Vididiots Arrested! Fined! (Page 8) NEW INFO 12/06

[NintendoMan]

EDIT: Update from MichiganFan2 on Page 8. Good Job Everyone! - GrandAmChandler


http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvididiotsQQhtZ-1

Well, Vididiots is at it again with his re-sealed NES + N64 games.
ALSO, I am pretty sure ALL of his other games, like the PS2 ones are Re-Sealed as well. I know he has won many PS2 lots, and all of them have the same cheap sealing. I know some games come like that, but ALL of his are the same sealing.

IMPORTANT EDIT BY GAC: Nick Morgan aka Vididiots uses this eBay account now. "ServiceGames812"

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZservicegames812QQhtZ-1

[jajaja]

Its a shame. Hidden usernames too, cant contact them and warn them. Anything that can be done to stop this guy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8255873095#ebayphotohosting

The Mega Man 4 he won. You can see there is a fold in the manual. Tempted to buy it just to prove it.

[kevin_psx]

reported to ebay -- doubt it will do any good

[evil_genius]

Isn't this the same idiot that purchased a sealing machine on the same user name and then was selling sealed games only like a week or two later?

[jajaja]

Isn't this the same idiot that purchased a sealing machine on the same user name and then was selling sealed games only like a week or two later?

Yep, the same guy who admited on gamefaqs.com that he resealed.

[evil_genius]

Didn't someone make a user name "nice reseal" and bid on all of his stuff. You think the guy would learn, and you think eBay would do something.

[NintendoMan]

Didn't someone make a user name "nice reseal" and bid on all of his stuff. You think the guy would learn, and you think eBay would do something.

Yes, someone's id was "nice_reseal_you_clown"
Pretty good!

It would really take ebay alot to do something, most of all it would take the PEOPLE that won RE-SEALED to report as well. I don't know if just us here reporting him does anything, which I as well as a few others have done.
What's really a shame is that the people buying the re-sealed ones probably have no clue what they have is fake.

[NintendoMan]

Its a shame. Hidden usernames too, cant contact them and warn them. Anything that can be done to stop this guy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8255873095#ebayphotohosting

The Mega Man 4 he won. You can see there is a fold in the manual. Tempted to buy it just to prove it.

Good find, yeah I looked at his buys that he made and there were SO MANY items that he won complete and then was selling re-sealed. I mean there is just no doubt about it that he is re-sealing.

[Nate Nanjo]

Does he really think anyone will buy the new PS2 games, espeically with the white bar on the side or whatever is there...O_o

[Darren870]

Those PS2 games are so obvious, they don't seal games like that anywhere. Its sad, I hate people like this. Only if someone lived near him...

[NintendoMan]

Those PS2 games are so obvious, they don't seal games like that anywhere. Its sad, I hate people like this. Only if someone lived near him...

Exactly! I have looked at most of his PS2 games and ALL of them are like that. I did find one that might really be factory sealed.
But all in all, he is even RE-SEALING PS2 games now!

[NESaholic]

Unbeleivable he just doesn't seem to learn,i hope some people who bid are members here or hear from someone cause this is getting way outta hand. :/

[kainemaxwell]

Dang, that is pretty obvious. Reported him as well, who knows, maybe ebay will take notice this time around. *shrug*

Check out his neg feedbacks also, he got called out by one his buyers as a re-sealer too!

[evil_genius]

Didn't someone make a user name "nice reseal" and bid on all of his stuff. You think the guy would learn, and you think eBay would do something.

Yes, someone's id was "nice_reseal_you_clown"
Pretty good!

It would really take ebay alot to do something, most of all it would take the PEOPLE that won RE-SEALED to report as well. I don't know if just us here reporting him does anything, which I as well as a few others have done.
What's really a shame is that the people buying the re-sealed ones probably have no clue what they have is fake.

Whoever that bidder was should let him have it again, maybe he'll learn.

[kevin_psx]

PS2 games are not shrinkwrapped? Never?

That seems easiest way to catch the guy.

[Darren870]

Sometimes some very low budget titles are, but none of those are. Who the hell knows what that white thing is. I think I might buy a cheap ps2 games. Open it and see what the real deal is.

Batman for those who care.

[Darren870]

Wow look at this:

Top is the auction he won that someone linked, bottom is the item he has up. Its hard to make out but you can see the exact same dent in both pictures.

http://students.rwu.edu/dfrickel920/0d_1a.JPG

[NESaholic]

Wow and there's again the proof,nice job Darren870.

[Chrome]

I was told anytime there is a serious misrepresentation or violation policy that can be proved to email:


Matt Halprin policy_matt@ebay.com .

Report them to him and give him all the info you have on this. Also for those that think a auction is a violation like copyrighted pictures you can email him as well.

Hope this helps.

Later,
Chrome...

[evil_genius]

Good work gumshoe!

[captain nintendo]

Awesome work there. Remind me to hire you if I need a detective :P

[-hellvin-]

Wow, nice detective work on that shit, what a fucking bastard. Let's see...do I live near this guy?

Dammit..no. Oh well, someone needs to go over there and beat the living daylights out of him. I can't believe he's getting away with this, it's really bastardish. He obviously knows how to use the shrinkwrap machine pretty well, because he can recreate the seal rather well to fool people. I can't really think of the physics of the way the seal would have to be aligned, but perhaps it's as simple as twisting around the plastic once he's melted it.

[Buyatari]

Everyone send this to the FBI. Thats how they shut down the guy who was buying stamps washing off the watermarks and selling them as unmarked.

[Buyatari]

https://tips.fbi.gov/

This is what I wrote. I urge you guys to do the same. Don't use the same text but include the same links which really show it all.


This is in reguards to a seller who is defrauding collectors on ebay. Attempts were made by several collectors to contact ebay. Ebay claims they are not experts but this is a clear cut case even a non-collector can determine.

Here is one example of a used game purchased by ebay user vididiots.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8255873095

Here he has the same game which he is now selling but look its NEW.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8266268134

If you notice the wear in the upper left corner this is the same game.
http://students.rwu.edu/dfrickel920/0d_1a.JPG

The user was contacted and has since made his auctions private to prevent us from contacting the potential buyers. Vintage video games are a new but growing collectable. Buyers are often willing to pay many times the going rate if it is factory sealed. Please help us do something and put a stop to this guy.

[NintendoMan]

Wow look at this:

Top is the auction he won that someone linked, bottom is the item he has up. Its hard to make out but you can see the exact same dent in both pictures.

Damn good find Darren870! I mean it's so damn obvious with all the auctions he wins complete then sells them as "SEALED", you can just check out his buying history.

[NintendoMan]

Whoever that bidder was should let him have it again, maybe he'll learn.

Good idea, but I'm sure he has been blocked out from bidding on his items, after he didn't pay the first time.

[Griking]

The only question I have is why does he still have a 99.6% feedback rating if all of the games that he sold in the past were reseals? In fact, all of his negatives are about shipping issues (http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=vididiots&v=60) and not about the item received. Neither eBay or the FBI are going to bother investigating this guy if his customer's are all happy with the products they receive.

Just out of curiosity how many people here have an eBay feedback rating as good as this seller does? I'm not doubting that some of you do but I'd be very surprised if the majority of you do.

[evil_genius]

Wow, nice detective work on that shit, what a fucking bastard. Let's see...do I live near this guy?

Dammit..no. Oh well, someone needs to go over there and beat the living daylights out of him. I can't believe he's getting away with this, it's really bastardish. He obviously knows how to use the shrinkwrap machine pretty well, because he can recreate the seal rather well to fool people. I can't really think of the physics of the way the seal would have to be aligned, but perhaps it's as simple as twisting around the plastic once he's melted it.

Yeah, go beat him down then take all his boxed NES games.

[kainemaxwell]

We really need to take this guy down for giving real collectors a bad name like he is...

[Buyatari]

Griking you amaze me. Here you have the perfect chance to complain and it will do some good but instead you opt to complain about complaining.

Yeah he has good feedback so what. The people in the know don't bid. The others are ignorant so they don't complain. Stop complaining and go start complaining. Go fill out that FBI form.


The only question I have is why does he still have a 99.6% feedback rating if all of the games that he sold in the past were reseals? In fact, all of his negatives are about shipping issues and not about the item received. Neither eBay or the FBI are going to bother investigating this guy if his customer's are all happy with the products they receive.

Just out of curiosity how many people here have an eBay feedback rating as good as this seller does? I'm not doubting that some of you do but I'd be very surprised if the majority of you do.

[ryborg]

The only question I have is why does he still have a 99.6% feedback rating if all of the games that he sold in the past were reseals?

Easy. A majority of buyers are ignorant and simply don't know any better. It's just like the big-time sellers who sell obviously bootleg NFL/NBA jerseys who have 99.9% positive feedback.


Just out of curiosity how many people here have an eBay feedback rating as good as this seller does?

I have two main selling accounts; one is still at 100%, the other is at 99.2%. Whenever my target audience is absolutely going to be <18 years old, I post on the imperfect account. Almost all of my negs from the last three years have been teenagers leaving negs like "where is my item i paid 5 days ago" and "i know longer want the item thank you"

Of course, everyone knows the actual percentage is second to what people actually say in their feedback comments.
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[jajaja]

Come to think of something. Didnt all NES games come with a plastic bag around the game? These are usualy never included. So if you open one of these sealed games you will see it fast.

[NintendoMan]

The only question I have is why does he still have a 99.6% feedback rating if all of the games that he sold in the past were reseals?

Easy. A majority of buyers are ignorant and simply don't know any better. It's just like the big-time sellers who sell obviously bootleg NFL/NBA jerseys who have 99.9% positive feedback.

EXACTLY!!!! You got it! People that are buying the games KNOW no better, they obviously have NO DAMN CLUE what they are buying. And it's a very small chance that those same buyers are buying the game TO OPEN it up and play. They collect too, so it's just sitting there, and they don't know.

[NintendoMan]

Come to think of something. Didnt all NES games come with a plastic bag around the game? These are usualy never included. So if you open one of these sealed games you will see it fast.

That, and if you did open the game or if you know anything about sealed games, you can tell by the contents. I.E. There is NO new small, things aren't mint, things missing, etc. There is definatley a number of things to tell!

[Darren870]

Who would be willing to shell all the $ out to prove this though, thats the thing. Like I said Im willing to buy a ps2 game, I can't afford a nes one though.

[jajaja]

He pulled Zelda (http://cgi.ebay.com/LEGEND-OF-ZELDA-Nintendo-NES-FACTORY-SEALED-Game-GOLD_W0QQitemZ8266268068QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem) for some reason.

EDIT: Reading the Super Mario Bros auction this might be the reason why he pulled Zelda:


Make me an offer. I will consider any serious BIN offers.

[platygash]

he probably pulled Zelda because some poor soul made an offer outside ebay for it and he sold it

[jajaja]

Ye, thats what i thought too.

[sisko]

Whoever will be the one to bite the bullet to prove him wrong needs to make sure they get it on tape.

Opening the parcel, then the game. Take the casing off the cartridge and show the wear on the contacts. All on camera.

[jajaja]

Was just about to write that. To have the proof you need to visit the police or something so they can see it too.

What this seller is doing is bigtime scamming. He can go to prison for this.

[NintendoMan]

Was just about to write that. To have the proof you need to visit the police or something so they can see it too.

What this seller is doing is bigtime scamming. He can go to prison for this.

Definately, it's not just a few dollars either, of course as everyone knows with sealed games, he's profitated in the thousands already.

[kainemaxwell]

Whoever will be the one to bite the bullet to prove him wrong needs to make sure they get it on tape.

Opening the parcel, then the game. Take the casing off the cartridge and show the wear on the contacts. All on camera.
Totally, if someone wants to try to win one to prove him wrong take step-by-step photos or tape it.

[platygash]

we should all pitch in a few bucks and have someone win one of those sealed games and bust his ass

[XianXi]

If you can get 200 people to chip in a buck or so into a paypal fund just for that you can buy one of the cheaper sealed games and do it.

I would chip in for it. I love exposing scammers.

[sisko]

Whoever will be the one to bite the bullet to prove him wrong needs to make sure they get it on tape.

Opening the parcel, then the game. Take the casing off the cartridge and show the wear on the contacts. All on camera.
Totally, if someone wants to try to win one to prove him wrong take step-by-step phots or tape it.

Photos are no good. It has to be video. Otherwise things can be swapped out during shots.

Also, be sure to compare DC numbers with what he sends you in advance, as well as what is on the package.

[scorch56]

I thought the made-up price tag.. slapped on after the reseal.. was a nice touch.

[Darren870]

If you look at his completed sold listing he has a BIN for $10.00 which he set up for someone that made an offer on zelda. Obv we don't know the real price but its there.

Ill tape opening batman if it helps.

Thats the best I can do though.

[Bronty-2]

atari,

alright, you made it too easy with the link and the pre-written text. My complaint has been filed.

[jajaja]

Super Mario is also pulled now.

[kevin_psx]

Hopefully you guys will catch him & force his suspension

[dojosky]

that price tag is a give away ! as someone above said that !!! theres some resealers out there thats why I am very IFFY !!! when it comes to buying sealed games on line !!!! unless price was real cheap then I might break down and buy it !

[kevin_psx]

Who would be willing to shell all the $ out to prove this though, .

The FBI.

Then they charge the bill to us in Higher Taxes.

So we catch the scammer but still end up paying the Bill for his capture.

:(

[daynum]

For anyone who wants to know a little more about this guy here are his MySpace and MSN Space accounts. On his MSN page he links to his vididiots auctions and his myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/skcin7
http://spaces.msn.com/sin-blog/

Note how on his myspace page one of his interests is "making dollars on ebay". What a tool.

[platygash]

It looks like ebay does not care about this prick cheating people :angry: Someone from gamefaqs.com reported him to ebay and this is what ebay responded with



I got this response from ebay


Thank you for contacting eBay with your concerns. My name is Nate and I am with eBay’s Office of the President.



I have reviewed the information you sent us regarding viddiots. At this time we do not have enough evidence to show that the member has violated any current eBay listing policies or committed fraud.



Although I can understand your concern, we have received no complaints from buyers who have purchased items from this seller. Therefore, no action will be taken at this time against this account.



I appreciate your continued help in keeping eBay a safe and fair place to trade. If you see any further issues with this member’s account that you wish to bring to our attention, please feel free to contact me directly at csme@ebay.com.



Thank you for being part of the eBay community.



Nate

Office of the President

eBay, Inc.



No shit none of his buyers have not filed a complaint because they think the game is FACTORY sealed and are not going to open it and not enough evidence? The guy said he sent links to all his wins, the shrinkwrapping machine, and the pictures of mega man 4 and that is not enough evidence? @_@

[NintendoMan]

Hmm, well I don't really know what we can do now.

And of course, anyone buying these games from him nows NOTHING about sealed games so wouldn't be able to tell if it's sealed or not. I consider myself sort of an expert in sealed games now, but 5 years ago when I first started, I would have had NO DAMN clue which ones are really sealed and which ones not.

I hope everyone reading this, even if you don't collect sealed games and just are a videogame player, turn this guy into ebay and the FBI link, which is found on page 2 of this thread I believe.

[platygash]

looks like he also uses the name "mister slug"


check out that nintendo collection link at his myspace site

[evil_genius]

For anyone who wants to know a little more about this guy here are his MySpace and MSN Space accounts. On his MSN page he links to his vididiots auctions and his myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/skcin7
http://spaces.msn.com/sin-blog/

Note how on his myspace page one of his interests is "making dollars on ebay". What a tool.

oh no, I hope you know what you just did. Now we all know where he works...

Liscio's Bakery and Deli
Crosskeys, New Jersey US

edit: where is this collection the guy above me if talking about?

[jajaja]

looks like he also uses the name "mister slug"


check out that nintendo collection link at his myspace site

Are you sure? mister_slug is on nesworld.

[platygash]

The fag took down the link from his my space site



This was the link he had there

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?action=profile&name=mister_slug&folder=Collection



Had a picture of himself too but he took it down

[jajaja]

Ye, i recognize the pics. Same as the other links.

[kainemaxwell]

Liscio's Bakery and Deli
Crosskeys, New Jersey US

edit: where is this collection the guy above me if talking about?

Good grief, the moron's from NJ too?! @_@

[Jed]

He's about an hour or so west of me. Anyone closer want to go kick his ass? Or, we could all get together and show up outside his front door, like an angry mob. With burning pitchforks and such.

[platygash]

He's about an hour or so west of me. Anyone closer want to go kick his ass? Or, we could all get together and show up outside his front door, like an angry mob. With burning pitchforks and such.

Ha that would be awesome Jed... like a mod from the 1800s




Looks like he is a member here too


http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10420

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8525

[kainemaxwell]

He's about an hour or so west of me. Anyone closer want to go kick his ass? Or, we could all get together and show up outside his front door, like an angry mob. With burning pitchforks and such.

Ha that would be awesome Jed... like a mod from the 1800s




Looks like he is a member here too


http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10420

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8525
Well, he's got the slug part right with his name...

[drcurtis]

What's even sadder is that the people buying these resealed games may eventually re-sell them on ebay and we'll have no idea where they originated. Then it becomes really difficult to find the real from the fake.

[unwinddesign]

I'd be more than willing to buy a game from this guy and video tape the whole thing. I've got 99.9% feedback on eBay, going on almost 800 uniques now. I should be pretty credible.

Anywho. Yeah. I'll see if there's a relatively cheap ($30 ~ ) game, and then we can go to town on this bitch, aye?

[NintendoMan]

What's even sadder is that the people buying these resealed games may eventually re-sell them on ebay and we'll have no idea where they originated. Then it becomes really difficult to find the real from the fake.

Yep, my thoughts exactly! I mean, eventually, the people that have no clue what they are buying aren't going to want the game anymore and wind up selling it on ebay for sure!
But if it looks anything like the ones he selling now, for numerous different reasons, most of us will be able to tell whether or not it's fake.
(But it just sucks in the first place, that we have to even deal with that shit at all)

[NintendoMan]

Looks like he is a member here too


http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10420

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8525

Yep, I have seen him post under the NMORGAN one a couple times on here. I think he was telling us to look at his auctions if I remember right.

[chaoticjelly]

I reckon contact his place of employment and educational institute.. tell them what he's up to, really get on this guys wick, and he'll probably stop the reseals..

Resealing sucks...!

[NintendoMan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZELDA-OCARINA-OF-TIME-Nintendo-64-Game-SEALED-PERFECT_W0QQitemZ8266268351QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem

This sucks, boy, $220 down the fucking drain. This just makes me so damn mad!

[kevin_psx]

Smash a corner in & then file an "item not as described" dispute with paypal

[Tbowl]

"Camden County College
Blackwood,New Jersey
Graduated: N/A
Degree: In Progress
Major: Computer Graphics: Game Design Option"

And he's thinking about coming into Game Design...

He's doing a big disservice to our community, he's not welcome in it in anyway shape or form.

[ryborg]

Smash a corner in & then file an "item not as described" dispute with paypal

This won't accomplish anything. Even if you "win" the dispute, you have to ship the item back to him with tracking, then he gives a refund. All it will do is delay him actually selling it to a real buyer, and you'd be out two payment of S&H. You don't get to keep the game AND the money, even best-case scenario.
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[Daria]

I found his now defunct anglefire page:

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/nickmorganpage/index1.html

His AIM is still good. (:
skcin7

[kevin_psx]

This sucks, boy, $220 down the fucking drain. This just makes me so damn mad!Smash a corner in & then file an "item not as described" dispute with paypal This won't accomplish anything. Even if you "win" the dispute, you have to ship the item back to him

Ship an empty box with DC.

Scammers who sell Fake Sealed games & scam Nintendo Man out of $220. They deserve to be reverse-scammed. Teach the S.O.B. a lesson.