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Avatar of Might
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posted May 10, 2001 11:32 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Avatar of Might Click Here to Email Avatar of Might Send a private message to Avatar of Might Click to send Avatar of Might an Instant MessageVisit Avatar of Might's Homepage  Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Actually i did major in Psychology and Criminology...

but i must stress: this is Not a scientific work

 
Valmtg
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posted May 14, 2001 03:39 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Valmtg Click Here to Email Valmtg Send a private message to Valmtg Click to send Valmtg an Instant MessageVisit Valmtg's Homepage  Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by gzeiger:
I don't think that's quite right...

What do you mean that's not right? That's a quote

Anyways, yeah people got to check refs but there is the occasional people that trade so much that they lose track of who owes what. But that should be only a teporary delay since the person on the other end would be contacting them.

Also, what about overseas mail that doesn't go where it should.. Hmm, I wonder.

Another thing, mail that goes to the "dead end" pile, stuff that can't be delivered or no return address, what are the possiblities that there's a bunch of Magic cards in them, huh? I mean, there could be thousands of dollars of Magic cards sitting, collecting dust somewhere, that should have gone to someone! Oly, I don't want to think about what they do with all that mail then

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posted May 22, 2001 12:09 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for ODIN1000 Click Here to Email ODIN1000 Send a private message to ODIN1000 Click to send ODIN1000 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 

Hey I just found out today that I had got ripped and to tell you the truth i really dont care.just incase you guys wanna know his motl name is mtg_maniac and hotmail name
is mtg_maniac@hotmail.com...just a warning...
 
urmfalurmf
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posted May 25, 2001 08:49 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for urmfalurmf Click Here to Email urmfalurmf Send a private message to urmfalurmf Click to send urmfalurmf an Instant MessageVisit urmfalurmf's Homepage  Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
agh after all it`s just cardboard.Plus there are so many h/w lists you could get all of em back
 
MisterShark
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posted June 06, 2001 12:43 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for MisterShark Click Here to Email MisterShark Send a private message to MisterShark Click to send MisterShark an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
It's a peice of cardboard that I payed money for. If someone walked up to you and took money out of your pocket, are you going to say "oh well, it was just some peices of paper"?! Rippers must be punished!
 
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posted June 06, 2001 07:49 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Blazing_Specter13 Send a private message to Blazing_Specter13 Click to send Blazing_Specter13 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I personally find this is nothing more than some moron who thinks he knows everthing about anything trying to scare people. It's really funny how people react to group stupidity.

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posted June 06, 2001 09:00 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for mageta,the lion_00 Send a private message to mageta,the lion_00 Click to send mageta,the lion_00 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I was not entirely sad after gettin ripped for the first time. I never recieved compensation or anything but I didnt really care. dunno why.

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squizz
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posted June 09, 2001 10:28 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for squizz Click Here to Email squizz Send a private message to squizz Click to send squizz an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Valmtg: I believe the correct wording is "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
 
xerkev
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posted June 16, 2001 05:14 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for xerkev Send a private message to xerkev Click to send xerkev an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
think of it this way, God WILL punish the rippers.

they'll prob. get involved in a serious car accident, or something along that line.

they WILL pay one day, and get
Incinerated (1R)(Instant)(Deals 3 dmg to target. Target cannot regen)(and since most cards with humans have a tougness of 1 only) in hell.

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Jester309
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posted June 17, 2001 04:27 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Jester309 Click Here to Email Jester309 Send a private message to Jester309 Click to send Jester309 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
pray for the dead and the dead will pray for your cards? that doesn't sound right, just like this article, a funeral. I haven't been ripped off and plan to file mail frau charges if it happens...and u said nothing works...
 
meep
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posted August 20, 2001 07:28 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for meep Click Here to Email meep Send a private message to meep Click to send meep an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Well that Chun Ting Che gave me a run for my cards... I was among those who helped bring him down. It seemed he was running quite a little operation. I eventually got my cards back. Can't say that much else about him.

I skip the denial stage and go straight to anger!!!

 
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posted August 22, 2001 02:12 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for [P] Click Here to Email [P] Send a private message to [P] Click to send [P] an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
How about knocking on his door?
 
Scavenger4
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posted August 23, 2001 08:54 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Scavenger4 Click Here to Email Scavenger4 Send a private message to Scavenger4 Click to send Scavenger4 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
how come AoM knows everything? =P seriously AoM you seem very down to earth and intelligent if your ever gonna go to a PTQ or world's or anything of the such LMK and i'll make a trip there just to get you to sign a Ribbon Snake and play a few =)

oh and about gettting tipped i haven't yet and *knock on monitor* hope i never do

 
Poor Beggar
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posted August 24, 2001 08:16 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for Poor Beggar Click Here to Email Poor Beggar Send a private message to Poor Beggar Click to send Poor Beggar an Instant MessageVisit Poor Beggar's Homepage  Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
In stage 3 right now...
 
Multani&Molimo
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posted August 26, 2001 08:31 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for Multani&Molimo Click Here to Email Multani&Molimo Send a private message to Multani&Molimo Click to send Multani&Molimo an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I find that if you are careful, you have no chance of being ripped. I have had over 130 succesful motl trades and not a problem yet. I can't be ripped when everyone sends first to me. If they refuse to send first I will go elsewhere. No big deal.
 
sacrificial god
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posted August 31, 2001 05:51 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for sacrificial god Send a private message to sacrificial god Click to send sacrificial god an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
putting down the avatar?? do you not fear his name?? have never heard the commondations he has recieved? brave motlers.

anyway yet another well worded article by the avatar.

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posted September 04, 2001 11:45 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for GrimSky Click Here to Email GrimSky Send a private message to GrimSky Click to send GrimSky an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I do believe that there are 5 mental stages following a ripoff !

For me it has now been about 3 months since I was ripped off in two deals involving 8 dual lands in the first trade and about 100 dollars worth of NM Beta cards in the other. By now I have been through 5 mental states, but none of them have been any of the ones described in the original post.

1. Realizing I was never going to get that Juzam Djinn and the Foil Birdie.

Mental state: RAGE

2. Trying to think of a way I could get to Malta to strangle that little piece of ....

Mental state: INSANITY

3. Searching the internet for hitmen to deliver my message of hatred to the bastards.

Mental state: PENSIVE AGGRESSIVE

4. Realizing that I was not financially capable of ordering a murder.

Mental state: DESPAIR (for not having the money to pay for the murder)

5. I now find myself researching variuos options for making mail-bombs and mailing them without getting caught.

Mental state: INDIFFERENCE (to the consequences of my actions)

Well I guess that all I wanted to say with this little post, is that I really wanted to kill the ..... that ripped me off. Now, the real end to my initial RAGE is that I have finally come to terms with the situation, but I´m still ****ed.

 

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