belloq wrote:
Indeed. I hope he turns up and sends it. Somewhat related story: there are a group of at least 25 Indiana Jones aficionados who ordered fine felt fedoras at $360 each in 2007 and 2008 from Steve Delk/Adventurebilt (maker of the screen hats for Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls) and never received them, myself included. Since then and even now he is still accepting and shipping new hat orders. He just decided to screw most of the buyers from that one period. It's a mess and we will never get our hats, but the critical lesson I've learned over twenty years of online collecting/buying is always file the paypal undelivered claim within the allowed period, no exceptions, even if I know the seller personally. But it took a few burns for me to really follow that lesson.
This is disheartening to hear. Has this detail been spread around on the Indy Facebook Groups and Club Obi Wan? It should be pinned to the top of the COW page, in hopes of people would stop orders. Put that ass out of business.
I'm hoping to get my Indy fedora this year - likely an HJ Beaver Poet.
All that said, I still have a former boss from many years ago who bounced my last paycheck. I will never see that $1800. Sometimes you can't do anything but cut your losses and "Move along"...