i think it is funny listening to a bunch of league players try to put this story together....the point is a judge read and listened to the story and found me innocent....but I'm sure you know more than him from sitting in front of your computer...can any of you draw your ball? if so let's play some....
I can only draw a ball directly into a pocket, obviously scratching... any other attempts to draw the ball on my part are to no avail.
On the other side of things, I read both threads.. all the way through, I really think that we cannot make a judgement call on the situation being 3rd party goers.
There is a few issues that cannot be discerned without being present during the phone calls, etc.
1.) Mr. RobertFrost could have or could not have had the full intention of returning the cues, this we will never truly know, because he wasn't given the chance. (The one thing he has on his side is that he brought the cues with him). Now this leaves me to think that He had every intention of returning them, therefore It seems that they might have agreed on a price, or he was willing to accept the 500$ finders fee.
2.) Robert Could have held out for more, and not be telling the entire truth about the phone call either.. Like I said, we will never know.. we need to be present to hear the true story.
3.) It could have turned out that Mr. Frost got lured into a trap, and the guy never even intended on paying them and led them to think that he would.
All of this weighed in.. It seems more so that Mr. Frost was going to return the cues, and why would he do that without having reached an agreement, or even just was willing to give them back.. (Now some of you could say he was extorting for more money, but what if the call actually went "Hey I got your cues, but I won them and the guy gave them to me in a gambling debt.." "Oh, how about 500$ for them both?", "Well.. I really have 2500$ invest in em, but I guess, would you be willing to give me more by chance? If not its cool", " Oh well ya, I guess I could work something out, since you took the time to find my stuff"
If this conversation went like that, which in all reasoning I can see anyone throwing it out there to see if maybe they would give them a bit more of a reward.. just to try it.. We all get that "Oh damn" feeling when we realize we could have gotten something more in a deal or gotten something for considerably less than what we paid if we just offered lower in the first place.. I.E. When I bought my home, I offered X amount of Cash for it.. They accepted right off the bat.. and I thought I was offering a low amount already, because it was already 20k less than what they were asking.. but in hind sight, I feel like I could have offered even less and still came away with the house, because of the quickness they jumped on it. See what I am saying?
It is in our nature to atleast say something, just to see.. I can see this going either way, which I why I choose to not pass judgement on either person. I am glad you were found not guilty, and I hope you can redeem your credibility in the pool community.
At the end of the day, I just want to be apart of the pool community and get to know all of you. Seek you all out and play you. Whether it be in a tournament, for fun, or for some money (when I get better.. im not in the business of giving away free hard earned cash.. haha).
So I look forward to meeting any and all of you.. and learning from all of you.
Good day.
