Not relevant. In 2023, with the myriad of correspondence options, not responding in business is not an option. Period. Also, please note that he kept placing new pipes up for sale. He saw the messages and he had the time to continually post new pipes even after the messages were sent. This guy is a crook either through deception or negligence or both.
Ok. We get it. Dude made a mistake. No need to be such a hard ass. I’m sure he regrets it. Don’t forget he’s the victim of a crime. I have a feeling blaming victims is one of your many useless specialties.
Yeh, I've been watching Walt's pages for years, and he still seems to sell his pipes immediately after making one, if not before he even finishes them. In fact, I've never seen one that hasn't actually sold in his online shop.
Not true. In my career I preyed on predator's. But, too many people, the easy marks, are simply too trusting of people they've never met. Easy marks should be held up as examples. Remember P. T. Barnum's words? The are still valid. Perhaps even more so because the internet has widened field for cons and scams. While also allowing poor business practices to flourish. I have little patience for people who make bad decisions. But, I never blame victims. When someone on my watch was preyed upon, I felt that was on me. I also was realistic enough to know that "there is one born every minute." So, I did what I was paid to do with "gusto." I also became over the years quite cynical with regard to the "self-inflected" woes of the generally naive public.
Kind of like don't let the kid fall in the fire but let them stick their hand into it.
I'm trying to simplify my life could list the "useless" specialties" so I can reduce my workload. I'd be foreever indebted to you for the insights.
While, if this is endemic of his business practices, you'd think that he wouldn't be able to sell any pipes. But... he sells them before the stain is dry. Does this mean that we pipe buyers are just stupid, or maybe besides being very bad at taking orders, he seems to sell the hell out of pipes that he would rather make?
Now, Mark has his shit together. He has amazed me with how well he keeps up with things.
after an experience like this, the pipe is worth less than nothing for many people. every time I'd touch or see that pipe, I'd remember this runaround. "I got f**ked with." There's no way I could enjoy it. I might as well have lit up cigars with that money, but at least if I did that and got a good cigar, I'd have a good memory of it.
Bingo, never use a debit card for these kind of purchases (car rentals, hotels, anything), you essentially have little ot no protection. Paypal backs you better than a debit card.
