I just talked to someone James Corwin/Joe sent an email to....they are going to forward it to me. It sounds like the same old crap, someone is in the military, someone died (dying is very big in his scams, someone is always dying, either the husband or wife or brother), etc.  Whether or not these Wyrm Works items are "fakes", the guy spreading the word is a known scam artist and pathological liar, I wouldn't trust a thing he said.

Mike B

Hello, my name is Dave.  I am Wargames-east.  If you have any question, allegations or information that you would like to share in an open, and honest fashion, I am here to answer your questions, address your allegations and give you any information you would like.  I would have sooner if I knew that I was being dragged through the mud.

As a brief background; Tony (Robert) Callahan and many other names he uses, was at one time my partner in Wargames-east.  That is until I reported him for shell accounts, theft from me, and the non-delivery of good to ebay buyers.  It cost me $1200.00 and a LOT of emails so far, but I was able to severe our business relationship.  Something Robert (Tony) Callahan (James Corvin, Joe Daviddson and other bogus aliases) is not too happy about.  He also lied to me about pretty much everything to do with him.  I found out when I accidentally called his father (The real Tony Callahan) and got a VERY disturbing story about how Robert (Tony's son) had ruined his own father's credit, his mother's credit, his wife's credit and every relationship he ever had.  This of course is all so much dirty laundry and day time soap opera.  But its not even the half of it.  I will spare you the details unless you really want to know.

Then he accused me of selling counterfeit items.   One was a "Magic Viewer".  yeah, a counterfeit magic viewer.  Okay, look. . . maybe there are some people in the world who can fake that.  But I'm not one of them.  The chinese maybe.  But who would fake an item, that takes a long time to fake and sell it for $4.99.  I have a better than average IQ.  That is not going to happen.  I won't spend HOURS and I don't even know what kind of resources to fake a less than five dollar item for a VERY small number of buyers.  The idea is insane (kinda like Callahan BTW)

Then he spent a HUGE number of hour and emails from what ebay tells me, tryingto convince collectors (who BTW know the difference) that what I had already sold them were fakes.  Hess stuff, Wyrm works and other stuff.

Again, these people are just like you and I.  They know what they are buying and they ave me 100% postive feedback.  The only negatives I have are from Tonys fake accounts during the summer.  Oldly enough this laters rsh of attacks comes from ebay ID:  joeknows93  

If you would like to know the name of my most recent collection seller I would be happy to provide you with an introduction, and I will let him explain the mania that is Tony - Robert Callahan or Joe Dadviddson or any one of a number of other BS names he uses on a regular basis.

This fake account of Callahans was started July 5th 2012.

Look at the three (only three) negative feedbacks on Wargames-east2.  Hmm. . .  coincidence?  I think not.  Oldly enough I'm not the only one who thinks so.

Look at my account.  Look at who has left positive feedback on the items in questin, then askyourself if those people could ALL be fooled by fakes.

It doesn't add up.  Its not logical.

Lastly, I'm selling some decent stuff,and BTW its the tip of the iceberg.  I suppose when I list the factory sealed greyhawk box set or factory sealed greyhawk wars or five boxes of factory sealed fanacity or Raveloft, or spelljammer or role aids of flying buffalo that I faked those to?

If you have any questions, call me:  413-265-9553 or email me; [email protected].

I would be more than happy to address your questions.

wargames-east wrote:Hello, my name is Dave.  I am Wargames-east.  If you have any question, allegations or information that you would like to share in an open, and honest fashion, I am here to answer your questions, address your allegations and give you any information you would like.  I would have sooner if I knew that I was being dragged through the mud.

You're not -- at least not here -- and hopefully my post didn't give you that impression.  We've had dealings with this idiot (Robert Callahan, James Corvin, whoever) for at least six years now, maybe more.  He pops up with a new identity about once a year.  Thankfully, he's about as bright as a tomato, so it's not too difficult to spot him.  But some newer collectors may not be aware of his activities, or may not be paying attention to the red flags.

Foul

Regarding the Wyrm Works stuff I am selling, or anything else I sell.  I am a very serious collector and ocasionally a very serious seller (Seasonal).  I buy collections, mostly from craig's list sources, but I also am in very tight with several auction houses who do estates and two small companies that clean out bank owned property prior to auction (Two HUGE tips for you bigger dealers out there).

I'll drop 20,000 or more if its the right stuff.  This summer I bought out the collection and store remenance of one gentleman from his surviving brother.  (oddly enough it was crazy Callahan that turned me on to this source, back when i didn't know he was a liar and nuts) Also, the other was a much smaller, but certainly more valuable collection from an auction house that I snapped up prior to it being sold out piecemeal.

Thats what I do.  In the frist one this summer, I picked up a large number of shrink wrap items and many of them were from as many manufacturers as I have ever heard of.  Among this awesome hoarde, was a good deal of Hess games, Flying Buffalo, Role Aids and Wyrm works stuff.  Now I have to confess that I did not and still don't know a lot about it (Wyrm Works).  There isn't a lot available.  But this guy had four boxes (about the size of a medium flat rate USPS box) filled with Wyrm Works stuff.  He had 24 copies of 10 of the titles and only one copy each of two of the titles.  Naturally I researched them.  They are VERY similar to hess games stuff.  For my money they are a little better quality and certainly more material per package (except the Wyrm Works stuff is not printed on parchment (except the last page which can be parchment or really light tan (yellow maybe) card stock.  The best three I saw that I had more than one copy of were Dwarven Crag, and both of the Dragonest issues.  They are perhapse the best dungeons I have ever seen.  I'll post pictures here once I figure out how to do that.  

Also about half the copies had a smooth 8 1/2 x 11 cardboard stiffener, but not all of them, even from the same titles.  It seems like either they stared with or without them.  Not sure which.  The plastic bags were a little larger than the ones you typically see today.  The problem is that they are not the best quality.  They seemed to age prematurely.

Anyway, wyrm works aparently used less expensive zip lock bags as I just said, because when I opened the boxes, they has that light tea brown color of plastic that was decomposing.  Also there was that slight cheesy smell of decomposing plastic.  You know like when an old raincoat gets put away wet.  Anyway, I was super bummed when that happened because I though all the Wyrm Works stuff was going to be ruined, and sadly some of it was.

I repackaged the stuff that ddn't smell like old cheese into new zip lock bags (that is why I DID NOT, list them as new).  But they are authentic.  Anyone who has priced out the materials involved and thought about how much time it would take to copy all those pages, just to sell them for $9.95 on ebay before fees, would instantly realize the stupidity and insanity of trying to make them.  The card stock alone would cost you $30.00 for a package, and IF and I mean IF you can duplicate the color.  Then there is the paper.  That's not exactly being given away either.  Then the toner for a LAZER printer.  There is no bubble jet or ink jet in the world that can do the job.  So now I have to own and feed a lazer printer.  Then I have to somehow get cardboard inserts that just happen to be factory quality perfectly cut, and lets not forget I have to print, sort, and bag everything.

Again, just so I can sell maybe ten copies of each total.  All the while I'm selling to the most critical and experience collectors in the world, who I guess would suddenly loose all ability to critique the validity of the item they are litterally the world's expert on, or perhasp they are all also consipiring to help me sell these ten dollar items for a cut, and thats why they gave me awesome marks.  Hmm. . . yeah Robert, you might be on to something.  Hmm. . .?  You're a regular Dick Tracy.  Sherlock Holmes could do no better, I'm sure.

Sure . . . sure I did.  I don't honestly believe or expect anyone would fall for that line of crap.  but its my hope that Robert Callahan signs on with yet another one of his fake accounts and reads this so he can know that everyone knows what a lying piece of crap he really is.  A stupid lying piece of crap at that.

Wyrm Works from what I can discover is a VERY much Hess Games like company, that is no longer in operation.  It was and possibly still is headquartered in Bloomington Indiana, with a PO Box in Zionsville Indiana.  I'm not 100% sure of who the owner was / is.  But I do have a name that I'm looking into.

I will say this.  If you like Hess Games, stuff then you will like Wyrm Works.  Its the same concept, taken to a slightly higher level.  It is mostly 3 or 4 years Newer than Hess games stuff (1994-ish) and I have seen stuff as late as 1998.

I don't believe there is a lot out there, so for that reason, I'm hanging on to about half of what I have for a long time.  If anyone has any information on Wyrm Works and how I might get in touch with (James?) please let me know.

Dave

I'll add the name Brenda Callahan to the list.  My dealings with her went ok, but am wondering if I just got lucky.

lucyjoyce wrote:I'll add the name Brenda Callahan to the list.  My dealings with her went ok, but am wondering if I just got lucky.

I bought from this guy for over a year with only a few minor hickups.  Then he convinced me to work with him to help him sell his stuff on ebay.  That's when he decided NOT to drop ship as we had agreed, and made that decision when I had already mailed 750 worth of stuff to him.  I managed to get the packages turned around and sent back to me enroute (thank god for that).

He did cost me about $1200 in returns and Paypal refunds, but I made it throught all that without any negative feedback thank God.  He was NOT too happy about me reversing the packages.  There was a LOT of nice stuff in there.

Can you explain how you accomplished this feat?

"I managed to get the packages turned around and sent back to me enroute (thank god for that)."

Wow, okay first . . . huge bonus points for the Wyrm works information.  Thanks everyone, especially considering there are some on the site I don't have.

Robert Callahan has more excuses (lies) than any three prisons you could empty.  His laptop I'm sure is fine.  He did some disappearing acts on me as well.  In one story he actually told me his daughter died.  Turns out the state took her.  Not sure why.

Car accident, last I knew he didn't own a car.  I caught him selling the same item on two different ebay accounts, and that was the final straw for me.  He will no doubt appear again at some point.  He has resurfaced in ebay many times already.  I am not this kind of person, but I hope he gets his.  He is such a snake.  I have never actually known of such a low down, vile and deceitful scumbag in my whole life.  

I'm not sure if the Joeknows93 ID is still functional or not, but ebay is looking into it.  That I know because I reported him for making threats and wild statements about me, Intelligator, Guido the gypsie, jastner, that guy todd who has the huge amazon and ebay presence and the cool website, and many others.  He was pretty much attacking everyone who sells AD&D stuff.  He considers himself a player and alsways insists that the condition of his life is the fault of others.  He alwasy has a sob story to motivate people to pay for his auctions for him, and of course he'll send you the money or do something in trade.  He is good for it for a while, then when he figures he can maximize his profit . . . he screws you over.

REVERSING POSTAGE:  Slow postage with delivery consfirmation is possible to reverse.  You have to go to your post office, fill out a form and pay a fee.  Its a hefty fee, so you woudln't do it for a module unless is was worth like 70 bucks or more.  The fee applies to EACH package.  Then, that office will look up and call the office that you are expecting the packages to arrive at.  They put a hold on the package, and know to return to sender.  It is not 100% fool proof, as they state.  I was concerned because Liar Callahan said he was "in good" with the guy in his post office.  However, he was either lying about that or just plain wrong, because the post office guy there was Uber cool to me and totally hooked me up.   All four packages were sent back.

It was easy to do (though nerve racking to wait).  You can do this with any package of course, but some shipping is so fast that the system can't catch the package before its delivered.  The key is get the paperwork done, pay the fee, and have your psot office call the receiving post office.  Also getting the number yourslef and following up goes a long way.

Dave

FoulFoot wrote in Shady Dealers:This auction from "montcalm1758" was turned up by Auction Hunter:

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As the question posed (not by me) at the bottom notes, the scan provided is of a First print (not a Second), and was lifted from the Acaeum.  The seller's response is a bit shifty -- he doesn't actually say that the scan is his, just that "this is the cover of the copy I own".

Since all versions of the Second print we've seen so far have "2nd Edition" on the front cover, and since he's definitely using our scan and being evasive about it, I would definitely avoid this auction.  The seller says he's going to post more scans soon; should he fail to do that, I will block his future auctions.

Foul

That's so clearly the exact picture from our website. Seller is clearly a liar, and as such, gets blocked by me regardless of any extra pictures he puts up.

Zenfinite