I didn't want it to come to this but Robert (Fat Valentino) hasn't given me an option.
He contacted me in January 2014 on here via PM regarding custom figures.
We exchanged ideas on various figures and we decided on Sisko and Garak, as well as exchanging images of what I wanted the figures to be wearing. We also spoke about other possible figures (Quark, Lal, Morn, a few others). All of our discussion was through my Gmail account and his Hotmail account.
On April 16, 2014, I sent Robert a Paypal payment of $250 for two custom figures (Garak/Sisko or Sisko/Quark, don't remember anymore) and he replied via email that it was received. I was never in a rush to get these figures shipped to me but Robert has ignored my emails and Facebook messages. I live abroad (Korea) and told him to ship my figures to my sister's house in San Diego, and perhaps I can pick them up when I was there on vacation (1/2015). That would have been at least seven months for him to make my two custom figures.
It is now April 5, 2015 and I still haven't received my figures.
I don't know what his reasons or excuses are but this is unacceptable. If something happened in his life, all he had to do was tell me in an email. Perhaps the job was too big for him and he got in over his head? Instead he has been silent and ignored my emails and I'm here typing this. If he were to send me my figures or send my money I'd be happy to disregard all of this but I'm out $250 to a guy I thought people trusted on here. The last I've heard from him was on 10/30/2014 in an email stating he might prefer to communicate through Facebook, on which he has continued to ignore me. I have screen prints of all our communication and my paypal payment.
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