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Originally Posted by Dantes
It's infuriating for me that he was able to sell 10k worth of action for a 5k when I didn't sell out my package for the main, so I might be recognizing my personal incentive to ban him and overcompensating, but there seems to be a group of people who think this was a one time mistake and will probably continue to buy his pieces.
Marketplace approval has never been a 2p2 endorsement of the individual and keeping it public helps protect investors. I think I would support his reinstatement if 100% (140%) of the victims of this event agree. Can I support his reinstatement to the marketplace while recommending that people not buy?
If MP buyers want to invest in a guy who has made this grave error in judgement over you in the future then 1) it's their choice and 2) there must be something really appealing in his package/unappealing in yours.
I can't comment for Ben but I know from many personal experiences that when you're in a hole gambling (as a degenerate), there is almost no way that more gambling does not occur. I am not excusing his actions in any way but I doubt this was a premeditated scam and I think this fact is highly important to his future treatment within the community. He has said that he will right the financial wrongs and that is also important. This isn't someone who is trying to steal 5 figures by going into hiding, it is clearly someone that has gone for a gamble when he shouldn't have and not had the liquid cash to play the event after losing causing him to do even less rational things. I know, I've been there.
There are threads on here about scammers who purposely lie to steal money then vanish from the face of the earth and there also threads about stakes gone wrong where the backers get repaid; should the two sets of people be tarred with the same brush in your opinion? (Genuine question)
I'm not trying to defend Ben per se but I have been where he has been in terms of being completely irrational during gambling so I can empathise. I think he needs to pay back more than what he was staked for given his seemingly liquid state upon return to the UK, just my opinion.