This has got to be a Casey

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:36 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 94860&rd=1

He has a bunch of these on ebay, Espgaluda, Ketsui, etc.. And pretty cheap. But, it has that Casey look and feel.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:16 pm

sooo tempted.....

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:22 pm

To clarify for readers who may not understand this thread

I believe the topic creator is trying to warn people about a potentially dodgy trader...

(of course, cannot confirm if this is the case)

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:23 pm

None of those are very good prices anyway, IMO.

Post by **undamned** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:43 pm

Definitely smells of the Pirate. I want to call him Casey Jones, PCB Pirate, "ARR."
Minimal text and no pics. The times he did post pics, in the past, they were blurry and dark, to where you may as well not have had pics. I noticed all his feedback is old. Perfect, but old. I'm wondering why he's been away for some time?
-ud

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:02 pm

No Picture makes it worse.

You could be getting sweet FA without a picture of the product.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:02 pm

undamned wrote:Definitely smells of the Pirate. I want to call him Casey Jones, PCB Pirate, "ARR."

I'm sorry, good sir, but that would be a slam in the face of Casey Jones from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saga and I simply cannot allow it.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:08 pm

It's Japhei/Casey all right. I bet my faux tail and copy of Ikaruga on it.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:37 am

FRO wrote:
undamned wrote:Definitely smells of the Pirate. I want to call him Casey Jones, PCB Pirate, "ARR."
I'm sorry, good sir, but that would be a slam in the face of Casey Jones from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saga and I simply cannot allow it.

its also a slam in the face to pirates everywhere.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:14 am

I know a great way to solve it- someone write and ask if it's him. If it is, he'll get pissed off in the response, guaranteed. If no respose, it's also him.

But please someone give an update if you get more clues. I hate fearing internet predators. I've bought a couple of things from florida since his day and just bit my nails the whole time hoping it wasn't him. (isn't it amazing that most people are just honorable and nice?).

jp · Post by jp » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:17 am

The ALL CAPS payment instructions gives it away. As does the Florida location.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:37 am

Yep, it's him, but goddamn it, I've been wanting Ketsui forever. Must resist bullshit bootlegs. Oh, but what if they work just fine? Still, this guy's fucked too many people. I just always wonder why he doesn't just type differently. Steal some pictures from some random site of the PCB at least. Sheesh. It's like he wants everyone to call him out. So odd.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:41 am

What the....? He finally stopped using his moms account? Or was that another dude....

Post by **system11** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:11 am

Damocles wrote:What the....? He finally stopped using his moms account? Or was that another dude....

Same guy...

Shame really, as if it was anyone else I'd buy that Espgaluda kit without hesitation. It may be the genuine article, but with him it may not, and it may not even work. His past deeds add up to too great a risk, to bid.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:12 am

too bad hes a scammer, cause he must have alot of technical knowledge to make all them bootlegs.

i didnt even know it was possible to bootleg CPS2s and naomi games?

Post by **system11** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:31 pm

sven666: He imports bulks of PCBs from some overseas source. Sadly they appear to contain multiple cheap korean clones, bootlegs, or broken boards - though a few probably are genuine. He has legendarily bad aftersales service.

See:
http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic ... ght=japhei

Amazingly he's been mentioned negatively even since the board database was wiped. I've lost my IRC quotes file sadly, but I also know someone who got the best packaging ever from Japhie - bubblewrapped, in a box, in another box. Of course since the board was already broken, it didn't much matter..

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:43 pm

Anyone thouhgt of getting his home address and trying to post payment to his house? he accepts money order

He'd get a shock when a bunch of angry shmuppos kicked his door down, or as they say ''smash his windys''

Be cool if someone tracked down an infamous fraudster like this and got some payback.

I'm an ebay member, someone tell me this guys former ebay name is it japhei yeah? and I'll ask him if its a bulk pcb import fraud scheme.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:02 pm

jp wrote:The ALL CAPS payment instructions gives it away. As does the Florida location.

I can also tell its him because of the way he words his phrases. That way he couldn't hide himself from us even if we all went blind and were locked in a dark room with helmets on our heads.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:14 am

Word on the street has just come in from secret sources indicating that it IS, without a doubt, Casey McMahon. (duh, like posted above)

He's been forced off the scene for a bit, but is back, using a friends discarded ebay name, ARCADEGOD, to either make good and collect positive feedback or to endulge in the darkness of his own diryt soul and try to steal peoples money over the internet.

So apparently that's it. Block auctions from ARCADEGOD.

There are still sellers from Florida who are legit- (it's a big state), so don't count it off the map.
I guess, you could always just check sellers feedback dates to see who's not him in the future, since he's been underground till now.