3DFX Voodoo5 that wasn't meant to be for me 

I hope this Voodoo 5 didn't ruin your passion for retro tech, we miss you!

Two years ago I put up a listing in my Home country (Sweden) that I wanted to buy retro PC stuff. Then a guy gifted me a box of parts containing among other items a Voodoo 5 5500 and Soundblaster AWE 64 Gold. He refused to take any kind of payment and threatened to throw the items in the bin if I didnt want them. I took the box, so sometimes things that seem too good to be true are in fact true :)

I miss you and your videos, bro... Come back, please... I hope you're well ♥

Hope you're okay out there man

really hope you'll find the spark to do videos again. thanks for all of these.

Hey man, I really miss you. I hope you're doing good. Obviously, you don't have to owe anyone a detailed explanation, on why you haven't uploaded for a while, but could you at least post something like "Hey, I'm busy at the moment, so there won't be any upcoming videos for an undisclosed while." in the community tab? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to harass you, but a little insight on the current state of this channel would be much appreciated. Please don't feel pressured by my comment and take the time you need. If you return making videos again at some point that would be awesome, if not, that's okay too. It's your decision after all. But it'd be nice, if you could tell us about the future of this channel. Thanks in advance.

RetroSpector78 where are you? Missing your video's, hope all is well. P.S. greetings from the UK

Hopefully all is going well, your videos have been an awesome watch!

where are you my friend??

hope all is well

We miss you, man. Hope everything is okay!

Its been more than a year since RetroSpector78 posted a video. Anyone know whats going on?

Hello, can't wait for new videos, Hope everything Is all right!

hope everything is ok looking forward to more videos from you :)

Hey Dave!!... we miss you man!! 🙋‍♀​.... hope you are okay🥺​

We need new videos, watching the videos like reruns and really miss the videos

We miss you bro.

I totally agree with you about once sold it is sold and I keep my word. What is also frustrating is when I have an item listed on ebay, someone outbids other buyers and then backs out after the auction ends. . Then the previous bidders will not bid when the item is relisted because they think it is a scam. ugh..

I hope you will continue to create new video content!

So it’s been about 8 months, does anyone know what’s going on?

I shot him a message on Twitter. We'll see if he responds! Definitely miss his content. ❤️

Are we ever gonna see RetroSpector78 again? Has anyone around here heard from him?

Hello! I hope you are all right, because there have been no new videos on the channel for a long time

I wouldn’t have bleeped out their names. If they do this crap to you, they’ll likely do it to others. Reminds me of the mess that is Facebook Marketplace. Makes eBay look professional.

This video was rated mature, but edited for tv and is now suitable for all audiences.

I’m glad you got your money back. I almost got taken for $75 from a guy selling GPUs sold as a lot. It didn’t mention all of them but there were some descent ones listed. When I got the box it had around 25 cards in the box but all but 2 were dead cards. There were broken off capacitors floating around in the box. I had to fight for a refund but luckily eBay easily sided with me after seeing the pictures and because the GPUs lot was sold as used not for parts.

You are missed.

Well at least you got your money back. I "bought" a Roland CM-32l for 150€ in a similar way. Payed the money and it was gone. :( Sad world we live in.

Are you OK? I Miss your videos.

Hope you come back soon

RETROSPECTOR COME BACK TO US WE NEED YOU

When will be new videos coming?

What a horrible experience! Thank you for making this video. I didn't think about searching for images.

Sometimes you find good people selling and other ones just find people with "lack of morality". I have been scammed twice by online sellers one that sold me a "Working" and 939 mother board and surprise! It didn't work, when I tried to contact him he just blocked my phone number, stop answering from Facebook market place actually he just blocked me from everywhere. The second one was a pair of used foglights for my car, I was on a rush because I needed those for my car's anual inspection and without them the inspection cannot be passed, so I make the mistake to send the money and he didn't send me the foglights, the most stupid deal that I have ever done. But at least I learned. In fact you are right, it is and feels therapeutic. You have my support, great video!

It's true. There are absolutely amazing deals to find out there. A while back I posted on a local "freecycling" site that I was looking for old computers. Picked up a 486, Pentium 133 and about 6 boxed games for free. Well, I'm glad you got your money back!

would love to see some new content, hope you're doing well!

Great storytelling and investigative work there!

Hi, like your videos….have you stopped making them or just taking a break?

This happened to me as well when going to get an Amiga that was literally 10 minutes drive. I was the first to respond and told him I would bring cash that very moment. And when I asked for an address he seemed to ghost me.... About an hour later he responded to me and said he got a message from someone asking for a few pictures and was willing to pay substantially more if it had what he suspected it had. Given that the amiga did have said upgrades, the other person offered him something crazy like $1500 for it. So he grabbed it. Which led to the guy being really apologetic to me and asking if he could have my email for transfer and he would give me some money for my time. As he stated he was a man of his word and such, but he was also a little hard up for some money. He sent me $100 and told me that he felt bad breaking a deal. And told him to not be as he made out pretty good. And I felt like I would have been ripping him off had I seen the upgrades upon picking it up.

It's been a little while since your last clip. I hope you're still out there keeping well!

For ebay listings the sell wizard has an option to pick info from other listings, which includes images. This way the seller can skip adding specs and pictures.

hey, RS, are you still with us? miss your content

this is why i find it hard to sale some of my retro tech i have. I sold a retro sound card. It was a popular card for retro gaming. It worked 100%. I tested it for weeks before selling it. it was in fact from my old retro rig. So to the point, Card sales and everything seems fine, then after a few weeks I get a claim that the card isn't working. then the money is ripped from my account refunded and i am left with no card to verify that its broken and no money. it's a shady scam that has just caused me to close my vault of old tech. what has happened to honor in this world?

Jeeeeez..that's a bummer indeed......I can understand your disappointment ...lucky you got your money back.... Reminds me to be more vigilant when I go on that site here in Belgium...especially when browsing for vintage stuff....thx for sharing the experience !

RIP channel.

Where are you my friend...

Sorry to hear it, dude! Thanks for the video.

It is really not fun anymore to buy or sell stuff. Dozens of ways to get scammed, it has gotten so bad… I remember the good times when I didn’t have a single bad buying or selling experience in years. These days you have to be so suspicious of every single transaction that it isn’t fun anymore. 😞

I too have been missing this channel and wondering why the sudden silence from him after this video. An observation I made is that this video although released last actually appears to predate heaps of previous videos. If you look at some of the dates shown in various listings it appears to have taken place around July 2021. The video released prior to this one has a comment from him 5 months ago. So it appears he released the Voodoo 5 video about one year after the events within occurred and then no comments nor further videos from him. Very strange.

Long time since your last video now. Taking a long break, or..?

Hi RetroSpector78, are you okay? Please send news. Miss your videos

Very good you posted this Video. I had similar experience at Marktplaats, but also on eBay. Also for 6 euro you cannot drive to the other side of Belgium and back.

Pls come back 💔

Thanks for the warning! Good vid.

RetroSpector are you alive over there???

Thankfully I haven't been through anything like this in years as either a buyer or a seller outside of eBay.

i also had one of those cards back them... cause it was not keeping with newer games back in the day, I sold it for 10€ or 15€... if i only knew...

I used to have one....I wish I would have kept it! I don't even remember who I gave it to.

At least you got your money back, so it's not a TOTAL scam. But this is pretty shady. What's worse is people are profiting and potentially scamming people based on the popularity of 3dfx products (and retro PC parts in general). It really tarnishes the enjoyment of the hobby, and it's not an easy or cheap hobby to begin with.

This GPU may have not been meant for you, but this channel is definitely meant for me :P

I once got a boxed voodoo banshee for £35. Snapped it within minutes of it going live on ebay. The next day I woke up to the sale being cancelled and after I checked it was relisted at £250... No contact or anything.. I did have the opposite once where a seller was selling a box of ISA cards and I saw an AWE32 and simply asked if I won could he wrap that card in something just to stop it bashing around with the others. Obviously that made him look into that card more and he saw how much they were selling for. That was when he sent me a message congratulating me on the bargain and that he would pack it well!

I'm glad to hear that you got your money back!

This was not like one of your usual videos… but it was your funniest!

That is why we have an option to pay to the courier on receiving the package at the location (payment on delivery), then they give money to seller if everything is ok and you want to keep the package. No money where lost and you get the chance to see what you get and change the price on the go if the seller hide some defects ;)

I will give this video a like to make you feel better dude! 😁👍

In the USA if you send a money order and the person doesn't send you the item you purchased it's considered mail fraud with pretty serious penalties.

Hey people out there, does anybody know what's up with this channel? I'm seriously concerned as there's been no new content or update since last summer. Hope nothing's wrong with our friend.

The guy maybe just needed some temporary cash and that was an easy way to get it? Obviously he didn't even have the card but as long as he paid you back in a week then he can get away with it again with someone else? Dunno, but yeah, people like that piss me off too. Glad you got your money back and made this video!

I'm missing your videos

I cant believe some people. So sorry you had to go through that.

The scariest and creepiest things with this RU-vid AI. the guy has vanished quite a long ago but YT still pushes and promotes his videos. Almost like today's (13-06-2023) news about that woman in Ecuador who was recovered alive from a coffin.

1) I always use PayPal (NOT friend/family option) when buying or selling. 2) when selling, I put a piece of paper next to the item with my username on it. When buying, I look for the same or ask for additional pictures. Maybe it's customary to wire money in different countries but I'd honestly rather not give away money with some kind of agreement contract

It was interesting to hear of your interaction with *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.* He sounds like a real *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep* artist!

Many thanks for the share. Regards It helps light the shadow stuff hiding there around. Will be more careful in the future. This video is a reminder crooks can get discovered, published and backfire. Jean-François

Great video and warning. I always try to pick it up myself, or pay with PayPal if it is not possible.

It happens a lot, you are lucky to encouter this so late :D but jokes aside, always ask for a photo with his account name (and your and price or even date, you never know) on a paper or more photos from different angles ;) even in our small local discord where people sell books we needed to force these rules to prevent mutliple scams...

Yes, once in a while those too-good-to-be-true deals do work out. Two years ago I came across a 12MB Voodoo2 listed on Amazon only by the code printed on the board. It was $36 with free shipping. Basically I decided I was willing to lose the $36 if it was fake, but it was real and it works! It's a beautiful 12MB STB BlackMagic Voodoo 2, and I have it in a mini retro desktop to this day. But on the other hand, I have also purchased a lot of retro gear over the last three years that ended up being dead. Sometimes it's a gamble... but yeah, this guy's an ass.

Voodoo 5 best 3DFX card ever, where could it be today?

I hate when people does that. I have one with the original box, and another without the heatsinks (they were missing when I found it). Both are in working condition and both are 64mb cards. I also have 4 different VooDoo 2 cards in my collection, and also one VooDoo 3 2000 pci 16mb.

I thought that only happened in Argentina.😾💪

Retrospector still exist ?

I use Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and Craigslist. Local pickup with eBay had always worked well but the other two often have problems. People changing prices after agreeing. I have learned to immediately end contact when they do this. I only pay in person and purchase within 100 miles (almost always within 40).

Heb ook met deze beste man te maken gehad, helaas mijn geld kwijt

When I had an older smartphone, I would routinely use Googled images in my (honest) listings, because the camera quality was really really bad. But otherwise I considered that phone to be "enough" for my uses, and was stubborn to upgrade. And I run multiple accounts on an auction site as well, because the site imposes per-account limits on the amount of listings that you can post for free each month. (I should clarify that I tried to choose googled images where it would be clear they are googled, e.g. professionally looking shots against a white background, etc. To not give the impression that this is mine exact card on the shot)

I bought a complete in box, original factory sealed voodoo5 this year. I gotta say, honestly yes it's nice to have but really the desire to own one is kinda "better" than finally owning one.

Seems there is no stopping to this guy, same guy just offered it once again.

never dealt with this, though i'll keep an eye out, only issue i ever had was i tried getting a s3 virge, but the delivery truck got into an accident and burst into flames.

I recently bought a video capture board off ebay. The auction said it included both half and full height brackets. Only included the half height! Naturally my PC needs the full height bracket. Still waiting to see if I get a refund or he sends the missing part. Really irritating.

Beeps hurt my ears :X. Otherwise, I wasn't even expecting a "rage video", for a few minutes I was sure I gonna see that card in your hands. Then I was sure that there was no card at all and you'll never get your money back. So many plot twists. It kept me in suspense! :)

Past year I bought a boxed/sealed Voodoo 5 just to add it to my collection, not intending to use it. The box shrinkwrap itself had two gaps, like a failed amateur job. So the package arrives, the customs has opened the package and destroyed the box, and to my ultimate surprise the card inside was actually a used one (but in a pretty clean condition).

Did this happen last year and you just released the video now? The dates of listing show Jul 21 .

Something similar happened to colleague of mine recently. He collects things like old topographic maps and such and he regularly deals with Marktplaats and Catawiki sellers. He had bid on an item, agreed on a price but the seller got a better offer later. Exactly the same situation like your case. I avoid Marktplaats, I don’t like to deal with the hassle. I still have an Ebay account but got a sour taste of it in 2019. I haven’t used it much but the last experience with ebay 3 years ago having to go through a Paypal refund process to get money back was stressfull. I had bought a floppy drive, didn’t have the right cable (my mistake of inexperience), sent it back to the seller with tracking and insurance, even got confirmation that he received it back but I had no experience with the whole ebay/paypal refund process. Ultimately I got my money back, but the whole process left a bitter taste and I have not touched ebay ever again. I’d rather find things in thriftstores or on conversations or buy items from a reputable webshop instead, it gives me more peace of mind.

Yep, I listed something on eBay stupidly low and it sold, I was a little pissed but then I thought this is on me and I'm not going to be that person who cancels the deal

A good warning!

im gonna look im my old boxes, i might have a few cards, mobo's etc laying around, im from belgium vlaams braband

Between the scammers and people being flakes, buying and selling online has become a real pain.

This is not me poking fun, just an observation of cultural differences, but I got a laugh when you said you were unwilling to drive to pick up the card because it was a “very long drive” at 2 hours away. My daily commute (round trip) to work used to be 2 hours. Sometimes substantially more if there is a traffic jam. I got scammed a couple times when I was younger (back when eBay was still a new thing) and ever since, I am super cautious about buying things from individuals online. In most cases, I’ll buy used stuff locally (I’m typically willing to drive 3-4 hours one way, depending on the deal and the rarity of the item) and go pick it up in person, and I don’t pay before I see it. For deals that I have to do online, I never pay cash. Ever. It always goes onto a credit card. If you pay cash and get scammed, that cash is gone forever. If you pay with a credit card, in most cases you can file a claim with the credit card company and get your money back. I would never in a million years give some random person online my bank account information.

Had het zoekertje ook zien staan. Maar idd meerdere vlaggetjes welke vermoede dat er iets loos was. Spijtig genoeg is 2dehands ook niet echt meer de plaats om leuke retro hardware op de kop te tikken.

mooi je video man

I agree 🙂