aussiemagic wishes to have his Marketplace Approval reinstated; we're looking for community feedback.

This is the thread that caused MA to be removed:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/16...block-1555105/

Post #30 in that thread links to some similar issues on PTP, but it looks like that link may no longer be working as they shut down staking on their site some time ago.

aussiemagic will be invited to make his case, and I'm hoping others will share their thoughts, positive or negative.

From the thread and previous issues. I would vote against MP approval.

Issues arise but communication and transparency is the most important, he failed to do that.
The MP is already flooded with shadiness and I personally know tons of people that have been turned off from the MP because of risk of scam which ruins it for a lot of the guys that are honest and looking to further themselves.

Hi MP,
Yes I am seeking MP approval reinstated,this pack was over 12 months ago now.
I was approx 20days late in returning funds for a pack that never fired.
Reasons for late return/refunds are as stated due to my employment.
I work in remote locations at Sea in Australia,on 24hr call out.
Telecommunications in most of these locations are very poor to say the least.
Usually sattelite telephone is the most we have.
From time to time if we are close enough to a remote tower we may hit normal internet.At these times I climb the rigging in hope to get msgs thru on my phone.
I responded to one msg from an invester in regards to funds returns and he passed to the forum as requested.
I understand communication and transparency is very important in the MP.Just not a hell of alot that can be done when we have zero communications to the online world for days/weeks on end.

I would vote against MP approval. I couldn't read the history of his parttimepoker disputes but I would assume they were not positive. His most recent thread on here is concerning.

8/24 disappears
9/14 sends back money to investors but doesn't even take the time to post why it took weeks for him to send back or offer any kind of apology or reason for the delay
2/23 (5 months later) Reappears in thread to confirm he sent back all refunds. Seems his only motive of clearing that up was to get MP approval back.

^Stating communication/transparency is v important yet taking no responsibility and saying not my fault is pretty ridiculous

I understand he claims he got called into work and no service etc. But really how long does it take to ship refunds to a few people before leaving for sea? 5mins? Or at the very least posting itt "hey guys got called out to work, this pack may not run but issue refunds when i return"

I agree with others unfortunately I do not see this a good idea after last time and other issues with other sites

+1 to the above.

Remember thinking was summat off with this guy mainly with him trying to sell outrageous packs with next to no profit. Then changing formats and sites to find a more profitable graph to show when all his threads got zero replies.

Also seems a bit bizarre a well paid Australian who works at sea so cant spend money while he is at work would need to sell action for micro stakes just doesn't compute. The Aussie min wage is amongst the highest in the world.

I mean even if you're telling truth about no communication possible why didn't you take care of the investor stuff before leaving to sea or whatever it was? Forgot? (Not sarcasm)

aussie, dont you think it would be worth mentioning to investors that you are on a 24h call out because of your job (especially if you sell a spins pack that takes a couple of days to complete)? if i invested id def want to know if my money could be in limbo for a couple of days. it doesnt necessarily mean that you had malicious intents with your pack (pretty unlikely for such a small figure), however you dont rly come across as someone id trust with an investment. also, basically stating that it is not your fault "cause there isnt a hell of a lot" you could have done after being called in doesn't help your case either. if you cant handle peoples investments in you in such a supershort timeframe (which seems doable), why do you think stuff like this couldnt happen again?

At the time I was on break we have 2 fishing seasons per year approx 3months each.
In between seasons I volunteer for the SES/VMR (volunteer marine rescue).
This is where I am on 24hr callout.
We had a distress beacon to which I was called out.
I honestly did not for 1 sec even think to advice 2+2 investers of this callout.
It was my 2nd callout in 6 months, my adrenaline rushes each time and is more of a grab your stuff and go.
Whilst we are operating the vessel during a search we are in no way allowed to access onboard computers/internets/phones for personal use as such.
I had my own mobile and checked into my fb(only comms I had with family) and replied to invester msg there at the time clarifying as to when I would be in Port to refund, and apologise.

What was the ptp issue?

I cant 100% recall to be honest.
It was a resolved issue i think over a 10$-20$ stake,possibly a communication breakdown of a few days- a week, but im not sure was 5+years ago.
All staking privs were renewed as I never played off stake ect.

As an investor in one of the ptp issues i can say it wasnt over $10-$20, it was almost a similar issue, with you running a bap, and saying you would be finished by xxxx date, and then that date passed and nothing was returned and on this occasion you dropped out of contact for more than a few days or a week, i believe it was close to a month or two, again talking about being at sea, but never saying that or closing the bap before you left like you were supposed to.

After this time, I believe that it happened again, but i cant remember for sure as i was not invested.

My opinion is that this is the same pattern over and over (and over a few different years, not all in one time frame, but certainly not over 5 years ago, maybe 2-3 years tops with it happening twice on ptp and now once here) meaning that you havent really taken anything or learned anything from those mistakes in how to handle investors money and I would vote against approval

I actually believe the OP. However, considering he has a demanding job, where he is on call 24/7 and therefore can't foresee if his action is going to go or if he will need to leave in the middle of a tournament/spin - it seems like selling action in the Marketplace is not a good fit.

Perhaps, OP should save up a $500 or so roll from his job income or if he wants action, participate in the Marketplace as a buyer.

Have finished working at sea start of this year as had my 8yr old come live with me permanantly..Now land based work(Painting contractor/Seafood distributer) at least untill he reaches an age where I can safely take him out.Have been active buying here and there for years both 2+2 and PtP.

Yet six days ago you said:

That was in regards to the pack of spins which was back in september last year 2015

I would vote against. Generally speaking, I believe MP approval should be easy to get, but once you lose it, nearly impossible to get back. While I believe the OP is probably being honest, there's just little upside to MP of having people with any kind of tarnish to sell packages.