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I think you pretty much just nailed it in one mate, let's hope he makes good on the mess he has created.
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Welcome to the Brig: OASCOM
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I hope and pray he does right. It's not fair putting this unnecessary burden on you and the staff. I can only imagine how much headache you've dealt with. I'll just finish my thoughts here with a heartfelt thank you to you and the staff that keeps this place running and as safe as possible.
Well said, @Rx4Time!
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Comes to mind.
"Die a hero or live long enough to watch yourself become the villain"
Seems apt.
Seems apt.
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Seems like words to live by. There are many people who would consider me a villain but all of them are either warlords or mercs so WTF do I care?
This case, however, is somewhat different . . .
Do the opinions of these warlords and mercs rank much (if at all) more highly in a broader global view than the average severely drug addled, mentally ill individual shrieking about conspiracy theories on the steps of a major train station? Nah.
We must always contextualise the calibre of the people who hate us.
I'm easily swayed tho, so I struggle making the distinction.
Anyway, fingers crossed for everbody here whose money and watches he has, and expecially for oascom's sake, that he makes good on his commitments here before getting too far into what he probably sees as his sexier more lucrative Instagram custom watch career.
100% agree, well said, I can only echo that sentiment.
Sadly, (being an officially old git nowadays), and having owned various different businesses in the past I have seen this many times before, including losing my own money many times.
It's not just the small one man bands either, I've lost bucket fulls to one or two massive companies including one Bank that disappeared into the blue yonder overnight and almost cost me my home as a younger guy.
An old and very wise man once said to me if any business tries to grow too fast by taking on take on too much it often results in a big assed failure.
Sadly it's a fact of life, and whilst that statement will possibly anger some here, that is not my intention.
We, (the victims) often have to simply pick ourselves up, wipe our chin and walk away, thankfully for me I was not a victim in this case
I feel for everyone who has lost out here, it's a bitter state of affairs.
Finally would just like to thank all the RWI Mods and Admins for the stellar and often thankless tasks that they do for us all in order to keep the community here as safe as possible within the sea of sharks in the replica watch world.
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I second this!
Sadly it happens far too often to not be called the norm.
Having said that, I hope in this case we'll see an exception and everyone can recover financially / their credibility.
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It's the reason why I haven't transitioned the hobby of making custom Seiko builds as a side business. Don't have enough time to be invested even 80% of the time and I don't want to even accidentally screw someone.
You might recognise the picture above as it's Anthony Farrer from Youtube.
Famed Beverly Hills watch dealer faces prison time after pleading guilty to fraud
Anthony Farrer, owner of the Timepiece Gentleman in Beverly Hills, pleads guilty to two counts of fraud after a swindling customers out of $5.6 million.
www.latimes.com
I know I was kidding, but let's throw that MFer in the brig tooYou might recognise the picture above as it's Anthony Farrer from Youtube.
Famed Beverly Hills watch dealer faces prison time after pleading guilty to fraud
Anthony Farrer, owner of the Timepiece Gentleman in Beverly Hills, pleads guilty to two counts of fraud after a swindling customers out of $5.6 million.
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@Oascom The total is well over 20 grand now, do you think people are going to let this go away?
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Jesus Christ.
He can sell one of his personal custom watches for that much and pay everyone back easily.
He can sell one of his personal custom watches for that much and pay everyone back easily.
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Tag one of the mods over there and direct them to this thread.