Warning: Do Not Buy From Jason Miller

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Jason Miller is a "vendor" to be avoided at all costs.

I bought a device he calls "The Box" which is a cabled remote control for the HVX. He advertised it as a professional unit...one he built, but he claimed it was better than Bebob's work.

What arrived is so far from what was promised my staff laughed. The pots don't ever stop, they spin 360 degrees. The wiring is shoddy. Each wire is randomly cut at wildly long lengths, is improperly soldered in place and has massively long and clumsy pieces of electrical tape wrapped around them to disguise how poorly they've been assembled.

Jason has laughed off any attempts to resolve this. He's rude, condescending and constantly sarcastic...speaking to him on the phone, it was clear he didn't want to resolve the situation. He kept speaking about how I should have sympathy for the fact that he's currently injured and needs the money to pay his bills. I'd be happy to buy more products if they were professionally assembled!

Then, to make matters worse, I finally tested the thing. I didn't bother testing it before because the workmanship was so poor I knew I didn't want it. But, after he refused to resolve the matter, laughed about how the check had already cleared and said he didn't really care what DVXusers thought about him I decided I better plug it in and try it...

...it doesn't even work! It works intermittently. Two of the pots clearly have intermittent connectivity because they'll work then stop then start up again.

Do not buy from Jason Miller. He'll promise you a professional product, then his story will change in a dozen ways "It's DIY...what did you expect?" "I'm injured...you need to have sympathy for my broken leg." "Hey, maybe you're too dumb to plug in a single cable." "What do you know about electrical wiring? That's how professionals assemble things all the time!"

Looks like I took one for the team...so learn from my mistake. Run, don't walk, away from this con man!
 
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I think I'll reserve a post here just so I can add it later.

This thread is not going to end well. Jason is pretty active on the forum and I haven't heard anything negative about him or his work.

Why would you buy a controller for $200 when you can get a Bebob LANC controller for $240?
 
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ProfessorU said:
I think I'll reserve a post here just so I can add it later.

This thread is not going to end well. Jason is pretty active on the forum and I haven't heard anything negative about him or his work.

Why would you buy a controller for $200 when you can get a Bebob LANC controller for $240?
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that's it... blame the victim. :2vrolijk_08:
 
ProfessorU said:
I think I'll reserve a post here just so I can add it later.

This thread is not going to end well. Jason is pretty active on the forum and I haven't heard anything negative about him or his work.

Why would you buy a controller for $200 when you can get a Bebob LANC controller for $240?
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I'm fairly active, too.

Jason could be the most active person on this board and that would have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the product is so far from professional standards it can only be described as fraudulantly misrepresented.

In addition, the reason I paid $200.00 is because he said it was better than a Bebob product.

Now, his attitude is "I won't give you your money back. If you want me to repair it, you'll have to pay for shipping. Take me to court, see if I care."

Does that sound like the kind of person you want to do business with?
 
there is a bad trend going on here, I don't know if it's because there is so many users now, I remember a few months ago, I hardly saw a single complaint in the marketplace section, now its happening every damn week, wtf is going on???
 
ok my turn, "the box " does work, I've used it, second, I made it clear that it was a diy project I even showed you the plans i found here on this site to make it.
third I called you as you asked, and you started yelling and cursing at me, telling me to "shut the **** up" and calling me kid, when I was trying to resolve the problem,

now it controls the rec/pause, zoom, iris, and focus just fine, that is what its built for, now you're problem seems to be that the sodder is improper you never said that over the phone you were mad that the sodder joins were wrapped in electrical tape which frankly, they should be on items where the sodder joints are so close together. (the joints are strong bty, but I'll be happy to resodder them, and you think the pots turn a full 360 when in fact they should only turn about 320,(not an exact figure they are off theshelf pots) as they did when I sent it of to you.


you clain I laughed, you're right I did after you yelled cursed and threatened to call the IRS, BBB, and SAC and claimed that your bank would seizes the funds on a check that has already cleared. I've offered to re sodder the joints I've offered to tighten up the pots if they are turning at the nut, those are your problems with this DIY project correct?

btw only listed them in the market place after you offered to buy one, and you offered the price agreed on,

I even offered a refund, however I explained that you would have to wait a little wile for it. however after the cursing, and the use of the ter "Kid" thats out the window.

does anyone have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them

btw, I'm building another one with almost the same parts, I will be soddering it the same way, I will actually be adding features to it, anyone in the SF bay area who doesn't believe it works is more than welcome to come by my place and I'll show it to you.

Thank you
Jason Miller
 
I think it is clear to a lot of people that:

1.) There are a lot of buyers on DVXuser
2.) Therefore, there is money to be made
3.) And there are no checks and balances that force a vendor to behave ethically.

If someone looking to make money sees a market where there are many buyers and few legal recourses it will attract the blatantly dishonest or the lazy.

In my case, I don't know Jason Miller's motives. I don't really care. I just care that the product I received isn't as described and he is unwilling to return my money. I wish there was a simple recourse on the board. In the meantime, I'm going to my bank tomorrow and if I have to, I'll go to small claims court.

So far, Jason's laughed off every attempt to resolve this. All I want is to have my money returned to me and I'll happily return the product to him.
 
This thread shouldn't be a buyer beware, it should be a product review.

And, therein lies the issue.

The marketplace is not for creating and selling of products. That's a business, whether it is a hobby or a part-time or a full time. That's not what the marketplace is for. You cannot run a business out of the marketplace here. If you want to do that, go on eBay, or talk about sponsorship.

The marketplace is for private, individual sale of products from user to user. Used products, or products that you don't need. products that are not of your own creation. NOT products that you built/invented/created yourself, and are trying to sell for profit. That is a business, and has no place in this marketplace.

No selling your products on this board without following proper protocol. Period.

Later,
Jason
 
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