Joining in on the maccaps discussion, I had sent Charles a set of boards for an iMac G3 rev B - the analog, logic, and CRT neck boards - to diagnose a screen issue (possibly the flyback needing a replacement) back in late September 2017. At first I wasn't too concerned because it's taken two or three months before for him to sort things out, and he'd always done quality work up to that point. By mid-January of this year, though, I was starting to get antsy, and that was when he indicated that he was going through some personal issues and that was the cause of the delays. I am not sure if it's prudent to talk specifics, but let me just say simply that these problems were marital in nature. Like elemenoh had indicated, this was completely unsolicited and struck me as an unusual response to include in a business e-mail.
Since then, I have exchanged over a hundred e-mails with Charles in the hopes that it would help move things along, but with no luck. Basically every few days or so he would respond with strange excuses (one that I remember was that he hit a really fat raccoon with his car and had to repair the radiator) or just that he wasn't able to get to it. The last correspondence he sent me was on August 21st, and since then I have issued an ultimatum that he either finish the work or return the boards to me by the end of last week. Obviously he didn't manage to respond in time, so I have written off the boards as a loss.
As other users have stated, Charles has a business address in Oak Parks, Michigan and so registered mail could be one way to go about contacting him regarding his outstanding obligations. I tried calling his phone number which I found in one of the e-mails he sent over, but haven't gotten through or received any response. I am upset about essentially having the boards be lost after nearly a year of waiting, but given the personal circumstances that he's going through, I am worried that something drastic may have happened on his end.
In any case, I am not planning on using his services any further. Despite what he's going through, maccaps is still operating as a business and is apparently accepting jobs and payment from various people on this forum and elsewhere, and as such he is responsible for returning any parts that he was sent and refunding his clients accordingly.
