I have always been curious over the years about how secure deals were that are made through AZB... so I have been following this thread for some time.
I finally joined AZB a few months ago because I realized this was not just another Face(less)book type of place to hang out. I've quickly found AZB to be a real social network full of real people. People who are very helpful and "have your back", unlike that eB** place that arbitrates mainly in the favor of the seller... because that's where they (eB**) make their money.
I watched as members like "ToomnyQs" and "Kot_Bigemot" reached out to help this posing POS "a503" (aka "Michael Choe") now known to us all as "Banned". I then saw how quickly this looser got taken care of through the network that is AZB.
Yes... he will likely sneak back into AZB (if he hasn't already) but imagine what life in Happy Valley and Portland must be like for him these days. Everyone anywhere that he goes to shoot will know and talk about him and this deal, thanks to people like "cbi1000" and a few others around the Portland area that (as I said) "have your back".
And I have to retort to "Inferno" about the comments made about what is
"UNCOOL" to post in the AZB forums. Who are you to be preaching AZB etiquette since you (like myself) only joined a few months ago? You're not on FaceLessBook now. And of your comment to "Kot_Bigemot" of
""wright things"? Where did you go to school?". Obviously "Kot_Bigemot" went to a higher school of learning than yourself!
"Wright things" is both a proper term and spelling.
"Wright" n. One that constructs or repairs something.... as in a "shipwright" or a "playwright" (repairing the situation). Wright-on!!!
Also if you had read the original thread on this whole deal,
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=299592 you would have noticed that "Kot_Bigemot" also offered to help this punk, before all of this started... I missed your name on that gift list however. So I have to wonder... who has the right to a voice on this matter (or "wright" if you're looking for something to divert the discussion away from the facts). You would have us all fear buying anything from anyone in the Portland area instead of fingering the actual thief. I think that "cbi1000" and others in the Portland area would be offended by your censorship... or maybe it should have been turned over to the Internet Police (LOL). But you are also from Portland... so maybe you are friends or something with Choe? Sorry, I just can't trust people who have to post their messages in large, bold, all upper-cased letters (BTW Inferno... that's shouting on the Net). I won't even go into what that behavior suggest (at least to me and I'm betting Freud would have something to say about it also).
(enough of that).
Anyway, so many really good people around here on AZB. My hat is off to everyone who cared to help (this punk) out in the beginning... and to everyone who got involved after the fact that it was all just a rip-off.
Now... It's time to break a few morning racks and take it all in.