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Offline tjcaustin

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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #450 on: Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:05:09 »
Obviously it doesn't matter, but I'm wondering why people trusted him to do a group buy less than 2 months after registering here.

Nevermind him being a kid and all.

Also, while I don't endorse going to his place to threaten, why not use the info to contact the (hopefully) responsible parents or to retrieve and mail the items he says are waiting to get mailed?

(Note: Threats of parent intervention always lubricated my talking parts when I was embarrassed or otherwise tight lipped about something)
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #451 on: Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:07:06 »
We didn't know the part about him being young and sharing an account with his dad when he started this.  He was a mod at the time, IIRC.  We hadn't had a group buy organizer burn us (at least in recent memory) at that point.  The atmosphere was very relaxed and trusting.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #452 on: Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:18:58 »
That seems fair enough.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #453 on: Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:26:16 »
Quote from: hashbaz on Wed, 10 October 2012, 19:56:14
He reads this thread, I'm sure, to gauge the pitchfork level.

Wonder what he thought about seeing his address? heh.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #454 on: Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:42:46 »
It was edited out before he logged in yesterday.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #455 on: Thu, 11 October 2012, 04:50:59 »
If you made a paypal payment to him from the imsto group buy, look up the invoice you would of received. It has his address on it.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #456 on: Sat, 13 October 2012, 22:24:36 »
Ohh so thats what happened, yea I assumed something was wrong when I never got the keys I payed for xP

Anyhow, that sucks
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #457 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 03:28:44 »
Does anybody want to start up some kind of a group lawsuit against this scumbag? I would be down for sure, if just to ruin this kids life for screwing us. Getting the money back would be nice too.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #458 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39 »
That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.
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Re: Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #459 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:36:52 »
Quote from: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39
That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.

No offense SF but I don't believe you were a member when this went down. We're mad at a kid who stole from us. Not sure whats goin on in the US legal system but in Canada we can't make cases against someone who doesn't have legal personality [i.e children]. I think its impossible but I'm not sure.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #460 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:44:58 »
Wonder how much he made off with
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #461 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:34:06 »
Quote from: telepete on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:36:52
Quote from: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39
That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.

No offense SF but I don't believe you were a member when this went down. We're mad at a kid who stole from us. Not sure whats goin on in the US legal system but in Canada we can't make cases against someone who doesn't have legal personality [i.e children]. I think its impossible but I'm not sure.
It's not SF, but any-who. I understand that he made off with money etc. I have read the entire thread, quite uninteresting...but hey, what else am I to do in study hall? I am just saying that this is a Caveat Emptor forum, buy at your own risk. I was a member when this thread was created (Date Registered: Wed, 06 July 2011, 16:09:25).
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #462 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:37:47 »
WHy is this still in classifieds? Can we PLEASE move this to off-topic?
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #463 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:54:06 »
If he is in fact under 18 it means that either he committed fraud by registering for PayPal, which requires that users be over 18, or another person let him use their account. While I'm not familiar with how the law handles such cases, I'd imagine that someone is still liable for the theft.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #464 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 18:48:04 »
Under the laws of most states, including California, a parent can be held liable in civil (not criminal) courts for the actions of their children, in some instances. I wonder if anyone has tried to contact his parents?
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #465 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 18:50:17 »
Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 13 November 2012, 03:28:44
I would be down for sure, if just to ruin this kids life for screwing us.
what the **** is wrong with you
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Taobao Goods
« Reply #466 on: Tue, 13 November 2012, 19:16:19 »
Is this the only fraud / scam in GH history? Can't understand how he can live with himself.
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #467 on: Wed, 14 November 2012, 21:07:55 »
For all you know this kid's parrents could be as bad as he is.

How do you know he is a kid at all?
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Re: Taobao Goods
« Reply #468 on: Thu, 15 November 2012, 23:09:17 »
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