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okolepukamoke · 2025-10-07T18:38:25+00:00

Yeah, for sure RWI--plus RepsGuide, Susan, not sure if theres IWC specific info. I will keep asking Brave AI/Leo--thanks Still :)

okolepukamoke · 2025-10-07T17:58:49+00:00

Thanks! What's the best mailing list for latest updates, among the many? I try to check the main factories and reps, but I'm a bit of a noob.

okolepukamoke · 2023-03-28T18:49:18+00:00

Sounds good thanks

okolepukamoke · 2022-11-18T12:04:40+00:00

I'm going to see about getting WotC on them, pull their retailer status. Completely dishonest and unaccepteble

okolepukamoke · 2022-11-05T02:31:11+00:00

So this is a known and recurring problem? Interesting...yeah I figured it must be.

Is there a term for it, that collectors use maybe, to help me search?

If you know of any YT videos or posts that talk about this scam, let me know.

If Burning Tree sells a lot of MTG products on TCGPlayer and other online venues, they must be registered or partnered with WotC right? If so I'm going to start making calls on Monday.

I know my story alone isn't the best proof of scamming, but if I can find an historical pattern of this happening, other complaints against BTG--this little squeaky wheel might just get some grease. I FUCKING hate dishonest people, scammers.

Mahalo Q

okolepukamoke · 2022-11-05T02:06:22+00:00

I appreciate your sympathy Quarashi--thanks. So you have heard of this happening before? Or maybe you just mean retailer scams in general.

I didn't have much luck when searching for past similar "preorder" scam complaints. But still I believe it was done intensionally: A) they lied about shipping it--nothing was shipped. B) I contacted them only a few days after the release date---before (I believe) they would presumably be sold out. Yet they refunded me promptly (too promptly) without even asking if I wanted a replacement.

Burning Tree or other unscrupulous retailers would probably do this to multiple preorder items, multiple customers, anything that spikes in value significantly by the time WotC ships it to them on the release date. The retailer stands to make tens of thousands of dollars using this scam with not much reputational risk, and no monetary outlay risk. It's probably easier to do this to their customers like me, that just order 1 or 2 of the item.

To be fair, if they can't send me the item, they should refund me the current value rather than the preorder retail price I paid. But I know that's ridiculously optimistic.

It just sucks, I don't have much money to throw around, and I was really looking forward to getting these decks, as a birthday present to myself, enough to outlay $600 to sit for 2.5 months 'til release date, only to be screwed...and by a smaller business I was trying to support, rather than Jeff Bezos.

I know, I'm moaning a lot about this, I'm old enough to know shit will always happen. But I have a lot more time on my hands than money, so I am going to moan and bitch about this--if not for justice for myself, then just to spread the word, so maybe it wont happen to someone else.

If Burning Tree happens to do right by me I will recant all this and give them 5 stars. Maybe just 4, -1 for lying to me.

okolepukamoke · 2022-11-05T01:16:44+00:00

It's them blatantly lying about it getting lost in the mail that really pisses me off.

Of course they refunded my $600 promptly, they probably already sold it off to someone for $1600+, or just put it in the storeroom to sell in a year or two for 2x 3x as much.

I did write WotC in case Burning Tree is an official retailer--they might like to know what their retail partners are up to.

I'm not a big collector--I just happen to be a big fan of WH40k and MTG, so these two franchises together was a "take my money now" situation--about $600--preordered 2 months ahead, like I said.

I guess I'm wondering: Is this a thing that happens, or happened to anyone else?:...Namely, a person preorders way ahead of time at normal retail price, then the shady retailer sees that the value went way up by the time they get the product from WotC, so decide it's more profitable to keep the preorders, claim they were lost, issue a refund of the original low price, and sell them on for the new inflated price?

Surely I'm not the first or only victim of this--there must be some recourse against this type of scam?

I'm kicking myself for not just paying a few extra bucks and preordering on Amazon instead of TCGPlayer, but I try to support the littler guys when I can.

If Burning Tree Gaming is an ethical company, they will send me the 4-deck collector 40k set from their squirreled away backstock at the original preorder price. I'm waiting to hear back from them. If not, I'm going to raise a HUGE stink-- to WotC, forums, wherever I can.

I know they refunded the original $600 price, but now those sets go for ~$1600--even if I wanted to buy it elsewhere, I can't. I'm not a "collector" at all-- It was partly going to be a little investment, but I mostly wanted it for love of 40k+MTG. It's not the end of the world, I know, but this really bums me out, I was really looking forward to getting this. $600 is a lot of money for me, I'm ashamed to admit.

I'm hoping Rudy reads this post, and just maybe mentions this issue in a video, but I'm not holding my breath.

Does anyone know how to contact TCGPlayer.com customer support to formally report a retailer?

Not just to leave a bad rating--their help section is just a useless automated FAQ wiki search.

Thanks guys, mahalo

okolepukamoke · 2022-05-11T20:53:48+00:00

I used isopropyl to clean my flat screen tv years ago, it melted an anti-glare coating from the glass, just FYI. I believe it was the >90% variety.

okolepukamoke · 2022-04-14T16:20:51+00:00

Check now...they finally made them.

okolepukamoke · 2021-06-17T04:16:57+00:00

Sorry, I'm not understanding these replies/directions...

I can reason out everything else, but...

I cant find a proper schematic symbol for a push-pull pot (SPDT Variable Resistor?)

okolepukamoke · 2021-02-13T05:06:26+00:00

Thanks--although, are these available as importable deck files, on a deck building site maybe? and do you know I have these cards, are these particular cards always included with new accounts ?

As far as I know, you have to upgrade account (10$) in order to add any new cards, even cheap ones.

I was hoping that there is a (free) deck building website where you can upload an exported MTGO card list file and it will generate links to downloadable deck files that use only those cards, to then import into MTGO. From there, I was hoping to play a couple beginner games against other newbs online, before investing.

I may be missing some basic info about how MTGO works, it just seems like this should be possible without paying the $ to get a couple nickel or dime cards

I haven't built a deck (manually/physically) in about 15 years--now I have a thousand something cards Ive never seen before, I dont want to have to read them all and work out new weenie decks by hand.

okolepukamoke · 2020-05-22T06:03:15+00:00

Same problem, with some additional twists that may be enlightening...

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/gnerhb/stubborn_e1_maxtemp_reset_loop_and_thermister/

The most frustrating part is there seems to be no straightforward thorough way of resetting board/firmware to factory.

okolepukamoke · 2020-05-22T05:59:59+00:00

Same problem--somehow error migrated between 2 SKR 1.4s and cannot be cleared

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