Beware - Scammer alert
Mr. Sasso is a bad trader with malicious intent and should be avoided at all costs. A while back he asked to trade the museum's Amstrad version of Myth (by Magnetic Scrolls) disk for his Atari ST one plus $60 to sweeten the deal. He had recently purchased a Mindscape View to a Kill on ebay that the museum was seeking so we requested this instead of $60, to which he agreed. Mr. Sasso was unable to provide pictures of the items as his camera was 'stolen' recently. Since the 007 game in the auction had photos, we assumed the item would be identical and this was sufficient.
Initially he wanted us to send first and then he'd send his items in return. This should have been the first warning something was wrong. But anyways, we stated that for trades we must both send at the same time, which he appeared to understand. OK so his disk was mailed off. However upon inquiring a few days later, he informed us that he decided he would wait for the Myth disk to arrive before sending anything. Clearly dishonest, but fine, just don't deal with him again in the future. He mentioned something about if it had been sent tracked (at our expense of course) then he wouldn't have had to wait. So eventually we received his package (sent untracked). Unfortunately, the 007 game was missing the reference card, reg card, catalogs etc. which were clearly in the auction he won (as indicated by the photos therein). The disk label on the Myth had oily thumb stains too and was not in great condition compared to the one sent.
Mr. Sasso was contacted about the problem, and he insisted that was all he ever received when he bought the 007. That was about enough for us, so we indicated our desire to cancel the deal - send back our stuff and we would return his. Of course he refused, saying we should return it first again. Basically being at his mercy if we want the disk back again, there was really no option but to send his items back first. So into the mail went his stuff again. It was unfortunately the day before the Canada Post Strike. Now several months later, at least according to him, it has not arrived yet. Canada Post has done their part and paid out the $100 in insurance for the 'lost' package, and we offered that to Mr. Sasso in exchange for the disk back, as fair compensation for the lost items - but he 'does not want money'. He has made it clear he has no intention of returning the disk (or doing anything else about it) unless the package shows up. Of course he may have received it weeks ago already. Mr. Sasso has also refused all requests to make good on the original trade which was never fulfilled.
It is strongly recommended that you do NOT deal with this person. The preceding account sticks to the facts, use your own judgment.
