The following is a list of sellers who you should not purchase from. These users have stolen from other members of the site in the way of recasting. A definition of recasting can be found at the bottom of the post. Please support good sellers in our community by not purchasing from these people:
Videobob / tcbtexas / rcmsales - bobs prop shop - Bob Moseley
Has been banned for recasting Proton Pack shells purchased from Ross Arbuckle. He claims his shells are 100% authentic straight from Universal Studios and therefore his recasts are ok, however his shell was purchased from someone else’s copies, which makes them recast. In addition there is some discrepancy as to whether or not the shells are actually related to the real Proton Packs used in the movie, having provided very little proof. Furthermore Videobob has been banned from The RPF (and numerous other sites) for recasting, and has a long history of recasting and stealing Back to the Future parts from others (even from the actual BTTF cars at Universal). He should be avoided by all costs and is by far the #1 person on his blacklist to avoid.
Shawn Swift / GhostGuy / MIGHTY Microcontroller
Has been banned for ripping off fans for over ten thousand dollars worth of items. Sold several items in 2009 that customers have yet to receive (as of 2013). Sold the “MIGHTY Microcontroller” on Kickstarter and on GBFans and took more than $10,000 from a few members and then spent the money on living / personal expenses without providing anything in return. Fraudulently mislead customers to buy more time for himself. Posted libelous (proven false) remarks against his investors / customers in an effort to make excuses for his financial misdeeds. Has been banned as of May 2013. After the ban he is claiming his computer no longer works, and the packages he had shipped have been lost in the mail (very common lie from scammers). Avoid at all costs.
Note: As of June 2013, the packages he claimed had gone missing turned up at a post office, and were redirected back before finally being delivered. He is now refusing to issue refunds for Kickstarter backers, even holding some money as a form of blackmail.
Jeremy Moore
Recast numerous parts from many respectable sellers. He has also ripped off many people purchasing items from him in the past by taking money and not delivering products. Jeremy should be avoided at all costs, and has been banned since 2006.
Rhett Martin / Hotshot / hobby-farm-models (ebay)
Recast proton gun grips from another seller, and gun knobs from Phantom50. He also sold low quality parts that often required more work then they were worth. Poor customer service track record and has taken money from several people without delivering products as promised. Most recently he attempted to sell digital copies of the OMNI cover against the wishes of the item’s current owner. Has been banned since early 2008.
Also has a eBay username of “hobby-farm-models”. For examples of what he sells see this PDF: http://www.gbfans.com/Rhett.pdf
Charles Walker / PropFan
Has recast numerous parts over the past several years, and has lied about it when confronted. While some of his parts are of good quality, he has stolen the work of others to profit off of them. This seller should be avoided at all costs. Most recently (July 2008) he copied the work of user namebrand to sell recasts of his aluminum Proton Gun trigger tip.
wiggle_pickle_productions
Please see “Charles Walker” above. They are the same person as PropFan.
charleswallacedesign (eBay)
Has been banned from most major prop sites due to issues involving not getting prop replicas to the people he’d sold them too, as well as using an eBay auction to publically attack community member Ken Huegel. He sells metallic Proton Pack labels that are larger than they should be.
Xenepp
Also known as someweirdwhitestuff or scoobyisadog on eBay. Recasted Sean Bishop (Venkman71) Proton Pack shell for several years and has ripped off many users with his Night Vision Goggle frames.
Sebastien Clavet / 88MPH Studios / zamuler (eBay)
Took thousands of dollars of pre-orders for the Ghostbusters Legion Hard Cover book. No longer does business, but he should be avoided if he does reappear in the community.
Joseph Kerezman
Also known as Captain America or CostumeCostumeCostume on eBay. Keeps a poor level of contact with his customers, gives delivery dates for costume orders which are never met, has taken money for products not delivered and has a “no refunds” policy.
Mike Brewer / hansoloner / nuclear_brew / Spectre / protoman / Protonimus / joshuatgb / Broc Tickle / James Cartha, Yvonne C / Emmettbrown1.21 / doomsday1990 / allwrong / all _wrong / rickrolld2011 / itsmillertime1984 / millertime / captaincollectable2012, / 127thebestaround / mikeyjb327
Believed to also be Broc Tickle, James Cartha, Yvonne C and others which have been mentioned in the process of his dealings. Mike’s dealings involved items being subject to severe delay with little to no updates, items that never arrived to some buyers, and the employ of sockpuppet accounts and proxy servers to return to this forum after he was banned. It has recently come to light that he’d recasted nick-a-tron’s Booster Frame and was selling the copies as his own work.
Joseph Sciabica
Banned numerous times from Ghostbusters Fans. Helped Mike Brewer get back on Ghostbusters Fans and rip off more members. Banned again most recently April 2012 as “yeahbuddy88”.
Jesse Gerst - Crossarm-props-and-replicas (eBay)
Caught recasting resin Ghost Trap pieces he’d purchased from MultiMediaMayhem. When confronted, he presented photos to try prove he’d made them himself, however the photographed source parts bore no relation to the parts he was selling. For more in-depth information, visit his thread in the feedback forum.
Robert DeWitt II - Zombie Amusements (eBay)
Caught recasting resin Proton Gun grips he purchased from MultimediaMayhem. When confronted he presented photos of masters that he claimed the parts were cast from, but were unlike the parts he was selling. He also stole several photographs from the Ghostbusters Fans Shop early on to try and sell parts. His personal website also plagiarizes a terms of service from another website. He has been blacklisted since May 25th 2011.
Kelsey Hayes / kelso777 / Hayes Replicas / propcrazed (eBay)
Kelsey Hayes (username kelso777) has been banned for recasting MMM (irricanian, Colin Russel) parts as well as KC Ghostbusters’ parts. Parts that were recast include a Proton Gun casting from MMM, Trigger Tip, gun knobs from KC Ghostbuster.. among other parts. This user typically sells on eBay under the username propcrazed. Since being caught for recasting, the individual has pulled a lot of the photos from his photobucket and auctions. In response to the recasting claim, he created several videos showing him making MDF parts using MMM and KC Ghostbuster parts as masters to ‘trace’ around them. He claims his is how all of his parts were made. Photographic evidence that was saved from the auctions shows otherwise. This user was banned and blacklisted on April 13th 2012.
Neil Ward / Venky
Has been banned for taking payments for prop items and then failing to provide them to his customers. He would claim that items had been dispatched from his workshop and provide tracking numbers, but the items would fail to show up and the tracking numbers fail to provide any tracking data. As more customers became dissatisfied with his failure to complete their orders, his explanation behind the delays would change from one reason to another.
**David Rotheram / kernuyckdave / Proton Props / Proton Props UK **
Has been banned for taking payments for prop items and then failing to provide them to customers, some of his customers are still waiting to receive their commissioned prop replicas over three years (as of 2024) after they originally paid for them. As time passed, communications and project updates between David and his customers became less frequent, and less informative. Further to these instances, David has caused further frustration to his customers by engaging in an unofficial prize draw for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, offering a prize of a replica Proton Pack, while still having customers who have been waiting years to receive what they’ve paid for.
What is recasting?
I would like to keep this list as accurate as possible.. and updated as frequently as possible. Please post in this thread with edits and adjustments as things change and more evidence is posted.