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Title: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: lilky on Sun, 27 May 2018, 02:35:14
So I've been on deployment for the last four years, and I returned to this community only to find that he runs his own website now and is still an active member of the community on GH and reddit?

I paid him $400 for a custom board in the R2 group buy several years back and I never received anything from him.

If need be, I'm thinking of writing up a huge post with picture evidence and concrete proof of him scamming me.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 27 May 2018, 04:54:55
I've bought many items from him and I've received everthing quickly and perfectly packaged.

:thumb:
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: kakan on Sun, 27 May 2018, 06:06:24
Many people from the keyboard community says he is pretty shady. I've only dealt with him through Ebay and you are protected there and I have yet experienced anything bad through that shop.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: nguyenhimself on Sun, 27 May 2018, 06:21:43
Well there was this little thread:

Disappointed in some of this community and vendors that choose to deal with SPRiT (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/639src/disappointed_in_some_of_this_community_and/)
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: xondat on Sun, 27 May 2018, 08:36:19
Everyone knows he scammed people.

It seems like he ships everything apart from anything from that group buy.

Idiots still buy from/support him because they get their items. They're the reason he is still around.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 27 May 2018, 09:21:01
By the metric of gh - not that it's necessarily wrong - each seller who has been in the job for many years has probably scammed someone, one way or the other, if you take into this metric the fact that they haven't delivered on time.

Originative (this happened years ago), now they say they're legit.
Sprit
K3KC
Ellipse (?)
Massdrop
GON

With the exception of originative, I've successfully bought items from each of them
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: xondat on Sun, 27 May 2018, 09:23:59
Originative - they recovered because they fixed everything
Sprit - scammer, not sent out old orders
K3KC - just a twat that steals designs
Ellipse - not really to be considered, development is still ongoing
Massdrop - same as oco, fixed everything (as far as we know)
GON - scammer, not sent out old orders

It's important to remember that just because you haven't been personally scammed, it doesn't mean that someone else hasn't been scammed. If you scam one person, you're a scammer, and should not be supported.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: romevi on Sun, 27 May 2018, 09:42:27
It's a shame because his springs are amazing. I'll be buying from mk.com instead of his site.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: xondat on Sun, 27 May 2018, 09:49:35
It's a shame because his springs are amazing. I'll be buying from mk.com instead of his site.

Catweewee has new springs that are slowly coming into the wild, and people are saying they're as good as Sprit springs.

If you buy from mk.com, you still support him, since they'll just buy from him when OOS.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 27 May 2018, 09:55:52
It's a shame because his springs are amazing. I'll be buying from mk.com instead of his site.

Catweewee has new springs that are slowly coming into the wild, and people are saying they're as good as Sprit springs.

If you buy from mk.com, you still support him, since they'll just buy from him when OOS.


Why do you guys continue to buy things from someone named Catweewee..

I mean..

That's like trying to buy pure Heroin from a guy named SteppedOn..


There's not much to names when we're just chatters on a forum..


But when _Business_ is involved..  generally we don't go with Catweewee..



Now, Catweewee is probably legit, if you say so,   But, sigh.. u kids u.,.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: ArchDill on Sun, 27 May 2018, 10:27:55
It's a shame because his springs are amazing. I'll be buying from mk.com instead of his site.

Catweewee has new springs that are slowly coming into the wild, and people are saying they're as good as Sprit springs.

If you buy from mk.com, you still support him, since they'll just buy from him when OOS.


Why do you guys continue to buy things from someone named Catweewee..

I mean..

That's like trying to buy pure Heroin from a guy named SteppedOn..


There's not much to names when we're just chatters on a forum..


But when _Business_ is involved..  generally we don't go with Catweewee..



Now, Catweewee is probably legit, if you say so,   But, sigh.. u kids u.,.


Go home, TP. You are drunk.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: Puddsy on Sun, 27 May 2018, 10:34:24
Originative - they recovered because they fixed everything
Sprit - scammer, not sent out old orders
K3KC - just a twat that steals designs
Ellipse - not really to be considered, development is still ongoing
Massdrop - same as oco, fixed everything (as far as we know)
GON - scammer, not sent out old orders

It's important to remember that just because you haven't been personally scammed, it doesn't mean that someone else hasn't been scammed. If you scam one person, you're a scammer, and should not be supported.

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Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 27 May 2018, 10:45:32
Originative - they recovered because they fixed everything
Sprit - scammer, not sent out old orders
K3KC - just a twat that steals designs
Ellipse - not really to be considered, development is still ongoing
Massdrop - same as oco, fixed everything (as far as we know)
GON - scammer, not sent out old orders

It's important to remember that just because you haven't been personally scammed, it doesn't mean that someone else hasn't been scammed. If you scam one person, you're a scammer, and should not be supported.

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There's also some fine line difference between SCAM, Unreliable (Soldering services), and Incompetent (Groupbuy organizers).

Most sellers fall into the latter two..

Scams are typically much more thorough, and they perform a significantly lower percentage/ portion of the advertised services/deals .
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: romevi on Sun, 27 May 2018, 11:20:34
Don't take advice from someone with "tp" in their name.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 27 May 2018, 11:35:43
Don't take advice from someone with "tp" in their name.

Tp4 = Maximum Truth.. !!
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: ag36 on Sun, 27 May 2018, 11:55:45
Or don't trust anyone always speak in big font, it seems tp is the oldest, most dedicated the greatest troll of this forum ;).
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: Krelbit on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:21:58
It's a shame because his springs are amazing. I'll be buying from mk.com instead of his site.

Catweewee has new springs that are slowly coming into the wild, and people are saying they're as good as Sprit springs.

If you buy from mk.com, you still support him, since they'll just buy from him when OOS.

hey thats me
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: kawasaki161 on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:26:46
So I've been on deployment for the last four years, and I returned to this community only to find that he runs his own website now and is still an active member of the community on GH and reddit?

I paid him $400 for a custom board in the R2 group buy several years back and I never received anything from him.

If need be, I'm thinking of writing up a huge post with picture evidence and concrete proof of him scamming me.

Okay, easy. Order something on his site (maybe even fill something out wrong in the form). He'll more than likely send you an email. Engage in a conversation and then bring up that order and see how it goes I guess. He's sporadically sent out a few of them every now and then, maybe he'll be open to figure something out with you.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: Amthe on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:29:55
Everyone knows he scammed people.

It seems like he ships everything apart from anything from that group buy.

Idiots still buy from/support him because they get their items. They're the reason he is still around.

I'd say receiving a defective keyboard is akin to a scam
therefore anyone who supports noxary is an idiot
and that is why xondat is still around
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: InvidiousIgnoramus on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:42:24
Everyone knows he scammed people.

It seems like he ships everything apart from anything from that group buy.

Idiots still buy from/support him because they get their items. They're the reason he is still around.

I'd say receiving a defective keyboard is akin to a scam
therefore anyone who supports noxary is an idiot
and that is why xondat is still around

🤔
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: xondat on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:43:56
Everyone knows he scammed people.

It seems like he ships everything apart from anything from that group buy.

Idiots still buy from/support him because they get their items. They're the reason he is still around.

I'd say receiving a defective keyboard is akin to a scam
therefore anyone who supports noxary is an idiot
and that is why xondat is still around

Who are you? Lol
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: kakan on Sun, 27 May 2018, 12:48:18
Originative - they recovered because they fixed everything
Sprit - scammer, not sent out old orders
K3KC - just a twat that steals designs
Ellipse - not really to be considered, development is still ongoing
Massdrop - same as oco, fixed everything (as far as we know)
GON - scammer, not sent out old orders

It's important to remember that just because you haven't been personally scammed, it doesn't mean that someone else hasn't been scammed. If you scam one person, you're a scammer, and should not be supported.

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oh yeah, I would never trust him with larger orders. Loosing 20-30$ on some springs is nothing I would cry over when there is no other supplier for Alps ones as far as I know.
Title: Re: What happened to SPRIT? Did he just turn out to be scammer?
Post by: klennkellon on Sun, 27 May 2018, 19:29:10
I only buy Alps springs from them.