SS landspeeder from "5-25-77"

Thanks for the status check, GF.

According to Wasili's list, I'm next in line.

He's promised me that I'll receive my refund on Friday, September 14.

I'll post on that date to confirm whether I got it or not.

The saga continues.
 
Thanks for the status check, GF.

According to Wasili's list, I'm next in line.

He's promised me that I'll receive my refund on Friday, September 14.

I'll post on that date to confirm whether I got it or not.

The saga continues.


Great!!

Thanks for the update, lets wait and see.

GFollano
 
Yup.

Although he's been terrible with correspondence, Wasili has apparently been sticking to his schedule for refunds, which is to be commended.

Let's hope he continues to make good. We'll know very soon.
 
Wasili sent me my refund about an hour ago, as promised, with the addition of about 5% extra to compensate for PayPal fees.

Whew. A nine-month ordeal, over at last. :wacko

Just a few of you left on the list for reimbursement. Please let us know when the money comes through. :thumbsup

From my message to Wasili upon receiving my refund:

Safely received with thanks, Wasili.

I am truly sorry that things fell apart the way they did, particularly because I felt we hit it off so well at first. I would not have been so angry if I had not felt personally betrayed -- not by your failure to deliver the Landspeeder (anybody can get in over one’s head, and I don’t blame you for that), but rather by your failure to communicate. I felt that we had developed the beginnings of a nice Cyber-friendship that might even lead to a face-to-face friendship someday (since we share a connection to Japan). I’ll not drag you through a recap of how my feelings of friendship turned to those of betrayal. Rather, I’d just like to thank you again for making good on the refund and to take back my vitriolic words from an earlier message, as promised. I think you are a good man and a talented modeler, Wasili. I hope that in future transactions, you will make a concerted effort to communicate regularly with your clients, especially after they have sent you money. It’s such a shame for a good guy like you to make enemies and lose face simply because you won’t take a few minutes to post to the site.

I’m going to post to the thread now to let everyone know that you have made good on your promise of a refund.

Best of luck to you in the future.
 
That's great, Temponaut! I'm really glad you got your refund. I guess it's GF next and then me. I still haven't heard a peep from Wasili, though.

Mike
 
Thanks, Mike! I'm very happy to have the refund, too. :p

As to not having heard a peep from Wasili: I'm just speculating, but his pattern seems to be to communicate only with the person who is scheduled for the next refund.

GF, you might like to drop Wasili an e-mail. That's what I did when I became next in line, and he got back to me pretty quickly with a promised date for my refund.
 
Great!!

happy everyone is getting their refunds.

Yes I will email him, I will let you guys know .

GFollano
 
Who's left on the list????

Dave :)

I should be next,

Here's the email I got from Waisli.


Hi G,

Just a short email to let you know that you will receive your refund for the Landspeeder kit in the week of mon 24 - fri 28th of sept. I will contact you this thursday to give you the exact 100% confirmed date for the refund.

Can you send me your Paypaladdress, so i will have it when the time comes ?

Highest regards,

Wasili
 
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-----LIST AS OF 2007.09.20 10:54 TOKYO TIME-----

Adjusted to reflect the refund order according to Wasili's list.

INVESTOR----------DATE---------------AMOUNT------------REFUND

Maths_Hal----------2006.11.23----------$237.50---------Refunded 2007.07.24? (posted 07.26)
moffeaton----------2006.11.??----------$237.50----------Refunded 2007.07.24
szarchie------------2006.11.19----------$237.50----------Refunded 2007.07.31
1138----------------2006.11.21----------$237.50----------Refunded 2007.08.20
temponaut---------2006.12.18----------$475.00----------Refunded 2007.09.15
GF----------------------??----------------$237.50----------Pending
mbmcfarland------2007.01.17----------$475.00----------Pending
vaderdarth*-------2007.06.09----------$237.50----------Pending​
 
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My 2 cents...

He's refunding and it's happening more or less on time. He's got over half of you refunded at this point.

Maybe it's just time to drop it.

I apologize for my crankiness these days, but this board is just dead. When modeling is discussed, it's usually only about what people would like to do or see done rather than what IS being done. Relatively few here are really doing anymore... at least in these modeling sections. It reads like a 'wish list' around here rather than a 'do' list!

I come on here to read and see people's progress and more and more I find threads about how people are being ripped off. At least in this case there's somewhat of a positive outcome.

Come on, people. Build stuff, post it up and give this board life again!

[end rant]
 
This is true on every forum I visit. No matter what the subject matter. I think the internet is killing most of our hobbies.

I know mine has suffered more and more over the last ten years.

But it is not entirely bad for people to see the mess they can get into by paying up front for stuff that doesn't exist yet. It's great to see SMT get back into the swing again. But there is some serious trust rebuilding that needs to be done.
 
With all due respect HS, he doesn't have any of your money, so your opinion doesn't weigh much with the rest of us still waiting. I don't mean any disrespect by that, but their are a few people still on the list under a significant amount of stress right now. It's hard to sink more money into your hobby when hundreds of dollars are already being held hostage. Unless you are one of the ones still waiting, let's try leave this thread clear, out of a mutual respect if you guys don't mind.

Peace,

Dave
 
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No problem, Dave...

Lesson learned for us ALL concerning paying ahead of time for 'vaporware'. These threads make me weary. I had an opinion on that. I stated it.

I'm truly sorry for your guys' plight.
 
See what I mean?

Dead forum. Last year there would be new posts every minute. Now hours or even a whole day goes by between posts.

Just check the timestamps on this and my last post. It proves my point.
 
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