klamen

Followup on Cendyne 16x DVD sold

klamen was the Buyer on December 30, 2002 Other/Unknown

Tread carefully with this guy.

I shipped first, he both payed me and left positive heatware after receiving goods, confirming they were as advertised (New, still internally sealed). And yes, I left positive heat at that point. Who wouldn't? It was great up to that point.

However, after the fact he either found a manufacturing flaw, or he broke it. Tried to get money out of me for RMA to manufacturer or pay him to ship it back to me and get a refund. (Who pays for RMA shipping? No manufacturer, vendor or anyone else that I know of.)

When I refused, he immediately claimed it was 'used' and 'opened' when he received it, and filed a complaint with Paypal (paypal denied it). Well then, why did he pay me, and indicate that it was as advertised (new, still sealed) in his heatware?

His interaction with me was extremely rude and bullying, threatening me with his 130+ heatware, etc. No discussion, no compromise, nothing.

I have a complete PM record to indicate he was either lying or very confused or forgetful. I'll be glad to email it to anyone who requests it.

Here are some select quotes from his PM's with me and his heatware eval left for me:

His heatware eval:
"item arrived fast and in great condition as advertised. Thanks "

His first notification that the drive was having problems:
"it's just very aggravating that Cendyne can't even make a drive right anymore." (Hmm... no indication at this point that it wasn't new)

The following contradict his paypal payment and his heatware:
"What I wrote was that this Cendyne drive was not cellophaned, and the seal inside was broken. This drive HAS been opened by somebody before it got to me."
"this drive is not new."

The kind of threats I was getting about heatware, etc:
"I'll be glad to make sure nobody else buys items from you"

Haven't hear from him in over a week. I've got a PM out to him, waiting for some response to me calling him on his contradictory statements. One would think maybe it was because of the holidays, but he has been posting on [H] and amdforums at least. I've decided not to wait any longer.

If the guy had actually been courteous, and not tried to lie, threaten and deceive me, I likely would have compromised on the RMA or him returning it to me. But when he immediately turned to threats and lies, that went out the window pretty quick.

I suggest when deciding whether to deal with Klamen or not, you take a look at the following:
1. He's a high volume trader who appears to be in it for the money. No forum contribution anywhere to speak of that I could see
3. closed ebay account with some complaint near the end
4. On some trading forum (you'll have to get it from his signature, I'm not noting it here) he is the one and only admin/moderator. His forum? Don't know. The domain is registered to someone else.

Do you want to trade with a fellow enthusiast, or a guy out to make a buck? I could have him pegged wrong, but that's my gut after doing more research after the fact. I suggest you look into him yourself.

Note that I'm not out any money. But he was definitely the rudest trader I've run across online. And perhaps he was 'busy' and 'confused', but the contradictory statements sure looks like lying and an attempt at bullying and deception to me.

Feel free to email me with any questions.

used gateway sole 5300 laptop for a ps2 system and alot of extra's.

Cross-traded on October 24, 2003 HardFind.com

This guy is a lair and try's to bully people with his threatening attorney's tatics and is being exposed now over alot of forums. use alot of caution when dealing with him

i have emails to prove entire deal where he tried to rip and then threaten me, but i did not back down , please i just posting this so he does not do this to anyone else, nothing more or less,

CDRW

klamen was the Buyer on October 28, 2002 AMDMB

I give this trader the worst rating possible!

This is heat from an old trade.

I'm posting it now because the events with Xinco and recently involving Steelersfan have convinced me that my opinion of Klamen is correct.

I was intimidated by his original threats, and I did give him the benefit of the doubt.

Heck, I even donated $10 when he said that his daughter was seriously ill.

But at this point in time I think that there is ample evidence to support a personal opinion of the man:

I think that he acts like a troll!

Not the usual kind of troll, he's older and smarter. And it seems to me that he loves to trade and collect as a hobby, maybe even as a side business.

He has built up heat, but then he uses the heat to manipulate and exploit.

Sometime he even uses it to threaten.

Basically imagine someone saying if you don't do what they want, that they will ruin your reputation and then they warn that since they have so much heat who would believe the truth?

I would strongly advise against ever trading with him, you may be caught up in an ugly situation.

I'm sure that he's had lots of good trades, but he also had trades in which he threatened and bullied the other trader and negative heat wasn't posted until now.

Now, he is finally being discovered for what he is. He claimed he received an empty box filled with paper ... not a PS2. He proceeded to bully the guy, but when the other trader stood up to his threats the PS2 mysteriously showed up late at night and his 'attorney' took his call and emailed the other person at 2:00 am .

If that story is true then I'm a Chinese Jet Fighter Pilot!

Sold him a partial laptop

klamen was the Buyer on September 26, 2003 Other/Unknown

He tried to use his strong arm tactics against me too. Now I just realized that I wasn't the only one. He tells me the hard drive caddy is missing even though I sent it to him. He also told me the laptop was damaged from shipping. Even though I'm a veteran packer. He tells me bunch of stories how his landlord was upset about my packaging cause his landlord received the package for him. Also tells me fedex guy will vouch for his landlord. Since I was a nice guy. I rufunded him $30 out of $140 he sent me. Guess what few days later he tries to resell the item for $500+ after getting few parts for it which didn't cost him more than $100. I told him that I would not leave an evaluation for him cause the whole deal gave me nothing but headaches and I lost money. I would of thought he would give me a positive evaluation for my effort. But he doesn't. Now I know why. He does this to everyone. Beaware.

Book

klamen was the Seller on November 25, 2003 AMDMB

I paid this guy for a book, and he never shipped it. He will not respond to emails. How can someone get this much good Heat and turn out to be such a P.O.S.?

Bought a Sopranos logo apron and cookbook from a FS thread he posted.

klamen was the Seller on September 25, 2003 ArsTechnica

Great transaction. Good communication, fast, and the book was well protected in bubble wrap when shipped. A-one transaction. Would recommend to anyone.

Sold a pair of 52x cdrom drives.

klamen was the Buyer on July 29, 2002 AnandTech

Excellent communications through PMs and quick pay through PayPal. A great first transaction! Welcome to Heatware! :)

purchased cdrom and a maxtor harddriver

klamen was the Seller on August 6, 2002 AnandTech

fast shipment good transaction

Sold static bags.

klamen was the Buyer on August 6, 2002 AnandTech

Nice guy, paid fast, and LMK when they had arived. recomended for all future trades.

I donated RAM for charity computers, klamen paid for the shipping.

klamen was the Buyer on August 7, 2002 AnandTech

May you flourish in your good deeds!

Sold Jeff a Windows98SE CD and a printer cable...

klamen was the Buyer on August 3, 2002 AnandTech

Communication was great. We cross-shipped and payment arrived very quickly. Highly recommended...

I bought 5 sticks of Toshiba 128 meg. PC133 from Jeff at an unbelievable price.

klamen was the Seller on August 7, 2002 AnandTech

This guy is another asset to the Forums.
He was understanding when I got busy and sent the money a day later than promised.
He sent the RAM the very day he got the money, expertly packaged, insured, and everything.
The RAM was in immaculate shape, works beautifully!
Jeff is definately on my "do not hesitate" list. He should be on yours also!

Bought a Lexar 128 mb Memory Stick from Jeff.

klamen was the Seller on August 4, 2002 AnandTech

Shipped quick, great price. Thanks man!

Promise ata100 card

klamen was the Seller on August 7, 2002 AnandTech

Great seller,prompt shipment, great packing and communications

Bought some CD drives and a game controller

klamen was the Seller on August 8, 2002 AnandTech

Great trade Jeff shipped quickly and well packed. Items were as described. Thanks Jeff!

bought 40 gig maxtor hdd

klamen was the Seller on August 6, 2002 AnandTech

great price on the hdd, and jeff shipped the hdd packeaged great, and quickly. A++ trader...

60GB HD

klamen was the Seller on August 12, 2002 AnandTech

i Bought a 60gb wd hd off him and it was flawless when I received it. Great communication and overall great job. Thanks

Traded U&R PC's 13th Edition for SB 16 and cash...

Cross-traded on August 18, 2002 AnandTech

Very good trade, he shipped fast, paid fast, and kept in touch, a very good trade. A+++ Trader, thanks again

A few modems and sound card.

klamen was the Buyer on August 19, 2002 FatWallet

Quickly paid and had good communications! A+++

2 sticks 128mb PC100 ram

klamen was the Buyer on August 20, 2002 AnandTech

Fast payment! :)

Bought Three Kings DVD

klamen was the Seller on August 23, 2002 AnandTech

Good deal, good trader. Shipped fast. I would do business with him again.

RAM

klamen was the Buyer on August 23, 2002 AnandTech

Quick payment, great communication, thanks!!!

Purchased 3 audio CD's and a USB NIC from Jeff.

klamen was the Seller on July 28, 2002 AnandTech

Products were packaged well. Fair communication with the trader.

I sold Jeff a 250W ATX power supply.

klamen was the Buyer on August 26, 2002 AnandTech

Payment was lightning-fast and Jeff was extremely easy to deal with. Thanks so much; it's appreciated!

40 gig Hard Drive

klamen was the Buyer on August 23, 2002 FatWallet

Quick shipping!