I had a problem with this guy Joel in a deal for his 300GB SCSI HDD.
Monday 15May he posted the item for sale, same day I signified my intention of buying. So, I called him up to read info on the disc and determine what is the interface (80-pins daw).
Then we agreed to meet the next day Tue 5PM onwards in Robinsons Place Pioneer. On Tue he said he cannot come and resets the deal for Wed morning same place. Ayun I filed for half-day leave dito sa office para sa deal.
Come Wed morning Joel sent me SMS that he cannot make it dahil puyat daw sya. I told him that my morning is wasted because of it. He compromised and offered to deliver the item within the office area here in Manila on Thursday.
Okay, Thursday morning I called him up to confirm the time and place kami mag-meet. No answer. He just replied thru SMS that "Pre d ako pwede ngayn coding kotse ko ngayn 2m n lng bka pwde makati area tau meet?" Hehe yeah right, I called him up (he answered this time) and refeshes his mind na "lifted po ang coding til June". Hindi nya daw alam (wink wink). Anyway okay pa din sa akin ang next day, Friday, at isasabay daw nya sa isa pa nya buyer. So we set to meet sa Glorietta 12:30PM. Night pa lang ng Thursday (online sya sa TPC) eh PM ko na sya na this time eh sana ayos na ang deal.
Ayan na Friday morning 11AM came. I left to travel from Manila area to Makati para abot sa meeting time namin. I called on the way. No answer. Dial again, cannot be reached na. Persistent pa din ako sending SMS, until I got a reply "2log na sya! Postpone muna daw pangbi kc sya." That sucks! Something is wrong talaga with this guy, kaya ayun I spent my reserved money on something else.
Saturday morning I sent SMS ulit, I told him I got his address and best to pickup the item from his place sa Laguna (wala na ako pambili pero just to test lang kung kakagat). He replied, 'Hnd pwd now akyat kmi baguio'. Sige pa din, given the benefit of the doubt na totoo nga.
And finally Monday na ulit, I asked kung okay na sya, busy daw sya. He just cannot tell straight truth, kaya I prompted for him na "You are posting UP's for your items, meaning na pwede ka makipag-transact, what is the real problem ba?" Tsaka lang umamin na nabenta na daw yun HHD. Pero not him, yun utol nya daw nagbenta at yun cell phone eh utol nya din may gamit. Eto yun mga sunod na SMS at PM nya:
-- "Sold na 300g bro benenta ng utol ko kakainis nga eh..."
"..if u want ung 400g kunin ko scsi din un!!"
--"Minsan nangyayari yan bro! Explain ko naman nagiging problema eh. . eh ayaw u maniwala wala me magagawa? Sensay na! 400g nga f u mant eh dagdag k lng 1k!
"
--"Minsan nga nasa harapan u pwde pang mag bak-out eh nangyayari talaga un bro kaya hingi me despensya!"
"Bilhin u nga brod sked natin dis wek pang umaga me 7am s work ko. .sau n talaga un brod promise tago k n s rum namin! Ok sensya na talaga. 8.5k un!"
Hehe, til now eh hindi pa nya maibigay ang model number ng 400GB nya, nde pa din masabi na SATA nga yun.
People, you be the judge. Sana eh tumino na sa next transaction nya.