The Ringo Kid???

[Rastoff]

Well, isn't this an interesting thread. I'm as sorry as I can be to hear this. I also feel tricked. I never sent any money, but this is still troubling.

Some of the members here have been the best I've ever dealt with on the internet. I'm truly grateful to be part of this community. That's what makes this so disturbing. I guess you just can't tell sometimes.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Whether his original intention was to scam money from people is of little consequence.
He accepted donations from people based on lies.

If he took people's money based on lies in the sales forum here, he'd be banned & tagged with a "Banned SCAMMER" label under his name.
Spinning tales of cancer and dying loved ones is much worse, especially knowing that several people on this board have lost spouses, etc. to cancer. Lying about something like that is plain rotten.

I've seen the generosity of people on this forum and have been the beneficiary of the generosity of strangers myself a couple times.
The thought of somebody taking advantage of the genuine caring people on this forum is infuriating.

As far as I'm concerned, he is a liar and a cheat. If he never comes back and just fades away into the sunset, that'll be fine with me.

 

[CapnB]

I used to counsel young police officers that the most important possession they own is their integrity. You're born with it, but you have to hold on to it tightly and protect it because once you lose it, no matter how hard you try, you can never get it back.

 

[les.b]

Man, I just found this thread, and was totally unaware of any of this.

I don't think that I'm the only one here who actually received something from Carl. Last year he mailed me a package which contained a set of grill tools. I think several of us received them as well.

I'm not sure how that fits in with the big picture, but I know that it convinced me that there was a real person behind the screen name. His name and address were on the package. I have a photo of them somewhere, and the package was stamped from the city he claimed to be from.

Just trying to figure out what all this means. By the way, I just met a bunch of forum and SWCA members in the flesh at the N.E. Ohio "Bunching" last weekend, who can verify that I'm a real person!!! (Although I don't really look like Lee Marvin....Well, maybe just a little....).

I'm pretty sad about all of this. Jeeze... Most of us would like each other even with warts and all, if we just told the boring truth about ourselves!!

I guess that the first glimmer that I had was when pawngirl gave us the link to that website where that girl from the "gym" picture was actually lifted from. That was pretty revealing.

Jeeze...

Best Regards, Les

 

[pawngal]

I guess that the first glimmer that I had was when pawngirl gave us the link to that website where that girl from the "gym" picture was actually lifted from. That was pretty revealing.

Jeeze...

Best Regards, Les

That was what pretty much started my research. Then the picture of the "Spanish Pen Pal" led me to the Histomil forum and the rest is as posted.

 

[Franklin]

RIP.......

 

[DeathGrip]

To throw a little more "fuel on the fire" before Lee locks the thread
For those that didn't follow Ringo's threads.

I just got a call from the vet. Shasta has passed away.

Thank you all for the many donations. Shasta's bills are fully paid.

Wow! I saw his cat died but never responded or looked again at the thread. He knew what he was doing obviously.

 

[les.b]

Well, I gotta add this: despite what seems to have occurred, this is one of, if not THE best run forums anywhere on the Internet, and that is partly because we have vigilant moderators, and of course Lee, .... But also because we "self-police" to a certain extent.

I refuse to allow something like this to cause me to distrust my fellow forum members. I have been the recipient of kindnesses from fellow members, and have in my small way contributed to others small fits of parts and so forth. I've bought items from fellow members, and never had a bad exchanges. I know that most of you are real people, and have an address book full of "real" names and addresses, along with emails, phone numbers, street addresses, etc. this is a great place to interact with like minded collectors, admirers, shooters, gunsmiths, reload ers, and so on.

And no one should be able to take any of that away from us.

Thanks to everyone who helped bring this to light, and I hope that "the Ringo Kid" will find peace wherever, and whoever he is.

Best Regards, Les

 

[handejector]

I think we have covered it.
I do not think the ringo kid will reply.

Thankfully, we'll put this down now.