Quote Originally Posted by Sinnertwin View Post
I'm curious about this line from Kyle:

That to me implies that you've had some issues previously?. Correct me if i'm wrong, but why else would somebody be compelled to write a statement like that if not due to past experiences?

In a nutshell, that statement has a sliver of truth to it, padded with a whole lot of hyperbole. There has really only been one "hassle" as he put it out of the times I've dealt with him that I can think of. There was a fairly lengthy delay in me getting him the money for a few MOTUC items and at the time. To put it in context though, by even his own admission, there were a stack of people who fell into that category and when he finally said that the money needed to be sorted, it was in short order. About the only other thing was a Pokemon Blue game that I initially wanted but then changed my mind on- before money had changed hands.

Here's the thing though - if I was such a "hassle" then why did he happily have me on his stall selling items and helping out - not just on a Parramatta fair a couple of years ago (which from memory is the last Parramatta Fair I attended), as several Ozformers members who saw me can attest to, but then again last year at the Canberra APCS fair (which prior to this year's APCS fair, was the last toy fair I attended)? I'm sure you'd agree that if someone was deemed to be "such a hassle", the last thing you would be doing is letting them anywhere near the operational aspects of your business - let alone a second time.

Also if I was "such a hassle" then why did he even agree to sell me the figure anyway when it was done during the setup time on the previous day and he could just as easily have refused to?

None of those things however, change the fact that all he was politely asked to do was to send an email to Hot Toys and subsequently to his supplier to check whether Hot Toys could supply a spare head for a $400 collectable, when the company is in the practice of supplying spare parts - to which I was met with misinformation, stonewalling and an Everest sized mountain of attitude.