Defunkd

[TheMilkMan]

Anybody see this or know what happened? I wonder if some vintage tshirt super hero saved the day.......

http://www.stores.ebay.com/rainbowgasoline" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hermosavtg]

Probably been suspended by ebay... I'm sure he/she will be back up and running soon.

[Johnny65]

I noticed that too. Was looking for them the other day.

I'm not sure what would have caused a suspension though.

http://worn75.blogspot.com/

[jimmyj]

usually if you're suspended it says, "no longer a registered user" at least that's the way it used to be.

[StivTaters]

He's back and looks as though he has used his absence to spend time stocking up on blank nos screen stars shirts. Yay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vtg-MOTLEY-CRUE-198 ... x_T_Shirts

One real one on a hanes tag and then one of each size on a mint unused screen stars. Awesome.

[jimmyj]

the legend himself:

wwd.com/eyescoop/king-of-the-rock-and-roll-t-shirt-1743409

[TrickyGuns]

What a douche. Seeing a picture of this guy makes me hate him even more. A hammock, really?

Yeah i just happen to have 8 of the same vintage shirts in perfect condition in all different sizes for your convenience. I called him out on it and he replied.

"No-wrong."

I had no choice but to believe him.

[Johnny65]

Wait!

Is that a small home-based screen printing setup I see behind him in that pic?

Me thinks so.

One word: LAME!



http://worn75.blogspot.com/

[hermosavtg]

Oh man now I'm going to look for this guy on my next Rose Bowl morning.

[Frank]

At least one of his buyers is savvy:
FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! DO NOT BUY FROM THIS DUDE, NO RETURN POLICY, NO REFUND

[jimmyj]

it's a sad day in vintage t-shirt land if that's a repro. Joe was probably shaking his head thinking, "with all the fakes i sell, i get called out on a christopher cross??"

[Frank]

Looks like someone got stuck... between the moon and New York City
yyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhh

[TheMilkMan]

Looks like Joe is trying to get a new name going?

http://shop.ebay.com/gasoline_rainbow_v ... ksid=p4340

[Johnny65]

His backup site in case one gets suspended. He doesn't want to lose all the income he's generating out of his home-based screen printing shop.

[TheMilkMan]

Looks like the scumbag has moved all inventory over to the new name

[Frank]

Bootlegging all of those shirts seems like more trouble than it's worth- he can only sell a few at a time and the set up costs seem prohibitive. What am I missing? It seems like a lot of work for not much payoff?

[CRAZYBUBBA]

He sells them in "buy it now" listings with prices and "vintage" offerings that rival mr taters and milk's offerings. If even half his buyers file chargebacks he's still doing well.. I mean the guy just has to print another one right? Add his flea market sales to the mix and it's def worthwhile. He's in a class of his own, Tinalove and TP don't hold a candle to him.

[jimmyj]

I don't understand the logic behind this at all. Unless he's wracked up a certain amount of warnings from eBay and is nearing a suspension - but then why would he keep the same name?

There's a lot of goodness attached to an account with 5k transactions, the favorite seller feature is a huge boost for getting his items built in traffic - but with a new account, that vanishes.

My view on him - the majority of his stuff is real. We all know this because we competed against him for years in buying legit tees listed on eBay. He sprinkles bogus stuff throughout - he actually admitted this to me years ago (pre-defunkd blog, email still saved) when I tried rallying sellers to join an legit tee alliance because of Tiny Pony and offered he be a part of it, he declined.

Why don't we ask the man himself?

Joe, I know you're reading this, please explain.

Ahhh the benefits of our newsletter email link click tracking.

[Frank]

I'd also like credit for my awesome Christopher Cross meets CSI joke

[TheMilkMan]

Looks like he is up to something again, how strange....

http://shop.ebay.com/gasoline_rainbow_v ... m=&_ipg=50

[jimmyj]

what the -

both accounts are no longer registered and all of the items in his feedback have been removed:

This listing (330472759190) has been removed, or this item is not available.
o Please check that you've entered the correct item number
o Listings that have ended 90 or more days ago will not be available for viewing.

looks to me like action was taken against him by eBay - when items are removed like that it usually means some sort of paypal/ebay intervention.

[Johnny65]

Both stores gone now? That's gotta' hurt.

http://myworld.ebay.com/gasoline_rainbow_vtg/
http://myworld.ebay.com/rainbowgasoline/

Would could have caused this? I think it's something more than selling bogus vintage tees.



http://worn75.blogspot.com/

[Frank]

look out for gasrainolinebow coming soon.

He probably disappeared out of shame because he couldn't come back from my hilarious Christopher Cross joke.

[jimmyj]

The joke that ended a career...

Hey, Frank, what gives, I have emailed you a few times, no response.

[Frank]

i'll check the spam filters

hit me at bulldogvintage (at) gmail (dot) com