What would you do? cue deal gone wrong

Frank (Almostgood) called me this morning. He's shipping the cue to me today. I'll make arrangements to get the cue to UKpooladdict.

Frank was respectful and I believe sincere. He's not a kid - he's a young adult who is at the moment waiting for the construction business to pick up in Ohio. He has offered to get the shipping money back to me when he can. He was counting on the money to come through and his mom's overdraft really messed him up.

I would like to explain why I offered to help. I know quite a few families who are suffering hardship right now. His story had the ring of truth and I felt bad for his mom. I'm helping another family who is in this boat right now, and it just struck me that offering some help was what was needed.

Chris

Chris,

Rep to you for being a great person. My only hope is that you can change your FedEx Acct # now that you gave it to Frank. (and that he pays you back).

You're a good man!

Dave
 
What about the fact that he supposely bought another cue?:confused:

Honestly, I didn't get into that - I don't know what the timing was but I think he regretted the whole mess and had counted on getting the paypal money from his mom.

Chris
 
lol just found this thread....The cue will be shipped out friday at the latest, I had some issues my bad. Anyways Tate Ill give you a call if youre serious, Ive been in contact with UK almost every day and explained the situation. Im sorry its gone like this and obviously wouldn't want anything to tarnish my reputation here(too late for that apparently) but the cue is going to arrive to UK that is not an issue.


Hmmmmmm, i thought you and DIPPY were spending a month on the island:confused:
 
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I just got off the phone with Almostgood (Frank) he called me and I have the tracking number. The cue is in FedEx's possession and is shipped.

He apologized and is embarassed about the whole thing. Buying the other cue was just a timing thing. He had bought the other cue with funds (plus he had plus some paypal money) and had left the shipping funds in his mom's account - then his mom had the overdraft - actually a debit card charge - bottom line is he didn't have enough to cover the shipping.

Almostgood doesn't have a computer/internet at home, so he posts from a friend's house or the library. He was avoiding UKPooladdict, hoping for some work to come in. Anyway, I believe him - he's been very upfront with me and is a very likable young man. I believe he had no intention of ripping off anybody - the cue has been packed in his own packaging and he was just trying to get enough money together to ship it.

Anyway I have UKPooladdict's shipping info as well - so the case should be over here pretty soon.

Thanks to everybody for the rep and help too. Let's give Almostgood a 2nd chance here, OK?

Chris
 
N offene, you can give him a second chance, but I still would not buy anything from him. This was a botched deal up to you saving his ass, I would not want anyone to be at risk again.
 
I've been following this thread for awhile not and I am very impressed with the generosity and integrity of some of the posters on here. I hope everything works out for you Tate. It's good to see that there are still people out there that give a damn.
Chris
 
I have no excuse except bad luck. I want to publicly apologize to Ukpooladdict and everyone else. Huge thanks to TATE. Ill send you the shipping money via money order on friday. Pm me where exactly. I am sorry everyone and hope you see through this bad luck situation we all have experienced in a game of pool.
 
Now wasn't that more rewarding than fighting over aiming systems? :yes:

TATE, you be a good guy! :bow-down:
 
I would like to explain why I offered to help. I know quite a few families who are suffering hardship right now. His story had the ring of truth and I felt bad for his mom. I'm helping another family who is in this boat right now, and it just struck me that offering some help was what was needed.

Chris

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to TATE again
 
I have no excuse except bad luck. I want to publicly apologize to Ukpooladdict and everyone else. Huge thanks to TATE. Ill send you the shipping money via money order on friday. Pm me where exactly. I am sorry everyone and hope you see through this bad luck situation we all have experienced in a game of pool.

Hopefully you can put this behind you, and be more upfront in the future. We all make mistakes, the real test comes in how we handle them. I believe you probably realize avoiding UK wasn't the smartest way to handle this, and hindsight is always 20/20. Almost anyone will be reasonable and understanding when given the whole story, as opposed to feeling they are getting the run-around.

Best of luck in getting things turned around. Be extra sure to get Tate taken care of in a timely fashion and perhaps karma might smile upon you soon. It's a first step, at least.

And to you Tate, good show, good form! :thumbup:
 
One more case solved by the ever vigilant AZ Crew! I'm thinking we could turn this into a TV series.
A new reality show - "AZ IN ACTION" :D
 
Great news that it all appears to be resolved, the kid just needs to realise that it's always better to take your medicine than try avoiding people. He should be embarressed but lets not hang him for his crime, maybe just needs probabtion :)

UK if you need anything else PM me and I'll see what I can do, I will be over there in December for the Mosconi Cup, if you are going to be there, let's have a beer and a curry:p
 
What about the fact that he supposely bought another cue?:confused:

Words can be deciving ... but actions always speak the truth.

So broke he could not pay shipping ... because he spent all his allowance on another cue? Words cant cover that one ... :shrug: ...

The only reason the cue is being sent (another future event) is because of the fuss raised here on the forum. I bet some of his pool room friends read AZ and were giving him greif also.
 
Great news that it all appears to be resolved, the kid just needs to realise that it's always better to take your medicine than try avoiding people. He should be embarressed but lets not hang him for his crime, maybe just needs probabtion :)

UK if you need anything else PM me and I'll see what I can do, I will be over there in December for the Mosconi Cup, if you are going to be there, let's have a beer and a curry:p


Cool thanks mate, yea i will be at Mosconi for sure...booking my tickets and hotel this month pm closer to the time and we'll go for beer:thumbup:
 
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