Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 30

Thread: How I met Psycho Penguin

  1. #1
    Lvl 99 Custom rank graphic
    Daria's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    5,214
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    3
    Thanked in
    3 Posts
    Xbox LIVE
    Nymphomatic

    Default How I met Psycho Penguin

    I saw the following post on Craigslist:
    I have a Nintendo 64 with 3 games left - Gex 64, WWF No Mercy, Diddy Kong Racing. 1 controller, all wires.

    I have a PSOne new style console with a bunch of games. Final Fantasy 7 and Guardian's Crusade disc only, the rest are complete.
    - Star Ocean: 2nd Story
    - Final Fantasy 9
    - Castlevania Symphony of the Night
    - Front Mission 3
    - Final Fantasy Tactics
    - Metal Gear Solid
    - Final Fantasy Anthology
    - Wild Arms
    - Wild Arms 2

    I sold my SNES but I still have these games for sale.
    - Super Metroid
    - Super Mario Kart
    - Super Mario All Stars
    - Donkey Kong Country
    - Super Mario World
    - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
    - Legend of Zelda: Link to a Past
    - Breath of Fire
    - Breath of Fire 2
    - Super Castlevania 4
    - Illusion of Gaia

    These games are super fun and hard to find but I am a reasonable man and will negotitate. Email me for more details and a phone number if you are serious.
    So I had a friend email him, SNES games were sold but he offered her $150 for the NES junk and PSX titles. She negotiated down to $100 for the PSX games only. We agreed to meet at a local Walgreens (because he didn't have a car), just him and the three of us (Me, my friend and her boyfriend.)

    So anyway on the way there my friend tells me she found the guy's MySpace, username: Psycho Penguin. So I shout "Fuck it's the scammer!". Anyway we get there and lo and behold the 10 complete PSX RPGs turn into a collection of scratchy greatest hits that look like they were assaulted by a GameDoctor. Final Fantasy Anthologies was missing the manual, but the rest of the games were actually complete. Anyways, we left without buying anything. All in all the transaction was anticlimactic but I just thought it was a funny coincidence.

  2. #2
    Some douche Richter Belmount's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Silverlake
    Posts
    4,077
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Sounded like a jolly goodtime
    U GAIZ JUST DONT LIKE CHANGE , (builds a artificial foundation here)

  3. #3
    ServBot (Level 11) Lemmy Kilmister's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Holliston, MA
    Posts
    3,405
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    You should have kicked him in the balls.
    Tradegamesnow and GameTZ feedback.

  4. #4
    Apple (Level 5)
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    1,110
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    2
    Thanked in
    2 Posts

    Default

    Looks like he's still selling the same games he "sold" to several people here...

    You should have beat him with a lead pipe.
    Last edited by PingvinBlueJeans; 08-31-2007 at 09:28 PM.

  5. #5
    Kirby (Level 13) SegaAges's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Las Vegas
    Posts
    5,295
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    note to self: stay away from craiglist (I have never used it before)

  6. #6
    Strawberry (Level 2)
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Posts
    564
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by SegaAges View Post
    note to self: stay away from craiglist (I have never used it before)
    Craigslist is fine. Plenty of good deals to be had.
    ____________________________________

  7. #7
    Insert Coin (Level 0) The EdgeCrusher's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    146
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    holy crap, i almost bought something from him a couple months ago, but the dude here who i was dealing with for another game already had the other game i was looking for so i just bought it from him.

    has this guy ripped a bunch of people off?

  8. #8
    Late to the party DigitalSpace's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Portland, OR
    Posts
    10,626
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by The EdgeCrusher View Post
    has this guy ripped a bunch of people off?
    Yes._

    Collection List | Twitter
    Check out the new N64 Rumble Pak. See how it feels to feel what you see.

  9. #9
    Insert Coin (Level 0)
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Good ol' middle of nowhere
    Posts
    181
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by The EdgeCrusher View Post
    has this guy ripped a bunch of people off?
    To say he has ripped a bunch of people off is like calling the pope catholic.
    Quote Originally Posted by Griking
    It's almost like a soap opera where you think that everyone cares about how Kevin's adventures on eBayland goes from day to day.

    There's a place for semi-regular posts like your's Kevin, it's called a diary or a blog.

  10. #10
    Strawberry (Level 2) misfits859's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Kentucky
    Posts
    586
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Just as an add-on to this, I noticed his name come up in a wrestling video trading board as a bad trader who has ripped off a bunch of folks there in recent months. I pointed them to the infamous thread on this board. Seems like he's experienced in various fields of thievery...

    http://www.crazymax.org/viewtopic.php?t=95874

  11. #11
    Cherry (Level 1)
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Oak Park, GA
    Posts
    392
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Speaking of wrestling, you should've RKO'd the joker. Get it on tape and send it to everyone he's ripped off.

  12. #12
    Apple (Level 5)
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    1,110
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    2
    Thanked in
    2 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin H View Post
    Speaking of wrestling, you should've RKO'd the joker. Get it on tape and send it to everyone he's ripped off.
    I think several people here would pay to see that.

  13. #13
    Insert Coin (Level 0)
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Kansas
    Posts
    52
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    I will pay you if you go and kick his ass. No seriously I will. You kick his ass and take pictures and I swear to god I will send you money.

  14. #14
    Cherry (Level 1)
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Oak Park, GA
    Posts
    392
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by NintendoHaven View Post
    I will pay you if you go and kick his ass. No seriously I will. You kick his ass and take pictures and I swear to god I will send you money.
    How much money? lol Wouldn't it be easier to just pursue criminal charges than to send someone to have a "talk" with him? Seriously. Since there is now evidence he still has the games that is mail fraud.
    Last edited by Kevin H; 09-10-2007 at 08:43 PM.

  15. #15
    Great Puma (Level 12) bangtango's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Posts
    4,353
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    3
    Thanked in
    3 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by PingvinBlueJeans View Post
    Looks like he's still selling the same games he "sold" to several people here...
    From the sounds of the encounter, it appears he actually "owns" the games. That is just one step up from some of the scammers here (i.e. biggeorgejohnson) who actually listed games for sale that they never even owned.

    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    We agreed to meet at a local Walgreens (because he didn't have a car)..........
    Didn't (or doesn't) have a car. . That's classic.

    Chunk from The Goonies would make a super scammer. I can see a PM from him now.

    "Uh you see I was gonna ship your games 2 weeks ago but I couldn't because I don't have a car and then I was gonna ship your games last week because someone was gonna give me a ride to the post office but I spilled Rocky Road Ice Cream all over some of them and I still haven't found the other games in your order either and then I did find them and was gonna ship them today but I spent my entire allowance at the arcade and on comic books and my mom says I can't have anymore spending money for another week and I own Mouth 10 bucks too for cotton candy so I gave him some of it from the money you paid me for the games then I don't know when I'm gonna ship your games out because I don't have any money left to pay for shipping with but I'm really sorry."

  16. #16
    Insert Coin (Level 0)
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Kansas
    Posts
    52
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin H View Post
    How much money? lol
    On second thought, he won't pay you any money.

    -Vectorman
    Last edited by Vectorman0; 09-10-2007 at 06:31 PM.

  17. #17
    Cherry (Level 1) Bassgrabber's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    271
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    I'd give $10 for a "ringside" seat. Really, just supply time and place. I'll be indistinguishable from a "normal" passerby. Until you need a witness to say, "he started it!"

    Speaking of "he", is he still a minor?

  18. #18
    Pac-Man (Level 10)
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Md
    Posts
    2,254
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    For what it is worth if he met once he would meet again. He needs his comeuppance.
    neo geo system

  19. #19
    Apple (Level 5)
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    1,110
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    2
    Thanked in
    2 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bassgrabber View Post
    Speaking of "he", is he still a minor?
    Nope...23 according to his MySpace profile:
    http://www.myspace.com/captaincharisma03

  20. #20
    Great Puma (Level 12) bangtango's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Posts
    4,353
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    3
    Thanked in
    3 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by PingvinBlueJeans View Post
    Nope...23 according to his MySpace profile:
    http://www.myspace.com/captaincharisma03
    Profile now says he is single, some posters here will recall he was engaged. Looks like his fiancee who came up a few times on the site kicked him to the curb. Probably got tired of him scamming on the internet, not having a car and bad sex.

Similar Threads

  1. Paging Member Psycho Penguin
    By jesusjones in forum Buying and Selling
    Replies: 146
    Last Post: 07-28-2011, 09:02 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •