DevilsAdvocate ... perma banned?

[RossMAN]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1967870

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1985619




==================

The question has been asked and answered. Time to lock it up.

Mod

 

[imported_Mike]

Unfotunately, I believe so

 

[Aimster]

guy ripped people off?
guy didn't rip people off?

that thread is way too long to read for me right now.
Cliff-notes? plzz

 

[nakedfrog]

I'll miss him

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Lots of stuff to wade through, was it confirmed that he was the person from the other forum or was it just someone passing off his Heatware as their own?

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Aimster
guy ripped people off?
guy didn't rip people off?

that thread is way too long to read for me right now.
Cliff-notes? plzz

Although DA is a very cool guy, he has a blatent disrespect for the way AT FS/FT is run. When he was busy with is personal life, he couldn't take a break from FS/FT, and his rep suffered for it.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I actually got to meet him in person for a trade, very nice guy.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: Aimster
guy ripped people off?
guy didn't rip people off?

that thread is way too long to read for me right now.
Cliff-notes? plzz

Although DA is a very cool guy, he has a blatent disrespect for the way AT FS/FT is run. When he was busy with is personal life, he couldn't take a break from FS/FT, and his rep suffered for it.

I always liked his posts. But if he's an ass in FS/FT then oh well.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I'll miss him

same here...he always had good info

 

[Aimster]

did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

 

[daveymark]

good riddance. Always shipped slow, each time I bought something from him, item would take two weeks or more to arrive, and I lived 3 states away. I figured the first time was a fluke, the second time someone was in an accident, the third time had something to do with a court case he had or something. After that he went on the DNT, and I found out later he was on quite a few other member's DNT's, wish I would have found out earlier. I knew it would only be a matter of time before he ripped someone off.

He may be a great guy but he's an absolutely sh!tty trader

too bad there's not a way to just ban him from FS/T

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

He is a good guy, he just couldn't respect how online buying/selling works. Although Ross linked to 2 examples, they arn't the only ones out there.

I think he should be able to come back too, but he's had quite a few chances becuase of his previous rep/heat already.

 

[pulse8]

In a situation like that, why can't they leave his account open and just not let him trade?

His trading issues don't sound malicious.

 

[KarenMarie]

I remember that thread. I read the whole thing at the time. That wasn't the only thread about DA and his trading habits.

DA had a habit of taking money for stuff and then not falling off the face of the earth with ZERO communication with the buyer for months at a time. He eventually shipped what he was supposed to, but this started happening with too many ppl in too many trades. That thread turned into a pretty nice fight though. If the search worked, I would find the other threads about him.

DA is a great guy and I miss him posting here on OT, but I can understand.... from a buyers POV what is must be like to send money and have the buyer disappear for months.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

we're all locked out of the bat-cave

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

he could just agree NOT TO TRADE in fs/ft.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

True.

I wonder if he was at least warned by the Mods before he was perma banned?

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

we're all locked out of the bat-cave

I doubt they want to make FS/T invitation only.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

I guess youd have to lock all threads he would try to make, since most of his trades were selling stuff.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

You can using other forum software, though I am not sure about FuseTalk. We not only have a seperate Mod Forum on the forum I work at, we have created sub groups that we can put people in to limit their posting to specific forums out of all publicly available forums.

It didn't make the other forums invitation only, it only applied to the user that we placed in the sub groups. For instance, we would make one that was "No Politics/News" and then place that user in it, and they could no longer post in that forum.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aimster
did he get depressed all of a sudden and stop caring about life? EX: GF leaving him, lost job, kids, wife, etc.

I hope he has a good excuse for what happened. If so I think he should be welcomed back, especially since many people say he was a good guy.

I'd like to see him let back in but I'm not sure if he wants to or if the Mods would allow it.

Maybe if he apologizes and agrees not to trade in FS/FT anymore?

How would you keep him from trading? You can't lock people out of specific forums, just all forums.

True.

I wonder if he was at least warned by the Mods before he was perma banned?

I would have to imagine so, he was very well respected outside of FS/FT.

 

[N8Magic]

:shocked:

I'd like to hear his side of the story to see if there were any extenuating circumstances.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Taking money then not shipping immediately is BS.