onizuka is a well know and well liked member here... he has provided numerous ppl with drama they couldn't find and he has ever received any negative feedback here B4...only satisfied customers...sorry ur experience with him was sour....real sorry...

hope it turns out ok in the end

NO "Good Guy" Posts Here Please.

Please READ The Post Above Carefully In Regards To Posting Here. Then, DELETE Your Post Please, As It Is Not Needed Here.

Unfortunately, Scammers DO Make Numerous Trades Before Turning To Scamming. They Like To Use Those Trades (ie Other Member's Referrals) As Their Main Selling Pitch. They Are Able To Bring In More Funds Over A Period Of Time (At The End) While Delaying And Using Other Member's "Refs" To Buy More Time (To Take More Funds) Before Taking Off.

Do You Know Him Personally? IF NOT, Then Do Not Post Here.
Do You Really Want Your Word Link To This Man?

A Good Rule Of Thumb With Any Dispute:
If You Have So Much Faith In Him, Only Post If: YOU WILL GLADLY MAKE GOOD ON EVERY OUTSTANDING DISPUTE And Allow The Member (In This Case: ganhosi) To Just Worry About Re-Paying You Everything Owed...
Because, I Will Gladly Forward You The PMs And Emails From Those That Have Already Informed Me Of Oustanding Disputes.
OR Do Not Post On Disputes That You Are Not Willing To Clear Up For: "My Good Buddy / Friend That Would Never Steal From Someone, Because I Have Known Him For A Few Weeks/Months, etc." And Otherwise Have No Clue Who The Guy Actually Is And Could Not Identify Him If I Met Him In Public...

Traders That Have Been Around Awhile In The Trading World Know Exactly What Is Going On Here.

If No One Is Willing To Standup Here And Keep Members Accountable For Their Actions (And Protect New Members), Then I Gladly Will...

And It Is Not Only I That ganhosi Has A Dispute With On This Board...

ALSO, Thank You To Those That Actually Read The Post And Have Emailed/PM Me In Regards To This Matter.


Boydness

Maybe This Quote From A PM, That I Received Today After I Posted This Thread, Might Help More People Come Forward, As It Invloves Someone That Had A Few Previous Trades With ganhosi:

"I talked to another member in a similar situation and he got his money back through his credit card company. He told me that the last time Onizuka007 emailed him back was 4 weeks ago. I have had 2 good transactions with him in the past, but I will not defend him. To wait this long without refunds or even an explanation to people is unacceptable."
The PM Was Actually Longer, But Just That Paragraph Illustrates The Extent Of The Disputes.

That Should Give Those That Are Wating To Post/Email/PM Some Idea That They Are Not Alone And Actually How Widespread This Problem is With ganhosi / Onizuka007....


Boydness

For Some Reason, My PM Outbox Is Collecting And Not Actually Sending The PMs...

Those That Offered To Send The Information, And Are Waiting On A Response, Please Send It.
There Seems To Be No Telling When My PMs Will Actually Be Sent To You.


Boydness

Hi

I was asked to write about my experience with Onizuka007 aka [email protected].

As I mentioned in my post under "Free DVD" first posted by Onizuka007,I had sent him paypal payment via my credit card. I did this because its a nice protection for the buyer in case that the seller did not come through with the product. Which in this case, I never got my DVDs or email updates from Onizuka007. With paypal payment via bank transfers, you only have to 1 month for dispute and afterthat, you are out of luck and will never see your money again. I heard good things about Onizuka007 here before placing my order but still I was a little hesitant when someone here is willing to make "free" DVDs . That is the reason why I chose to pay him with paypal via credit card. With the Credit card payment, you have 3 months to dispute the charges . The best way for disputing charges in this situation is directly with your credit card and do not dispute this via paypal directly. You will get the run around and nothing will happen(www.paypalsucks.com). Your credit card will fight this charge, and Paypal will have no choice but to credit your credit card and not directly to your paypal account.

Recently I called my credit card company about the update and they are working on it. My refund will be showing up on my next month's statement.

I have a bad feeling about this Onizuka007 guy and I think he will blow this off if you don't take action within the next month (if you use Paypal direct bank transfer) and if you use credit card (3 months limit).

Hope this info was helpful!

I suggest everyone waiting for Onizuka007 to start trying to recover their money. I've been emailing Onizuka007 for a while and he hasn't responded. I filed a complaint with Paypal and contacted my credit card company for a chargeback. It is now under investigation, but I don't know if I'll ever get my money back. I know there's more than three of us in this position. Just check the Onizuka's original DVD post. I know a lot of you are saying "Onizuka007 will come through." I would have said that too a couple months ago. But what if he doesn't? What then?

I agree with ONI, if you made payment via paypal, contact them now or your credit card company. Its pretty obvious that Onizuka007 never intended on fullfilling the order. This is credit card fraud and your credit card company will need your complain to go after this guy. Paypal already have his address on file so take action now. Good luck!

It is my understanding that there are some traders who are reluctant to post reviews of an individual who has ripped them. This thread, thanx to geoffropuff, is for the sole purpose of identifiying the good and the bad traders, so the scammers wouldn't be ripping another person. Having a reputaion in the trading culture is big and a lot of times that's all a potential trader can go by. If a person would like to trade, but after reading this thread, s/he decides and weights all the criteria and would like to trade with a certain person, past trades are the only thing s/he can judge.

I don't mean to babble, but those of you who have disputes should definitely post, if they have been given enough time. I too was reluctant to post before, b/c i didn't want to give that person a "negative feedback", if you will. But after about 3 months of waiting and still no response, I finally got fed up. I'm not saying to post for no reason, but in my case, he didnn't respond to my email after I've given my stuff for 3 month, that was reason for me to post his name up.

If you feel like you had a situation like this, then by all means post.
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another good resource to use is http://www.heatware.com. Many people trade, buy and sell items and then they leave positive or negative feedback based on their experiences. It's like ebay but no central place. Just refernece to positive and negative experiences.

Just an update on Jae Choe aka Onizuka007

When I was checking on my paypal account to see the status of dispute, I see that the seller (Onizuka007) had responded so that means he is checking his emails and not answering our emails regarding the status. This leads me to think he is a crook. But no matter, my credit card company reversed the charge. Lucky for him or else I would've drive down there to hunt down his sorry ass! If anyone have any questions, email me at [email protected].

that SURE is a long drive from NYC to the the heartland...
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I do it all the time, have businesses throughout the south. I don't like cheats, don't matter to me where he lives ! Us New Yorkers are strange in that way. What can I say? :-)

Why doesn't someone under another name request to have a trade performed to see if he responds? Ask him where to send the money, and if he responds then we kinda know he's a crook, eh?

I was hesitant to post here, but maybe it will help someone else avoid having their money taken so it will be worth it. I don't post alot, in fact ironically I think my only other post was one praising Onizuka after receiving some DVDs from him many many months ago.

Based on that experience, and the fact that he's on the "good seller" list maintained on this site, I didn't hesitate to place another order with him when his updated drama list came out last October.

I placed my order on Oct 23rd. He responded that he was a bit backlogged and it would take about 2-3 weeks. After 4 weeks had passed I sent him an email asking what the current status was. The last email I ever got from him was back on November 24th, when he wrote " I will email you on the status of your disks within a couple of days." But he never did.

Since 11/24/03 I've sent him a couple of emails, but like everyone else posting here he didn't respond to any of them. At first I was worried that he'd been in a car accident, or in the hospital, or something else horrible that was preventing him from responding to our mailings, but since NYC Style has posted that Onizuka is responding to paypal disputes against him, I guess he is just ignoring the rest of us.

Unfortunately, I followed Onizuka's request to "be patient" and now since 2 1/2 - 3 months have passed I cannot file a dispute with paypal. But maybe people reading this will save themselves some money.

I think the jdorama community is wonderful, but it does sadden me to see Onizuka being listed as a good seller even in the face of so many of us losing money.

Hope it all works out in the end.

I don't want to get anyone in trouble so I won't post all the info.
Besides, his place is a rental, so I don't want others to be harmed if he moves away.

Jae W. Choe (27)
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Saint Louis, MO 63141
(314) ___-____

[email protected]
[email protected]

DavidA wrote:

I was hesitant to post here, but maybe it will help someone else avoid having their money taken so it will be worth it. I don't post alot, in fact ironically I think my only other post was one praising Onizuka after receiving some DVDs from him many many months ago. Based on that experience, and the fact that he's on the "good seller" list maintained on this site, I didn't hesitate to place another order with him when his updated drama list came out last October. I placed my order on Oct 23rd. He responded that he was a bit backlogged and it would take about 2-3 weeks. After 4 weeks had passed I sent him an email asking what the current status was. The last email I ever got from him was back on November 24th, when he wrote " I will email you on the status of your disks within a couple of days." But he never did. Since 11/24/03 I've sent him a couple of emails, but like everyone else posting here he didn't respond to any of them. At first I was worried that he'd been in a car accident, or in the hospital, or something else horrible that was preventing him from responding to our mailings, but since NYC Style has posted that Onizuka is responding to paypal disputes against him, I guess he is just ignoring the rest of us. Unfortunately, I followed Onizuka's request to "be patient" and now since 2 1/2 - 3 months have passed I cannot file a dispute with paypal. But maybe people reading this will save themselves some money. I think the jdorama community is wonderful, but it does sadden me to see Onizuka being listed as a good seller even in the face of so many of us losing money. Hope it all works out in the end.

Did you make the paypal payment with your credit card? if so, its not too late to do a chargeback.

As I stated above in my post, Jae responded to Paypal's inquiry. So he is just ignoring all our emails which leads me to believe that this guy is a crook.

Here is the crook's info:

Choe, Jae
1101 Rue la Ville Walk
Saint Louis, MO 63141-6209
(314) 439-5229

Hmm why hasn't this Onizuka guy not responded yet? I would have thought he would want to defend himself, by not doing so makes him look very guilty. Naturally I can't judge him fully because I have never used his service but he is doing himself no favours by hiding way.
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Milkchan wrote:

Hmm why hasn't this Onizuka guy not responded yet? I would have thought he would want to defend himself, by not doing so makes him look very guilty. Naturally I can't judge him fully because I have never used his service but he is doing himself no favours by hiding way.

All Credit Card And Bank Disputes Should Be Processed Very Quickly Now, As PayPal Has No Grounds To Defend The Transactions Any Longer.

I, Also, Would Like To See Him Post Why He Ripped Off More Than 2 Dozen People For (What Totals) More Than A Couple Of Thosand Dollars. (Numbers Based On Those That Have Contacted Me And Those That We Know About)
I Doubt That He Will Ever Post Again, Unless He Uses A New Member ID And Starts The Scam Over Again. (But, He Knows That I Will Be Watching For That, Of Course). Maybe He Will Just Continue Trading Will All Those People That Still Thinks He's So Great.

He Will Be Handled, Just Like Anyone Else That Attempts The Same Thing...


Boydness

well that's the thing isn't it. If he was silly enough to leave his address then he can be followed up on this. I can understand one or two complaints from people but 2 dozen just says he's scamming folk.
I hope you guys get this sorted in the end and this makes other internet traders etc look bad because who is to know who you can trust. I've been on these boards for a short while but the people here seem trustworthy but it just shows there are still those out there who have no shame.
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Buruburu and amrayu delivered package as promise and i highly recommend them to anyone.

I looked at amrayu's page and there's a lot dramas I want to order but I wondered if he/she puts all of the dramas on DVDs because on the main page it says "Anything on my list can be transferred to DVD-r" but on the list page it says "All dramas will be put on DVD format eventually..current dramas in DVD format: SUmmer snow, beautiful days, Hero, TO Heart, GTO, Hotelier, Autumn in my Heart" so I was confused if all the dramas can be on DVD or just those listed, but since you've ordered from there I thought I'd ask if they're all available on DVD, I'll still probably order but I just like watching dramas on my TV better than on the computer. Thank you.