Fett Props, Avoide them!!!!!

I contacted Fett Prop Artist in early July about a set of Boba Fett fiberglass armor for $180.00usd being his best set he offers. I sent him 3 payments, $40, $40, and $100.00. The last payment he received was on August 10. He said that I was 4th in line and would work on mine when he finished the others and that I would have it mid-September. I was like ok, that seems long to wait, but ok. Mid-September, still nothing. Sent him an email, asking about the armor, he said i would have it soon. Now October i sent him an email asking about it again, expressing the feeling of being coned. He said that he shipped it out a few days ago and not to worry. He said that I would have it by October and I would....even though it was already after October. When I received it, it was shipped from schubby's galactic props, someone on ebay that makes armor and sells it for $65usd. No offense to shubby, the armor is good for $65, not for $180. I emailed Fett props again asking about it, and he would not respond. Unfortunately for me, its too late for paypal to do anything about this matter, even though I received an item that isn't what it was said to be. I am very disappointed about this, especially from someone that is a member of the dented helmet. I have included pictures of the armor.



please not the neck piece and how small it is







the cod piece is for like a ten year old

Is this the guy who supposedly had his own website and was using pics of everyone elses stuff? Wasn't this the guy that got called on it, and couldn't provide proof of his build ups and work? All of a sudden he disappeared. Is this that guy?

Yep the same.

He supposedly made me a Boba Fett vest, but it turned out that he just put in an order to Bobamaker, but it turns out that I got the best of him on that one by talking the price way down. Saved more money than I would have buying it straight from DAZ. The only good thing that happened when I dealt with him was that. The gauntlets that I got from him were a total piece, and it might be noted that they were ruffkin gauntlets that fett prop artist supposedly painted, not sure if that was true or not. I am not really sure what the guy was trying to accomplish.

man i feel your pain, im glad you posted pic so others wont make the same mistake. i was gonna buy from him but he up and left all of a sudden you should sell it (at a loss) and get something better. but thats just my thoughts

john

Wow, I was following the guy on all his posts. Man, that guy has balls eh? Thx for posting the pics...

Yeah enough balls to sell other peoples work and credit the work as his own. I knew that there was no way that someone could have so many diverse projects going on at the same time.

Thats awful. I hope that guy gets his comeuppance. If your looking for a good set of armor (my opinion), you should try wickedbeard. He paints it and it's made of metal. I actually have a set.

he did say that he was selling ruffkins, but never about the other stuff. but i just cant believe this is what i got for the price....and i am happy to put the pictures up for others to see. its the least i can do....and i am thinking of selling it. try and do some better damage to it and repaint it. here is a set of trashcan i made





Notice how the missile changes size....hehe




what is really a bummer is that i just graduated high school in June, i just lost my job, looking for another one, and i am trying to go to college in January. but oh well, got coned by this guy and bloodsports....maybe i should just stop buying parts and keep making my own. My friend fosterkeri on the boards wants me to make him a jodo kast...so i guess i am gunna just keep working on making and maybe selling later on......

Don't lose faith, just don't buy from ebay. You can find everything here. If you want to know someone's credibility, do a search on their name.

man, that's rough. fett prop artist always worried me a bit... just seemed a bit... i dunno, shady? so he was basically just buying other peoples' stuff and marking it up? lame...

eventually you get to know the names to trust and the names not to. i remember early on wondering if that fettpride guy was any good

sorry you had to be the victim of this, but thanks for sharing the info!

oh, and on a totally different note, when i read the subject "Fett Props, Avoid Them", my first thought was "you know, that's probably not bad advice at all."

Sorry to hear you got conned. FPA did a number on us. He had me post links to him on my website too. That was until we all found out he was ripping other people off. I hope you manage to salvage something from this.

Yeah I knew that they were ruffkins to begin with, thats why I bought them, but the paint job that he did was total **** and I actually had to do the rest to make them look respectable.

that sucks bro...man that guy needs to be taught a lesson by like 85 boba fetts.....i mean al you guys!
just show up at his house one day...and WATCHA NINJA STYLE

Originally Posted by Jango newbie

Is this the guy who supposedly had his own website and was using pics of everyone elses stuff? Wasn't this the guy that got called on it, and couldn't provide proof of his build ups and work? All of a sudden he disappeared. Is this that guy?

Yeah, I called him on it a while ago when he was promoting his site. He claimed that his armour was made directly from the WOF templates but did not have the permission to use them. The pictures he posted of his armour were Fettpride Armour I believe... he left TDH by choice and not by force.

That armour he sold you looks like ebay armour... I wouldn't be surprised if he bought it straight from ebay and sold it to you. I make armour and I put a lot of work into what I do, if a customer isn't satisified, I feel like I failed and try to fix the problem any way possible.

We should find out who he really is.

Unfortunately, I did business with him back in July. He bought some of my old MB armor and a BN vest.

I've got his info though--he paid through paypal. So if anyone wants to go visit him....

LOL that would be a suprise for him. When I ordered a few things from him it took forever to get it. I hounded him with email after email with his promises that the stuff was in the mail. Well it did eventually get in the mail after I told him I was about to open up a dispute with Paypal.

I've always thought about buying from him, but I've never heard anything about a purchase from his website. This here today is the only negative reaction I've ever seen.

A feature stolen from ebay, but his average rating is now:
(1
Seller: FettPropArtist (1 )
Feedback: 0% Avoid Me

its been long after 45 days, is it still possible to open a dispute?

There really aren't a lot of people on this board that are like this seller. He is no longer on the boards, to our knowledge, and this would also create a situation where a member might get fed up with a seller after they take a longer than normal amount of time to deliver an item. I think it just kind of leaves a lot of what ifs to be answered when you blacklist someone, and what would keep them from coming back to the boards under a different name time and time again. I do think that there should be some kind of new member approval that goes on though. Because as it is now anyone is able to register on TDH, and I think that is why we have seen an increase in the number of spammers over the past 3-4 weeks (which the mods have been doing a great job dealing with). That is just my thoughts on the matter.

I did sell him a few sets of gauntlets, He had approached me about selling mine through his site and I figured why not. Then all this happened on TDH with his site and he wouldn't show any pictures of his work. Guess now we know why. Anyway, I no longer sell to him so if anyone else gets something from him claiming to be mine then they are not mine(at least not from me)

Originally Posted by Ruffkintoy

I did sell him a few sets of gauntlets, He had approached me about selling mine through his site and I figured why not. Then all this happened on TDH with his site and he wouldn't show any pictures of his work. Guess now we know why. Anyway, I no longer sell to him so if anyone else gets something from him claiming to be mine then they are not mine(at least not from me)

Yeah I knew that they were a set of yours, but he just did the worst job painting them and "weathering" them. lol

Originally Posted by Ruffkintoy

I did sell him a few sets of gauntlets, He had approached me about selling mine through his site and I figured why not. Then all this happened on TDH with his site and he wouldn't show any pictures of his work. Guess now we know why. Anyway, I no longer sell to him so if anyone else gets something from him claiming to be mine then they are not mine(at least not from me)

The ones he is selling now are probably recasts of yours. The are made of kinda thin ABS or styrene.

Makan, we suffer from the same problem. Guys our size have a hard time getting armor pieces and flak vests to fit right. We're made to suffer its our lot in life.
That armor you bought really looks bad though. We should convince BM to make a plus size set of armor in fiber glass. I would buy that first in line.

the pictures of the armor that is on me is trash can i made....is it that off? i used wizard of flights temps for 6'0" and im like 6'1".........i think i am just gunna keep it for awhile

That armor looks great for trashcan! Im around the same size as you and while some could accuse me of going too big with the chest pieces and they might be right by 1/2 inch overall I find it looks better than the templates designed for a Calvin Klein model. No offense to you skinny guys.

i like it, i cant wait to start making my friends jodo kast, that is gunna be awesome. i have to get pics of my jetback, posterboard, foamboard, and pvc pipes.....

How big is plus size? Here's my armor, I'm 6' about 225 or so. It is good for bigger people, It's not FG though its vacuformed.

Originally Posted by Ruffkintoy

How big is plus size? Here's my armor, I'm 6' about 225 or so. It is good for bigger people, It's not FG though its vacuformed.

Are the pouches attached to your girth belt? Just wondering how you got them under your leather belt?

I have industrial strength sticky back velcro on the back of my ammo pouches and regular sew on velcro on the loops of the cloth pouches.

I love the WOF templates, you can fit them to your exact height

Originally Posted by Makan

its been long after 45 days, is it still possible to open a dispute?

I believe it is. But if it's not past 90 days, you may be able to open a dispute with your credit card company assuming you paid with a credit card.

ruffkin, i heard great stuff about you from fosterkeri, i think might be wanting to buy some guantlets from you

Ruffkin i really like your chest! (Hmm that sounds a little odd doesnt it?)
To answer your question im 6:0 at 195 lbs but i cant seem to get chest armor that works right for me I either come out looking fat
or the armor looks too big. Its massively annoying.

Man I am glad that I didn't buy any armor from this guy while he was around. I would have been extremely disappointed.

I guess I've just been lucky thus far as no one has shafted me as you certainly were. What I've done is to try and email the person several times just to try and build some kind of repoir with them and basically see if their credible and honest folks and not someone telling you what you want to hear so they can burn you in some, well ANY way they can...In the end you're always taking the chance, but if someone does even the slightest thing that makes you uneasy about a sale, don't do it and trust your instincts. That's about the best we can all do in the end I guess...

However I do find it highly commendable that you personally didn't try and pawn the armor etc you got from him onto someone else. If only everyone had similar ethics as you...