I did respond to your "technical" questions. (ie, processor/motherboard was another thing that was already taken care of) You never once responded to that.
I'm glad you think that one response puts you in the correct end of this equation. Nor did you ever choose to inform me.
You immediately jumped at me like you were doing ME a favor by responding to me. So yes, I sent a second (as I pointed out) message telling you that your "kick rocks" comment was unnecessary. You sold me faulty equipment. Now you want to act like I"m the bad guy. Wrong answer my friend.
Please reread all of the PM conversation again. The first thing you did was say that I sold you bad cables and knew that they didn't work prior to sending them to you.
I thought these cables looked well used when they arrived - but I thought they would be ok. At first I had a motherboard/cpu issue which lead to some time before I was able to mount everything up. That is when I discovered I thought I had another motherboard issue. But when I plug two cards directly into the motherboard - I get two cards. IF I put them on risers like I need to for cooling - I get one card. I can get two cards if I leave one on the board and one on the one particular 16x slot. I've tried to do the 1x in a 16x slot but I Know I also read something about a jumper so I still have to play with the 1x cables tomorrow.
In short I'm bleeding money because I was told I was being sent working cards. I have 7 7970s here and will be lucky to get 4 of them up tomorrow morning. I will be ordering more from somewhere online - but we are going to need to work out what the deal is with these cables. I know for sure only one of the 16x to 16x cables works. I will be able to give a more complete report tomorrow afternoon after I play with some more things. I'm trying to be as nice about this as possible - but something tells me these cables just dont up and die without someone knowing it a head of selling them to someone else. That is irritating to me. Especially with the money I have invested at this point.
My response, March 09, 2013, 02:03:37 AM
I've been out of town the past few days, only had mobile access, and got home a couple hours ago. I'd really like to go to sleep, but would rather deal with this first. The first thing you need to take very seriously if you expect any help from me what so ever is to refrain from in any way, shape, or form imply that I knowingly scammed you by selling you parts with issues. I should basically tell you to kick rocks for that, but I value my seller's reputation. Barring any further comments I'll be happy to help resolve this.
Every one of the risers that I have or have had for sale were used by me without any issues what so ever. Setting them up though can be very finicky though as I had some boards that liked certain cards, risers, OS, etc... but not others. You mention you were having motherboard / cpu issues. Elaborate on what was going on to cause issues and the hardware / software components you are trying to use. Which riser works and which ones don't? With the powered risers you have to plug the pin into the 12v yellow female end of the molex connector or they won't do anything, but spin the fan.
The first thing I do is ask you not to insult me again. Then, I ask you to elaborate on your issues, what works, and what doesn't so we can get this figured out. You wait to respond for almost 3 days and follow it with.
Then, March 11, 2013, 11:11:13 PM
I said little publicly other then what was said thus far. I dont like to only communicate via PM because if you dont at least have something public that is time stamped - well your story can start to lose credibility rather quickly. I have no problem updating your thread saying that we are now speaking about the matter and it turns out you were just out of town.
Finicky has nothing to do with this situation. I ordered a set of new cables and had them mailed overnight to me. I did nothing other then plug them in. There was no need for a jumper wire, whistling dixey while staring at the north star and rubbing my tummy counter clock wise while jumping up and down on one foot. I understand what can be involved, but I can tell you that none of it is needed with this setup - other then good cables.
I didn't respond to this right away because I've been working trying to get these rigs running 100%. We had them running perfect and then we had the bright idea to move them to the basement for a cooler environment. Well that then introduced the PITA portion of feeding it an LAN connection. That will be completed tomorrow morning, but for now we have them running on USB wifi adapters.
Getting back to the cables. I'll be honest, I received them and thought they weren't the greatest looking. But I put my faith in the fact that you were selling me working merch and I just chalked it up to - hey, as long as they work - who cares what they look like. The connectors just dont look the greatest, IDK what else to say. After being able to verify only one of the 16x to 16x cables worked, I'll be honest with you - I only tested two of the 1x to 16x cables because at that point I was done with the situation. I shouldn't need to be figuring out which of them work. I paid for working cables, that's what I expect to get. Again, when I got the new cables - I plugged them in and they just worked. Non-powered - no jumper wire, not a thing. Just worked.
The motherboard/cpu issue is long gone, we had swapped out the mb and cpu before I even got the cables from you - so its irrelevant to this equation.
I'm going to go to your thread and make it clear we are talking about this and you were just gone on vacation.
Followed quickly by: March 11, 2013, 11:20:12 PM
I Was going to leave this alone, but I just can't.
Please dont sit here and talk to me like your doing me a favor by working with me. You sold me working cables, I expect to get those. I'm sure you've noticed the high level of scammers around here - so when you dont immediately hear back from someone - its not uncalled for to say, hey - what the hell. Again - if I dont also keep a public type record of me trying to communicate with you - my end of the story looses water. I need to keep my ducks in a row as well as you. Me coming back and simply explaining to the crowed that you were gone on vacation ends any doubts they may have. Everyone leaves their computers for a while, it happens.
I do not need, nor appreciate someone underlining sentences like its now going to become so much more clear. Its uncalled for. Your not doing me a favor, your not entitled to tell someone to kick rocks because you sold them something that is not in working condition. I'm not out here to get more then what I paid for. But I am here to get what I Paid for which is indeed working cables. Had I needed to add a jumper wire to the MB to get these cables to work, or needed all powered cables - I wouldn't have much of a leg to stand on. But as soon as I got the other cables, it was plug and go. In fact the first rig I put in cards one at a time. The second one I put them all in at once. They all got recognized and added like they were old buddies.
I'm not trying to be a dick here, but the way you responded rubbed me in entirely the wrong way.
You then refuse to answer any of the questions I asked you about the hardware you're using, what cables work where, and mention you didn't test them all. Then, follow it with a giant rant saying that I sold you items that don't work, insulting me again. I also don't need you to do me any favors (public records) in this as I already posted the whole conversation with dates refuting what you said about wanting escrow, not testing all of the cables, and insisting that I sold you bad products.
So again, I ask - are you leaving this as a terrible transaction? ie cables I am going to end up throwing away because they are useless. Leaving you with a "donation" for shipping me your well used, non working piles of ribbon cable.
BTW - Lock the thread, but every time you post something for sale I will be right there. I will leave feedback, everywhere possible. The "unprofessional" parts of this transaction are all on your behalf. Had you not chose to tell me you were doing me a favor and tried to ride your high horse in your response, I wouldn't have sent that second PM. But when I was done responding to you, doing my best to ignore your attitude, I made the mistake of reading it again. So I told you exactly what I thought of you and your attitude. I wasn't going to let $30 make me walk on egg shells because you are doing me favor.
You were the one that decided to make it a, "Terrible transaction." I asked very plainly to not insult me again, provide me with technical information, and I'd be more than happy to work this out with you. In responding you refused to do any of these and instead made things not worth dealing with. I never thought that I would have to use this, but please read the first sentence of the thread. The only reason I mention this is as normally I would offer a refund upon return shipping of the items, but I know you've either destroyed them, made them useless, and continue to be an ass about this.
At this point in time reading your responses is more valuable then locking the thread. You continue you show your ass about this and in turn show everyone else what I've had to deal with. Continue your trolling and I'll just post my 100% trader feedback, $10250 cash / BTC single transaction with a semi local member, and the rest of my transactions. You're not ruining a thing, but your own image.
