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Username: G_Prime Name: (name) Email: (email)

Bio Games Music Movies Collection Ratings Trades

Location: .muskoka, Ontario, Canada Canada
Recent Ratings: excellent [100.0%] [10 ratings]
Overall Ratings: excellent [99.9%] [165 ratings]
Trades: with 169 Different Traders (187 total trades) [+1 pending]
Offer Response Time: 11.8 hours (0.5 days)
Last login: on 6-Nov-2009 at 9:44pm
Subscriber: since 2-Jan-2002
Member since: 28-Feb-1999
http://gametz.com/user/G_Prime.html
Incidents Reported: 2
Page Hits: 12 today (216 in the last 30 days)
Deal Preference: Trade or Sell
Offers: send an offer or view previous offers

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Likes: Soft, cuddly animals (with mustard on rye, and a side of fries).
Dislikes: Not getting responses to emails, even just to say "No thanks".

Quote: "Moo like you know me...."

Comment (last update: 27-Oct-2009 11:09pm)

Thanks for checking out G_Prime's GameTZ Homepage

CURRENTLY PLAYING

Civilization IV
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
Bauldur's Gate 2
Call of Duty: World at War

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Retail boxes are preferred, but not essential - manuals are a must. I will accept OEMs for the right deal.

Please don't ask me to buy your game, it's irritating. I might buy the odd game, but I'll contact you if I'm interested in buying it.

Please don't offer to buy my game, unless your offer is of such magnitude that it would make the heavenly skies sing with voices of angels, grown men weep, and convince John Goodman to swear off double cheese burgers with bacon for the rest of his life. I will sell a game, but please don't waste my time with ridiculous offers.

If you don't have an established trade history, be prepared to ship first.

There's always a fairly good chance that you have something that I want, but I don't have it listed on my Wanted Page, so feel free to make any trade offers. If you see something you like, go ahead and make an offer... you never know. The worst thing that will happen is getting a "No thanks" email response. I'll always respond to trade offers one way or another, as it's only common courtesy. Please make sure any correspondence is clearly marked GameTZ in the message title, as there's a good chance that, by not doing that, your email will get tossed along with the other 15 or 20 spam messages that seem to show up every day.

Don't bother to ask me to send first, it isn't going to happen. If I know you, or if I know other people which you've traded with in the past, then shipping at the same time will never be a problem. If you have an established trading history, I will not likely insist that you send first, but if you have a BTR, less than 10 trades, or I get the impression that I'm dealing with someone who's a complete dickhead, I'm probably going to want you to ship first. I've dealt with lots of 14 year olds who are complete pro's, and also had trade offers from people who may be three times that age, and conduct themselves as complete pinheads.

Last, but not least, if we agree to ship on a certain day, and something happens that you can't ship, please let me know right away. It probably won't be big deal, but if you say you're going to send on one day, and end up sending 3 or 4 days later without letting me know, you run a good risk of getting an unacceptable rating from me. Please keep the lines of communication open until both ends of the deal have arrived, and both of us are satisfied.

Attention: Traders from outside of Canada

When you fill out the Customs Declaration when you're sending your game, always mark the item with a reasonable declared value...normally I would suggest $10.00 or less. I always do the same thing, and it saves both of us having to pay additional Customs charges when the game arrives. While it's debatable that paying tax for used items is justifiable (for instance, if I buy a used wheelbarrow or used coffee cup, no taxes are levied), it's actually besides the point; the amount of tax on the actual value of a used game is really quite minimal. It amounts to a buck or two...I don't have a problem with that.

What people seem to fail to comprehend that it's the Customs processing fee that's the issue. Of the 8 or 10 dollars collected in Customs charges, the tax portion is a buck or two; it's the processing fee that's up to five times this amount. This is not a tax - it's extortion!....LOL. This is quite simple to avoid in the first place by using what's considered to be a simple and reasonable thought process before shipping.

I would certainly not ask someone to do anything illegal, but the last time I checked, being reasonable isn't illegal (yet). While you and I may have an increased personal value of our items, these are used games folks - they're value is not retail.

So........ if Customs charges are due when your game arrives, and the declared value claimed is NOT reasonable, your game will be refused. Claiming a declared value of a $10 game as retail can easily cost over $8 in Customs charges. No more - I won't pay.**

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