*Warm* Dreamcast for 55 shipped

[newbiepcuser]

Thanks for the post, I guess i wasn't being so unreasonable. I lost both of my grandfathers, both to lung cancer, what makes its worse, i'm habitual smoker. I never even met them, cause they were both in the old country. At least you got to know your grandather and you will have his memories. FSUpaintball, my condolence to you and your family for your lost during the holiday. I wish you luck on your Dreamcast dilema.

 

[UDT89]

i work at sears, i think they are around 49.99 now

 

[nikko]

<< i work at sears, i think they are around 49.99 now >>



Can they actually be found at any Sears, though? I ordered one for pick-up at my local store (Los Angeles) and was charged for it on my credit card, but the next day it was credited back. I assume they realized their inventory tracker was inaccurate or something. Assuming there are any to be had in any local Sears store, do you have any tips for how to track one down, short of calling each store and asking?

 

[UDT89]

i know we have em at my store. The online stuff sears does is garbage, i dont like it. Um let me know maybe i can do you a favor if you do me a favor, and i'll send you one.



Get back to me

 

[nikko]

hehe what kind of favor? what part of the country are you in? i may be interested. do you guys have the console only variety or the sports bundle? either one is ok, i'm just curious.

 

[macsrule]

I ordered a DC from "two whores" on Dec 26. and got a "your order delayed because of holiday" bull. The grandfather thing cinched it. It's a scam. They tell a bunch of lies and make you feel bad. Don't fall for it. There excuse goes under the "dog ate my homework" category. I shot them off an inquiry email as procedure under Paypal. I was a little dissapointed with Paypal as they basically say, "we're backlogged; don't expect your money back." I am hoping Amex will come through.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Bump

I want people to know that is bullsh#t that twogirlstrading is pulling on us. They are promising DreamCasts to people and making up excuses. I thought their excuse was legit. Now another Anandtech member before me and still haven't recieved theirs.

I ordered a DC from "two whores" on Dec 26. and got a "your order delayed because of holiday" bull. The grandfather thing cinched it. It's a scam. They tell a bunch of lies and make you feel bad. Don't fall for it. There excuse goes under the "dog ate my homework" category. I shot them off an inquiry email as procedure under Paypal. I was a little dissapointed with Paypal as they basically say, "we're backlogged; don't expect your money back." I am hoping Amex will come through.

Unfortunately, I used MBNA America with PayPal, so its going to be uphill battle for me. I'm going to switch over to Amex Blue for paypal for my protection and suggest others to do the same.

 

[FSUpaintball]

Thx newbiepcuser, I appreciate it.

 

[adammarks]

As an update, I ordered a Dreamcast from twogirlstrading on Dec. 26 at about 9 or 10AM EST in the morning and I finally did receive it on Jan. 11. I received a shipping notice email from them about 4-5 business days before that.

It is in excellent condition and works great. All the cables were still packaged up, the warranty card is still there and it came in the official Dreamcast box. The controller is in excellent condition too. It is going to serve as my backup unit.

With that said, I think the rule for disputing credit card charges is that it has to be done within 30 days of purchasing. If I hadn't received a shipping notice by Jan 15th or so, I would've started getting worried about this whole deal.

Adam

 

[newbiepcuser]

Thanks for the update, I wrote to them I'm giving the till the 19th of this month, after that I'm sent notice to PayPal and my credit company. The only reason I'm concern is that they told me they shipped out the DreamCast a while back, lets say Jan 04. I've requested tracking number numerous times and no reply except for "threatening letter" I sent, see other post for more details.


Thanks for all updates.

 

[Kanalua]

GONE

 

[FSUpaintball]

No DCs at my sears. Too bad.

 

[kilmanjaro]

Amazon shows that they have them for 49 + shipping here.

Heh, seeing as how everyone is looking for them, I'm not sure how much longer they'll be there.

 

[nikko]

<< Amazon shows that they have them for 49 + shipping here. Heh, seeing as how everyone is looking for them, I'm not sure how much longer they'll be there. >>



It shows them for that, but you can't add it to your cart. I'm guessing they're out, probably for good.

 

[VisionsUCI]

Yep.. they're all gone, but there are some good deals on PS2 games. Tekken Tag for $30 shipped... that is, if they ever ship...

http://www.twogirlstrading.com/playstation.htm

 

[cmsanto]

For used Dreamcasts try your local used game store. I bought one for $60 from a local mom and pop near me, I was going to order off the net to get it for $55 but my daughter complained as she wanted it ASAP. Sixty was more than I wanted to spend on it until I brought it home and found a copy of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 still in machine, nice offset to the price. The store I bought it from had about four other ones in stock, granted probably without bonus games inside. The manufacture date on mine was Feb 2000 so it plays "back-ups" flawlessly.

About a hundred dollars later in games and accessories, I think we did quite well for a gaming system.

 

[nikko]

<< The manufacture date on mine was Feb 2000 so it plays "back-ups" flawlessly. >>



Is the Oct. 2000 thing confirmed or just a rumor? Does anyone know for sure?

 

[vinnyracer]

it is true

 

[CichliSuite]

 

[newbiepcuser]

Update: Finally got my refund from twogirlstrading.com. I also ask about other members orders.

I sent an e-mail concerning their handling of this whole dreamcast situation.

But please aware, I'm one of the more calmer people you had to deal with.
There are many people on the net who are quite unhappy with your service, the
most I would done is file a discrepency with with paypal and credit card
company. Other people i read on the want to file with charges with BB, IFTC,
and state of Flordia. Its $55.00 bucks and know you guys are honest business
that got behind, but try telling that to average online consumer who is use
to Amazon, etc...

Why don't you guys just send e-mail to back logged customers that shipping is
going to be delay instead of telling people it has been shipped, etc...and
I'm sure most people will understand. Whether you want to take my advice is
your pregorative, but word of mouth can destroy a business or make one.
Cause right now twogirlstrading.com isn't looking very good right now among
the newsboards. I wish you luck, and I hope everything works out for
twogirlstrading.com.



Here is twogirlstrading.com answer.

Yes, I understand. Most people want the items at the backorder. A lot have ordered even when we did not have them, against our better judgment as we do not know when they will arrive. Please relay that it is our intent to get them all out and if anyone wants a refund, we are more than glad to do it. Life is too short, my grandfather died last week, and there are more important things to worry about
Thank you
Tina


They are really back up with the dreamcast and other their other orders. As stated in their letter they do not know when another pallet of dreamcast will arrive.

 

[KnickNut3]

<< Please relay that it is our intent to get them all out and if anyone wants a refund, we are more than glad to do it. Life is too short, my grandfather died last week, and there are more important things to worry about. >>



I'll break down.

1. We don't want to send out letters saying that we don't have them for fear that too many people will back out. We'll just let you wait while we hold the money until (if ever) we get some.

2. We feel that for any reason, we can just stop running our business without warning, and the people will understand. (I'm sorry for their loss, honestly, but just halting shipments without notice for 3 weeks now is NOT a business. If you want a sabbatical, refund all orders before you run off.)

I'm so glad I didn't jump on this.

P.S. I sent them a letter of inquiry on December 26th, and called them twice after that about the type of Dreamcasts. Not only did I not get an answer, they didn't even tell me that they ran out of stock. Screw them. Mine should be at my door tomorrow anyway .

 

[newbiepcuser]

Mine should be at my door tomorrow anyway .

Where did you order yours. Do they still have it in stock?

Also your summary has a good point, Amazon at least e-mails me when they don't have item in stock.

 

[NICKel]

Is the Oct. 2000 thing confirmed or just a rumor? Does anyone know for sure?

I have an OCT 2000 from Amazon that plays back-ups flawlessly. I was kinda disappointed when it arrived but I was lucky..... I guess it just depends on the unit..

Kinda OT here but has anyone gotten the french Divx encoder program to work? I haven't had any luck burning movies.

 

[targg]

I bought one of these, got in before they ran out of the first bunch, although it still took 3 weeks for mine to arrive.

Doesnt work. Has a broken cd door switch so it doesnt recognize the disk half the time, when it does you can play until the disk shakes the unit a little, trips the switch, and the DC will shoot back to its main menu, dumping you out of the game.

After trying for 3 days to arrange for a refund or shipment back of this obviously not "like new" unit, I was advised I'd have to pay to ship it back to them for their 'review'.

They also said they 'test every unit by playing games on it for at least 5 minutes'. Pretty good job. Also would have taken a couple of people a couple of weeks to test all the ones they shipped in this manner. In other words: "I dont think so!".

Since its not going back, I took it apart. The plastic screw holds in the underside of the top of the unit where the screws drive into are cracked and broken. The system was obviously either taken apart and reassembled a lot...or here's my guess...they bought a huge pile of returned/broken units, took them all apart, found the working parts and reassembled them into working boxes, and there is an 800lb gorilla or a guy with a power screwdriver reassembling them.

So no "like new" dreamcast. No refund. And I highly doubt I'd ever be stoopid enough to spend $10+ to send it back to them and hope I get my money back or a new one sent back to me.

$55 for a parts dreamcast...sigh...

 

[Scarpozzi]

I ordered a dreamcast from twogirlstrading and it's a November '99 model. From the packaging, it looks used, however....all the books and connectors and cables and such are there. I'm a satisfied customer. I just have to see if it works....(haven't tried it yet cause I have another one).