Hey everyone... this is the Dan in question and I signed up so I could respond to the thread as people seem to be jumping to conclusions and don't really know what's happening. First off, I run
Predator Costumes, Models, Kits and Collectibles – Predator Stuff! and sell to hundreds of collectors, do reviews, and generally have a blast with collectors, especially with garage kits and stuff. I am very well known on a bunch of forums, I own the hunters lair and I have tons of clients that can vouch for me business wise.
OK so all that aside, let me explain this situation. Completely out of the blue, this person without contacting me about his order at all, spammed every single forum I use with this post you see above, spammed my email threatening to kill me, my mother and then spammed the same threats about killing me and will "ruin me" in about 50 different articles under the comments area on Predatorstuff.com. So with all due respect to you guys, I think I am more than justified to defend myself and be curt with someone who thinks this kind of behavior is appropriate. Further, I had no idea who this person was as in all the spam he sent, he just used swearwords as his name.
Shortly after all this happened and my post had been added here by another member on my behalf, I figured out who the person was.. it's actually someone I thought was a friend and he sculpts and produced a couple of Predator busts I had sold for him. Needless to say I am very upset that he did this, especially considering he even has my MSN and could have just contacted any time to ask me.
This morning I checked in to his order and was able to find it and I do still have his helmet that he bought, which was packed from my divorce move (I am going through a divorce and had to move etc...). So I will be sending that off on Monday for him.
No question I ****ed up and forgot to ship his helmet, that's my fault and I have no problem admitting that. Hey I've bought from folks from this forum and many others that have done the same thing, I fired off an email asking if it had gone out, they said sorry I didn't get to it and a week later out it went. No big deal... This guy says absolutely nothing and then months later comes screaming out the gate and is saying he's going to kill me and my family? I'm sorry but no friggin way is that acceptable and in no way to I have to be polite at that point.
Ask any of my clients and they will tell you that I go above and beyond to make things right and I always do my best to take care of them when things go wrong. I ship hundreds of items a year and things do go wrong occasionally, that's life... but I'll be damned if I'm going to accept someone harassing me this way when a simple email to me would have been sufficient and you guys can judge all you like, but I won't cater to anyone who feels physical threats and harassment is a justified solution for a friggin helmet, especially without ANY form of resolution prior to said behavior.
I've been meaning to join this forum for a long time now, it's a shame it had to be over a hot-headed individual that had to make a simple situation in to a circus.
Take care,
Dan