you choose to buy, just as trading, run a check. And really, if possible don't use western union. A check from your own bank, or paypal are the top choices although neither guarauntee your money back, its better as an option.
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Thank you robyrob for your offer. I have sent you my information via a PM for you to forward. I do not know who TJ is or his email so it makes it a lot easier to just send you the information-thank you again for the the offer and for your help.

Hello,

I have just replied to an email but I wanted to reply to you here personally. I haven't been on this site in about a week or so since I've been behind in some trading and wanted to take a break from future trades but I have been responding to all email with the exception of email from the past 3-4 days, and I am working on resolving that too.

I can provide references of some good recent trades within the past 2-3 weeks from known traders. Please see:

captspiffy from sitcomsonline
jj7641@webtv.net from alt.video.tape-trading
pupil1313@yahoo.com from sitcomsonline

I can provide more upon request.

I am fully committed to getting EVERYONE 100% of what they asked. If they haven't received it yet, it is probably done, but I just didn't get it out prior to having left for a short trip where I was without Internet access. I will ship anything in the near future with tracking numbers so there will be no confusion that people will get what they asked of me. I will also start checking this area daily to respond to anyone.

Hope this helps. Please ask everyone to be patient.

I traded with videotradeblog 3X this month, and they all went great! He sent me blanks for all 3 trades, and they arrive 1 day after he ordered them. He ordered from Staples, and the store a couple of miles from us delivered the packages in just 1 day!

Had 3 trades with him this month, all went great! He sent blanks for my dvd's, arrived from Staples (where he ordered the blanks) a day after! Recommended trader!

Hi all, I sent him money for DVD's of Married ...With Children. He didn't email me for days and I was indeed getting suspicious. However, just a few minutes ago, I checked my emails and he responded! He told me the discs are out and apologised for not replying for so long. So, I take it he means it and I am hoping the discs are on their way to me. He did give reasonable explainations to me though as he is busy working and the fact that he had to have his wife pick up the money becuase he was busy only adds to the reasonability of it all. Plus, he told me it would take a week to copy my discs since he was busy in work. So, that week has passed and now it has been confirmed the discs have been sent to me. Which means, I should have them by tomorrow or either Monday or Tuesday next week. Once I do get the discs, I will let you know what they are like.

Hello,

As an update, I have replied to everyone via PM that has PMed me up to this date (12/13, at 5:40pm central).

I will make regular updates to this thread, and via PM as I work to get everyone their items.

I have just prepared a list of trades I've done recently and where I stand and will be forwarding it to a moderator here within minutes. There are only a few people outstanding from my list of about 20-30 trades within the last few weeks. I've gone out of town twice recently or this would've been dealt with sooner but everyone has my full cooperation.

well, as we all know sometimes stuff comes up and its easy to get behind or sidetracked and sometimes stuff just goes wrong, it happens.

in this case, I am hoping that it is just a matter of somone just taking on too much at once and getting into trouble without any malicious intent.

I have asked videotradeblog to contact everyone that he has ongoing trades with and let them know the status of their trade and what steps he is doing to resolve all of this ASAP.

please keep me informed as to the status of this situation and if there are any further problems, thank you.

He just emailed me and told me the discs are out and on their way to me and he also apologised for the delay in not replying. He seems genuinely sorry here.

if you dont ever get facts of life. it is airing in canada you can record it there or shadowkaos is making a set as it airs.

I, too, have just received a PM from him. He did state he is sorry, and explained he got behind and busy. He said he will be mailing out my discs tomorrow. I will be more than happy to come back and post when I receive them.

Hi,

I am done with the "Facts of Life" set (it had only been 2 weeks) but I had not shipped. He has asked for a Paypal refund, and I have done so.

If anyone else wants FOL, please contact me after I have resolved everyone elses issues.

Hope this helps.

Is The Facts Of Life any good?

Hi,

I actually thought of another way to resolve this if the original poster still wants the "FOL" discs but is just wary of dealing with me. I hate to see them go to waste.

He is in Canada. There is no way (I am aware of) to overnight him any mail. Even if there was, I'm sure it would be extremely prohibitably expensive. I've got a pretty good set of these discs. Some I recorded myself with A+ quality from Hallmark Channel unlike a couple sets I traded for. I believe he'd be happy with them.

I have already refunded him via Paypal, but if he would agree to some moderator intervention, would any moderators from the US be willing to accept an "Express Mail" package containing the discs? That way, they could act as an in-between and let them know they've been received. I could provide the moderator with the additional funds to mail the discs to Canada via "Priority International Mail" (about $10).

Any thoughts on this plan or not a good idea and I should just try to get the set to someone else? I wish the original poster had emailed me directly. I have been totally away from Sitcoms Online a little longer than I have been totally away from email (just a few days) and we probably could've resolved this.

I think its great, that you commented here- I had just written you, suggesting that.


Communication is the best key to working things out-

I am usually the one who updates all the bad trader lists- and due to so many complaints so quickly, you had been added- as a precaution for suspcious behavior- please understand that once this is remedied I will of course adjust that- and that under most circumstances, this was a precursor to larger issues.

Coming here, posting and communicating the difficulties is the first step to ammending all this confusion, and I know everyone appreciates it.
No contact is the worst in cases like this.

savageamusement has contacted me in an attempt to further resolve the FOL issue. I have already refunded but I have contacted Rob to try to assist further.

At this point, EVERYONE has been emailed and private messaged. If necessary (if it was a larger trade, or maybe an additional reason to worry) I have provided extended information to you privately. Thanks for everyones patience.

Hi! I don't know what kind of discs you recorded The Facts Of Life on, but maybe you could record over them with some other shows? It might help. Good luck!

I think we should be good, videotradeblog will be sending me the discs and he has been in constant communication. It looks like I jumped the gun and it was while he was out of town which made communication impossible. Hopefully we can clear everything up quickly and get back to watching and trading tv :)

I think we should all take a moment to commend and say thank you to savage. She is going out of her way to help the community. She is trying to save a trader's name and reputation, and also help the people that have traded and/or bought from him. She has gone out of her way to help with this situation. She has contacted the traders, videotradeblog, and taken the time to talk with them. She has taken the time to get the information from each trader what they are owed. She has taken the time to contact videotradeblog offering to help him, accept packages, check them, and send them on. This is taking her time, effort, and generosity. She is getting noting out of it, but the satisfaction of knowing she helped to save a trader's name, and help other traders to receive what they owed. She does so much for this community and rarely receives the credit she is due. We should all take a moment and say thank you to this generous and wonderful friend of ours.
Thank you savage for all the help and kindness you give to the community.

So just as an update to this, I got a tracking number, but if I am reading this correctly it has not actually been recieved by USPS?


Label/Receipt Number: LJ50 4638 525U S
Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on December 14, 2007 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

i think that indicates that the postage has been paid, and the package has been requested for pickup, but has not been scanned into the system (possibly not actually picked up yet - or just not scanned in yet)

check it again tonight or tomorrow and it should show more info if it is picked up.

I do click and ship- which means I weigh it at home, and print the postage out-
they pick it up

so the number could have been printed from home- but they havent' scanned it in, as they haven't picked it up.

that MIGHT be the case, i would check it again, or let him know directly, the numbers are small it could be a mistype

wildlele,

I will reply.

Not only what Rob said, but a) Your Paypal has been 100% refunded at my request at this point, so I haven't even been given/paid anything and I have still sent, and b) I would be more than happy to provide a screenshot showing my credit card bill for the transaction.

This is the biggest shipping month of the year in the US. I just had another item delivered within the last couple days. Please see this tracking #: 0103 8555 7492 4563 3367, and please be patient in your case. You are international. That's why I specifically offered to "Express Mail" to someone in the US so you would have proof. Since you wanted it mailed to you, it's going to take 6-10 days according to the post office. Possibly more with the holidays. PLEASE be patient. As of this writing, there is nobody that I haven't shipped to. EVERYTHING is out.

There is no one here that will not get discs from me if I owe you discs. If that tracking doesn't eventually show that you receive a package, I will replace in whatever way possible that you want me to. Simple as that.

Hi,

Just to followup again on something I just told wildlele in private message. It is possible that tracking information will not update until he receives the discs. I have had that happen before. While other times, the tracking information will update beforehand.

I have two recent examples of things shipped by me:

LJ 504 785 798 US <- package I sent today; person hasn't received the item yet but the post office shows it has been received
0103 8555 7492 4563 3367 <- package I sent on Friday the same day I sent wildlele's package. It didn't update for whatever reason until he received the discs

I don't think you have to pay to get one of those tracking numbers but I've paid in all of the above cases. Proof available to moderators if desired.

Hope this helps.

What is a tracking number and how do I use it? Can you tell me mine, please? Thanks.

Just curious...

if the package was sent by US Postal Service, you can put the tracking number in on this page to track it:

http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm?from=home&page=0035trackandconfirm

This is an item sent to me that was sent "Priority Mail" about 7 days ago and still hasn't shown up. The USPS does at least show it was scanned somewhere 5 days ago. From what I am seeing, "Priority Mail" estimates of 2-3 days (US) are very out of line with what is occuring this month with the holidays. I'm not sure how that is effecting International Mail...

"Label/Receipt Number: 0103 8555 7492 4026 9974
Status: Processed

Your item was processed and left our SIOUX FALLS, SD 57104 facility on December 15, 2007. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later. "

I am trying to provide a lot of information to everyone without invading anyones privacy, but yes. I will email you some information of some people that have gotten things within the last couple days including tracking numbers.

I received my movies! Thanks so much and everyone please be patient with shipping, this is the BIGGEST SHIPPING TIME OF THE YEAR, and how about some of the Christmas spirit?

I can assure ALL OF YOU that he is a wonderful trader that has gone one step further to see that my movie order is satisfying for me. I understand the concerns but please just be patient and as soon as you receive your order, please, please, give him nice feedback. Some of my ebay purchases were en route for close to 4 weeks, it's just that time of year!

If I received mine, yours will be right behind. There are so many other things to stress about, so just be patient, have faith your package will arrive and especially this time of year show some love for a fellow trader. And again, please leave good feedback so this situation can be put behind us!

Merry Christmas

I received my package today from videotradeblog. I have checked all the discs, and they seem to work fine. I think this was just a case of taking on too much at one time. I think videotradeblog is going to turn out to be a good trader. I will certainly give him a second chance, and I thank him for the trade.

In his defense about del.conf. messages-
There has been a question about the following message being displayed when typing in the del. conf. number:
The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on xxxxx to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

Everytime I print a shipping/postage label from home-that is the same message that is displayed until the package is actually delivered. I asked someone at the PO about this once, and they told me it is because when you print the label at home it is not scanned into the system until it is delievered. However, when you buy it at the PO-it is scanned into the system right then so they can charge one for it. I hope that helps with that concern.

I received my package today from videotradeblog. I have checked all the discs, and they seem to work fine. I think videotradeblog is going to turn out to be a good trader. I will certainly give him a second chance, and I thank him for the trade.

In his defense about del.conf. messages-
There has been a question about the following message being displayed when typing in the del. conf. number:
The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on xxxxx to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

Everytime I print a shipping/postage label from home-that is the same message that is displayed until the package is actually delivered. I asked someone at the PO about this once, and they told me it is because when you print the label at home it is not scanned into the system until it is delievered. However, when you buy it at the PO-it is scanned into the system right then so they can charge one for it. I hope that helps with that concern.

Today, he emialed me with a tracking number for my MWC DVD's package, so he must be good.

yes, I just worked with him yesterday with The Facts Of Life and a few other things (vintage MTV and the sort) and he was finished with my discs less than 24 hrs after we negotiated. He seems like a good trader and the real deal if you ask me, and I already recommended him to a friend who I knew would be interested in some of his list.

I expected season's 2-11 of MWC from him, a package arrived today, but there was only season's 7-11 in it. I'm curious now as to when he will send season's 2-6 to me? I was disappointend, but I'm hoping he has sent them, or at least, will send them when Christmas is over.

just received my package today and can say I'm very impressed and plan to work with him again. A++++

I had another trade with him. He was very quick in shipping. I will trade him again.

He emailed me again today and said he is posting out season's 1-6 of MWC to me and there will be another tracking number coming soon, so yay!

got all the stuff he promised and a few additions. satisfied with our trade.

Had another great trade with videotradeblog! This is our 3rd, or 4th, well, I lost count, lol! Thanks! "till next time!

had another great transaction

After almost three months, I FINALLY got all my MWC discs this morning!

wonderful trader. I had a great transaction with him!

thanks