Post by admin on Nov 12, 2006 0:15:46 GMT -5
Attention Command Staff (which consists of all TWO of us at the moment)! I've sent this message to the command staff at clonetroopers.net:
I'm hoping "pongtana" doesn't come here (heck I'm hoping he doesn't even find this place). If he does, you are to permanently ban him on the spot. I'm considering him to be a con artist, possibly wanting to mass-produce my armor, some components of which were not even made by me. He is in Thailand, and Thailand is notorious for producing counterfeit/bogus reproductions of fan-made props. So any new members from Thailand, please inspect their profiles. "pongtana" is to be banned on the spot.
Dear Command Staff, I'm having an issue with the user "pongtana."
A few days ago he PMed me asking to buy my GM suit. I thought nothing of it and told him "no." The next day he sent me an offer to buy it for $2,000, totally disregarding my previous denial. Again, I didn't think too much of it, and explained to him, in explicit detail the state of my GM not being for sale. He continued on, and I informed him that I considered him a nuisance at that point.
Well he apparently got the point that I wasn't selling it after a few unnecessary PMs, but then he's been pestering me about building him a GM costume and then buying it from me. From what I gather, he's expecting the same type of suit to be built in a matter of days or weeks, and he won't back off. I've explained to him that this community is more than happy to walk him through the process. He's countered it with a petty excuse of "I'm in Thailand and I don't have materials" (when Thailand is where a lot of bogus/counterfeit props are made). So I've been trying to ignore him, passing him off with short, to-the-point responses.
Tonight he asked me for my address so he could mail me something regarding Thailand culture. I thought this was VERY suspicious, given the context of the previous dicussions. I consider it to be inquiring about personal, private information, possibly for use in a scam.
I replied to his latest PM with a simple "no" and am now turning to my command staff for help. I want him to stop PMing me. He has only posted once, and it was a copy of his very first PM to me. He's bothering me and I want it to stop immediately."
A few days ago he PMed me asking to buy my GM suit. I thought nothing of it and told him "no." The next day he sent me an offer to buy it for $2,000, totally disregarding my previous denial. Again, I didn't think too much of it, and explained to him, in explicit detail the state of my GM not being for sale. He continued on, and I informed him that I considered him a nuisance at that point.
Well he apparently got the point that I wasn't selling it after a few unnecessary PMs, but then he's been pestering me about building him a GM costume and then buying it from me. From what I gather, he's expecting the same type of suit to be built in a matter of days or weeks, and he won't back off. I've explained to him that this community is more than happy to walk him through the process. He's countered it with a petty excuse of "I'm in Thailand and I don't have materials" (when Thailand is where a lot of bogus/counterfeit props are made). So I've been trying to ignore him, passing him off with short, to-the-point responses.
Tonight he asked me for my address so he could mail me something regarding Thailand culture. I thought this was VERY suspicious, given the context of the previous dicussions. I consider it to be inquiring about personal, private information, possibly for use in a scam.
I replied to his latest PM with a simple "no" and am now turning to my command staff for help. I want him to stop PMing me. He has only posted once, and it was a copy of his very first PM to me. He's bothering me and I want it to stop immediately."
I'm hoping "pongtana" doesn't come here (heck I'm hoping he doesn't even find this place). If he does, you are to permanently ban him on the spot. I'm considering him to be a con artist, possibly wanting to mass-produce my armor, some components of which were not even made by me. He is in Thailand, and Thailand is notorious for producing counterfeit/bogus reproductions of fan-made props. So any new members from Thailand, please inspect their profiles. "pongtana" is to be banned on the spot.