Beachcomber Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 This is something that needs to be read, especially if someone is planning on pulling a fast one and selling a rep trying to pass it off as a Gen. Disclaimer-Not saying anyone here is planning on doing that. This happened to me a couple of years ago; I didn't get sent anything in the end and I felt like the biggest idiot in the world. I thought I was getting a good deal but in the end it was a total scam. These scams affect the scammed more than you can imagine, I personally feel the money scammed it the least of the problem, it's the shame associated with the whole ordeal. http://m.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11422167.Suicide_of_dad_after_eBay__lsquo_Rolex_rsquo__sale_scam/?ref=mrSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcardoza Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) I'm sure I'd feel like a real dummy if I got scammed, but suicide? This guy had way bigger emotional problems than a fake Rollie caused. Anyone who spends thousands for a watch on eBay IMO, is gambling their money just as if they were laying a $5000 bet on black or red in Vegas. Personally, I'd never spend that kind of $$$$ on something I couldn't hold in my hand first. Edited January 5, 2016 by pcardoza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Well he was on antidepressants as well-as is 3/4 of the population if you ask me. Still-and I'm speaking from experience-this can happen. I have bought many Gens from eBay and have never been scammed, it was only until I decided to buy from a Gen forum that I was taken for over 5 grand and not that I contemplated suicide-yes I'm on antidepressants as well-it made me feel as if I were violated intimately. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbane883 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 When you are contemplating buying anything over the Internet from a person you've never met or spoken to, only buy something that you could reasonably afford to lose. I've been scammed before. It sucks donkey ballz but you gotta move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 No decent person deserves to get ripped off, but it happens. My house was broken into back in Oz... lost several expensive gen watches, sunglass collection, jewelry, etc., we felt violated too!As said before, this guy had a lot of other stuff going on, and probably would have ended up in the same boat at some point in time. RIP, depression is a terrible thing :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlf Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 There's so many variables to consider, even when you have been extremely cautious in all aspects, sometimes you just get served. awful it ended that way.. Poor fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 We live in a World that on many levels is F.U.B.A.R. I take consolation in the many online transactions I have had where strangers have done exactly what they said they would or on occasions gone a little further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
508-Fanatic Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 The real issue at hand here is mental health and how we handle it as a society. This guy was clearly a step away from ending it regardless of what pushed him over the edge, and that is what really makes me sad; when people get to that point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I completely agree, it's a daily battle for some. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 The real issue at hand here is mental health and how we handle it as a society. This guy was clearly a step away from ending it regardless of what pushed him over the edge, and that is what really makes me sad; when people get to that point. very nicely put a and I totally agree. The only thing sadder is how society so often fails people in this mental place. It could be any one of us at some point in our life and with support it can be a difficult period of our past rather than the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Sorry to hear this, but unfortunately it is not uncommon. I have worked in Behavioral Health for 20+ years and many people struggle with mental illness and go untreated/unhelped. It has improved, but there is still a negative stigma towards mental illness which I believe is a factor of why people do not seek help and even if they do are not supported in a way that increases positive outcomes. In general, people show empathy/compassion when someone suffers from cancer or heart disease, but much less so with mental illness. Even though both conditions are biological/genetic in nature. Sure environment and lifestyle are influencers but a majority of conditions are predominantly biological and inherited. Be nice if at some point in my life society's view of this changes...I do presentations/lectures all the time to increase awareness and reduce stigma, but we still have a long way to go. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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