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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
i believe that i and a few others took "mark123"s thread as a possible 'scam' since "mark123" says his name is "Mark" in other posts (he only made about 4-5 before starting this thread) yet his email addresss is "brandonhuggins...."? also, i believe that on the same day earlier he posted that he was 'not ready yet' to buy a smart and then a short time later says "I want to buy Passion Coupe". so which is it? and to top it off, there's the bad grammar/broken English. either he's NOT 28 or NOT from around here, as many 'scammers' are.
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Well ... "Jeepster55" ... if that
IS your real name
... There are a great many people on forums such as this whose handles don't match up to the names that are a part of their email address. And there are plenty of people who can't write in the King's English, might even misspell words (y'know ... like you did with "addresss"), could possibly even use bad grammar or poor sentence structure (y'know ... like you did with "i believe that on the same day earlier"), and may not type with proper capitalization (y'know ... like you do). That doesn't mean they're "NOT 28" or "NOT from around here." It simply means that's how they write.
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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
there was an earlier post from someone who wanted to buy 20-30 cars/mo and send to Asia. he wanted someone to 'help' him with that. either there are some really 'out of touch with reality' people out there or alot of scammers. i can see it may be both.
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Was that "someone" Mark123? No? Then why bring it up?
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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
as i said before, i've just had a lot of experience dealing with internet scams and such and too many things didn't 'add up'.
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Methinks you defend your attack far too much.
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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
if it weren't a scam, i would have expected him to come out and defend himself.
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Why? So you could attack him again? So you could jump all over him for his grammatical skills or his "broken English?"
What the hell, dude?
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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
just my side of it. i also said that if "Mark" would PM me, i would appologize to him personally, but also...he has not.
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Why the hell
should he? You're not God. You're not the leader of the internet. You're just some guy who jumped all over someone - a new person here, who expressed an interest in buying a Smart and even went to the trouble to make sure it was posted in the right place - and now demands that that person do something. For you. After you attacked him.
Sheesh.
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Originally Posted by Jeepster55
it seems that we take this forum very seriously and i for one want to keep anyone from being 'used' or 'taken' because of the love for this little car.
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"We" who? You attacked a new member and - apparently - drove them away. You're a frickin' xenophobe! It's not your forum, it's not your job to protect the internet from what you perceive as a scam, it's ... not ... your ... job.
If you have - as you say - so much experience with scams, then you should know that the way you deal with them is to either ignore them or report them and then ignore them.
I simply cannot believe that someone who considers them an adult would jump all over this Mark123 person as you did. That's just not the Smart way. It's a happy car. Lighten the hell up.
Your pal,
Meat.
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