elliott said:
spoons said:
cheers Lee - I thought I remembered them going to a dodgy character, and wondered what would happen to them at the time.
That was Dave Tree :lol:
I am amazed Torres is still around, I didnt see him there, wish I had, could have asked if he had any more Palitoy VC Jawas.
Cheek!!!
Sadly I've probably had more dealings with Richard than anyone else, as I used to be the customer interface when I ran Ultimart and his company Luminous Beings were listed on it. He recieved more complaints than any other dealer either because of the condition was not as described or in some cases repro weapons were supplied with them. The most annoying part was that this reflected bad on the site, rather than the person responsible. Luminous Beings done very well out of Ultimart and didn't have to pay any commison or fees in return, we even took credit card payments for him too as he did not have the facilities.
Fast forward about 6 years, I purchased a couple of goods from him and never recieved them, nor a refund, despite several offeres to send the receipt of posting, never recieved that too. Regardless of all the business and revenue he had out of me, he could not be bothered to come through with either to try and resolve that either.
I do see him from time to time at shows, mostly Newport, Cardiff or Bristol ones. He does frequent the DJ Fairs at the NEC although I did not see him at Mem this time.
He is one of the fundemental reasons why I don't believe the VC Palitoy Jawa, whilst everyone is so desperate to believe, but given the UK timing, distribution, packaging, the fact that so many old timers have never seen one is evidence enough, but throw Mr Torres into the mix as being the owner at one point (given his long track record and continuing 'refurbs') blows any chance of this being genuine out of the water for me.
I hope your friend gets it sorted out, and if he does, put in a word that he still owes me £120 too :roll:
