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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: JSherman69 on May 13, 2013, 02:01 pm
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Someone who is actually me placed an order with him on thursday and it's still not shipped today, monday. Also, I sent him a message on friday and it's still unread. What's the fuckin deal mate?
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free parking
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His user profile says he last logged in 1 day ago; I am going through the same thing with a different vendor right now, but my vendor did happen to post why he was missing on his profile, so I'm a little more at ease with that. FYI, you should have the option to cancel the order once the four day mark passes, so if it has been 96 hours, you may want to cancel the order. I have no idea if order cancellation from buyer's side negatively impacts your buyer's stats though, if someone could shed light on that, it would be appreciated.
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it won't hurt your stats, but you may get less btc back if the order was hedged and the value of the btc has gone up.... I don't think it has changed too much in the last 4 days, though, so I would cancel. I say fuck a vendor that can't fill an order in 3 days or less! good luck!
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His user profile says he last logged in 1 day ago; I am going through the same thing with a different vendor right now, but my vendor did happen to post why he was missing on his profile, so I'm a little more at ease with that. FYI, you should have the option to cancel the order once the four day mark passes, so if it has been 96 hours, you may want to cancel the order. I have no idea if order cancellation from buyer's side negatively impacts your buyer's stats though, if someone could shed light on that, it would be appreciated.
I agree, I would cancel as well. I'm sorry that you have to go through this, it sucks.
Your buyer stats are NOT affected if you or the vendor cancels an order.
The amount you get back may be different depending on whether the order was hedged or not and if btc has fluctuated severely.
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it won't hurt your stats, but you may get less btc back if the order was hedged and the value of the btc has gone up.... I don't think it has changed too much in the last 4 days, though, so I would cancel. I say fuck a vendor that can't fill an order in 3 days or less! good luck!
Thanks for the info! Good to know.
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it won't hurt your stats, but you may get less btc back if the order was hedged and the value of the btc has gone up.... I don't think it has changed too much in the last 4 days, though, so I would cancel. I say fuck a vendor that can't fill an order in 3 days or less! good luck!
i'm confused. i thought if it was hedged it meant that the bitcoins will keep the same $ value regardless of the exchange price? or is that unhedged?
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Same situation as you kind of.
Ordered with CMT on Thursday night, added express shipping. He marked it in transit the next day and so far the package has not arrived. If it's not here by Thursday I gotta throw it into Resolution.
I am assuming he hasn't shipped it yet since it should of been here today if shipped out Friday like it was supposed to be.
Sick of vendors off their game.
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Same boat as you guys pretty much.
I ordered Friday afternoon, he marked my order In Transit some time today, but I doubt he shipped it. He probably marked everyones order In Transit and just logged off. Now 3 poor saps have just finalized early, their money is probably gone.
He only logged on once the entire weekend, and it was for what must've been a minute or two. Makes me worried. It seems he has a habit of this disappearing act, based on another thread, and his feedback. He just likes to sporadically disappear. Shady practices like this should just result in an immediate ban.
I'm hoping someone can ease my mind and tell me they went through the same shit and eventually got their order and everything was fine, but I'm not holding my breath, it's not looking good.
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Wow. 3 hours before I could cancel my order, he decided to mark it in transit. My messages are still unread. If I find out he didn't actually ship today he's getting a fat 1/5 for being a fucking dirtbag. If you can't handle the order volume, go stealth for fuck sake.
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Lol hope you get your shit mate
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Wow. 3 hours before I could cancel my order, he decided to mark it in transit. My messages are still unread. If I find out he didn't actually ship today he's getting a fat 1/5 for being a fucking dirtbag. If you can't handle the order volume, go stealth for fuck sake.
I don't want to jump to conclusions and trash talk a possibly reputable vendor, but I doubt he shipped any orders today. The timeline of events from what I can tell is, he disappeared Thursday evening, logged on for just a second on Saturday evening, then showed up again sometime today, in the late afternoon or evening, and marked everyones orders in transit.
Since he disappeared from Thursday to today, I just don't believe he had time to get to my order from Friday, package it, and drop it off, especially with the massive backlog he must have due to his sales, and the whole disappearing thing.
But who knows. Maybe he'll come through. One thing for sure is though, he does this shit often. I just don't understand it, an emergency might come up once in a great while and it's understandable, but even still, pretty much everyone comes home and has access to a computer at least once a day. And if you're a vendor, you should make fucking sure of it.
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I mean it's _possible_ that he spent the weekend grinding away at the baggies getting everyone's order packed up, but there's no way to tell. Absolutely zero communication. There's so many ways he could solve this problem-- go stealth, find someone to handle communications, anything. I can't say I feel any sympathy.
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Anybody get some new info? I'm still in the dark here :'(
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Another day, another empty mailbox. This wait is excruciating.
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Awesome! The tiny shred of hope I did have for my package showing up tomorrow is now gone after reading this discussion. I placed my order with CMT last Friday morning with express shipping, and he marked it "in transit" around 7 pm on Monday night!! No package and no response to my message. And maybe I am missing something here so correct me if I am wrong, but aren't all USPS express envelopes priced using a flat rate of $19.95 for all domestic shipments? C.M.T charges $31 for express, but I believe he uses the Flat Rate Express envelopes for all his express shipments, again correct me if I am wrong.
I hate getting my hopes up before I go out and check the mailbox, because it's such a fucking let down when you walk away with nothing more than a handful of junk mail. When your package is a no-show day after day the feeling is similar to when you were a kid opening the last present under the tree on Christmas morning and you're tearing the wrapping paper off as fast as you can, but your hopes are destroyed when you realize it's just a sweater with reindeer on it, and that Red Rider BB gun was just a pipe dream.
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Anyone know how much I'll actually get back, if and when my order goes into Resolution? Never had to resort to this before, after many, many successful purchases.
If I get a percentage, like 25% or 50%, that's bullshit. But the guy has no case, can't provide a tracking number for an order he never shipped, doesn't respond to messages, disappears for days at a time. He probably won't even try to fight it at all. And there will probably be a flood of other orders of his going into resolution in the same timeframe, if not the same day, exposing him for the worthless scammer he is, maybe even result in a ban. Hopefully I'll get all of my money back, right? After SR commission fee, I assume.
I think it's pretty obvious what his scam is. Be a legitimate vendor for a couple weeks, make people happy and earn their trust and feedback, offer free shipping for finalizing early, disappear and watch the flood of FE's come in, make off with the bitcoins. This is why I never FE, under any circumstances. Why even risk your entire order just to save a few bucks in shipping? But of course CMT is the main culprit here.
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I've made successful transactions with him, but he's done things like print other customers' names and addresses on the inner package, and his return addresses are implausible. Stealth improved a lot, and until recently, shipping was timely. I, too, have not heard a peep from him. I know he's been reported at least once, and by now, multiple times. I recently had to reject a package from him because I was asked to sign, and for all I know, in retrospect, he probably forgot to check the "waive signature" box. All that paranoia, worry, and $$ down the toilet for nothing. And now the package is probably floating around the dead letter office, with my name on it, where it will eventually be opened.
Seems like a nice guy with some good features in his business model, but too flaky and unreliable for my taste. A shame.
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I'm waiting on a small one from him as well, marked in transit Monday. What I don't understand is how there are so many 5/5s in the last day or so, even a 3/5 but received his package. Are these all just fake feedback?
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It came! Finally, it came!
My 2g of tar came in today and the quality was good as expected. Weight was dead on. Shipment was express so I'm guessing he shipped tuesday since it was coast to coast. He put (edit: removed. something similar to his SR handle) in the return address. Why? What's the point? Is it supposed to be funny? That seems fucking stupid to me and adds (miniscule) risk for no reason.
I'm thinking that I'll hold off and let the order auto-finalize in two weeks. This guy wasted so much of my time that I don't give a shit, the release of funds can wait. If it weren't for the fact that the dope is a great deal I'd have rated him 1 and shat all over him in the review.
That said, if it weren't for the lack of communication Charlie would be a great vendor.
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It came! Finally, it came!
My 2g of tar came in today and the quality was good as expected. Weight was dead on. Shipment was express so I'm guessing he shipped tuesday since it was coast to coast. He put "Charles Thrive" in the return address. Why? What's the point? Is it supposed to be funny? That seems fucking stupid to me and adds (miniscule) risk for no reason.
I'm thinking that I'll hold off and let the order auto-finalize in two weeks. This guy wasted so much of my time that I don't give a shit, the release of funds can wait. If it weren't for the fact that the dope is a great deal I'd have rated him 1 and shat all over him in the review.
That said, if it weren't for the lack of communication Charlie would be a great vendor.
How do you know it's Coast to Coast? Glad it came for you though.
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How do you know it's Coast to Coast? Glad it came for you though.
There was a ZIP code written on the parcel that started with a 9. West Coast, AK, outlying islands all start with a 9.
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It came! Finally, it came!
My 2g of tar came in today and the quality was good as expected. Weight was dead on. Shipment was express so I'm guessing he shipped tuesday since it was coast to coast. He put [REDACTED] in the return address. Why? What's the point? Is it supposed to be funny? That seems fucking stupid to me and adds (miniscule) risk for no reason.
I'm thinking that I'll hold off and let the order auto-finalize in two weeks. This guy wasted so much of my time that I don't give a shit, the release of funds can wait. If it weren't for the fact that the dope is a great deal I'd have rated him 1 and shat all over him in the review.
That said, if it weren't for the lack of communication Charlie would be a great vendor.
Was your express package delivered separately from your regular mail? My circumstances are similar to yours so I'm curious, I put my order in around 7am last Friday morning with express shipping, and he marked it "in transit" on Monday night. I'm on the east coast, and if I had to guess I would say CMT is on the west coast being that he only sells BTH. Regardless, I've never had an express package take more than two days, have had plenty of priority/first class packages take on their own agenda when it comes to shipping, but not express. With that being said, and since Im not the only one who has been getting screwed around I'm not feeling to confident. But now that JSherman69 got his package it gives me a little hope, which is bad because now I'm gonna go out and check my mailbox again, and if my mailbox is express-less (lacking an express package), I may need psychiatric care afterwards.
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I had the same problems a few days ago with a trusted vendor.
He told me he had some problems at home so sometimes you have to give it some time.
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Was your express package delivered separately from your regular mail? My circumstances are similar to yours so I'm curious, I put my order in around 7am last Friday morning with express shipping, and he marked it "in transit" on Monday night. I'm on the east coast, and if I had to guess I would say CMT is on the west coast being that he only sells BTH. Regardless, I've never had an express package take more than two days, have had plenty of priority/first class packages take on their own agenda when it comes to shipping, but not express. With that being said, and since Im not the only one who has been getting screwed around I'm not feeling to confident. But now that JSherman69 got his package it gives me a little hope, which is bad because now I'm gonna go out and check my mailbox again, and if my mailbox is express-less (lacking an express package), I may need psychiatric care afterwards.
Nope, package was delivered normally with the regular garbage. It's funny how I've come to realize just how much spam there is in mailboxes thanks to my heroin addiction. It's ridiculous. Also, is it even called spam when it's in the meatspace mail?
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So since all of you that paid for Express, I guess I can expect my priority package sometime in June? :P I'm guessing all of the packages that he marked in transit Monday night (mine included) he actually dropped them Tuesday.
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Wow, I was not expecting that, but I'm happy for you and your package arriving safely JSherman. I was sure he hadn't shipped anything, I guess I was wrong. I take back all of my presumptions about Charlie, but still, he needs to fucking get it together. Now I'm just wondering when I'll get my Priority package, if ever. I'm betting Saturday, at the earliest.
USPS is having some massive delays, it seems. I've never had a Priority package take more than 2 days, or Express take more than 1, even when everyone else was having problems. But just this past week, a very trustworthy vendor said he dropped my package Saturday morning Priority, in which case it would normally get here Monday, and it didn't get here till Wednesday.
Was your express package delivered separately from your regular mail?
Mine always are. I think it's even a different USPS employee, sometimes they show up an hour after the regular mail, but don't get your hopes up.
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i ordered from him sunday and still havent received my package either...... hoping tomorrow as im out of stuff and going out of town tomorrow and will detox to hell
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Um...so this is concerning. I just logged on to SR and all of his listings are gone but it still says he hasn't been seen for 3 days. I'm guessing SR admins have suspended him or something? Not surprising by his utter lack of any communication what so ever. Being fairly new, It's things like this that make me a nervous wreck and fear for my safety in regards to getting busted.
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Um...so this is concerning. I just logged on to SR and all of his listings are gone but it still says he hasn't been seen for 3 days. I'm guessing SR admins have suspended him or something? Not surprising by his utter lack of any communication what so ever. Being fairly new, It's things like this that make me a nervous wreck and fear for my safety in regards to getting busted.
That is strange that his vendor page says he hasn't been seen for 3 days, yet all his listings were pulled sometime today. Either way, its not a good sign. I'll update again tomorrow after I check the mailbox.
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Um...so this is concerning. I just logged on to SR and all of his listings are gone but it still says he hasn't been seen for 3 days. I'm guessing SR admins have suspended him or something? Not surprising by his utter lack of any communication what so ever. Being fairly new, It's things like this that make me a nervous wreck and fear for my safety in regards to getting busted.
Don't worry man, they automatically get taken down after 3 days. His lack of communication is pretty well known, as are his random disappearances. It's a combination of vendor laziness and the delays USPS is experiencing right now.
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Another empty mailbox today. Hopefully tom. Anyone else waiting on a Priority package, not express?
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Yes, I am waiting on a priority package as well. i have faith in charlie, but am pretty pissed about this delay. First time not ordering express. Lesson learned.
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It came! Finally, it came!
My 2g of tar came in today and the quality was good as expected. Weight was dead on. Shipment was express so I'm guessing he shipped tuesday since it was coast to coast. He put [REDACTED] in the return address. Why? What's the point? Is it supposed to be funny? That seems fucking stupid to me and adds (miniscule) risk for no reason.
I'm thinking that I'll hold off and let the order auto-finalize in two weeks. This guy wasted so much of my time that I don't give a shit, the release of funds can wait. If it weren't for the fact that the dope is a great deal I'd have rated him 1 and shat all over him in the review.
That said, if it weren't for the lack of communication Charlie would be a great vendor.
Lucky for you! I placed two priority orders with Charlie on 5/14. Other than being marked "processing", there has been no change in status, no messages, etc. I also noticed on 5/16 that all his listings vanished - unsettling. Tonight 5/17 the cancel buttons just became an option for me. Of course I would have rather had the orders. I'd appreciate the advice whether you folks think I should just cancel and move on.
Thanks!
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It came! Finally, it came!
My 2g of tar came in today and the quality was good as expected. Weight was dead on. Shipment was express so I'm guessing he shipped tuesday since it was coast to coast. He put [REDACTED] in the return address. Why? What's the point? Is it supposed to be funny? That seems fucking stupid to me and adds (miniscule) risk for no reason.
I'm thinking that I'll hold off and let the order auto-finalize in two weeks. This guy wasted so much of my time that I don't give a shit, the release of funds can wait. If it weren't for the fact that the dope is a great deal I'd have rated him 1 and shat all over him in the review.
That said, if it weren't for the lack of communication Charlie would be a great vendor.
Lucky for you! I placed two priority orders with Charlie on 5/14. Other than being marked "processing", there has been no change in status, no messages, etc. I also noticed on 5/16 that all his listings vanished - unsettling. Tonight 5/17 the cancel buttons just became an option for me. Of course I would have rather had the orders. I'd appreciate the advice whether you folks think I should just cancel and move on.
Thanks!
If I were you, I'd cancel the orders and move on. Even though you ordered on 5/14 via priority shipping, my guess is your package isnt in the mail and it may not be anytime soon. I placed my order on 5/10 via express shipping and I aint got shit. If he hadn't marked it in transit already I would have canceled the order, good times, good times. Hope you get it worked out whatever happens.
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Agreed. Thanks!
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Have you considered what it might mean to identify the packages sent by this vendor by announcing his use of a return alias and identifying the area from which he sends the product?
It allows for instant identification of packages containing drugs to anyone who might be concerned with finding them, and it helps to locate the vendor.
If I were Charlie I would not appreciate my customers broadcasting these details.
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Yeah Im waiting on something I finalized early its been 5 days since marked in transit still nothing in site
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Still nothing. Id honestly be less pissed if he'd at least come out and tell me he never sent anything. At least I wouldn't keep thinking "oh it's gotta be today" to be disappointed once again when I reach my box. I didn't even order much.
I do have a question for anyone who may be able to help. I'm moving next week and I'm sure if it doesn't come by the middle of next week he never actually sent anything but my concern is getting mail forwarded or not. Should I wait a few weeks to set that up in case it really got lost. I've always read the lest time it's in the postal system the better. Also, I know I'm being a paranoid freak, but do you think LE would do a CD over 3 freaking roxy's? Anyway, back to packing.
Laters
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This is bullshit. Going on 8 days from order, 6 days since in transit. Withdrawls: Over, Detoxt:Done. Might as well just quit now.
I live in the same fucking state as this dude, first class mail would have arrived by now. The only reason I have any hope of receiving anything is another package I had ordered that is not SR related got misrouted and it is possible that the 2 packages were both misrouted together. Likely nothing every shipped.
This could just be coincidental but I searched police reports for the general area where I think Charlie is from and there was an arrest that fits the timeline of Charlie going dark. This is 100% speculation. Certain facts just fit. I hope I am wrong. Not going to post any references because I don't want to give away where he is from on the off chance I am even correct.
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This is indeed getting pretty ridiculous.
But he still gets a couple pieces of feedback each day, with people saying they waited 5 days since it was marked In Transit. So maybe they're still on the way. It's pretty obvious that the last orders he shipped were on Monday/Tuesday, probably marked them in transit Monday and dropped them off Tuesday. He's disappeared completely since then. So as long as the feedback keeps rolling in, I still have a little bit of hope.
But holy shit this is excruciating. Worst order I've ever had. Whether I get my order or not, Charlie is still either a scammer or lazy, incompetent vendor, and I'll be advising everyone not to order from him.
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old threads are the best
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Have you considered what it might mean to identify the packages sent by this vendor by announcing his use of a return alias and identifying the area from which he sends the product?
It allows for instant identification of packages containing drugs to anyone who might be concerned with finding them, and it helps to locate the vendor.
If I were Charlie I would not appreciate my customers broadcasting these details.
I don't appreciate his dumb ass using his Silk Road handle on the package itself. I'll edit it out but he's the one at fault here. And "Coast to coast" doesn't indicate anything, dipshit.
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Okay, I give up. One full week since marked In Transit and nothing. Any last shred of hope I had for this package arriving is now gone, only thing left to do is wait until I can resolve this order. I refuse to believe he sent anything.
Anyone else have any updates?
Edit: Will a refund fuck up my stats? I'm at 50 transactions, all flawless, no auto-finalize, no refunds, I'd be pretty upset if my stats were tainted by a piece of shit bum vendor.
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Okay, I give up. One full week since marked In Transit and nothing. Any last shred of hope I had for this package arriving is now gone, only thing left to do is wait until I can resolve this order. I refuse to believe he sent anything.
Anyone else have any updates?
Edit: Will a refund fuck up my stats? I'm at 50 transactions, all flawless, no auto-finalize, no refunds, I'd be pretty upset if my stats were tainted by a piece of shit bum vendor.
I don't think your stats will take a noticeable hit. Go for it, you have every right to dispute this.
Also, I think Charlie boy might be using shills to keep his seller rank high. Look how many positive reviews and FE's he has that have remained 5 stars. This guy has not been giving anything close to 5 star service.
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In the same boat as everyone else. Resolve option should be available in a day. Stats are flawless and never had to resolve before. Question is why should our stats get tainted because this dick decides to screw over everyone? Is there any other action that can be done?
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Any updates? Hopefully you all got everything resolved.
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Do NOT post anything that will reveal a vendor's packaging or security measures. JSherman69, please refrain from doing so in future. CharlieMustThrive, there should be no need for people to have to comment here like that regarding your packaging. Step up your game! You have a responsibility to keep your buyers safe!
Libertas
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Sorry about that. Do you think you could edit out what I wrote from people who quoted me? I shouldn't have posted it but it pissed me off as soon as I saw it. Shit's just dumb.
Charlie boy hasn't been online in over two weeks. Who knows what happened to him. Lets hope he doesn't come back.
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Any updates? Hopefully you all got everything resolved.
Sure did. Pretty happy that I got a full refund, and I don't think my stats even took a hit, so thanks for that SR staff! Much appreciated.
If he doesn't get banned/suspended, I hope people at least don't FE with him anymore. You never should anyway, but he made 100% profit by scamming who knows how many early finalizers. That's a shame. The 1/5s keep rolling in.
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idk i hope not
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No he's not dead. This stupid asshole just logged in today after nearly a month of being gone. Wonder what he's up to - probably seeing how many FE's were cashed out to him and shipping out his bitcoins to another wallet. Scamming piece of shit.