Well since Captain JACKA55 had another forum shut down claiming "libel" because 10+ of his burned customers from this last year were sharing stories
since he's been banning them from his forum (myself included) for trying to warn newbies, here is my 6 months wasted by Janty. It's all here in his own
words. Make up your own minds and beware. That's what this area is for, right?
$800 was sent to him in April via PayPal with a promised delivery time of two months for Begins armor he has been advertising for the past year and a half with molds he claimed he bought from Bob D. He never had the molds when he told me he did and still doesn't. Accordingly, he missed the deadline delivering that armor that was to be used for a $14K film I produced in June that was depending on the suit. I ended up borrowing a suit from another guy to have what we needed for our drop dead production date that got damaged during filming and paid him the replacement value, which meant I had forked over $1,600 with no suit. When Janty heard I was going to file a police report against him if he missed his new "promised" deadline fo Halloween, HE decided to issue a refund after sitting on my cash for 6 months and now says I "wanted" the refund. In addition, an '89 suit which he HAS molds for took 6 months to ship when he promised it within several weeks upon receipt of payment in April.
I used the refund to get a suit from Bob D direct that arrived right in time for Halloween, who confirmed Jants STILL DOES NOT HAVE POSSESSION OF HIS MOLDS. Great business practices from Jants huh? Why should anyone be put through this aggravation?
I was lucky to get a refund. Others have gotten neither their goods NOR a refund after waiting over a year, including someone I referred to him last DECEMBER.
If you've gotten excuses from him, compare notes with what I got and see the pattern firsthand. He's manipulating DOZENS of other people who sent him over $10K collectively in good faith for goods and received NOTHING or refunds after waiting from 7 months to over a YEAR for things when legal action was threatened. And he screwed up plenty of people's Halloweens also with this routine. I'm wondering how he can afford to give everyone refunds and I have a bad feeling it's because he might be borrowing from Peter (newbies) to pay Paul (other customers who he never gets around to casting stuff for). That's how he did it with me and the other 10+ guys who compared notes...
Lock it if you want mods. But I hope you leave this post so people can see the roller coaster ride they're in for by someone who doesn't think twice about lying to get money and then makes you feel like you're the lucky one if he gets around to casting your stuff or by God, he'll punish you with nothing after you've waited past 6 months except your money he's been sitting on in that time.
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 10, 2008 7:41:21 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Howdy...
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, been in the cave working like crazy and haven't been online.
The video sounds awesome man, looking forward to seeing it. Once I have the molds I can run off the torso and legs in a few hours. I'm waiting on one more payment of 1250 and with your payment, I will have enough to send Bob the money. I also have your 89 torso ran off and am doing up your legs/knee's tomorrow and will ship them by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.
LMk what you think and I'll be sure to get the pieces to ya in time.
Later bro,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 18, 2008 2:03:38 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, been pumping out item like crazy so I can focus on the begins stuff. Got your box
ready to go, just finishing up 2 more orders and will get to the PO by Saturday or Monday at the latest.
As for Begins, anytime you're ready. With your money and this other payment coming in the mail, I'll have the moula for the
molds from Bob and can run off the kick ass armor for ya.
Janty Chattaw
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 23, 2008 8:04:15 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
Hey bud, sorry for the delay, just got back online. With your payment and 1 more I'm waiting on, I'll have the torso and spine attachment mold money. Then I'm waiting one 2 payment coming in and I'll order the legs. If for some reason I don't have the money for the legs/knee's in time, I'll contact Bob and have him run off the legs and will send them with the torso.
TN coming up for your 89 stuff, this week for sure.. had some minor issues lately.
Later bro and congrats on casting the Bat, this is going to be sweeeeet!
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 26, 2008 3:30:47 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
No worries bud, I'll make it happen for ya and the quality of the castings will really show. Bob is not a urethane man, which is why he wants to get rid of the molds and get into making what he does best. I'm collecting all of the money people owe me, plus other's sending dough for suits and your money will allow me to send Bob the moula within a couple weeks.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 28, 2008 11:06:46 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delay, just got back online and back home. Drove up to LA on Friday and my car took a fat dump on me and have been carless. I'll get it back tomorrow and will head out to the PO with all these boxes I have ready to go, including your 89 goodies. Definetely will be in your hands this week.
Later bro,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: May 12, 2008 2:42:26 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Stuff
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, went away for the weekend to hang with moms. Your 89 package will be there by Thursday or Friday. Went with parcel post.
Begins is on schedule, I should have the torso/spine attachment mold at my place early next week, legs/knee's shortly will follow. Been collecting money like crazy for the legs.
LMK when the 89 stuff arrives and enjoy and will get back to you shortly on Begins stuff.
Later bud,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: May 22, 2008 7:30:35 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Shipment Tracking and Order Status Provided for Transaction ID:7HR827835J059252G (Routing Code:
Hey Jerry, sorry for the mis-understanding, I sent you an e-mail but you must not have gotten it. This is for the 89 stuff, but Paypal froze Nick's account until he sends out 3 random orders and they selected your order for the Begins stuff.. so we used the tracking info for the 89 for the Begins stuff. He didn't have a business account and had been taking orders that are over 500, so as a result they want to be sure he is legit.
No worries though, Begins stuff is coming, I am almost their and you are the first to get the set.
Let me know when you get this.
Cheers!
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 2:26:36 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, I've been trying to get ahold of Bob but haven't heard back from him just yet. I'm going to have him send the torso/spine, legs/knee's to you directly and it'll only take 45 minutes to glue up. With urethane, the key is super glue gel and only along the edges. I don't have any Begins armor whatsoever as the set I had I sold a long time ago. I will get back to you by the end of the day, refresh my memory, when is filming. I'm going to make this happen as I'm really looking forward to seeing this project and once again I'm terribly sorry for the added stress.. things have been crazy.
LMK when you get this as my e-mail acts up sometimes.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 4:43:32 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, it's no worries. The urethane both me and Bob use cures in 2 hours and Bob can run it off and send it express, already spoke with him. If I had the molds, I can run off the full suit in a couple hours. If it helps save you money, let me know. Then you can sell off the armor you get now and you'll get my version of the armor shortly, which will be much more flexible and durable.
Either way is cool so let me know.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 8:58:32 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Man, I feel bad... but what I meant was, I could get you out the armor from Bob to arrive on Thursday, to use for this, then when I finish your final suit, you can sell the one you get from Bob to re-coupe your money and you'll have my Begins castings for your final suit. Shipping would obviously be on me, for all this. But if you already got the other one coming, then I'll just go ahead and send Bob the next payment for the legs/knee's and just have him send me both molds at the same time.
89 will arrive this week, Begins will arrive shortly after that, then a RD Begins cowl to boot.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 1, 2008 6:57:13 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, man that is why Bob wants to stop running urethane pieces. He uses a fairly stiff rubber, that is only really meant for posing and walking around. The way I make it, is like the cowl, in that it can take a lot of action and I also insert power net under the arms, sides, legs etc.. so that it doesn't rip whatsoever. I have 3500 dollars coming anyday now and can finally pay off the legs/knee's from Bob. It sucks trying to hunt down everyone that still owes payments on their suit and with business being slow, due to the economy and gas prices etc.. it's been rough. I was going to send the 89 back out, but figured I'd send both boxes at the same time, like you were suggesting. Here's what I'll do, I'll hook both you and Jamie up with Begins armor.. this way, both of ya will be happy and have suits so you don't have to take a hit. If you can, have Jamie contact me so I can get his address.
So let me know, I can send the 89 right back out, priority mail this time, or you can give me a little bit more time to retrieve my funds from the various people and will get it all out to you and Jamie.
LMK what you think,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 1, 2008 7:11:27 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Yeah man, that's exactly what I'm saying.
It's the least I can do for
this big mess. The total cost for Bob's
Begins molds was 5500. I've paid him 2500 so far, with another 1,000 on the way and the remainder, I'm hoping anyday
now. I have a 5 gallon tub of urethane waiting for just doing Begins stuff, but business is very slow right now across the boards.
I've been struggling to get through this mess, so I can do some changes to ensure it doesn't happen again and I can go back to having
the fastest turn around times around, to match the quality of my work.
As soon as I get the remainder money, it's going to pay it all off.. I just wish I could sell some Bat stuff on ebay, to make things flow faster...but
WB is now in full swing and pulling stuff left and right and can't risk losing my ebay account.
So it's your call man, I can shoot over the 89, then get Jamie and your Begins suits out, as soon as these bastards pay me, or I get a couple of new full suit orders.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 7, 2008 12:09:54 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Hi Janty... '89 Stuff...
No problem man, will shoot you over the 89 stuff on Thursday, priority mail for a 2 day delivery. No problem on the suit, go ahead and pay him back and I'll run you off 2 sets and you can sell off one to re-coupe your money. I have 3 grand coming in this week, for sure, so that will pay off the last 650 on the torso and will be half way on the legs.. so expect the Begins stuff by the middle to late this month.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 29, 2008 6:38:02 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, sorry for the delay.. was at comic con for the weekend, which I wasn't planning on attending, but needed some stress relief. Last week my pops had a cardiac arrest and was by his side for 72 hours, as his signs improved, I came home and slept for 17 hours straight, having not slept in 3 days, then I went to con to relieve some stress. I didn't provide the TN for the 89 stuff, because there is no TN, only insurance. Times have been extremely tough, so everything had to go with parcel post, which can take up to 9 days or so.. but I got insurance this time, so that it pretty much ensures it will arrive and it will arrive this week, I double checked everything. I'm switching to UPS, which means higher shipping costs, but it won't be such a pain as dealing with USPS. I had the money long ago to pay off Bob's molds, but with having to pay for my pops in the rest home for the last year, it's been tough and don't know how much longer I can keep everything level. Jamie contacted me about me replacing his armor, which I said I would, he then contacted me about getting an 89 suit instead, which I said either one he wants.. never heard back from him both times. I warned people that Bob uses a urethane not really meant for hardcore action stunt work, mostly for walking around.. I make the stuff so that it is nerely impossible to rip or tear and if anything does, I replace it without even charging for shipping again. I have customers who have had their suits for years and is still as new as the day they got it, but people want things quick, so they go to Bob, because Bob doesn't take on orders like I do, so is much faster.. but even he will say that I'm the guy to go to for urethane pieces, but people don't like to wait anymore and would wrather get it within a week, which is Bob's turn around time, roughly. I'm doing Birthday gigs as Jack, making like 300 an hour and all of it is going towards the molds. I've paid 3000 towards them already and I still need to pay 2500 more.. which I'll be able to send him half that by next week and hopefully the rest before the middle of August. You've been extremely patient and I appreciate that, no hard feelings on my part and don't blame ya.. but believe me, this is proving most difficult and I'm debating getting out of the costume making game, because my life is a mess as a result of it and I don't make enough money to continue. As soon as I wrap up my orders, it may be time to quit.. possibly offering things once in a while only.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 31, 2008 2:06:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Sorry for the delay, just got around to checking my e-mails. Yeah, that's the stiff urethane, which is why it ripped..with the armor I make, even if the bodysuit ripped, it won't rip the armor. No worries, you'll have two sets of full Begins armor that you can use to re-coupe money.
As for the 89, it definetely should have arrived by now as it was shipped over 10 days ago. Hang in there for a couple more days and if it doesn't arrive, I'll run off a new one real quick and ship with UPS this time, costs more, but they are more reliable.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 4, 2008 4:08:45 PM CDT
To: <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey Jerry, yeah it was insured for 500. I'm going to send one more, UPS this time.. if you recieve two boxes, let me know and I'll send you money to send one back. Running the 89 stuff isn't that hard, so I'll do that today along with my other orders and can get to the PO by Wednesday (that's when my next batch of paypal payments will clear into my account as I'm almost completely broke right now, having just bought another 785 dollars in materials this morning. I'm done with USPS, so I'm now charging everyone more for shipping.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 9, 2008 3:41:52 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, the PO found the box and it will arrive by Tuesday or Wednesday for sure. All RD begins cowl's are going out next week, just got a payment for 1400 so I can keep shipping.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 21, 2008 10:18:47 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, I checked it and it says:
03080660000156212925 usps.com
"Your item arrived at 8:21 AM on August 21, 2008 in WILMETTE, IL 60091. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later."
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 21, 2008 5:39:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Yep, I forgot to put em in the box. They are laying on my desk. Will box em out and ship em out tomorrow.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 27, 2008 11:36:59 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
I'm going to start shipping torso/spine attachments and forearm armor by the first week of Sept through mid-Sept. I have a little
bit more to pay off for the legs/knee's, but in the end everyone will be taken care of before Halloween, then I am going to take a
vacation from making costumes and think about whether I am going to continue being a full time costume maker or not.
Forearm armor went out Tuesday, so expect it anyday now.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 7, 2008 4:18:39 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Well, the delivery confirmation number keeps popping up not telling me nothing. I'll find out what's up when I go ship more packages
tomorrow.. if anything, will run off another set and ship. Torso's/spine attachment's and forearm armor will be going out this month, maybe
even the legs/knee's calf armor at the same time, got 3 big commission jobs coming up and should be able to pay it off.. then you'll see
what a Begins suit is supposed to look like.
Oh and +*+% Sarah Palin.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 7:42:20 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
So now you're trying to get a lynch mob to sue me? You will have your money back, via paypal next week. Anyone else want their
money back, send em my way. I though we went over this, but if you're going to try and get a lynch mob after me, we're done. Expect
a refund. The last few waiting, know they have the refund option at anytime, but you're now wanting to jump to level 10, before simply
asking for a refund.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:19:38 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
All those customers I have sent you over the years, every single one of my customers, I sent to you.. you know how many of them were contacting me left and right, complaining on the lags for the gloves? At least 10... but I would say, "no worries, Jerry will come through, he's not going to burn you" and twice, people didn't get the only thing they needed in time, for Halloween, which was gloves.. I was embarrassed. I have defended you when people say you're a whiner, a complainer, why'd you let him into the Hidden Chamber, complaints from the BOTB aswell. I have defended you. Lastly, I never made excuses with sick family members, only 1 family member and that is my father who is on his death bed, sufered 3 strokes in 1 year and a heart attack, was in a coma, bills over 4 thousand a month... you spin things faster then O'Reilly. I know about the 6, 3 of them will be getting their stuff anyday now.
You blast me on forums, watch what I do on my forum...the information on you from other members would make your head spin... you're childish and many people really dislike you on these forums and believe me, many people have told me this but I defended you.. some "friend" you are. Oh and the mole is not just one person.
I have an e-pending check waiting for approval in paypal for 1400 (which was going to go to Bob for the legs/knee's), as soon as that clears, you will have your refund, by Tuesday. You go behind my back, when I told you this is going to be the month that you recieve your stuff and the same with the others.. you took it to this level, not me.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:31:37 PM CDT
To: <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
You have no heart whatsoever... if you think I'm spending the money on myself, you're out of your mind. I didn't punish you, you are the first person ever to talk about law suites, if someone talks to me like that, they simply get a refund (starting now, since this is the first time it happened).. my family can't afford me getting sued, so it's easier for me to pay the leader of this gang back and if the other three want their money back, all they have to do is ask.. because 3 of your band of brothers stuff is already on the way. I have never deleted anything on the board, only time I delete something is if I already shipped it and the person is still complaining, most of the time I don't check my board because I work all day and all night and sleep 4 hours a day, if I'm lucky. You don't know my situation and after telling you the Begins stuff is coming this month, you still go behind my back and want to start a lynch mob against me. This has been the roughest year of my life and am working to dig myself out of this hole and don't need the added drama. I have multiple things I can sell, to pay these people back.... so have your band of brothers go ahead and e-mail me asking for a refund and I'll start with you and work my way through them.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:51:07 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
The refund is to protect my ass, you go behind my back, after I told you not more then a couple weeks ago that September is the month you'll get your stuff.. a whole month before Halloween.. how the +*+% did you expect me to react???? All of a sudden I get hit with this information. Yeah, you are disliked and the part you conveniently left out, is ME DEFENDING YOU. I have never burned anyone either, I have sent free items, issued hundreds of dollars in credit for people that were lagged on etc... you have no clue and it's obvious it's going in one ear, out the other.
I can't get passed my own +*+%-ups? I apologized, offered to send you an extra suit to cover your funds (without hesitation) and this is how you you treat that? I also offered to hook Jamie up with an 89 suit on top of him getting his money from you, you getting your suit and full investment back.. so the 89 suit would have been free for Jamie...I am not a selfish man and everyone know's I break my back to make people happy.. I offered to make things right and you know it, but instead of waiting a bit longer, you go behind my back and try to form a lynch mob against me... talk about backstabbing.. you're guilty of it just as much as all of the morons who talk about you, behind your back.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 7:45:13 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You made that payment to my friend's paypal account (look it up), not mine... I am paying you back, you are first like I said and now you've gone ahead anyway and filed the chargeback stuff.. great, my friend does me a favor and allows a paypal payment made to him (because I had cancelled Paypal due to hacker stuff and you wanted to use paypal) and now he is going to get $%@* for it. That's just wonderful.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 8:18:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
(For all I Know, you skim through my responces, please read the second paragraph at least)
You have this whole thing twisted, because I told you that you would have the suit in plenty of time before Halloween. Begins stuff is the most important thing to get done, BECAUSE I WANT MY OWN BATSUIT FINALLY and what better way to start, then making myself a BEGINS suit.. but I won't make myself one until everyone has their's.. I have a gig I want to do on Halloween, where I'll get paid 1500 for dressing like the Bat.. but I don't own a Batsuit and believe me, 1500 for a 2 hour appearance is super important, because I can use that money to launch my new policies.
I told you Begins is top priority and then I read all this stuff about FBI and Police and thought, screw that.. get this crazy customer back his money so I can get back to work with a clear head. I apologized to you for the intitial delay, I apologized to you on the delay for the 89, I offered you a real deal Casting of a Begins cowl, offered to send you an extra Begins suit to get your money back, offered to send Jamie a free set of 89 armor... WHAT MORE COULD I DO???? After offering all this, you still weren't happy.. best to pay you back, save all the money I would have spent on the freebies and dig myself out of my hole, once and foreall... so that I can start fresh and go back to not only producing the best items out there, but with the fastest turn around times in the game.... all of the money you, Keith, Tripp, Yan and Chris paid me, went to Bob.. none of it was kept "for myself" like you implied. The price for these molds was 5500, by next week, 3800 of that money will be paid.
The best I can do is 400 by Tuesday and 435 (35 for the 2 paypal charges) on Thursday.. whatever happens is going to happen and my friend will understand because he rarely uses paypal... but as soon as you get the final 435, end it and move on and I'll do the same. I have enough on my plate.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 8:53:15 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You have the worst temper, worst manners and seem incredibly angry are you sure you're not a Republican? Heartless, all to dress up like a rubber Bat, you $%@* on my father and my situation by saying stuff like, "boo hoo"....If the roles were reversed, I wouldn't even think twice about a %+*+#+! Batman costume, I'd be all about "Do what you can for your family".. I'm first generation born in this country, my family is lower middle class at best.. bad things happened this year and that is why this mess occurred.. I don't expect any sympathy from you, the father thing is fact and the absolute truth... so I don't expect you to all of a sudden realize what an incredible jerk you're being, I'm just stating fact.
Do you not understand that it is an e-pending check? It clears when the funds from said customer goes through, he says by Tuesday, but what if it isn't on Tuesday??? I have other payments coming that will be immediately available and I know for a fact 450 will be in there by Tuesday. Do what you will.. can't wait until you're out of my life, this is going no where.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 9:48:58 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You mean the 3 strokes my dad had at 3 different times this year alone? You mean the heart attack he had a few months ago? Apparentely, I use my dad as an excuse?? The facts are, if this didn't happen to my dad, none of this would have occurred and everyone would have their stuff, period. You don't know me, you don't know what me and my family has gone through. I use 2 days a month, for myself, to party a little to relieve stress, the other 28 or so days of the month, all I do is work.
As for my workmanship, LMAO! You think all it is is pulling castings from a mold? Dude, you're twisted. So now my workmanship is poor, that is a first, when even top pro's acknowlege my knowledge on urethane's and materials and am highly acclaimed for my sculpting and mold making talents. I worked hard to get where I'm at and Bob wanted to offer me the molds, because he's sick of dealing with urethane.
Your 89 was shipped 3 times, you don't want to believe it, don't.. I don't care. I know USPS, I ship with them all the time, becaus it is cheapest.. but guess what, most of my customers get their stuff in a timely manner and go through just fine with USPS, the issues of the few cases are the ones complaining on the board. Do this, track what happens after Halloween.. do some investigative journalism and see what happens when I switch to UPS and start charging the proper shipping money to fascilitate using UPS, watch how everyone will recieve their $%@* fast. USPS is crap and EVERY SINGLE ONE of my fellow costume makers has told me their horror stories.. including you with Mark's gloves, Artsee's cape etc..
Say what you want, my costumes are top knotch, full warranty for as long as I do this and REFUND OPTION ALWAYS ON THE TABLE. 7 years I've been doing this, this year being the worst one of my costume making carreer.. so go, get stuff from other's, why go through me when you clearly implied my items suck.. which is a joke. Hell, I'll even let you borrow a mold, let me see you run some castings that will hold up to abuse, evenly urethane'd and as long lasting as my stuff.. let me see that and I'll be impressed. Even with your 89, even though our "friendship" is done, the warranty still stands on your 89 stuff.. that's how I roll.
I don't have time for this anymore, you decided the outcome of this, not me.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 15, 2008 10:00:17 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: You've got a payment
I already told you, it should be tomorrow. I just got this payment for 600, so I sent 400. 435 tomorrow... if not, it'll have to be Thursday and I'll just let the chips fall where they may. New package for the forearm armor is going on on Thursday aswell.. I have no clue where they can be. Then we're done.
Take it easy,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 6:02:41 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
Hey Jerry, good to hear from you my friend. I had to go into the post office today and fill out an express form for your
25 dollar package, because once again, the amazing United States Postal service did another bang up job, so they decided
to upgrade the package to express, on them. Guess I finally got some justice from a royally screwed up business that is the
US postal "service". Boy was I happy when confronting them. Thank goodness your gorgeous set of forearm armor, which is
only visible at the top 2 inches past your gloves, will make your suit complete.. how you could live without that top 2 inches showing sounded like torture...the good news is they will arrive today before noon, so you can discontinue your bogus charge to your credit card
company.
Label/Receipt Number: EH16 4245 595U S
Status: Processed
Your item was processed and left our SANTA ANA, CA 92799 facility on October 2, 2008.
Information, if available, is updated every evening.
WE'RE DONE HERE. Take care buddy, it was a pleasure knowing you..
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 8:44:57 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
I'm sure I will suffer from you and the "10 others" not reccomending me nor buying from me anymore, how I will get by is going to be extremely hard.. but see, I don't plan on doing this forever, I can't keep making batsuits for the rest of my life and the change is coming. But as you can see, regardless of what you say about me, when the customer wants a refund, they get one.. and your threats of suing me behind my back, were met with a refund...I also refunded 2 others and I keep the refund option on the table. I never said I was the only game in town, in fact, I've reccomended Ludakris, David, Darth Cheerios, Jawafive, direct sales through Bob Dullam, Artsee, Shawn etc.. many times this year and the years prior, when I was too swamped to take on an order. I'm not threatened by competition, because this isn't competition for me.. the things I guarantee is full warranty's for as long as I'm making things, refund option on the table, replacement parts if anything ever rips or oxidizes, or if the person isn't satisfied with the castings and want better ones. I don't charge a single dime more, until the person is completely satisfied. You created this mess with the Begins stuff and hey, I'll tell you what, to show you what kind of man I am, expect a full set of Begins armor in December.. feel free to sell it and get your money back for your loss. I'm not doing this to earn any brownie points from you, I'll do it because I know I messsed up when it came to the filming of your movie. I am a very generous man, I do it because I like being generous.. when 2 people on my forum bought a shitty recast cowl from Mexicanhack, guess what I did? I sent them cowl's for free. When 4 people I barely knew on my forum were struggling with cash, guess what I did? I sent them masks and emblems to sell on ebay to help them out, never asked for a dime for it... you don't know me, you only think you know me... this year was the roughest and when I go back to UPS and am completely caught up by the end of the month a change is coming and not only will I be known for producing high quality items, I'll also go back to being known as the fastest turn around time, best warranty and full guarantee's... they don't call me Alfred for nothing.
1 suit a week, is all I'll be taking on from November on, cowl's, emblems, belts and things like that, will continue until I move on completely. You don't frighten me, you think you have all this power, but you should see what people have said about you through-out the years.. and here's me like a moron, defending you, reccomending all of my customers to go to you for gloves with missing tips on the fins etc.. and multiple complaints due to lags on your part. However, I defended you more times then you'll ever know.. because I understand $%@* happens. However, I am now having my real deal gloves replicated, so my customers will be set when it comes to that.
Before this year, my record was just fine with the occasional mistake.. I used to use UPS exclusively and never once had any shipping problems.. since switching to the amazing Postal Service it's been one blunder after another and I don't give a flying rats arse if you believe it or not. I didn't have to pay a dime for the forearm armor you got this morning, not 1 dime.. other then 10 dollars worth of urethane and pigment. I charged you for the torso/knee's and legs.. the calf and forearm armor is free with the suit.. just like my emblems are free when a cowl is bought, just like the cape clips are free if a cowl that uses cape clips is bought.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 9:31:47 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
Since you're somehow involved in my business and I guess I'm to report to you from now on, Will's replacement torso and belt already went out and I sent him a message letting him know the RD cowl can't go out til after Halloween. His torso and belt ripped, true...and I'm not one to put the blame on others, but in this particular case, I did not run his torso or belt. My new partner didn't do the best job...I inspected it and it looked good, but there was no power netting in the vital areas, that's why it ripped.. same with the belt.
See this is what you do not get, imagine if the rolls were reversed and I was going behind your back, e-mailing back and forth with a group of people, cussing, talking about police and FBI etc..?? When all you had to do was ask for a refund...I know how much of a hot head you can be, hell you admitted to me you were a hot head, so to put you at ease and my own stress level, I simply paid you back.. when if you would have just listened to me and realized that Halloween is still a long time from now, you would have 2 full Begins and an RD Begins cowl.. but that wasn't enough, nothing would have been enough and I realize that now about you. Some people, you just can't please.. so when all else fails, pay that person back, get him out of your life and continue finishing orders has always been my motto. I have 13 left before Halloween and at this pace, I am almost done and can finally take a vacation, after 3 years of non-stop work.. slaves get better vacations then I do.
Believe it or not, my plan was always to send you the Begins armor to make your money back, I only revealed it to you now, because your exaggerations about me is getting out of hand.. you have no idea what I've been through and what my family has been through.. it takes a strong man to keep up the pace that I keep up and I always make things right and I try to live my life as honorably as I can, with the occasional bouts of anger. But some things end up out of your control and sometimes, there is nothing you can do to stop that out of control typhoon that can hit you. You talk about, "I've had problems, but I always deliver".. well, you don't personally make your gloves, I personally make everything I do myself, with a partner occasionally helping me when he isn't in school..... our situations are very different and to continue to compare us to one another, doesn't jive right. I also have never said I was the only one making costumes, but mine aren't shrunken latex castings, full scale from first generation molds and in high quality, with full warranties.. no one I know does that.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: November 3, 2008 3:45:27 PM CST
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: WG: AW: AW: AW: Costume
Jerry, eat $%@*.. your words mean nothing. I already contacted Chris, so stop wasting my time and keep talking $%@*. Stop saying we were friends, we've never met, never had any phone conversations or anything.. it's like we grew up together or something, lmao..but it's clear it has more of an impact if you try to get people to think we were dear friends.. lame trick that doesn't work. So talk all you want, I'm sure it'll get you somewhere.. like feeling better about yourself for talking $%@* behind my back, while having smiles on your face in e-mails..some friend. You'd be surprised at who you think is friends with you guys, but they fill me in on what goes down and fill me in when a new BS attack thread is up, I got eyes everywhere. You wanted a refund, you got it as did the others, it's your fault, not mine. I don't have time to waste, your e-mails are blocked now from sending me your lame little messages.
+*+% you very much,
Captain **!@%#* out.
$800 was sent to him in April via PayPal with a promised delivery time of two months for Begins armor he has been advertising for the past year and a half with molds he claimed he bought from Bob D. He never had the molds when he told me he did and still doesn't. Accordingly, he missed the deadline delivering that armor that was to be used for a $14K film I produced in June that was depending on the suit. I ended up borrowing a suit from another guy to have what we needed for our drop dead production date that got damaged during filming and paid him the replacement value, which meant I had forked over $1,600 with no suit. When Janty heard I was going to file a police report against him if he missed his new "promised" deadline fo Halloween, HE decided to issue a refund after sitting on my cash for 6 months and now says I "wanted" the refund. In addition, an '89 suit which he HAS molds for took 6 months to ship when he promised it within several weeks upon receipt of payment in April.
I used the refund to get a suit from Bob D direct that arrived right in time for Halloween, who confirmed Jants STILL DOES NOT HAVE POSSESSION OF HIS MOLDS. Great business practices from Jants huh? Why should anyone be put through this aggravation?
I was lucky to get a refund. Others have gotten neither their goods NOR a refund after waiting over a year, including someone I referred to him last DECEMBER.
If you've gotten excuses from him, compare notes with what I got and see the pattern firsthand. He's manipulating DOZENS of other people who sent him over $10K collectively in good faith for goods and received NOTHING or refunds after waiting from 7 months to over a YEAR for things when legal action was threatened. And he screwed up plenty of people's Halloweens also with this routine. I'm wondering how he can afford to give everyone refunds and I have a bad feeling it's because he might be borrowing from Peter (newbies) to pay Paul (other customers who he never gets around to casting stuff for). That's how he did it with me and the other 10+ guys who compared notes...
Lock it if you want mods. But I hope you leave this post so people can see the roller coaster ride they're in for by someone who doesn't think twice about lying to get money and then makes you feel like you're the lucky one if he gets around to casting your stuff or by God, he'll punish you with nothing after you've waited past 6 months except your money he's been sitting on in that time.
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 10, 2008 7:41:21 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Howdy...
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, been in the cave working like crazy and haven't been online.
The video sounds awesome man, looking forward to seeing it. Once I have the molds I can run off the torso and legs in a few hours. I'm waiting on one more payment of 1250 and with your payment, I will have enough to send Bob the money. I also have your 89 torso ran off and am doing up your legs/knee's tomorrow and will ship them by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.
LMk what you think and I'll be sure to get the pieces to ya in time.
Later bro,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 18, 2008 2:03:38 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, been pumping out item like crazy so I can focus on the begins stuff. Got your box
ready to go, just finishing up 2 more orders and will get to the PO by Saturday or Monday at the latest.
As for Begins, anytime you're ready. With your money and this other payment coming in the mail, I'll have the moula for the
molds from Bob and can run off the kick ass armor for ya.
Janty Chattaw
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 23, 2008 8:04:15 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
Hey bud, sorry for the delay, just got back online. With your payment and 1 more I'm waiting on, I'll have the torso and spine attachment mold money. Then I'm waiting one 2 payment coming in and I'll order the legs. If for some reason I don't have the money for the legs/knee's in time, I'll contact Bob and have him run off the legs and will send them with the torso.
TN coming up for your 89 stuff, this week for sure.. had some minor issues lately.
Later bro and congrats on casting the Bat, this is going to be sweeeeet!
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 26, 2008 3:30:47 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
No worries bud, I'll make it happen for ya and the quality of the castings will really show. Bob is not a urethane man, which is why he wants to get rid of the molds and get into making what he does best. I'm collecting all of the money people owe me, plus other's sending dough for suits and your money will allow me to send Bob the moula within a couple weeks.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: April 28, 2008 11:06:46 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor Payment Sent!
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delay, just got back online and back home. Drove up to LA on Friday and my car took a fat dump on me and have been carless. I'll get it back tomorrow and will head out to the PO with all these boxes I have ready to go, including your 89 goodies. Definetely will be in your hands this week.
Later bro,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: May 12, 2008 2:42:26 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Stuff
Hey Jerry, sorry for the delayed responce, went away for the weekend to hang with moms. Your 89 package will be there by Thursday or Friday. Went with parcel post.
Begins is on schedule, I should have the torso/spine attachment mold at my place early next week, legs/knee's shortly will follow. Been collecting money like crazy for the legs.
LMK when the 89 stuff arrives and enjoy and will get back to you shortly on Begins stuff.
Later bud,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: May 22, 2008 7:30:35 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Shipment Tracking and Order Status Provided for Transaction ID:7HR827835J059252G (Routing Code:
Hey Jerry, sorry for the mis-understanding, I sent you an e-mail but you must not have gotten it. This is for the 89 stuff, but Paypal froze Nick's account until he sends out 3 random orders and they selected your order for the Begins stuff.. so we used the tracking info for the 89 for the Begins stuff. He didn't have a business account and had been taking orders that are over 500, so as a result they want to be sure he is legit.
No worries though, Begins stuff is coming, I am almost their and you are the first to get the set.
Let me know when you get this.
Cheers!
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 2:26:36 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, I've been trying to get ahold of Bob but haven't heard back from him just yet. I'm going to have him send the torso/spine, legs/knee's to you directly and it'll only take 45 minutes to glue up. With urethane, the key is super glue gel and only along the edges. I don't have any Begins armor whatsoever as the set I had I sold a long time ago. I will get back to you by the end of the day, refresh my memory, when is filming. I'm going to make this happen as I'm really looking forward to seeing this project and once again I'm terribly sorry for the added stress.. things have been crazy.
LMK when you get this as my e-mail acts up sometimes.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 4:43:32 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, it's no worries. The urethane both me and Bob use cures in 2 hours and Bob can run it off and send it express, already spoke with him. If I had the molds, I can run off the full suit in a couple hours. If it helps save you money, let me know. Then you can sell off the armor you get now and you'll get my version of the armor shortly, which will be much more flexible and durable.
Either way is cool so let me know.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: June 3, 2008 8:58:32 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Man, I feel bad... but what I meant was, I could get you out the armor from Bob to arrive on Thursday, to use for this, then when I finish your final suit, you can sell the one you get from Bob to re-coupe your money and you'll have my Begins castings for your final suit. Shipping would obviously be on me, for all this. But if you already got the other one coming, then I'll just go ahead and send Bob the next payment for the legs/knee's and just have him send me both molds at the same time.
89 will arrive this week, Begins will arrive shortly after that, then a RD Begins cowl to boot.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 1, 2008 6:57:13 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Hey Jerry, man that is why Bob wants to stop running urethane pieces. He uses a fairly stiff rubber, that is only really meant for posing and walking around. The way I make it, is like the cowl, in that it can take a lot of action and I also insert power net under the arms, sides, legs etc.. so that it doesn't rip whatsoever. I have 3500 dollars coming anyday now and can finally pay off the legs/knee's from Bob. It sucks trying to hunt down everyone that still owes payments on their suit and with business being slow, due to the economy and gas prices etc.. it's been rough. I was going to send the 89 back out, but figured I'd send both boxes at the same time, like you were suggesting. Here's what I'll do, I'll hook both you and Jamie up with Begins armor.. this way, both of ya will be happy and have suits so you don't have to take a hit. If you can, have Jamie contact me so I can get his address.
So let me know, I can send the 89 right back out, priority mail this time, or you can give me a little bit more time to retrieve my funds from the various people and will get it all out to you and Jamie.
LMK what you think,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 1, 2008 7:11:27 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Begins Armor
Yeah man, that's exactly what I'm saying.
It's the least I can do for
this big mess. The total cost for Bob's
Begins molds was 5500. I've paid him 2500 so far, with another 1,000 on the way and the remainder, I'm hoping anyday
now. I have a 5 gallon tub of urethane waiting for just doing Begins stuff, but business is very slow right now across the boards.
I've been struggling to get through this mess, so I can do some changes to ensure it doesn't happen again and I can go back to having
the fastest turn around times around, to match the quality of my work.
As soon as I get the remainder money, it's going to pay it all off.. I just wish I could sell some Bat stuff on ebay, to make things flow faster...but
WB is now in full swing and pulling stuff left and right and can't risk losing my ebay account.
So it's your call man, I can shoot over the 89, then get Jamie and your Begins suits out, as soon as these bastards pay me, or I get a couple of new full suit orders.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 7, 2008 12:09:54 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Hi Janty... '89 Stuff...
No problem man, will shoot you over the 89 stuff on Thursday, priority mail for a 2 day delivery. No problem on the suit, go ahead and pay him back and I'll run you off 2 sets and you can sell off one to re-coupe your money. I have 3 grand coming in this week, for sure, so that will pay off the last 650 on the torso and will be half way on the legs.. so expect the Begins stuff by the middle to late this month.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 29, 2008 6:38:02 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, sorry for the delay.. was at comic con for the weekend, which I wasn't planning on attending, but needed some stress relief. Last week my pops had a cardiac arrest and was by his side for 72 hours, as his signs improved, I came home and slept for 17 hours straight, having not slept in 3 days, then I went to con to relieve some stress. I didn't provide the TN for the 89 stuff, because there is no TN, only insurance. Times have been extremely tough, so everything had to go with parcel post, which can take up to 9 days or so.. but I got insurance this time, so that it pretty much ensures it will arrive and it will arrive this week, I double checked everything. I'm switching to UPS, which means higher shipping costs, but it won't be such a pain as dealing with USPS. I had the money long ago to pay off Bob's molds, but with having to pay for my pops in the rest home for the last year, it's been tough and don't know how much longer I can keep everything level. Jamie contacted me about me replacing his armor, which I said I would, he then contacted me about getting an 89 suit instead, which I said either one he wants.. never heard back from him both times. I warned people that Bob uses a urethane not really meant for hardcore action stunt work, mostly for walking around.. I make the stuff so that it is nerely impossible to rip or tear and if anything does, I replace it without even charging for shipping again. I have customers who have had their suits for years and is still as new as the day they got it, but people want things quick, so they go to Bob, because Bob doesn't take on orders like I do, so is much faster.. but even he will say that I'm the guy to go to for urethane pieces, but people don't like to wait anymore and would wrather get it within a week, which is Bob's turn around time, roughly. I'm doing Birthday gigs as Jack, making like 300 an hour and all of it is going towards the molds. I've paid 3000 towards them already and I still need to pay 2500 more.. which I'll be able to send him half that by next week and hopefully the rest before the middle of August. You've been extremely patient and I appreciate that, no hard feelings on my part and don't blame ya.. but believe me, this is proving most difficult and I'm debating getting out of the costume making game, because my life is a mess as a result of it and I don't make enough money to continue. As soon as I wrap up my orders, it may be time to quit.. possibly offering things once in a while only.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: July 31, 2008 2:06:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Sorry for the delay, just got around to checking my e-mails. Yeah, that's the stiff urethane, which is why it ripped..with the armor I make, even if the bodysuit ripped, it won't rip the armor. No worries, you'll have two sets of full Begins armor that you can use to re-coupe money.
As for the 89, it definetely should have arrived by now as it was shipped over 10 days ago. Hang in there for a couple more days and if it doesn't arrive, I'll run off a new one real quick and ship with UPS this time, costs more, but they are more reliable.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 4, 2008 4:08:45 PM CDT
To: <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey Jerry, yeah it was insured for 500. I'm going to send one more, UPS this time.. if you recieve two boxes, let me know and I'll send you money to send one back. Running the 89 stuff isn't that hard, so I'll do that today along with my other orders and can get to the PO by Wednesday (that's when my next batch of paypal payments will clear into my account as I'm almost completely broke right now, having just bought another 785 dollars in materials this morning. I'm done with USPS, so I'm now charging everyone more for shipping.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 9, 2008 3:41:52 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, the PO found the box and it will arrive by Tuesday or Wednesday for sure. All RD begins cowl's are going out next week, just got a payment for 1400 so I can keep shipping.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 21, 2008 10:18:47 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Hey man, I checked it and it says:
03080660000156212925 usps.com
"Your item arrived at 8:21 AM on August 21, 2008 in WILMETTE, IL 60091. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later."
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 21, 2008 5:39:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Yep, I forgot to put em in the box. They are laying on my desk. Will box em out and ship em out tomorrow.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: August 27, 2008 11:36:59 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
I'm going to start shipping torso/spine attachments and forearm armor by the first week of Sept through mid-Sept. I have a little
bit more to pay off for the legs/knee's, but in the end everyone will be taken care of before Halloween, then I am going to take a
vacation from making costumes and think about whether I am going to continue being a full time costume maker or not.
Forearm armor went out Tuesday, so expect it anyday now.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 7, 2008 4:18:39 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Janty - You need to read this please.
Well, the delivery confirmation number keeps popping up not telling me nothing. I'll find out what's up when I go ship more packages
tomorrow.. if anything, will run off another set and ship. Torso's/spine attachment's and forearm armor will be going out this month, maybe
even the legs/knee's calf armor at the same time, got 3 big commission jobs coming up and should be able to pay it off.. then you'll see
what a Begins suit is supposed to look like.
Oh and +*+% Sarah Palin.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 7:42:20 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
So now you're trying to get a lynch mob to sue me? You will have your money back, via paypal next week. Anyone else want their
money back, send em my way. I though we went over this, but if you're going to try and get a lynch mob after me, we're done. Expect
a refund. The last few waiting, know they have the refund option at anytime, but you're now wanting to jump to level 10, before simply
asking for a refund.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:19:38 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
All those customers I have sent you over the years, every single one of my customers, I sent to you.. you know how many of them were contacting me left and right, complaining on the lags for the gloves? At least 10... but I would say, "no worries, Jerry will come through, he's not going to burn you" and twice, people didn't get the only thing they needed in time, for Halloween, which was gloves.. I was embarrassed. I have defended you when people say you're a whiner, a complainer, why'd you let him into the Hidden Chamber, complaints from the BOTB aswell. I have defended you. Lastly, I never made excuses with sick family members, only 1 family member and that is my father who is on his death bed, sufered 3 strokes in 1 year and a heart attack, was in a coma, bills over 4 thousand a month... you spin things faster then O'Reilly. I know about the 6, 3 of them will be getting their stuff anyday now.
You blast me on forums, watch what I do on my forum...the information on you from other members would make your head spin... you're childish and many people really dislike you on these forums and believe me, many people have told me this but I defended you.. some "friend" you are. Oh and the mole is not just one person.
I have an e-pending check waiting for approval in paypal for 1400 (which was going to go to Bob for the legs/knee's), as soon as that clears, you will have your refund, by Tuesday. You go behind my back, when I told you this is going to be the month that you recieve your stuff and the same with the others.. you took it to this level, not me.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:31:37 PM CDT
To: <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
You have no heart whatsoever... if you think I'm spending the money on myself, you're out of your mind. I didn't punish you, you are the first person ever to talk about law suites, if someone talks to me like that, they simply get a refund (starting now, since this is the first time it happened).. my family can't afford me getting sued, so it's easier for me to pay the leader of this gang back and if the other three want their money back, all they have to do is ask.. because 3 of your band of brothers stuff is already on the way. I have never deleted anything on the board, only time I delete something is if I already shipped it and the person is still complaining, most of the time I don't check my board because I work all day and all night and sleep 4 hours a day, if I'm lucky. You don't know my situation and after telling you the Begins stuff is coming this month, you still go behind my back and want to start a lynch mob against me. This has been the roughest year of my life and am working to dig myself out of this hole and don't need the added drama. I have multiple things I can sell, to pay these people back.... so have your band of brothers go ahead and e-mail me asking for a refund and I'll start with you and work my way through them.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 13, 2008 3:51:07 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Question bud...
The refund is to protect my ass, you go behind my back, after I told you not more then a couple weeks ago that September is the month you'll get your stuff.. a whole month before Halloween.. how the +*+% did you expect me to react???? All of a sudden I get hit with this information. Yeah, you are disliked and the part you conveniently left out, is ME DEFENDING YOU. I have never burned anyone either, I have sent free items, issued hundreds of dollars in credit for people that were lagged on etc... you have no clue and it's obvious it's going in one ear, out the other.
I can't get passed my own +*+%-ups? I apologized, offered to send you an extra suit to cover your funds (without hesitation) and this is how you you treat that? I also offered to hook Jamie up with an 89 suit on top of him getting his money from you, you getting your suit and full investment back.. so the 89 suit would have been free for Jamie...I am not a selfish man and everyone know's I break my back to make people happy.. I offered to make things right and you know it, but instead of waiting a bit longer, you go behind my back and try to form a lynch mob against me... talk about backstabbing.. you're guilty of it just as much as all of the morons who talk about you, behind your back.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 7:45:13 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You made that payment to my friend's paypal account (look it up), not mine... I am paying you back, you are first like I said and now you've gone ahead anyway and filed the chargeback stuff.. great, my friend does me a favor and allows a paypal payment made to him (because I had cancelled Paypal due to hacker stuff and you wanted to use paypal) and now he is going to get $%@* for it. That's just wonderful.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 8:18:31 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
(For all I Know, you skim through my responces, please read the second paragraph at least)
You have this whole thing twisted, because I told you that you would have the suit in plenty of time before Halloween. Begins stuff is the most important thing to get done, BECAUSE I WANT MY OWN BATSUIT FINALLY and what better way to start, then making myself a BEGINS suit.. but I won't make myself one until everyone has their's.. I have a gig I want to do on Halloween, where I'll get paid 1500 for dressing like the Bat.. but I don't own a Batsuit and believe me, 1500 for a 2 hour appearance is super important, because I can use that money to launch my new policies.
I told you Begins is top priority and then I read all this stuff about FBI and Police and thought, screw that.. get this crazy customer back his money so I can get back to work with a clear head. I apologized to you for the intitial delay, I apologized to you on the delay for the 89, I offered you a real deal Casting of a Begins cowl, offered to send you an extra Begins suit to get your money back, offered to send Jamie a free set of 89 armor... WHAT MORE COULD I DO???? After offering all this, you still weren't happy.. best to pay you back, save all the money I would have spent on the freebies and dig myself out of my hole, once and foreall... so that I can start fresh and go back to not only producing the best items out there, but with the fastest turn around times in the game.... all of the money you, Keith, Tripp, Yan and Chris paid me, went to Bob.. none of it was kept "for myself" like you implied. The price for these molds was 5500, by next week, 3800 of that money will be paid.
The best I can do is 400 by Tuesday and 435 (35 for the 2 paypal charges) on Thursday.. whatever happens is going to happen and my friend will understand because he rarely uses paypal... but as soon as you get the final 435, end it and move on and I'll do the same. I have enough on my plate.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 8:53:15 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You have the worst temper, worst manners and seem incredibly angry are you sure you're not a Republican? Heartless, all to dress up like a rubber Bat, you $%@* on my father and my situation by saying stuff like, "boo hoo"....If the roles were reversed, I wouldn't even think twice about a %+*+#+! Batman costume, I'd be all about "Do what you can for your family".. I'm first generation born in this country, my family is lower middle class at best.. bad things happened this year and that is why this mess occurred.. I don't expect any sympathy from you, the father thing is fact and the absolute truth... so I don't expect you to all of a sudden realize what an incredible jerk you're being, I'm just stating fact.
Do you not understand that it is an e-pending check? It clears when the funds from said customer goes through, he says by Tuesday, but what if it isn't on Tuesday??? I have other payments coming that will be immediately available and I know for a fact 450 will be in there by Tuesday. Do what you will.. can't wait until you're out of my life, this is going no where.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 14, 2008 9:48:58 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Refund and Chargeback Situation
You mean the 3 strokes my dad had at 3 different times this year alone? You mean the heart attack he had a few months ago? Apparentely, I use my dad as an excuse?? The facts are, if this didn't happen to my dad, none of this would have occurred and everyone would have their stuff, period. You don't know me, you don't know what me and my family has gone through. I use 2 days a month, for myself, to party a little to relieve stress, the other 28 or so days of the month, all I do is work.
As for my workmanship, LMAO! You think all it is is pulling castings from a mold? Dude, you're twisted. So now my workmanship is poor, that is a first, when even top pro's acknowlege my knowledge on urethane's and materials and am highly acclaimed for my sculpting and mold making talents. I worked hard to get where I'm at and Bob wanted to offer me the molds, because he's sick of dealing with urethane.
Your 89 was shipped 3 times, you don't want to believe it, don't.. I don't care. I know USPS, I ship with them all the time, becaus it is cheapest.. but guess what, most of my customers get their stuff in a timely manner and go through just fine with USPS, the issues of the few cases are the ones complaining on the board. Do this, track what happens after Halloween.. do some investigative journalism and see what happens when I switch to UPS and start charging the proper shipping money to fascilitate using UPS, watch how everyone will recieve their $%@* fast. USPS is crap and EVERY SINGLE ONE of my fellow costume makers has told me their horror stories.. including you with Mark's gloves, Artsee's cape etc..
Say what you want, my costumes are top knotch, full warranty for as long as I do this and REFUND OPTION ALWAYS ON THE TABLE. 7 years I've been doing this, this year being the worst one of my costume making carreer.. so go, get stuff from other's, why go through me when you clearly implied my items suck.. which is a joke. Hell, I'll even let you borrow a mold, let me see you run some castings that will hold up to abuse, evenly urethane'd and as long lasting as my stuff.. let me see that and I'll be impressed. Even with your 89, even though our "friendship" is done, the warranty still stands on your 89 stuff.. that's how I roll.
I don't have time for this anymore, you decided the outcome of this, not me.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: September 15, 2008 10:00:17 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: You've got a payment
I already told you, it should be tomorrow. I just got this payment for 600, so I sent 400. 435 tomorrow... if not, it'll have to be Thursday and I'll just let the chips fall where they may. New package for the forearm armor is going on on Thursday aswell.. I have no clue where they can be. Then we're done.
Take it easy,
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 6:02:41 AM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
Hey Jerry, good to hear from you my friend. I had to go into the post office today and fill out an express form for your
25 dollar package, because once again, the amazing United States Postal service did another bang up job, so they decided
to upgrade the package to express, on them. Guess I finally got some justice from a royally screwed up business that is the
US postal "service". Boy was I happy when confronting them. Thank goodness your gorgeous set of forearm armor, which is
only visible at the top 2 inches past your gloves, will make your suit complete.. how you could live without that top 2 inches showing sounded like torture...the good news is they will arrive today before noon, so you can discontinue your bogus charge to your credit card
company.
Label/Receipt Number: EH16 4245 595U S
Status: Processed
Your item was processed and left our SANTA ANA, CA 92799 facility on October 2, 2008.
Information, if available, is updated every evening.
WE'RE DONE HERE. Take care buddy, it was a pleasure knowing you..
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 8:44:57 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
I'm sure I will suffer from you and the "10 others" not reccomending me nor buying from me anymore, how I will get by is going to be extremely hard.. but see, I don't plan on doing this forever, I can't keep making batsuits for the rest of my life and the change is coming. But as you can see, regardless of what you say about me, when the customer wants a refund, they get one.. and your threats of suing me behind my back, were met with a refund...I also refunded 2 others and I keep the refund option on the table. I never said I was the only game in town, in fact, I've reccomended Ludakris, David, Darth Cheerios, Jawafive, direct sales through Bob Dullam, Artsee, Shawn etc.. many times this year and the years prior, when I was too swamped to take on an order. I'm not threatened by competition, because this isn't competition for me.. the things I guarantee is full warranty's for as long as I'm making things, refund option on the table, replacement parts if anything ever rips or oxidizes, or if the person isn't satisfied with the castings and want better ones. I don't charge a single dime more, until the person is completely satisfied. You created this mess with the Begins stuff and hey, I'll tell you what, to show you what kind of man I am, expect a full set of Begins armor in December.. feel free to sell it and get your money back for your loss. I'm not doing this to earn any brownie points from you, I'll do it because I know I messsed up when it came to the filming of your movie. I am a very generous man, I do it because I like being generous.. when 2 people on my forum bought a shitty recast cowl from Mexicanhack, guess what I did? I sent them cowl's for free. When 4 people I barely knew on my forum were struggling with cash, guess what I did? I sent them masks and emblems to sell on ebay to help them out, never asked for a dime for it... you don't know me, you only think you know me... this year was the roughest and when I go back to UPS and am completely caught up by the end of the month a change is coming and not only will I be known for producing high quality items, I'll also go back to being known as the fastest turn around time, best warranty and full guarantee's... they don't call me Alfred for nothing.
1 suit a week, is all I'll be taking on from November on, cowl's, emblems, belts and things like that, will continue until I move on completely. You don't frighten me, you think you have all this power, but you should see what people have said about you through-out the years.. and here's me like a moron, defending you, reccomending all of my customers to go to you for gloves with missing tips on the fins etc.. and multiple complaints due to lags on your part. However, I defended you more times then you'll ever know.. because I understand $%@* happens. However, I am now having my real deal gloves replicated, so my customers will be set when it comes to that.
Before this year, my record was just fine with the occasional mistake.. I used to use UPS exclusively and never once had any shipping problems.. since switching to the amazing Postal Service it's been one blunder after another and I don't give a flying rats arse if you believe it or not. I didn't have to pay a dime for the forearm armor you got this morning, not 1 dime.. other then 10 dollars worth of urethane and pigment. I charged you for the torso/knee's and legs.. the calf and forearm armor is free with the suit.. just like my emblems are free when a cowl is bought, just like the cape clips are free if a cowl that uses cape clips is bought.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: October 3, 2008 9:31:47 PM CDT
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: Chargeback for non-delivery of full order
Since you're somehow involved in my business and I guess I'm to report to you from now on, Will's replacement torso and belt already went out and I sent him a message letting him know the RD cowl can't go out til after Halloween. His torso and belt ripped, true...and I'm not one to put the blame on others, but in this particular case, I did not run his torso or belt. My new partner didn't do the best job...I inspected it and it looked good, but there was no power netting in the vital areas, that's why it ripped.. same with the belt.
See this is what you do not get, imagine if the rolls were reversed and I was going behind your back, e-mailing back and forth with a group of people, cussing, talking about police and FBI etc..?? When all you had to do was ask for a refund...I know how much of a hot head you can be, hell you admitted to me you were a hot head, so to put you at ease and my own stress level, I simply paid you back.. when if you would have just listened to me and realized that Halloween is still a long time from now, you would have 2 full Begins and an RD Begins cowl.. but that wasn't enough, nothing would have been enough and I realize that now about you. Some people, you just can't please.. so when all else fails, pay that person back, get him out of your life and continue finishing orders has always been my motto. I have 13 left before Halloween and at this pace, I am almost done and can finally take a vacation, after 3 years of non-stop work.. slaves get better vacations then I do.
Believe it or not, my plan was always to send you the Begins armor to make your money back, I only revealed it to you now, because your exaggerations about me is getting out of hand.. you have no idea what I've been through and what my family has been through.. it takes a strong man to keep up the pace that I keep up and I always make things right and I try to live my life as honorably as I can, with the occasional bouts of anger. But some things end up out of your control and sometimes, there is nothing you can do to stop that out of control typhoon that can hit you. You talk about, "I've had problems, but I always deliver".. well, you don't personally make your gloves, I personally make everything I do myself, with a partner occasionally helping me when he isn't in school..... our situations are very different and to continue to compare us to one another, doesn't jive right. I also have never said I was the only one making costumes, but mine aren't shrunken latex castings, full scale from first generation molds and in high quality, with full warranties.. no one I know does that.
Janty Chattaw
Begin forwarded message:
From: Janty Chattaw <spokenword44@hotmail.com>
Date: November 3, 2008 3:45:27 PM CST
To: Jerry Vasilatos <jerry@nitestar.com>
Subject: RE: WG: AW: AW: AW: Costume
Jerry, eat $%@*.. your words mean nothing. I already contacted Chris, so stop wasting my time and keep talking $%@*. Stop saying we were friends, we've never met, never had any phone conversations or anything.. it's like we grew up together or something, lmao..but it's clear it has more of an impact if you try to get people to think we were dear friends.. lame trick that doesn't work. So talk all you want, I'm sure it'll get you somewhere.. like feeling better about yourself for talking $%@* behind my back, while having smiles on your face in e-mails..some friend. You'd be surprised at who you think is friends with you guys, but they fill me in on what goes down and fill me in when a new BS attack thread is up, I got eyes everywhere. You wanted a refund, you got it as did the others, it's your fault, not mine. I don't have time to waste, your e-mails are blocked now from sending me your lame little messages.
+*+% you very much,
Captain **!@%#* out.
