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01-10-2014 , 07:35 PM

#51

Zima421

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,973

always been lots of talk what "vouch" means.

not sure this is the right place for that covno tbh.

hint: you can be a character reference without vouching for someone!

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01-10-2014 , 07:36 PM

#52

JPB383

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 5,735

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Originally Posted by jaimestaples

lol no thats not how it works.

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Originally Posted by daaaaaaang16

I disagree, just a ****ty situation.

If I vouch someone for a private game on credit and they don't settle up i cover it. If I vouch someone for a xfer and they scam the other party i cover it. Vouching for someone is a big deal - the problem is people throw around vouches all the time and unless you're willing to back it up the vouch is meaningless and you're credibility is diminished that much.

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Originally Posted by Zima421

always been lots of talk what "vouch" means.

not sure this is the right place for that covno tbh.

hint: you can be a character reference without vouching for someone!

Yes huge difference between being a character reference and directly vouching for someone in a transaction. Especially in the gambling world where a vouch takes on an entirely new meaning.

Agreed this isn't the right place for this.

@Jamie Platinum: What's the deal with the #s in the hh?

Last edited by SGT RJ; 01-12-2014 at 04:58 PM.

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01-10-2014 , 07:50 PM

#53

Dadonk612

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Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,053

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Originally Posted by p2ryan

i understand what vouching for someone is, but if i were to vouch for someone in lets say a PCA staking thread and he ran off with 1.8 mil, youre claiming id be on the hook for what ever percentage they sold?

never going to vouch for anyone ever again... figured it was more of a "i am just letting everyone know that "i" trust this person. known him for a long time type thing."

Obviously if this is a multilevel scam then yeah the person vouching should be responsible

I think u missed the sarcasm in Sirswish's post. I found his banned PTP account! Looks like he scammed some Team Cash BAP in 2008 but I can't find any info of what happened.

http://forum.parttimepoker.com/members/rounder2413.html

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01-10-2014 , 08:00 PM

#54

smellmuth

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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,954

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Originally Posted by p2ryan

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Dr. Hibbert: Well, only one in two million people has what we call the "evil gene". Hitler had it, Walt Disney had it, and... Freddy Quimby has it.
Lionel Hutz: Thank you, Dr. Hibbert. I rest my case.
Judge Snyder: You rest your case?
Lionel Hutz: What? Oh no, I thought that was just a figure of speech. Case closed.

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01-10-2014 , 08:09 PM

#55

Wyland

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 139

Can we get a list of going of how much he owes? I think he owes the fantasy league klink is taking about ~9k

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01-10-2014 , 08:26 PM

#56

sirswish6

Iron Sharpens Iron

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,054

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Originally Posted by Dadonk612

why does it link to a 2p2 thread? very weird

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01-10-2014 , 08:27 PM

#57

gostatego

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Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,752

Sigh yesterday I traded him my boa for paypal. Known him IRL for awhile, didn't think anything of it. Anyway to protect myself from the transfer being reversed?

He messages me on fb btw

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01-10-2014 , 08:34 PM

#58

bbbbb33

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Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,682

hit me on up Skype with the same backer routine for 'just 2k' couple weeks ago.

later learned of a friend he got my friend last week i believe for more than that.

i do not wish him the best.

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01-10-2014 , 08:42 PM

#59

JamesD816

adept

Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 994

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Originally Posted by gostatego

Sigh yesterday I traded him my boa for paypal. Known him IRL for awhile, didn't think anything of it. Anyway to protect myself from the transfer being reversed?

He messages me on fb btw

In a situation like this if he were to reverse the transaction he is committing a crime. This is not the same as most cases ITT. I hope for his sake as well as yours he doesn't do that. You know him in real life so if he were to do something like this he is even more messed up then he appears . Hope it works out

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01-10-2014 , 10:10 PM

#60

fees

LAPT San Jose Winner

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 10,626

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Originally Posted by ChangeItUp

You are a POS to the most literal sense.

are you sure you know what this word means?

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01-10-2014 , 10:17 PM

#61

IamINJURY

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 629

Damn, I was looking for a small 2k xfer in the trading thread about a week ago for a bank wire and Brandon PMed me saying he could do it for me. Luckily for me someone right before him hit me up about it. I would have never thought twice about doing an xfer with him...

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01-10-2014 , 10:28 PM

#62

Atlantis1

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Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,006

Can't you guys contact Bank of America or whatever bank he is with?

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01-10-2014 , 10:29 PM

#63

ChangeItUp

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 125

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Originally Posted by fees

are you sure you know what this word means?

are you sure you're know what satire is? ***** idiot...

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01-10-2014 , 10:47 PM

#64

ShowUthExit

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Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,993

u sure u do?

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01-10-2014 , 11:00 PM

#65

riverboatking

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Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,026

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Originally Posted by ChangeItUp

are you sure you're know what satire is? ***** idiot...

well ur 0/2 on using words properly but I bet you can get the hat trick.

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01-10-2014 , 11:36 PM

#66

Buffjobx

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 277

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

well ur 0/2 on using words properly but I bet you can get the hat trick.

look mate, we're going to have to nip the sarcasm in the butt

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01-10-2014 , 11:39 PM

#67

smellmuth

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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,954

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Originally Posted by Buffjobx

look mate, we're going to have to nip the sarcasm in the butt

in the bud, you mean.

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01-10-2014 , 11:45 PM

#68

Buffjobx

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Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 277

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Originally Posted by smellmuth

in the bud, you mean.

you're a prodigy how did you pickup on the joke so quick

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01-10-2014 , 11:49 PM

#69

RMB

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,266

Always thought he was extremely arrogant. I remember he had a crazy long blog post about being a super drug addict and then about a year ago he wrote a crazy long blog about how he had found the love of his life and how his life had changed in soooooo many ways.

GLA in getting money back :/

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01-11-2014 , 12:01 AM

#70

BakinC00kies

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Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,717

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Originally Posted by Zima421

I have recently found out that there isnt 15k in those accounts combined, its much less. Brandon contacted my staking partner and said he would pay back 500 a week starting now (few weeks ago).

...and it never crossed your mind to warn others so this entire scenario wouldn't happen?

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01-11-2014 , 12:31 AM

#71

riverboatking

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Originally Posted by Buffjobx

look mate, we're going to have to nip the sarcasm in the butt

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01-11-2014 , 12:53 AM

#72

klink10k

banned

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,721

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

well ur 0/2 on using words properly but I bet you can get the hat trick.

gold

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01-11-2014 , 01:00 AM

#73

uber pea

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 447

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Originally Posted by franxic

I don't get that logic. If you are 100% to get screwed if you aren't getting paid by a guy, then all you do is enabling him to scam more. You either think guy is generally to be trusted but something went wrong, but he wants to make good without conditions because it's the right thing to do.

Or you do not. That's at least bordering to a conscious decision to help him keeping up the illusion of trustworthiness.

You misunderstand franxic. I believed I was going to be paid back. I believed he was having a slew of bad things happen all at once. I had done $30k worth of trades with him and his backers in the past, this was the first sign of a problem. I gave him the benefit of the doubt bc of our history.

At the time, I still felt 75% that he was intending to payback, and only having really bad issues at the time. I believed we were waiting for his backer to sort things with him. I even spoke to his backer directly, and he gave no indication that a scam was happening.

And that anyone would think that I refund other people is just silly. We have one person to blame, so you shouldn't be looking to attack other people in the same boat as you. My mistakes are mine, and yours are yours. Own it. Same to you ChangeItUP. Ridiculous that you think the way I handled this situation makes me a POS. You just took a discussion about the person who stole from you and made it personal with me...I'm going to refrain from doing the same. For now.

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01-11-2014 , 01:07 AM

#74

shipit2kg

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4,837

wow, this blows. i thought something was up when i made a trade with him a while back and then a few days later he showed up on skype and said sorry for the delay and that he had sent, and the monies were there. Still seemed a bit strange to disappear like that.

Hope everyone gets made whole, gl.