Captain America.
The stuff he sells is complete garbage. The only thing decent were his patches. And I was once dumb enough to buy from him before I even knew about GBfans and the feedback forum.
Here is a picture of the Complete costume sold on ebay:
Its listed for almost 250$ which is a complete rip off. He says he begins working on the costume once you have placed your order and there is a 6-8 week wait time. At about 6 weeks, i began checking my mail every single day with no hope. I emailed him asking the status on my order with no response. I kept checking until at 8 weeks i knew for sure that I would be getting it so I got excited for it all over again. Still, NOTHING.
After numerous attempts contacting Joseph Kerezman he FINALLY replys to my email saying he had completed it and was going to drop it off at the post office and that I would receive it in a few days.
So after a few days, I still never got it. I sent him more emails asking whats up and no response. 1 week passed, then 2, then 3, then 4 weeks passes and Im like What the Fuk! I was checking the mail DAILY. It had already been 12 weeks that Ive been waiting.
My event was coming up very soon and I needed my costume IMMEDIATELY. In he emails he Promised i would have it in time and it was getting to be too late. The tracking number he gave me never updated. I checked it daily and it said there was never a record for it. My event day came and the tracking number said it was on the truck being delivered. I was so excited. I waited and the mail man came and said there was nothing for me and she knew i had been expecting something for the past 14 weeks. So I went costume-less, I was the guy wearing a GB t shirt, jeans and a proton pack.
I checked the tracking info and it said "Item could not be delivered due to wrong address. Returned to sender".
WTF. He then tells me he got it and would send it back to me if I paypal'd him another shipping fee of 15$.
In the end i didnt have to pay another shipping fee, but I had waited a total of 14 weeks to finally get it, and this is what I received:
The following is a Side by Side comparison of his stuff i wore for a few days and the stuff i bought soon after.
My Nomex on the left,
his Rothco on the Right His patches were ironed on and just peeled off with ease.
This is his name
patch that I sewed on my nomex. Its a nice patch.
This is his so called
"Belt Gizmo" All it is, is a chopped up circuit board with light bulbs hot glued to the back
Leg Hose Connector: The way it was held onto the jumpsuit was by a bolt screwed in from the other side...so that meant I now had a hole in the leg of my jumpsuit.
My new rubber leg hose connector: His leg hose
The leg hose was RLY thick too compared to the one i have now. Tube on left his, Tube on left new one.
Belt: Its decent and I still use it today. Trap Holster from Umori
Key Fobs: My key fobs from TigerCheex
Elbo Pads:
His pads on the Right after I had cut down the arm band and sewn on the black patch. On the Left. Elbo pads made by my buddy Kind2311.
So from all the money I dumped on this guy, I only kept the name tag, and belt.
THENNOW So please, do yourself a favor, dont buy from him. Id say YES to patches, NO to anything else. Thanks for stopping by.