anyone deal with polida2008 on eBay?

[chromesphere]

The replacement chips actually worked!!  I agree with some of the points made, they must get a lot of diy'ers burning out chips / using them in a circuit that doesn't work etc.  My negativity to this seller comes from direct communication.  He shouldn't be telling people to do what he told me to do and I suspect if it wasn't for the fact that generally I make medium-ish sized orders for the webstore, perhaps the chips WOULDNT have showed up?

Regardless, be wary of any external communication you get from this guy and that includes the bs email you will receive about 'pay $3 for shipping', after you buy something from him.  If it costs an extra $3 to post something, don't advertise it as free shipping.  That's just misleading.