barman

Bought hard drive, enclosure, raid

barman was the Seller on April 5, 2003 AnandTech

After 5 months of on and off communication, Barman had finally sent me parts we had agreed on. It was a 30GB maxtor drive, external usb enclosure, and RAID card. As if 5 months wasn't long enough to make my mouth sour, upon receiving the package i was utterly disgusted. The hard drive was in the 5.25 enclosure and was not fastened to anything at all. It had 1 inch to fly around in 360 degrees. The drive itself is also in ugly condition and is making funny sounds. The RAID card was also just slapped in the box where it could fly around.

60GB HDD

barman was the Seller on May 24, 2003 AnandTech

DO NOT TRADE!! Disappeared off the face of the earth for too long. Comes up with lame excuses why he can't ship / refund money. Will go off without communication for 2 weeks or more. You have been warned...

Internal Zip 100 Drive, IDE Cable, & Zip Disks

barman was the Seller on June 2, 2003 AnandTech

I don't like posting NEGATIVES but the truth must be known:(! I paid Houdini here on 4/28/03. There's horrible communication and then there's NO communication at all. Some inexperienced traders don't reply with shipping information/status unless you prod and prompt them. Houdini here just took my money as well as that of many others on several forums and just DISAPPEARED. After many PMs and e-mails he sent me an excuse about being "out of town for business" on 5/8/03 and promised to ship no later than that Fri. HELLO, that's already almost two weeks! The only business he was doing was withdrawing all of OUR money from his PayPal account and spending it ALL. Communications from him cease again until 5/22/03--where again he's got another pathetic excuse. This time he was in court for "Deposit Account Fraud." How ironic, I would've never thought. As he finally ships the items we paid for (since he can't just refund us because he's already spent it ALL), he conveniently loses my address. After over a month of BS, I did finally get my Zip drive, which is just going to sit around being useless since I already bought another waiting for this one. If enjoy headaches, don't mind NO communication, or just plain like risking your money, then BarMan is an okay trader. For everyone else, stay the HELL away from this TROLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

I paid by PayPal eCheck for a 256MB stick of PC2100 ECC Reg.

barman was the Seller on October 30, 2001 AnandTech

I sent the eCheck to BarMan on 10/31/01. The eCheck cleared 11/5/01. The RAM did not get to me until 11/16. From what he told me he let it clear to his PayPal account, which is fine with me, but he then waited for it to clear with his bank, which he stated had problems with it. I should have not had to wait for the money to clear at his bank considering when it clears to his PayPal account, it is his money. The communication was also horrible, I had no idea what was happening half the time after 3 e-mails and 2 PMs over a span of 6 days [11/8 to 11/14]. This deal took way too long IMHO. I would hesitate to cross-ship with Vernon again. I don't like giving a neutral eval, but I feel I must.

Sold him a Epox 7KXA.

barman was the Buyer on December 3, 2001 AnandTech

I cross-shipped, everything went smooth. Would love to do business with again.

I purchased a 48X Memorex CD-ROM drive from BarMan.

barman was the Seller on January 22, 2001 AnandTech

Nice price and a nice drive. Timely shipping after receiving my money order. Thanks!

Sold him a Toshiba DVD-ROM drive.

barman was the Buyer on January 20, 2001 AnandTech

He sent out payment by money order prompty. I shipped when I received it. Good first time deal.

Sold BarMan a 256MB stick of Kingston ValueRam

barman was the Buyer on February 4, 2001 AnandTech

He paypal'ed immediately and I shipped it out the next day. A great transaction all the way around! Would definitely do business with him in the future.

Sold him an internal Zip 100 drive.

barman was the Buyer on January 24, 2001 AnandTech

Great transaction. He kept good communication and was very pleasant to deal with. I wouldn't hesitate to trade with him again. Thanks!

Bought P5a and M599LMR Mobos, and a Playstation

barman was the Seller on February 7, 2001 AnandTech

I loved dealing with Bart. We had excellent communication and lots of fun chattin over PM. He cross shipped and I got the package fast. Everything was well packed and in exactly the condition discribbed. HE ALSO THREW IN A SURPRISE, an external USR modem flashed to 33.6 with a seriel cable and power pack for free. He also confirmed reciept of the money as soon as it arrived. It was the best deal I've done on the net. I will definately trade with Bart in the futture and highly recommend him as a top notch trader to anyone who has a chanbce to trade with him
He's at the top of my list.
Thnaks Bart
Rob
ZZZZZZ

Sold him an internal Zip 250 drive

barman was the Buyer on February 14, 2001 AnandTech

Another great transaction with Vernon. This was my second with him, and like the first it was flawless. Thanks again!

I bought a 64MB stick of RAM and got a great deal.

barman was the Seller on February 11, 2001 AnandTech

Would not hesitate to trade with again.

Sold Barman a Voodoo 2.

barman was the Buyer on February 25, 2001 AnandTech

This was the first time I had sold anything in the for sale forum, and he was excellent to work with. He sent the money via Palpal minutes after concluding the deal, and was very pleasant to deal with all the way around. Would definately do business with him again.

This was a 3-way deal. I gave Barman a PCI Banshee. Barman gave grr8scott an AGP Banshee, and grr8scott gave me $25.

Cross-traded on February 19, 2001 AnandTech

This transaction was smooth as silk. We decided on the three-way deal, and it was complete a few days later. Everyone was happy.

Sold him a Boomslang 2000 mouse.

barman was the Buyer on February 25, 2001 AnandTech

Great guy. We decided that I would cross ship the mouse while he sent the money order. Worked out fine. Recommended.

Bought World not Enough DVD

barman was the Seller on March 4, 2001 AnandTech

I PP him and he shipped promptly. Good trader.

bought a couple of dvds through achex from him. Great Deal!

barman was the Seller on March 9, 2001 AnandTech

fantastic communication, shipping, price, pretty much everything. Great to have someone else in GA. Thanks, Vernon

I bought a KVM from Barman.

barman was the Seller on March 10, 2001 AnandTech

You will not find a better trader than Barman. His patience, promptness, and not to mention his fast replies, and professionalism must all be commended. He shipped with lots of extra packing material and even included a $200 insurance on it to ensure that nothing will go wrong. I will definitely trade with him again. Thanks Barman !!

I traded Diablo 2 + $30 MO for his Voodoo3 3000 AGP; I shipped first b/c he had better references

Cross-traded on March 13, 2001 AnandTech

Excellent trader, prompt shipping, would deal with again

Bought Green Mile DVD via Paypal.

barman was the Seller on April 22, 2001 AnandTech

I paypalled the money and DVD was shipped right away. Quick ez transaction, Thanks!

bought Gladiator movie on DVD

barman was the Seller on April 19, 2001 AnandTech

i paid via PayPal and he shipped it soon after. deal was nice and smooth. i look forward to our next deal.

Got a free DVD off of him. All i had to do was pay shipping.

barman was the Seller on April 30, 2001 AnandTech

Generous guy and packed the item well. Great dealer in my books.

sold him some DVDs

barman was the Buyer on March 12, 2001 AnandTech

very patient trader. we had agreed to cross-ship but i wasn't able to get the DVDs out to him when i promised. he was cool about it and accepted compensation for the delay. i'd deal with him again anytime.

Bought a stick of Crucial Memory

barman was the Seller on September 3, 2001 AnandTech

Vern wanted to give this away (Practically) so I obliged and took one off his hands. :)
Was a great deal from start to finish. We cross shipped and I got it in 3 days. Well packed and protected. Looking forward to more steals... er deals!
Thanks!!!!
Rob

Seagate 9gb scsi Hard drive

barman was the Buyer on September 4, 2001 AnandTech

Great transaction, pleasure to deal with. Thanks!