My feelings about this post I'm making here are very mixed, because I don't recall ever seeing negative feedback about a member, but I feel I need to do this. I've waited a full month for follow-on contact, have tried by both PM (as yet unopened) and email, with no response, and in my world that is unacceptable. Pennyboy may be in some sort of trouble, and if that is shown to be true later I will gladly remove this feedback.
On Tuesday 11 Oct I purchased and immediately paid $430 for a transaction which Pennyboy initiated by PM. The only caveat was that I was on travel at the time and requested he wait a few days before shipping so I would be sure to be home when it arrived. He agreed immediately, and that was the last I've heard from him - the next day also was the last time he posted on the forum, and 4 days later was his last login. This all strikes me as very odd, especially given that he seems to have tried to establish bona fides here, and had had several satisfactory transactions with others previously. On Friday 21 Oct, having heard nothing from him and having forgotten to contact him to tell him to ship, I sent him a reminder by PM and told him I was ready for shipping - that PM has yet to be opened. I also sent email to his paypal email, which was not returned. So, technically it has been just over 3 weeks since my first post-sale contact attempt.
He last posted on 12 Oct, here.
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8960&p=88448#p88448The forum database notes his last login was Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:15 pm
I attempted to solict some info on his whereabouts here, nothing that he had never before gone so long without logging in to the forum:
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=9337&p=92797#p92797
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:59 pm