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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jun 30, 2013 10:26:35 GMT -5
nick. don't be so surprised. you have a reputation of backing out of deals without so much of a response. not even a "sorry. not interested anymore" you've done well facing the music here so I couldn't hold it against you but at this point your reputation is on the line. you should make sure any deals are handled very professionally from here on. Couldn't have said it better.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 10:58:25 GMT -5
Sorry Coon, I really didn't mean to smash you into this. Look, I have hired a guy to ship the packages for the eBay store, I have a guy hired to scout sites, and I was planning on hiring Coon to run the Wfigs portion/Facebook. Unfortunately we have an issue. RittyRules trys to screw me, epically fails, and now trys to say I got one over on him. The worst part is that I see other people trying to say crap too. I have done numerous contests in the past with no issue until everyone jumps on RittyRules' bandwagon. I do not screw anyone. It's just not how business is done. Anyway, I apologize for the contest. It's done. Thank Ritty. He screwed me out $200 and a reputation. He screwed you out of contests. Somehow I am the bad guy. Anyone else thinks I screwed them? I will give you my number and we can talk about it. You can inbox me for it or get it from Ritty. You were all over Ritty's collection since day one! Ritty originally posted a thread in which the only post from you was "I will buy them." I find it very odd. When you come to Wfigs, it's all business and promoting your business. While we an on the subject, you have backed out of a lot of deals here. All one has to do is read up on your "recent post" to get a feeling for you. I'm sure you're very savvy as you are always looking for the next item to flip. I've never bought anything for you before, but I have out bid you on eBay several times. I know you are able to take advantage of a situation when one presents itself. I find hard to believe that anyone would take in such a huge inventory would start selling them without checking them off. I don't know what happen to Rittys post about his beef with you, but there was some pretty damaging evidence that will harm your PayPal dispute. You had stated that you may have had some of his stuff on the floor and it was hard to tell what was all his and what wasn't. You even had listed one on eBay. Then, ended auction once confronted about it. I have a working theory, and believe this isn't the first time you conned a person in this manner before... It's not hard to believe that with your knowledge and understanding of eBay and PayPal policies that you would use this deal with Ritty to get rid of the junk you had saved over time. You have had a lot of support here, but Ritty hasn't done anything to ruin your reputation.... What does he REALLY have gain from all of this??? It honestly seems like your reputation is catching up to you. I don't think you can band-aid this with free figures and contest prizes.
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Post by NikeGuy on Jun 30, 2013 11:46:03 GMT -5
Really? I didn't know this thread was a "lets bash CFKS" why are you guys shitting on him so much? He's giving away FREE figures to you guys (god knows no one here really needs them) don't try & stain his honest business with stupid/ naive comments.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 11:55:28 GMT -5
sounds like this lasted for a day... lol.. Yea im not sure why anyone wants to give anything away anyway... it just causes issues , when someone doesnt win or the shipment is late , etc... i would just ban contests unless its a RSC one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 12:36:46 GMT -5
Really? I didn't know this thread was a "lets bash CFKS" why are you guys crapting on him so much? He's giving away FREE figures to you guys (god knows no one here really needs them) don't try & stain his honest business with stupid/ naive comments. I've stayed away from the subject in public forums until I had enough research to pose a theory. I suggest you do the same.... Coon wants to separate himself as far from 5KS as possible. I'm positive it's because he used to be a MOD........ Did he even MOD the Trade Board?!?! Me thinks YES! I wonder what kind of deal they had.... With all his deals that fell through on the boards, hard to believe he was never tagged as a bad trader... For the record, I flip figure too. I buy lots and piece them out. While I don't see myself as a threat to him, here or eBay, I do see myself as an alternative choice. That being said, I have no I'll feeling towards any sellers here or eBay. It's not about the selling of figures or free giveaways, it's about the means. But, if you want to be a happy sheep, be a sheep! You want the truth, look it up.... You will find that there is merit.
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Post by RybackV1 on Jun 30, 2013 12:40:42 GMT -5
What he does on PayPal and Ebay is a whole nother issue. But if he wants to run a frree figure contest here on WFigs then god damnit why not let him?? Take your conflicts and issues and talk about them in PM/Private conversations. But don't sit there and start trouble because you have a problem with the guy. There's many on here who have had nothing but good experiences with him and its very unfair that you bitch and moan until a FREE FIGURE contest gets scrapped. I guess that's what happens when you try and do something nice.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 12:49:51 GMT -5
What he does on PayPal and Ebay is a whole nother issue. But if he wants to run a frree figure contest here on WFigs then god damnit why not let him?? Take your conflicts and issues and talk about them in PM/Private conversations. But don't sit there and start trouble because you have a problem with the guy. There's many on here who have had nothing but good experiences with him and its very unfair that you bitch and moan until a FREE FIGURE contest gets scrapped. I guess that's what happens when you try and do something nice. I agree completely, yeah maybe he has problems on other places but this is wfigs and if he wants to do something nice dont beat on him for it.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jun 30, 2013 12:52:34 GMT -5
Really? I didn't know this thread was a "lets bash CFKS" why are you guys crapting on him so much? He's giving away FREE figures to you guys (god knows no one here really needs them) don't try & stain his honest business with stupid/ naive comments. Bro he brought on himself. He agrees to deals and backs out and then tries to show every1 he's a good guy by giving away free figs, which apparently are figs he's scamming ppl from. I'll never waste my time with this clown again.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 30, 2013 13:48:44 GMT -5
Sooooo the contest is not happening anymore? Can I have the Elite 22 Kane anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 18:50:31 GMT -5
What he does on PayPal and Ebay is a whole nother issue. But if he wants to run a frree figure contest here on WFigs then god damnit why not let him?? Take your conflicts and issues and talk about them in PM/Private conversations. But don't sit there and start trouble because you have a problem with the guy. There's many on here who have had nothing but good experiences with him and its very unfair that you bitch and moan until a FREE FIGURE contest gets scrapped. I guess that's what happens when you try and do something nice. Seriously, do the research instead of just agreeing with the guy. It doesn't take much effort. He's done 'wrong' on WFigs too, not just PayPal and eBay. What these members are doing is giving people a heads up.
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Post by Figure kingdom on Jun 30, 2013 19:29:27 GMT -5
Dang, all this just for the almighty dollar. Its a shame what greed will do to people.
I have been on here for awhile, and have never done a trade. I have been hesitant to do any trades because of this reason.
I have never sold any of my figures or "flipped" them on Ebay for that matter. I did nothing to create, design, market, or promote Mattel and I was not part of the production for these figures. So why would I want to make money off of someone else's hard work? I am old fashion and if I want to make an honest dollar, I work for it and won't scalp. Just my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 19:48:38 GMT -5
I was trying to help a guy out who helped me out in the past by buying up a few of my larger lots. But with recent events, I do not want to associate myself with ANYONE who is being accused of stealing. Whether he did it or not, it still gives a bad vibe to this board. I love this forum too much to give it up over something like that. It is blasphemy to collecting.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 21:40:47 GMT -5
What he does on PayPal and Ebay is a whole nother issue. But if he wants to run a frree figure contest here on WFigs then god damnit why not let him?? Take your conflicts and issues and talk about them in PM/Private conversations. But don't sit there and start trouble because you have a problem with the guy. There's many on here who have had nothing but good experiences with him and its very unfair that you bitch and moan until a FREE FIGURE contest gets scrapped. I guess that's what happens when you try and do something nice. When the guy accusing him of doing wrong (rittyrules) gives well written three paragraph posts about how he was robbed by FiveKnuckleShuffle and FiveKnuckleShuffle turns around and just gives out free figs to anyone that will say something good about him and only gives a sentence or two about how he has been wrongly accused then I am more inclined to believe Rittyrules. On top of that we have others coming foward on how shifty a trader he has been on here. Just because you want your free freaking figure RybackV1 doesnt mean we are going to ignore this guys wrong doings no matter were he did it.
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Post by blu3blazer on Jun 30, 2013 22:47:10 GMT -5
Has anyone else besides rittyrules come forward about him actually stealing their figures? There's a big difference between someone being shady by not replying to messages and backing out of deals, and someone that is outright stealing stuff.
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Post by Chip on Jun 30, 2013 23:46:10 GMT -5
this entire situation is still being investigated, examinined etc. all i have at this point is accusations from this rittyrules guy, and tracking numbers along with a matching address from Nick
just so everyone is aware.
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Post by MELO on Jul 1, 2013 0:13:26 GMT -5
Has anyone else besides rittyrules come forward about him actually stealing their figures? There's a big difference between someone being shady by not replying to messages and backing out of deals, and someone that is outright stealing stuff. Exactly how many people need to be screwed for you to be convinced? And if I remember correctly, there was another member who came forward and said he had a similar experience with 5knuckleshuffler in rittyrule's original thread where he asked about how many figures could equal 1 lb. I was looking for it but surprisingly that same thread made my rittyrule was not only locked, it has been deleted completely. I couldn't find it under his profiles' post/threads. If anything, rittyrule's has been extremely detailed and thorough on his side of the story, so I'm intrigued as to why his thread has been remove altogether. And really Chip, "this rittyrules guy"? As a mod I expect you to be impartial but I do not feel you are being so with your approach to the issue nor are you taking him seriously. That just came across as a reproach to me addressing him that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2013 0:31:23 GMT -5
Has anyone else besides rittyrules come forward about him actually stealing their figures? There's a big difference between someone being shady by not replying to messages and backing out of deals, and someone that is outright stealing stuff. Exactly how many people need to be screwed for you to be convinced? And if I remember correctly, there was another member who came forward and said he had a similar experience with 5knuckleshuffler in rittyrule's original thread where he asked about how many figures could equal 1 lb. I was looking for it but surprisingly that same thread made my rittyrule was not only locked, it has been deleted completely. I couldn't find it under his profiles' post/threads. If anything, rittyrule's has been extremely detailed and thorough on his side of the story, so I'm intrigued as to why his thread has been remove altogether. And really Chip, "this rittyrules guy"? As a mod I expect you to be impartial but I do not feel you are being so with your approach to the issue nor are you taking him seriously. That just came across as a reproach to me addressing him that way. I think you are on to something?? Chip. How do you respond to this?? I'm sure being a MOD can get stressful, but there's a very vocal crowd that demands justice.... I think you and I know that this is only the beginning... Not even you can clean up 5KS mess this time.
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Post by Wrestlaholic on Jul 1, 2013 2:22:03 GMT -5
I think there's a little too much 'jumping on the bandwagon' here. I have seen Five Knuckle Shuffle's shop for some time on eBay, now when you're turning over and selling the quantities of figures he's selling with the reputation he has on eBay, it's quite incredible so kudos for that. However, with me saying that, I'm not saying he isn't human and potentially has made mistakes/had a problem with a transaction, but unless you have had a personal problem with the bloke and his way of doing things and a personal bad experience, all you're doing is perpetuating a situation and making it harder for the moderators on the forum who are dealing with it and also talking about something, quite frankly no one knows much about other than the two in the transaction, whether he is deemed as someone who pulls out of a deal or not is irrelevant, that doesn't make someone a bad trader, that just means they don't wish to go through with a transaction and that's absolutely fine in my opinion, I don't see the big deal with that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2013 7:56:41 GMT -5
So people discussing their opinions on the situation is unwarranted...? Yet you just gave your opinion on the situation. Real nice. Haha
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Post by East Coast on Jul 1, 2013 8:17:43 GMT -5
not to pile on.....but i just noticed the # of Nick's posts.....and had to chuckle also cut Chip some slack. These bozo's didn't even have a trade thread where they both agreed on a deal.
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