Dear Cupi - Be very careful what you write about my company, which is registered with Companies House UK for 20 years.
We have been closed due to our annual vacation for 2 weeks.
I will take legal action if I think your comments are defamatory and untrue against my company.
You have posted in writing your comments they cannot now be retracted.
I actually had 2 DDIs and have sold one of them about 18 months ago, but not to a HDD guru member. Because they offered low monies.
I have not retired yet and my company is very busy at the moment. I have extended my working for 2 more years.
Everyone knows a PAYPAL payment can be reversed, so a IBAN is internationally accepted method of payment, which my company uses.
Mr Cupi is under the assumption that I will ship my DDI and pay postage, without receiving payment for 14 days.
That is not the way a UK company does business and you were told that explicitly.
In Germany you have 14 days "Rückgaberecht" in Germany. This means you can return the goods free of charge within 14 days, however as far as I remember, you still have to pay upfront (depending on the supplier and their payment terms). It's not too uncommon to pay after the 14 days in Germany but this isn't how UK trading laws work. These are second hand goods.
I quote
"Die Zahlung muss folgen, bevor die Ware versandt werden. So funktioniert normales Geschäft In Großbritannien. Wenn Sie nicht damit einverstanden sind, kann ich Ihnen leider die Ware nicht versenden."
I have had alot of interest to buy my DDI4 and I am considering the offers to date so far.
I was going to invoice one UK buyer, but they then wanted me to lower my price.
I apologise about the photos I can post some more when I am not too busy.
I have no problems for a person collecting the goods in person, but to drive all the way from Germany to Huddersfield is somewhat extreme.
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To other members - I have noted your interest and offers the price remains at £1350 + shipping costs, its genuine card, check with Serge in Deepspar - I will give you Serial Number.
Read my replies to Cupi's comments below
Thanks Allan
Cupi writes ........
Advice for other forum readers: do not waste your time and money here.
My reasons to avoid this seller:
1) Takes too long to reply to messages ~1+weeks. Its been ~1month, since I was interested in buying the DDI4 - *** I answered almost immediately and explained payment terms.
2) questions aren’t answered to your satisfaction. Personally, I asked for some details about the DDI4 and some photos of the addon cards. Reply:
thongsbridge wrote: - *** The add on is DRE network add on, the DDI computer has a standard network card, how do I photograph that? There are no other add-ons.
I can get more photos for you. *** Apologies for this, you are correct.
...3 weeks later: still no photos. The pictures in this thread have been used in a 2-year-old thread visible here, trying to sell the same DDI4:
https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=344433) Refusing safer payment methods:
thongsbridge wrote:
I would need a IBAN bank transfer to our business bank account. I will not trade with PAYPAL. If that is good let me know. - *** IBAN is internationally accepted payment, paypal can be used by scammers. When you buy from DeepSpar or ACE Laboratory in Russia its all done by IBAN to UK.
4) Evading purchase on invoice with bank transfer or personal pickup at his “UK limited company trading for 20 years” – no companyname, no address, no phone#, 2 years ago the seller wrote:
thongsbridge wrote: - *** Check UK Companies House???, we are 20+ years trading in UK, we have a website and some 600 clients.
I am retiring so hence the sale of the equipment.
...In the old sell-thread (linked above) thongsbridge says, hes retiring. Hence he does not work for this company anymore since about 2 years, yet the money would have been transferred to that company’s account (or not..) - *** Quote me the exact statement where I do not work for my company?
5) I contacted other forum members about this. – same “shady” behavior of thongsbridge towards other potential buyers. - *** WHO????? show me your proof?