y0shi

This is what he advertized: 30 ea.<.....>(4) Crucial PC2100 NON-REG NON-ECC 256MB Modules with Copper Heatspreader on each Dimm. I paid for two of these RAM sticks from y0shi.

y0shi was the Seller on April 3, 2003 AnandTech

He did NOT ship when he said he would, and only shipped a week later when I asked him why I hadn't received them. What he shipped me was two PLAIN Crucial RAM sticks that did NOT have copper heat spreaders. I wrote him immediately about the problem, and he has NEVER contacted me even once since. I sent him PMs and eMails to the address he gave me. He has Trolled two other traders besides myself. He is a TROLL and I hope he is banned from online trading. Very NEGATIVE rating from me.

Attempted to buy a motherboard, processor, and ram from y0shi.

y0shi was the Seller on April 12, 2003 AnandTech

Posted a WTB on anandtech and y0shi responded and we agreed on a price. Despite repeated attempts to get tracking number or any communication, all pm's and emails went unanswered. Troll hunters were contacted. He finally responded after TH contacted him and said he wanted to still do the deal if I would send more money to him to take the place of the money paypal is holding. I do not want to deal with this trader and filed chargeback via paypal. Paypal is undergoing an investigation with y0shi, but I will not get the full amount of what I paid back in chargeback. y0shi is a dishonest and unreliable trader and should be avoided at all costs until he can get his act together.

I paid $15 for 2 120mm Panaflo fans.

y0shi was the Seller on July 8, 2003 AnandTech

It seems the buyer had an extreme case of bad luck. The fans took a little less than four months after my payment to come, but he did include a pair of fan grills and a velcro tie for the inconvenience. Communication was not very good either. Packaging wasn't all that great either, consisting of just some newspaper. I really wish that the long wait can be attributed to bad luck seeing as the fans did come in the end.

Radeon 9800 Pro

y0shi was the Seller on October 30, 2003 AnandTech

This has been the worst trading experience i've had over the years by far.

After agreeing on the deal and sending a money order for the agreed on price, y0shi said he would ship the card with cables.

A few days go by and I dont receive any word from him about having shipped the card. Tried emailing and pming him on Anandtech.

Finally after a week from when he had confirmed receipt of the money order, I had gotten fed up and contacted the Anandtech mods. I was finally able to get in contact with y0shi through AIM. I was very upset when he told me that he had shipped it that day, a week after he had already received the money order. If he had notified me I wouldn't have been as angry but he decided to just wait till I had contacted him about the whole situation.

Received the card in the mail finally. I was once again shocked to see that he had packaged an expensive video card with only an anti-static bag shoved into a priority mail box and missing the promised cables! No cushioning at all.

That being said, I still have not gotten a response about the missing cables and have just effectively given up on it.

My warning to future traders...make him ship first or better yet, don't trade with him at all.

100GB WD100BB 7200RPM 2MB Cache Parallel ATA drive

y0shi was the Seller on January 20, 2004 Other/Unknown

I got the HDD it was not a 100GB WD100BB 7200RPM
2MB Cache Parallel ATA drive as advertised.
It was instead a magnetic data technologies drive.
this is a white label drive.
I was dissapointed at this fact.
The white label drive I got costs about 15-20 less.
I could have ordered a new one(white label)for less.
I emailed him and was told it is the same thing as a retail label drive.
I dissagree and think he falsely advertised a retail label when he did not have one to sell.
He said he needed the retail labels for his raid setup and this one didnt work with his other ones.
He offered to make it right by selling me another drive for a lower price.
I would have paid about the same for both averaged as for 2 new drives (retail label) some deal!
BE CAREFULL WHEN DEALING WITH HIM!
Know exactly what you are getting before you buy.
Ask for pics and dont pay till you get the item to confirm it is as advertised.

Sold Ali 6 Newly formatted, under warranty 100GB Western digital hard drives and 1 brand new Cendyne dvd burner.

y0shi was the Buyer on February 28, 2003 AnandTech

Based on heatware I had no worries...I sent out the drives, he was supposed to send out my money order at the same time. 3 days later, my package had been received at his dorm, but he seemed to be ignoring my pm's, e-mails, and AIM inquiries. Finally I called him. He said he was sick. Said he would paypal me most of my money that day, but I would have to wait 3 more days for the rest. When I didn't get paypal or hear from him, I called him again and he said he would send it right out. When I heard nothing, I AIM'ed him and he finally sent it.
While I did finally get my money and he sent the complete amount, I was not happy with the way things went. I had two very sleepless nights while I was waiting to hear back from him, only to hear that he wouldn't have all my money for three more days! I will be generous & give a neutral rating as he did sound sick on the phone, and he did make things right in the end.

Sold a bunch of stuff to yOshi, sound card, movie, games, fan, etc.

y0shi was the Buyer on September 19, 1999 Voodoo Extreme

Good comunication. Money order arrived pretty fast. Would sell or buy from him again.

Sent RAM first and waited for money..

y0shi was the Buyer on August 25, 1999 AGN

I hooked him up with some RAM and the payment arrived really fast!

Sold some memory for $ and some MP3's

y0shi was the Buyer on October 19, 1999 AGN

Very smooth deal

Buying two 16MB EDO SIMMs

y0shi was the Seller on November 8, 1999 AGN

Went very smooth. Great guy to deal with again.

bought a P200mmx. Sent out money. He shipped after receiving it.

y0shi was the Seller on November 8, 1999 AGN

Quick and efficient. No problems whatsoever.

Ali bought one of my 10/100 8 port switches. payment was recieved promptly

y0shi was the Buyer on November 8, 1999 AGN

excellent trader. was willing to put up with the waiting period for the check to clear.

I swapped him a BH6 for a PCI Banshee and an SB32 + RAM.

Cross-traded on November 14, 1999 AGN

The deal went down as discussed and agreed--not a hitch! Communication was good throughout, in typical solid Y0shi fashion. Thanks.
:-)

Sold a stick of PC133 KTI

y0shi was the Buyer on November 19, 1999 AGN

Transaction was great, got the money asap and had no problems. Would trade again with him in a second.

Sold him MSI 6163 Master Slocket V 1.1B (now not copperine ready)

y0shi was the Buyer on January 11, 2000 AGN

Cross shipped to his friend, promt payment. Great guy to deal w/. I'm sorry that the product that I sold him turns out to be recalled, because of a spec change by INTEL.

3-way trade

y0shi was the Seller on January 20, 2000 AGN

y0shi sent money to a fellow, who in turn sent a GeForce card to me. I recieved the card and mailed money to y0shi. Very smooth transaction, y0shi did a great job keeping me informed of how things were going between him and the third party. Highly recommended trader!

purchased a bh6 from y0shi

y0shi was the Seller on March 9, 2000 AGN

Great deal with y0shi and he kept me informed very well when he was waiting for a rma mobo. No problems at all! thanks

Sold DVD's

y0shi was the Buyer on March 26, 2000 AGN

sold him 3 dvd's Sent payment through paypal. Kept in contact with me throughout the transaction. Everything went great. Excellent buyer.

Cross traded some Saturn hardware and software for blank cd-rs and cash.

Cross-traded on April 24, 2000 AGN

Transaction went very smooth. We agreed on the shipping arranged and an equitable price for the games within a day or two. Everything was promptly shipped and well packaged. Ali is definitely a good guy to deal with

cross shipped my bh6 to him and he sent me the money order.

y0shi was the Buyer on May 11, 2000 AGN

I had great communication with Ali and he usually answered my emails within the day if not sooner. Money order came soon after he sent it. Overall great trade and a great guy. I would trade with him again without hesitation.

my 5 floppies and slocket for his cash

y0shi was the Buyer on May 11, 2000 AGN

He paypaled, and was as pleasent as could be...great trade.

Sold him a sound card.

Cross-traded on June 24, 2000 AnandTech

He bought a soundcard from me. We cross shipped. He was prompt with payment. Smooth deal. Would deal with again.

Sold Half Life Key

y0shi was the Buyer on June 30, 2000 AGN

sold him a half life key, promised to paypal me some money but since im in Canada, paypal is useless to me, so he said hed pay me back one day, well that day came and i called in the favor and he delivered on his promise. Wicked guy!!!!

bought diamond 770 ultra using paypal

y0shi was the Seller on July 30, 2000 AGN

nice and straight forward deal with y0shi with good communication
I have no problems whatsoever reccomending him to anyone , but you already knew that ! :)

Traded him a Retail Intel P3/800 for a OEM Creative Labs Geforce 2 GTS.

Cross-traded on August 6, 2000 AnandTech

We crossed used and receieved the card in working condition as promised. Would definitely trade with again!