David, please check your PMs.

It should have been fun, but it is no longer.



Farewell my friends.

Scott: I can no longer serve on the V.B.  Please remove my name from consideration.

zhowar wrote:tfm, please don't leave, your posts are much appreciated. I don't buy much, so I don't have much to contribute to your threads, but I enjoy reading them.

Indeed. Especially your stump the forum thread.

Blackmoor wrote:What is going on   Why was this auction cancelled

On Apr-06-06 at 16:53:05 PDT, seller added the following information:
Due to negative publicity on another website, I cannot in good conscience allow this auction to conclude.  This module will appear again in a few weeks for sale by another member for a charity benefit for a very good cause.

Sheesh.

Mike B.

Howdy Folks,


The negative paranoia on this site just took an ST1 out of contention, from a good seller and steadfast member of this community. You guys assumed you knew which one this was and took harami's word over the seller. Now you probably know who the seller is and realize he has more than one copy. Further, the overiding paranoia and distrust may drive him from this site.

Guys we really need to stop witch hunting every thing that comes down the pipe. We are a community but this behavior is starting to fractionalize us. Help newbies, welcome strangers, give helpful advice, give the benefit of trust until proven otherwise. Innuendo and mob paranoia are not healthy for the community.

Heck there is a group of former Aacaeum folks that have moved on to do their own thing in a new - private - more civil site for just this reason. We lost them and now possibly another.

We need to deal with facts and *solid* evidence not off the cuff quips and innuendo.

I know you guys are trying to suss out the bad guys but you are cutting a little to close to the bone.

Now this doesn't apply to every member, the majority are positive, but the few are tainting the Acaeum community and making it less than hospitable.


Futures Bright,

Paul

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy Folks,


The negative paranoia on this site just took an ST1 out of contention, from a good seller and steadfast member of this community. You guys assumed you knew which one this was and took harami's word over the seller. Now you probably know who the seller is and realize he has more than one copy. Further, the overiding paranoia and distrust may drive him from this site.

Guys we really need to stop witch hunting every thing that comes down the pipe. We are a community but this behavior is starting to fractionalize us. Help newbies, welcome strangers, give helpful advice, give the benefit of trust until proven otherwise. Innuendo and mob paranoia are not healthy for the community.

Heck there is a group of former Aacaeum folks that have moved on to do their own thing in a new - private - more civil site for just this reason. We lost them and now possibly another.

We need to deal with facts and *solid* evidence not off the cuff quips and innuendo.

I know you guys are trying to suss out the bad guys but you are cutting a little to close to the bone.

Now this doesn't apply to every member, the majority are positive, but the few are tainting the Acaeum community and making it less than hospitable.


Futures Bright,

Paul

Actually, Paul I would very much appreciate an apology from you for getting PUBLICLY involved in slander with regards to something that is not your business and that you know nothing about, afaik.
The one person who could clarify the situation has chosen to say nothing.

I helped the previous owner of that ST1 sell the module and the scans of the cover match perfectly. Those have been forwarded to other trustworthy individuals, for their consideration, and are available for anyone else should they wish.
The story supplied this time around does not match the original item. The stated time period of the sale is incorrect (why?) and the booklet within did originally have staple rust. If the booklet has not been swapped (difficult to understand given the condition of the cover), someone has swapped the staples.

It does not matter whether the seller is a member of this community or not, questions needed to be answered, especially when we're talking about someone forking out well in excess of $1,000.

There is no "negative paranoia", there is no "witch hunting", there is no "innuendo"; I have "solid facts" (as good as can be expected, in this context) in the form of those scans.
Which is 1000% more than the various other members of this community often have when they slam various other items on eBay being run by people not belonging to the community.
*
It is the same ST1 cover at least (and the condition is also somewhat worse than stated in that other eBay reply too-- no mention of the scratches, for example; and the creases are certainly not "little"/"small").

Thank you.

Beyondthebreach wrote:Why do you (faro) have to be so freakin' rude sometimes?  You're not a prosecuting attorney clamping down on an investigation.   Even if you thought you had valid points, you communicated them in a "superior-than-thou" and completely rude manner.   You question people's integrity constantly

With phrases like "The latest owner seems happy enough to re-scan on request, so might be easier to ask them for more as their scanner is better"?

Would you please read back through my posts from something approaching a neutral point of view.
I am more interested that the buyer gets exactly what it is they think they're getting.

And integrity is certainly no less important, given a four-figure auction.

If, for example, a seller claims (for whatever reason) that they bought an item long before they actually did, they are deliberately choosing to compromise their own integrity. Had they not done so, I could not be "blamed" for "questioning their integrity" by highlighting that fact.

Beyondthebreach wrote:and will no doubt "demand" my apology as well for insulting you on a public forum.  Yet, you constantly make backhanded, subtle or outright critical comments and then "claim" some sort of moral highground for your position.

There is no such "claim". By chance, I just happen to be the person who helped handle the sale of that copy (same cover), last time around.

faro wrote:

johnhuck wrote:Too many threads to keep up with.  I've only Just noticed that we have a ST1 for sale.

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Obviously too busy searching eBay for dice, or else actually have a life beyond D&D collecting?
(Congrats, John; and best wishes to y'all )

A life of sorts.  Nappies and their contents Bottles.  Sleep deprivation. Almost a year has just slipped by.  But despite all the shit (literally) its been a great experience.

David was right, it is the same copy. And I'd take David's word any day. He is never wrong, and I know firsthand he is a trustworthy guy. TFM had the benefit of trust you spoke about, and he apparently broke it. Since the staples were apparently replaced, and the pages used to be stained, now we have to entertain the possibility that the pages themselves were replaced.
You know, Paul, I don't think anyone here gives a crap about people getting "disgusted" and moving on. I'm sure some of them were part of the reason I got out of collecting high-end stuff. When people pull shit like what just went on, it proves again that to a lot of people here, collecting is about money, and showing off. And to pick up your toys and go home after being called out on a fraud is not the best way to defend yourself.
TFM knew there were a lot of people here who would pay him quite a bit of money for an ST1, yet he didn't advertise it in classifieds, or offer to sell it privately. Why? Would anyone here post an ST1 and NOT tell the Acaeum about it?
If David says something shady is going on, then something shady is going on. TFM's utter lack of response, except to quit the board, doesn't help his case. If he is "driven" from the site, it is his loss. People who try to scam SHOULD be driven out. I had a snipe set up for one of his items, but that won't happen, because now that it seems he is a fraudster, I refuse to do business with him, even for a $10 item.
I remember that last year, you sold a "personal collection" for another TSR employee, and there was some sort of stink about it. I believe David was mixed up in it, and I hope that is not the reason you are trying to pin him on this.
And, considering the deals I've given you, and the $700 I saved you on a Pharaoh that SHOULD have been mine, I do hope you are not counting me in your "tainted" list. Unless it's about the Hitler thing. If that is the case, add me.