Williamgoody

[DLP]

Recently bought something from williamgoody in his recent sales. Shipping took longer than either of us expected, but nothing I shouldn't have been more patient for. Would definitely by rom him again should the occasion arise!

[purk]

Excellent transaction. My discman arrived in a mint condition. Thanks. Highly recommend. Excellent packing.

[JMedeiros]

All the praise here is true-Bill is a super guy and great to deal with. A top-notch Head-Fier!

John

[needgoodphones]

I purchased a CMoy from Bill and everything went very smoothly. Would gladly do busness with him again.

[dave-the-rave]

Bill not only sold me his 15' Cardas cable for Senn HD-600's, he was even kind enough to deliver it to my home! A swell guy, I'd deal with Bill anytime....

[Sean H]

What can I add? Look at this list of positive feedback! Bill bought a pair of tubes from me, paid extremely fast, great communication and the whole bit. Would definitely deal with again. Thanks!

[morphineheart]

I bought a pair of DT770s from Bill, and have no complaints. The phones are in perfect shape, as he described, and were shipped promptly and securely. A no-hassle experience.

[Fish Tank X]

Work with Bill has been great. Despite the fact that there were some times when Bill got a little busy, it's totally understandable seeing that he got a new job and all. Any impression that I might have made earlier, discard that. While the trade went horribly wrong, it wasn't due to Bill at all. This also being my first trade, Bill was very understanding of what was gonig on.

Edit: My full story.

I agree to a trade with him. An MZ-R50 (non recording) a gumstick charger and 3 used gumsticks for an MT831. I send it out, but don't give him a tracking number. I wait a week and a half. Doesn't arrive. I Check with him. He checks with neighbours. Nobody's seen the package. he says that nobody knocked on the door to ask his aunt to sign or anything. So he checks around some. He tells me to go back and get a tracking number. (Tracking number and him checking around sort of happens simeltaneously.) UPS tells me information about the package.

And I gave him the information. Now, around this time, Understand he is doing his new job. So I give him some time. He says, Ahem, I quote. "Go ahead and file the claim. I believe if it indeed was dropped off here, it was left without a signature and then lifted, a somewhat common occurance around here. "

UPDATE!: Due to me being busy, i've been a bit lax about dealing seriously with this. What happned is that UPS shipped it to the wrong address! Messed up with the zipcode. In my opinion, Bill is officially cleared of any wrong doing.


To tell you the truth, this situation was exagerated with my incredible incompetence with shipping (This is the first time i've ever dealed with UPS in my life) and Bill was very understanding and I know i've reacted inapropriatley. In light of Bill's vow not to trade with anyone he can't drive to, i'd fully support this. Not because Bill is at fault. It's because that UPS is the devil, just like JPELGW (Typo?) said.

[mclaren20]

i have also had a little problem with williamgoody. i traded a CD player for an amp, but never got the amp. circumstances prohibited me from getting delivery confirmation. he never recieved the CD player, according to him, and i never got the amp. i thought it was the post office because at the time he had perfect feedback, so i trusted him.

[Xeno7651]

Edit: Full Story
On August 26, 2003 Bill posted the Prehead for sale. I Paypal him $600 the next day, and he said he shipped it 2 days later.

After 2 weeks, nothing show up, so I PM him saying it shouldn't this long from US to Canada. My other US deals only took a week.

After 4 weeks, nothing show up. I know that it will not arrive so I PM him discussing what we should do. He said he filed a complain with the post office, and promised to send me the OTL32 as a replacement.

I wait for more 2 weeks, he still didn't send the OTL32 out. I then PM him a few more times asking what's going on. He then said he got his cousin to send out the OTL32, that's exactly 2 and a half weeks after his initial promise.

So I will wait for another week to see if the OTL32 will arrive. This is one hell of a long deal for me and I have been without an amp for 7 weeks.

Another Edit:
I did finally received the OTL32 from Bill. I guess I lucked out this time while the other members are still having problems with Bill.

[austonia]

well that's weird. I made a trade with him once and it went fine, no problems.

i traded some grado sr-80's, eggos, and some other odds n ends for a set of etymotic ER4S.

sorry to hear y'all having problems with him now.

williamgoody, if you're out there, now would be a good time to speak up.

[greenhorn]

Here are some excerpts from the PMs I exchanged with williamgoody:


williamgoody wrote on 08-14-2003 08:40 PM:
What might you be looking for for the AKGs? Any interest in a portable amp for a trade?

williamgoody wrote on 08-15-2003 07:12 PM:
I'll do the trade with the serpac amp if you want [Serpac Meta 42 (AD8610's, 1 9V), JMT built]

greenhorn wrote on 08-15-2003 06:33 PM:
OK then. Let's do it :-)
Please give me your shipping address, so that I can send you the headphones tomorrow.

williamgoody wrote on 08-16-2003 12:44 AM:
I'll have it out to you tomorrow morning as well.
Bill

greenhorn wrote on 09-08-2003 05:01 AM:
Hi, Bill,
I hope you have received the AKGs and that you like them.
I haven't yet received your amp, when did you send it?
Thanks!

williamgoody wrote on 09-08-2003 01:53 PM:
Hi, Max,
I sent the amp about a day after we said we were going to.
The AKG's are fine.

greenhorn wrote on 09-08-2003 08:34 AM:
Hi, Bill,
How long did it take for the AKGs to arrive?

williamgoody wrote on 09-08-2003 02:51 PM:
I believe it was around two or two and a half weeks.

greenhorn wrote on 09-09-2003 03:52 PM:
A terrible idea crosses my mind: you did not ship it "surface", did you???

williamgoody wrote on 09-10-2003 03:31 PM:
Nope, it went air, like you asked.

greenhorn wrote on 09-16-2003 12:29 PM:
Hi, Bill,
The amp still did not arrive. It's a month today since you have sent it. As you can imagine, I am now very seriously worried.

williamgoody wrote on 09-17-2003 12:12 AM:
Hey Max,
If you want, I'll send the phones back to you.

greenhorn wrote on 09-17-2003 06:02 PM:
Hi, Bill,
Thanks. Let's wait for a couple more days. I strongly hope that it will finally arrive [the amp]...

greenhorn wrote on 09-25-2003 10:13 AM:
Hi, Bill,
The amp did not arrive.
I will therefore have to accept your kind offer to send me the headphones back.

williamgoody wrote on 09-26-2003 02:26 PM:
OK man, you got it. I'll have them back to you this weekend.

greenhorn wrote on 10-07-2003 08:58 PM:
Hi, Bill,
Did you send them?
Thanks!

williamgoody wrote on 10-09-2003 06:49 PM:
Hey Max, they're on the way, shipped and insured, so that this time if something happens, we at least get the cost back.


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I never received them and williamgoody does not reply to my PMs anymore.

Let's recapitulate:

1) I send him a pair of headphones, he's supposed to send me an amp in exchange.
2) He receives the headphones (and confirms it), I do not receive the amp.
3) He proposes to send me the headphones back; I accept. He says he has sent them *insured* - again, I do not receive anything.
4) He doesn't reply to PMs anymore.

I did in the last 5-6 years very many deals with the US (at least 60 or 70 deals, via ebay and outside ebay, including via this forum) and no problems of this kind occurred, NEVER!!!

I therefore conclude that williamgoody is a LIAR and a THIEF.

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It's rather strange to read williamgoody's profile (today 10-12-2003), which includes *both* the pair of AKG K-340 and the Meta 42 Serpac:

"Headphone Inventory: Sony CD3000, Sony D66 "Eggo" ATH EM7, Beyerdynamic DT880, AKG K340, Etymotic 4P (plus 4S converter) {Previously owned} HD600/Carda's, Grado RS1, SR325, SR225. SR80, SR60, Beyerdynamic, 831's. 250-80's, 770's. Sony V6's, and numerous other p

Headphone Amp Inventory: Antique Sound Labs OTL32, Cha-47 (mint tin), Meta 42 (Serpec), Porta Corda II {Previously owned} Corda Prehead, Melos Sha-1, MG Head, Gilmore V1 (antness), Sugden Headmaster"

[Uncledan]

ME too. Bill promise me to trade Philips DVD963SA to my DT880 + some cash. However, I wait and wait for 2 months, nothing had arrived. He said the package may lose, therefore I ask him for refund, then he did not reply my message.

I think it is private stuff, however after I read all you guy experience, I think we all on the SAME boat. I guess we better to report this to Jude or something.

(Since Bill had all good feedbacks before, so I trust him. Now I think Bill cheat on us.)

P.S: I can prove this by all my PM history and paypal invoice.

Also, we better report this to Jude or other moderators.

[MichaelFranks]

I purchased a creative nomad jukebox from williamgoody (quite some time ago) and the transaction went extremely smoothly.

I am posting this experience because of concern expressed by other members. I was not affected in a negative way by the transaction, but, read on if you have time...

I had messaged williamgoody about the item after reading a for sale post he made, which was quite old, but hadn't been marked with a "sold" post yet. He said it was still available, so I paypal'ed and received it in a timely manner.

Once I found out the nomad wasn't compatible with my operating system, I immediately put it back up for sale in the forum. Oddly enough the first person to message me was williamgoody, asking if I wanted to trade something for else for it. No big deal, we audionuts are a fickle group, and william obviously has alot of equipment. I didn't think it was suspsicious until I talked to another member, whose experience was conveyed below.

I mentioned that to him that I really wanted to get cash for it, because there wasn't anything I was really looking for at the time. So a day or two goes by, and a head-fier from singapore (whose name I can't recall) pm's me wanting to buy the unit. I was weary of shipping it overseas, but told him that if he had someone in the states I could mail it to, that I would do that. Then he mentioned to me that he knew shipping overseas was risky, and that he had just bought an identical nomad jukebox from (guess who, williamgoody) and had been informed by him that it was "lost in the mail."

He was not bitter towards william, and assumed (partially due to immaculate feedback) that william was honest and had actually sent the unit.

I confronted williamgoody about the scenario (and informed an administrator that something fishy was going on) and william claimed that he had two units, and was not lying about having shipped the unit.

That is where the whole discussion ended, the moderator wasn't obligated to do anything, especially since the victim wasn't even pursuing the matter, being trustworthy enough to assume william had shipped it. William also told me that this was the last time he would ever ship something out of the US because of the hassle it had caused. II know he has been involved in overseas transactions since then, however.

An interesting story nonetheless, just added for completeness due to the rash of recent inquiries.

[NEO]

I also has a not so positive experience with Bill. I was selling my Beyer DT931 when he said he wanted to buy it and wanted to pay in three installments. I said i can wait 1 week for him to pay in full and i'll ship the headphone out. Another member wanted to buy it right away but since I already promised Bill so i didn't sell it to that member. One week later i pm him and he told me that he completely forgot about it. I felt very doubtful about it since he had asked me for threading the Beyer with his stuff for sometimes even before I posted it in the sell forum. I didn't have problem that he backed out but when he said he forgot about it didn't sound convincing for me.

NEO