User Name: Chris Ditto
Comments: Listed an iPod here on FM as "Brand new", but of course didn't list pictures. When it arrived, it was far from brand new, and had obviously been used. The entire face was badly scratched up, and it had had music put on the HD, but then when it was deleted, it was not done using the Ipod updater, and so the evidence of the music and previous set-up was still there.
I emailed Chris immediately, and his first response went something like"Dude do you even know anything about iPods, I never used it, it's brand new." So I sent him some pictures of the scratched up unit and suddenly his tune changed to "that looks terrible, I got it as a gift second hand and the guy told me it was brand new." I paid a guy in our prototype shop to polish up the unit, which got rid of most of the scratches for a $20 bill. So I told Chris-Ditto that he could either refund my money and I'd send the iPod back, or he could send me $20 to cover my expense. He said he'd send out a money order for $30 right away. A week later I contacted him to tell him I'd not seen payment, and he gives the old line "can you verify your address", also "I sent it out", etc. Then of course the inevitable after not receiving payment, he just stops all communication after over 2 weeks. It stopped when I asked him to send a picture of the supposed money order stub or carbon.
UPDATE: 9/30/04 I received a MO dated 9/26/04 from Chris today for $25. Thanks for making good on your word.
Edited by Hammerli on Sep 30, 2004 at 12:23 PM GMT