Auctionsherpa-Recaster?

I recently became a fan of nuBSG and was looking around at what was available for blasters. I came across this seller on eBay and I sent him off a few questions. Here's my back and forth with him.



8/24 @ 11:46
Dear auctionsherpa,

Hello. I'm interested in both the season 1 and season 2 blasters. Are these blasters by Matt W******? Do you offer combined shipping or discounts if I purchase both?

Thank you!!

Erik


8/24 @ 1317
Dear eriksgaragesale,

They are already discounted. best I could do is something off the shipping like second ships free
if int send me your paypal email I can send you the invoice with both on there combined.

- auctionsherpa




8/26 @ 0918
Dear auctionsherpa,

Sorry for the delayed response. That sounds good but one of my questions wasn't answered. Are these blasters by Matt W******* (Matsuo)?

Thanks!

Erik



8/26 @ 0930
Dear eriksgaragesale,

sure I need your paypal email

- auctionsherpa




This is where I realized he wants my PayPal email to send me an invoice outside of eBay. Probably to try to save on commission fees, but this is against eBay policy.

This is when I came here and searched for his eBay name, as well (which I probably should have done days ago! :facepalm )




8/26 @ 1148
Dear eriksgaragesale,

Hey man 3 days now of emails do you want these or not i offered you a deal as well or are you just trolling?

- auctionsherpa




8/26 @ 1408
Dear auctionsherpa,

Are you generally rude like this to potential buyers?

Based on your rudeness and the fact that you won't answer my question of "Are these blasters by Matt W******* (Matsuo)?" I'm going to pass on doing business with you.

Have a nice day.


8/26 @ 1415
Dear eriksgaragesale,

nope just know how to spot a punk troll . YOU WERE BLOCKED AS BEED DISCOVERED TO BE A TROLL!

- auctionsherpa




8/26 @ 1416
Dear eriksgaragesale,

your a troll go back and troll and waste other peoples time troll .



8/26 @1417
Dear eriksgaragesale,

have nice day troll
don't ask questions that are troll like then troll
and you need a job to buy things troll


8/26 @ 1418
Dear eriksgaragesale,

erik why do trolls troll?



This is when I called eBay and reported him for harassment and for trying to take a sale outside of eBay.


8/26 @ 1420
Dear auctionsherpa,

You're being reported to eBay. Please don't contact me again.

- eriksgaragesale



8/26 @ 1423
Dear eriksgaragesale,

NICE try to late reported you for SPAMMING AND TROLLING!

- auctionsherpa



In my fourteen years with eBay I've never experienced something like this. He may have nice products but this is not the way you earn a customer.

Buyer beware.
 
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Thanks for this info. Indeed this is not the way a honest seller deals with his customers. I would avoid this guy. Especially since he didn't respond on the most important question you asked: Are these Matt's blasters?
 
Dude - welcome to the club.

If I were you I'd just try and buy from Matt directly or stick to these forums. This guy is an ******. He reported me too - but I reported him right back an sent eBay the chat transcripts. Just leave the sad little man alone.
 
If you are aware matt makes the guns or there are other ways to acquire them then why keep trying to **** the guy off? Its not good Karma :( Your seeking the dude out just saying .
 
Dude - welcome to the club.

If I were you I'd just try and buy from Matt directly or stick to these forums. This guy is an ******. He reported me too - but I reported him right back an sent eBay the chat transcripts. Just leave the sad little man alone.

That's exactly what I've done. And now I'm pretty much all set and will have what I'm looking for. Should have just done that in the first place. Lesson learned for me!


If you are aware matt makes the guns or there are other ways to acquire them then why keep trying to **** the guy off? Its not good Karma :( Your seeking the dude out just saying .

I don't think I tried to **** the guy off. I was nothing but cordial to him until he sent what I considered to be a rude message. I just wanted one basic question answered. If he answered the question he probably would've got a sale.

I have a lot of Stapleton pieces in my collection. However, I haven't bought every piece directly from him. Sometimes I get impatient and will buy from a third party to receive something quicker. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. But, I do like to know what I'm buying first.

Anyway, I don't want to start a fight I just wanted to share my experience with this seller so others can make their own decision as to do business with him or not.
 
Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

Found this the other day and thought folks might be interested:

I was on Etsy buying projector bulbs and other various ephemera for ray gun projects when I thought, "What the heck, let's see if there's a pulse rifle on here." A few searches later and I came upon this:

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I was pretty surprised, since Etsy is more of a crafter, home-made stuff kinda site, but this prop designer has several high-quality, high priced movie firearm replicas (the smartgun is $1950.00), including a pulse rifle, smartgun and colonial marine armor, as well as Battlestar Galactica blasters and others. His profile is:

Movie Guns Inc by MovieGunsInc on Etsy

From the pictures, the build quality looks amazing. From the descriptions, the spelling quality does not.

This is the first smartgun I've seen for sale, but i can't afford it so I thought this info might be helpful to someone else!

- JD

P.S. I am NOT "MovieGunsInc", nor am I affiliated with them in any way whatsoever.

P.P.S. I am new here, but I did use the search function to ensure I wasn't rehashing old information. However, if I missed it and it is a rehash anyway, please accept my apologies!
 
Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

I don't know anything else about the guy, but I can tell you right away that the BSG season 1 blaster is a Matsuo clamshell build. It looks like an original, not a recast, and he technically doesn't state anywhere that he created these things – but it's definitely not his work. He's just marking up an originally $200 item to $450.

Nothing wrong with selling off a personal collection, but Etsy does seem like a strange place to do it.
 
Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

Ahhh, thank you very much for pointing this out. In my reading of it, I took it that he/they were the actual creators of these props but it doesn't really say that. Everything is written in third person, so it's almost impossible to tell.

However, I think the photos are pretty good reference pics for some of the items.

[I was thinking this info was of general interest (and it isn't me selling or buying) so I posted here instead of the Junkyard. I hope I haven't put my foot/keyboard in my mouth with my first real post!]

- JD
 
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Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

I wonder what Matsuo has to say to this, looks like all his work on the smartgun
 
Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

Well, if he knows about him, and it's his stuff he's selling instead of recasts, I imagine he would say "Buy more! Sell more!"
 
Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

that RE S.T.A.R.S Beretta also looks to be a Matsuo.................
 
Re: Auctionsherpa-Recaster or Not?

Did any of you check out his postal rates?
I was interested in this, "Aliens M41-A Pulse Rifle Manuel Data Card sheet rare must see Ripley prop"! Thought it might go great with my Pulse Rifle.
But I am sure I have seen this before just can't remember where. Probably on this site, maybe the free paper prop thread or for sale by a member! (I will do a search to see if I am right)
Anyway he is asking $19.99 USD which I guess isn't to bad but then I saw the postage, United States $12.96 USD & Everywhere Else $50.00 USD!
Are these people crazy? $50 to mail a 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper WLF!!! Even the $12.96 seems a little steep to me!
 
Re: Aliens Smartgun...on Etsy?!?

Mmm, the Loki Masks on that site look amazing. But if the guy is a recaster, does someone know where I can find a similar Loki Mask? The sculpt of the masks on that site look way better than the masks found on the evil bay...

His mask is also on the bay under the account of auroraproject2011, so it's defenitely the same guy...
 
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