Hi,

I am one of the buyers waiting for a PSP from Strongbaby. I bought through my brother, RangerRed, as I did not have a lowyat account at that time. I had planned for the PSP to be a (very) belated birthday gift for myself - something which I have rarely done in my life.

Anyway, I have been waiting for a PSP since I paid in on October 31. It has been over a month now.

They say with time you see more clearly and I must thank Strongbaby for giving me ample time to contemplate on what a fool I had been to trust him and his promise of delivery.

Like many of the buyers here, I waited with baited breath, counting down the ETA to my delivery. After all 14 working days seemed like a reasonable wait. And with more people being added to the paid list, I thought that there would be no problem with the bulk.

But like beetle eggs hatching in the grain, the bulk soon became infested with problems.

Strongbaby gave convenient excuses - shipment is late, no stock, shortage of available colours, and so on.

One has to stop here and wonder, if Strongbaby issued the order to the 'suppliers' for your PSP/NDSL/PS2 immediately when you paid in, how can now there be a shortage when the order should have gone through much, much earlier?

Due to parallel goods and the holiday season? Ha!

Then when buyers started demanding a time frame for delivery, he increased the prices. Why did the wise Strongbaby do this? With the extra 'profit' from increased prices, he could cover what had been paid by earlier buyers.

And around and around the money rolls. But who gets the goods? No one knows. Except Strongbaby and he is not telling or being fair in who receives what and when - just look at the list of PAID buyers and the list of those who had goods delivered.

You might say, you misunderstand the numbers in the list is not in order. But if Strongbaby had been a conscientious seller, he should have taken the time to sort the list in order of payment and state the delivery schedule.

Actually, when asked to do this by people in this thread, Strongbaby refused. He didn't want to be responsible for late delivery.

In short, he refused to give transparency to what was happening with the bulk. Did he bother to update here when he knew shipment was going to be slow? No. Only when people complained and asked about delivery did he then give the excuse shipment was late, there was no stock... a litany of excuses which we swallowed because we did not think to question him.

Am I bitter? Yes. Bitterly disappointed in what should have been something to look forward to has become an ordeal in trying to either get my PSP or a refund. Do I feel cheated? Yes. Very much so.

To the buyers waiting for their PSPs, how long are you going to let Strongbaby string you along? When are you going to hold him accountable for failing to live up to his ETA delivery? How many excuses will you swallow before you have had your fill? The excuse of him being a slow seller doesn't hold water when he takes over a month to deliver your goods!

To Strongbaby, if you are indeed a man of honour and want to back up your claim as being a 'responsible and good' seller then you should do the ethical thing and:

a) refund the money to the buyers who want a refund.

b) close the sales temporarily and make good on your promises of delivery to waiting buyers.

If you don't, I really wonder how your moral compass swings.

Oh and have a merry Christmas since you can very well afford it now.