Whew, finally got through to raging.
Chat log on GTalk below:
me: hello? I see you're there?
Thomas: I had a death in the family and my depression kicked back in. I have been going to therapy. I should be fine next week. But please do what is needed.
me: hey, I'm sorry to hear that.
it's just that I got so many requests with the group buyers going nuts with me
would you go and clarify it with the buyers soon?
I'm sure they'll understand given the dire situation
also, my condolences
Thomas: It got out of hand. I almost had relapse. I am a lot better now but my therapist said that I need to take my mind off of stuff until it blows over. That's why I haven't been online or talking to anyone. Not even my friends.
Yes I understand I will do it first thing after church tomorrow.
me: Okay, I'll tell the buyers. Thanks again and may you get well soon
Thomas: Thank you
me: no problems and ttyl
me: Oops, one important thing to note - there's talks by the group buyers that you said you sold your home (where the chips are going to). Is that true?
I sure hope that wasn't the case lol
Sent at 12:27 PM on Sunday
Thomas: No I just bought the house 4 months ago not sold -address redacted by John- you have the utility bills and everything I can provide updated ones for you
me: whew, that's a relief
thanks again - I'll clarify in the forums again
I guess we'll see what to do later.
Batch #1 was placed 4-27-13
Zefir's first order shipped and he received it a few days ago. That was placed in what.. early April? And i think the site gave Zefir a few days heads up as it went to 'chips shipped' a few days before he received them
There's no guarantee the time between orders is close at all to the time between shipment though
John K placed the order on Avalon's website so he can see the status of the order, last he posted it showed 'sample chips shipped'. I would presume these also shipped to the old address. raging said they had a bunch of customs problems, not sure if they ever made it through.
So basically the order was done in John K's name (and all the BTC was sent to his account as escrow).. but the actual shipping address was raging's old home. The Avalon website doesn't support changing addresses normally and the description said they wouldn't support changing shipping addresses except in 'special cases'
Seems like the most important thing is to get ahold of Avalon, but they have essentially disappeared over the last two weeks.
Theoretically you could ask the shipping company to hold the package (maybe even change the address) but who would they consider the person in authority to do that? Avalon? ragingazn? John K?
It really sucks for ragin that he had a family emergency, and although he did say he'd try to get back to everyone 'tomorrow' (meaning the 22nd, this monday).
The bigger issue may be not that it's a scam or anything, but that the 'old address' thing was overlooked, or raging isn't able to get back in time, or avalon is unable to be contacted or refuses to change shipping address and they end up going to ... what, a house that nobody lives at? A house that he sold to someone?
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