Ghost Stores on the interwebs

[+Swami]

Have you ran across retro-gaming/-electronics/-hardware ghost stores on the interwebs? Stores that have what you want and will let you put it in your cart, but will never answer e-mails and/ or your order is forever pending even if PayPal sent your money? I have found three. Last one I did finally get an answer through a guy who new the store owner.

www.next-level.nl
www.playstar.pt
http://www.adamcon.org/cartridge.html

Granted, it does not help that I wish to avoid international calls to people who may not speak English

[Rockin' Kat]

I ordered some special video cables from some place a few years ago. After two weeks of no shipments and no email replies I just put in a PayPal dispute and got my money back.

[nanochess]

It's sad but http://atari2600.com/ moved everything to eBay and ceased to updated the store.

 

I bought some things before this happened.

[+Swami]

I ordered some special video cables from some place a few years ago. After two weeks of no shipments and no email replies I just put in a PayPal dispute and got my money back.

 

The second one, playstar, required a Paypal dispute. The last one refunded my money after finally getting in touch with them through a third party. The first was the latest. I e-mailed them first to see if I'd get an answer before ordering.

[+Swami]

It's sad but http://atari2600.com/ moved everything to eBay and ceased to updated the store.

 

I bought some things before this happened.

 

Yeah. They had a great inventory.

[+atari2600land]

Goat Store seems to be one now. Last updated in January.

[Seob]

Cannot remember if i have ever ordered from next-level, but they seem to be a legit company. They have a Dutch chamber of commerce number so they see legit.

[+Swami]

Cannot remember if i have ever ordered from next-level, but they seem to be a legit company. They have a Dutch chamber of commerce number so they see legit.

 

But they don't appear to answer e-mails...

[Seob]

That is bad business. To bad because they Deen to have nice stuff.

[BassGuitari]

Goat Store seems to be one now. Last updated in January.

 

No, it's not. The owners are also the organizers of Midwest Gaming Classic, which is only a few weeks away now.

 

Believe me, they didn't go anywhere.

[Rick Dangerous]

Collectors Cards and Stuff. His eBay is super active but his website is a ghost town...which is a shame because the inventory is great. Why not just take it down?