Yeah I don't have Ebay, but I will talk to bank when I have time
What's happening over at RetropassionUK?
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That is what I am saying he has replied back to me several times but nothing came of it and I really think he has no more purple cases and if that is the case war has been declared!!
What I have done is ordered a purple case from Alinea. It is now on the way, and once I receive it and confirm the color I will give Steve 2 days after break and if no response initiate a chargeback to retropassion. F*** his games.
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He HAS sold purple cases on eBay if you look at the history and to add insult he sold them 9 months after I placed my order on his webstore. What a p***k.
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I tried to order a purple case from Alinea but they turned around and told me they could not ship to the USA at present. I ordered my case in May and recently as 2 months ago he told me he had to charge a xtra 22 pounds because of tariffs which I said fine just bill me to get this order rollin. I have been told on Nov 28 he would bill me the next day, nothing, I was told in the beginning of Dec he was going to take care of it nothing. I went up on he web site now he is on vacation WHAT THE F#ck!!
Well order more ha, this is no excuse, if he has a bunch on Amiga 40, than he has deliberately hold those back and I'm glad I could talk to him there and buy one on the spot, but this not the way to do business!
Hold tight.
Alinea has one of my package on the way as the test case to prove out shipping to USA customers again.
Originally just the AmiGUS card was going to be the test package, then I noticed they had purple cases and added that to my order after explaining the retropassion situation with Simon. The package was just handed off to DHL on the 19'th and DHL are bloody slow. Probably 1-2 weeks before I receive it.
Well Steve went on vacation and when he got back I had sent him another message. I asked him why he has not billed me yet and I felt he does not have the 1200 case in stock. He then cancelled my order and refunded my money after jerking me around since May. This guy is a real work of art and if anyone is thinking about advance ordering the new key boards he is advertising think twice about it because this guy will take your money and sell all the keyboards he finally gets to the easiest sale. When he has them all sold then he will jerk you around until you had enough of his crap. I cannot get the purple 1200 case now because Alinea will not ship to me in USA. Sometimes life just plain sucks!
Same here, still no response paid for a purple case and still nothing, this is the final message, after this I will talk to my bank
Well at least he finally refunded my money but the entire point was I wanted the limited edition case which due to his fuckery he screwed me out of it! It is ok because what we all have to due is hit him where it hurts my first complaint is going to A1200.net then it will be to the kent trading standards!
Look what arrived here in SE Michigan on the 8th of Jan (2 days ago) from Simon @ Alinea. Unboxed this afternoon.
I sent Simon an email that his test shipment to the USA was delivered without issue after being shipped on December December 19th.
Also included in the package was my pre-order for the red AmiGUS Zorro card which I had placed months before the tariff debacle.
In December I added the Translucent Purple Limited Edition case while they were in stock. You have to jump on these things I have learned.
Both were shipped in a proper cardboard outer box, and not just the AmiGUS stuffed into the A1200 box, the A1200 box wrapped up in thin paper like how Retropassion ships their cases off ebay, so you get a damaged A1200 case box by the time it arrives to you. The outer box got damaged, but everything inside arrived pristine.
You might try contacting Simon again early next week.
Good luck.
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I was just about to google the purple case. It's nice but, that color is not for me. I almost bought the Arashi grey/blue one, although i have a strong liking to white cases, not beige but, white. My Wifey would like it though.
I have A1200
Red Case
Black Case
Blue Case(My Fav)
They all are nice with White or Black keyboard
Red Case
Black Case
Blue Case(My Fav)
They all are nice with White or Black keyboard
What gets me. There are complaints about him over on EAB which is his hunting ground for customers (Victims). Yet has the audacity to still put up new Sales threads in the Marketplace section.
But hasn’t addressed the complaints.This takes the piss
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I also have an Asahi Shinkai Blue case, but the motherboard is purple, so.......I have A1200
Red Case
Black Case
Blue Case(My Fav)
They all are nice with White or Black keyboard
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Well I finally had a reply, so it's going to be refunded, so to be continued .....
Let's hope it's sooner rather than later, as his track record in timely refunds is not that great.
I will give him until Friday the 16'th of Jan 2026 to send me a tracking number showing me the package is in the hands of the carrier before I initiate a chargeback.
I would not even bothered, he has no more of the purple cases. When I asked him if he even had any he turned around and cancelled my order after 8 months of holding my money and emails stating he would charge me the difference which he never did.
