I will speak neither good nor ill of CK. It is a shame though that some individuals have had these negative experiences.
I’ll just say that it is easy to disconnect the online world with “the real world.” It is one thing to state facts such as not receiving a light or goods/services in a timely manner (or at all). To bring that to light and advise others not to have business transactions is perfectly fine and prudent.
But to call out the character of someone that you have no in-person dealings with is shaky territory. Life catches up with all of us at one time or another. Perhaps legitimate life situations have come up for CK. I hope whatever he/she is going through gets resolved.
Peace
Edit: please don’t take this as me condoning CK’s actions. What has been reported is very serious and needs to be dealt with appropriately.
It’s people like you that keep me honest. I now have to go turn in that money I found on the sidewalk.
The shame about all this is they have boundless imagination and decent skills to make their creations come to light. Maybe that’s part of the disease that fails them.
Some people have psychological problems that are invoked by the right trigger. Otherwise, they’d be normal & considerate people. What happens when the trigger kicks in, is a significant perspective shift. The break in communication may not necessarily be due to malfeasance. It could even come down to irrational fear, if someone is struggling to adhere to a promised schedule. People like this sometimes “return”, and duly apologize, then make good on outstanding debts. Other times, the shame is just too intense and they run away. I didn’t interact with CK, so I’ve no idea if this is applicable to him. Hopefully there will be an atonement & revelation of why he shut down on his obligations this way.
C_K is a very skilled flashlight modder, he made me a driver once and sent me some parts, that was done in a careful way with some bonus parts too. The fact that he does know what he is doing and that there are good experiences dealing with him too, makes it tempting to do business with him, but there have been reports of deals going wrong for a couple of years already.
I can confirm that Cereal_killer / TrueRMS is the same real world person, I have cross checked with someone who bought something from Cerial with my TRMS shipping info
Cross-posted from the sale thread: I have been busy with moving over the last few weeks, but much to my surprise, the promised light arrived (luckily forwarded from my old address.) So although late, OP did come through, and he included a bonus light presumably to try to make the situation right. No communication, but he held up his end of the bargain, so as I said I am removing the derogatory information. I am only one person, but from my point of view although the lack of communication is very concerning, I consider the matter closed to my satisfaction.
I have only had one dealing with CK. All went very well but, he did mention having some severe issues with someone on BLF. I know just a little bit of what it was about but, it’s not really my story to tell so I won’t. This was back in late October 2019. I have no clue if this is the reason for his current status as a seller. I hope all is well with him and I hope everything will get worked out for everyone owed money or product.
As it is with gchart, I don’t condone those practices either. I think ordinary people sometimes get mixed up with extraordinary situations and don’t know how to rectify the issues. It’s a difficult world to stay grounded on sometimes. Everyday that passes seems to increase that difficulty.
It’s entirely possible that he had moved, but I have a shipping address from Dan in Columbus, OH. And I think from an old conversation from him that he was younger (had little kids, perhaps).
There was a big thread about CK on CPF in the cheers and jeers section. It is not there anymore after one of the crashes there. Basically some people got burned and posted about it. They knew his identity too.
traviskeese00 is a scammer that recently appeared on CPF
google shows he also scams other forums, so keep an eye out to avoid him if he shows up here
his modus operandi is, he sent me a photo of a light for sale. He wanted me to pay by venmo. I said I would only use Paypal. His paypal was not working, but he fixed it after I messaged him (via CPF PM)
So I paid by Paypal G&S. He then denied receiving the payment, and failed to respond to any emails sent to the same payment email.
I immediately put a stop payment on the credit card that feeds my paypal, and initiated a dispute with paypal for non receipt of goods (there is no category for “seller denies receiving payment”). Shortly after I got a refund. Obviously the seller had LIED when he said he had not received the payment.
I think the reason I got a refund was because I used Paypal Goods and Services, NOT friends and family, and NOT Venmo.