DEALER ALERT
      The Vinyl Collector Civil Resistence Page

      UPDATED 1-November-1997


      This Page is dedicated to the unprotected Vinyl collector who often finds himself (read his cash) endageread by unscrupolous sellers or traders.
      The very nature of modern commerce that easily encompasses the globe, either trough the net or plain old snail-mail-order, makes more and more difficult for record collectors to set records straight (pun intended) with -BAD DEALERS- , It sure is not possible to hop in our cars and just visit the -NICE GUYS-, this being the situation and having already been hurt many times by -DISHONEST TRADERS- I have decided to resort to what i consider the last weapon I have to keep the world a little more civil and trustworthy: make their names and actions available on the web so to alert other unsuspecting buyers that they might be starting doing business with less than trustworthy dealers.

      The "Stinkers" list

      NEW ENTRY


      Jim Reeves
      c/o Vinyl OnLine
      152 Pekin Avenue
      East Peoria, IL
      61611
      USA
      tel:309-698-3107
      Vinyl on Line - Jim Reeves
      mail to the crook
      One of the most dangerous scam Artists on the WEB, hes got such polite ways before getting your money and seems ohh so honest and reliable, actualy sends items but the quality and grading is an allucination all of his own. BEWARE when he says M/M he actually sends VG/VG..and so on..very very disconcerting. he says he refunds items that do not correspond to the grading he stated but does not refund shipping customs and duties payed for his mistakes, this guy is a real crook and I do advice to stay clear from his operations.

      BAGS UNLIMITED INC.

      7 Canal St. dpt. A, Rochester NY 14608
      ph:(716)-436-9006
      Fax: (716)-3288-526

      These guys advertise regularly in Goldmine, very popular among record collector for their LP covers and LP boxes, have lately proved to be in a somehow disordered state of affairs when it comes to administering their debts and credits with BUYERS Credit Cards, I have two reports of people whose credit card has been charged twice for the same order and I personally experienced an outrageous charge for shipping and actually never received anything (us$200 of goods and US$250 surface shipping yet I had requested UPS shipping), it was my second order..and after three phone calls they still claim they are investigating the issue. Mistakes sure can happen, what these guys do to deserve a mention here is to completely ignore customer complaints. BEWARE .
      follow up: Items arrived one year later..credit card never credited for double charge.

      BEYOND RECORDS

      Christopher Chatman
      12218 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles
      also PO BOX 661666 Los Angeles
      tel: (310)572-7233 Fax: (310) 572 - 7232

      Advertises in Goldmine
      Never shipped goods for US$ 480, Never answers the phone and never returns calls left on his answering machine, I have already reported AMEX about the issue.
      follow up: afther he saw hes name on this list he sent the items ..about a good 10 months later apologizing and crediting me with a virtual US$ 100 if I would ever buy from him again...(not so fool sorry), Items anyway were outrageously overgraded and well....forget him.

      Jerome Tomko

      PO BOX 272
      Mansfield Center, CT 06250-0272
      tel:(860) 456- 7761
      fax: (860) - 456 7758

      Advertises in Goldmine
      Despite having received the money asked for Air Mail Shipping, declares he shipped surface ....records never received, unfortunately i sent him cash...
      follow up: his name on the list made him mad, a few threats but no records...blah blah blah...a scam artist!

      Tom Sims

      PO BOX 1464
      Spring Valley , CA - 91979-1464
      tel:(619)-492-9909
      fax:(619) - 237 - 8052

      Advertises in Goldmine
      This is less troubles then the rest of this bunch, he auctions records in Goldmine and private mailings, only problem he has is his grading system, he actually dreams of M and M- records yet he ships at the very best what in my book is VG or VG+....very disturbing.

      This page is mantained by me (Santi Lo Monaco) in the spirit of cooperation and mutual trust among record collectors, that said if i receive anonymous complaints or undocumented reports of problems with a dealer, I will not automatically include the dealers in question in this page. Only after investigation of the matter and having personally appraised the problem the dealear will have his little niche in the page...so hopefully hell get out of business or will improve his business practice. To report cases or to let me know where I can finally find thoseMiles Davis or John Coltrane albums i am still looking for, you can mail me at santi@ctonline.it