# I just Love this story, lol **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743 "2025-09-29T09:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/1 "2025-09-29T09:04:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Art, OD, g2 FS need gone asap 911 emergency funds needed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/art-od-g2-fs-need-gone-asap-911-emergency-funds-needed/433721): > [@Art, OD, g2 FS need gone asap 911 emergency funds needed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/art-od-g2-fs-need-gone-asap-911-emergency-funds-needed/433721/1): > > Last month my husband was arrested leaving me alone and yesterday while I was at work our house caught fire and we lost 75-80% of our belongings as well as our pets and now I am staying in a hotel. I have no idea what I’m going to do and I have to deal with all of this by myself. So when hubby called me from the detention center I told him the deal and he told me to sell his yo-yos. I keep his case in my car because it reminds me of him. He told me what prices they are worth and told me i could do any deal that i needed to. Desperate times and such. > > Guy goes to the Crossbar Hotel… A month later the house the guy and his girl lived in, when he wasn’t playing Jailbird, burned down along with their pets and 80 percent of their goods. > > By an Incredible Miracle for the Ages, the girlfriend just happened to keep her incarcerated insignificant others’ Yoyobag in her car, because it makes her think of him. > > I mean, why keep a high school love letter or a sweet picture of you loved one, when you can just drag around their yo-yo bag, complete with a small crap-ton of yo-yos? Uh… ok. > > The point… if there is one… to me even posting this up, is I can’t believe how these Clowns can deliberately, intentionally, without hesitation or any notion that they are committing an actual Crime(commonly referred to as Fraud), is a never ending source of fascination to me. > > In any instance where there is a premeditation to deliberately screw somebody out of their money by intentionally making one way deals with never a thought to follow through on anything… That is a crime punishable by jail time. The penal code in any state indicates there are a minimum of a half a dozen Different charges in degrees of charges, depending on the dollar amount, etc. > > It doesn’t matter whether there is yo-yos or glow in the dark bowling balls or SpongeBob SquarePants lunch buckets or petrified ham and cheese sandwiches. It doesn’t matter what it is if you say you’re selling something and somebody buys it and they get the money to you and you don’t get the product to them you are guilty of a crime punishable by a fine and time in jail > > In an abstract fantasy world it is probably a blessing that we all don’t know where everybody else lives, lol. > > Hiding behind the invisibility of the Internet, the weak become bold. The dull become adventurous. The poor become greedy. And when the scammers succeed here and there, their boldness just get stronger. Kinda like when Popeye eats a can of spinach. He’s the same guy he can just hit harder. > > I don’t have the answer to suggest exactly what the process is to put the screws to these idiots. Because I’ve never really had to. But if I ever found out the hard way that somebody pulled the wool on me and squeezed me for a couple hundred, I have no hesitation in saying that I would give them their moneys worth. I wear these hats. I have custom-made by a cleaners that does baseball uniforms on the side. The hats are simply worded… Homie don’t play that. And that’s my mindset. I know most of us take pride in making deals and following through cash for yo-yos yo-yos for cash trade for trade whatever. It actually makes you feel better to work up a deal and follow through and both parties are happy. > > Most of us, if you don’t mind for a moment, me speaking for us, are basically just honest by nature and wouldn’t even think of pulling a fast one on another yo-yo player. Even if I make a deal with somebody that I don’t like. And that somebody has mentioned in a post here or there that their least favorite person in yo-yo land… If one of us has something, the other one wants bad enough, I will go out of my way to strike a deal. If somebody’s looking for their yo-yo and I dangle a carrot in their direction and they pay for the yo-yo that I have. They’re gonna get that yo-yo if I have to ride a bicycle through the desert to get a to them. Without honor, you are nothing. > > anything we do in life, we decide to either be part of the problem or part of the solution. It’s sad that it just seems like in the giant swimming pool of life, there’s always a couple punks that wanna pee in the pool and ruin it for everybody. > > So if you made it this far in my little rant… Do us all a favor. If any of you feels that you deliberately got screwed on a deal, post up about it. You don’t have to talk a lot of trash and jump to a conclusion that the person is never gonna follow through. Sometimes people do get in a jam and they can’t ship when they were supposed to. But if they are half of a deal that’s pending, there should be no ghosting of the other party. No one should ever have to hear the other person say well I know I should’ve called you a month ago, but I was busy. Even if you were in the hospital in an urgent care and you don’t even know if you’re gonna make it or not if they allow you to have a cell phone and make a call or two you need to call the other person and just tell him what’s up. No excuses no sad stories… Just spit out the facts. What’s the use of a person getting a good deal if they have to have a headache in an upset stomach for two or three weeks wondering where the hell the yo-yo is? > > Just about everybody on this forum is probably sharper than old Mo on how to use the Internet in search engines and investigative techniques and such. I don’t communicate with you guys that often but I’m sure some of you guys communicate with each other that are pretty so when it comes to working with the Internet. When somebody seems like they’re pulling a fast one, please do your civic duty help out your fellows if you know how to investigate some of these clowns do it. > > I can’t remember the old saying, but there’s something about it takes a whole town to raise a child or something like that. I’m sure somebody knows what I’m talking about. I just can’t remember exactly how it was worded. But when somebody gets a short end of a deal, we can’t expect that person to be on top of their Internet game and figure out how to deal with it. We need to bring our resources together and single out these fraudsters and put them to task. We need to be proactive or reactive to the degree That when the word gets around that YoYoExpert has a very low tolerance for outright thieves. If nothing else they’ll go somewhere to play their stupid games. > > If any of you align with my way of thinking on this… I appreciate that you also have logical and reasonable minds and consider that being good will help you a lot farther down the road than being bad. > > The end… ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/typo/32/606097_2.png) [@Typo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/2 "2025-09-29T09:17:48Z")
Hey, I get where you’re coming from about scammers—it _is_ frustrating when people ghost on deals or take advantage of trust in a tight-knit community. Nobody wants to lose money or get strung along. But I think in this case, it’s important to slow down before lumping the OP in with fraudsters. They didn’t come in here bragging about flipping yo-yos or trying to run some hustle—they came in saying they’ve been through a nightmare: husband arrested, house fire, losing pets, losing most of their belongings, and now trying to stay afloat from a hotel. That’s not a fun “cover story,” that’s trauma stacked on trauma. If I was in their shoes, I’d probably be clinging to any little reminder of my partner too—even if it was just a bag of yo-yos—because grief doesn’t always pick logical objects. I don’t think anyone here is suggesting that deals shouldn’t be honored. Honesty, transparency, and follow-through are what keep this community strong. But I also think compassion has to be part of the equation. If someone is genuinely struggling, we can still hold them accountable _and_ treat them like a human being who’s hurting. So my two cents: yes, be wary, use safe payment methods, and don’t let scammers ruin this hobby for us. But let’s also not immediately assume the worst about someone who’s clearly going through a rough patch. Sometimes the “clown” is just a person in pain who’s doing their best to keep their head above water. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/3 "2025-09-29T10:45:17Z")
> [@Typo](#): > > But let’s also not immediately assume the worst about someone who’s clearly going through a rough patch. Sometimes the “clown” is just a person in pain who’s doing their best to keep their head above water. Well, one of us is certainly missing something, here. The thread below that was ‘locked’, was locked because this ‘person’ (supposedly going through a rough patch) just happens to have the same ‘IP’ as a well known Scammer… that has no end of creative writing skills. The predicament is supposed to sound sadly compelling or it wouldn’t draw undeserved placed sympathy. Did you maybe just happen to miss the post where the Moderator discovered the Sad Patch kid was blowing smoke directly from a Known Scammers’ IP? Or maybe you just thought that was a coincidence? Or……… or, maybe she was telling a somewhat factual horror story…. And her boyfriend\> the guy that was put in Jail a month ago, might just be the actual Scammer that got caught doing something else Stupid? I guess that wouldn’t surprise anybody either. ….. After he went to Jail, a month ago, she just missed him so much, she kept his yoyobag in the car with her, because it reminded her of him. Incredibly fortunate to do that… or they would have been destroyed in the house fire along with the family pets and most everything else in the house. Dubious at best…. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/4 "2025-09-29T11:25:06Z")
Yeah I guess that’s why you shouldn’t smoke indoors, “Chris” … Ridiculous that they keep coming back here, I wish they would just get a life. I’m really glad that got spotted, good work team. ---
**Author:** ![Jayce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jayce/32/598477_2.png) [@Jayce](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jayce)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/5 "2025-09-29T11:25:15Z")
It never shocks me the depths the scammers pitty stories can go to. I’m just glad it was caught before more got scammed. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/6 "2025-09-29T12:05:49Z")
If it’s the same IP from same address then they are still using their home address that supposedly caught fire.. so they aren’t living in a hotel they are just lying to create a compelling story that draws urgency to attract attention from the good natured folks in this community . Also the prices all looked too good to be true. Basically it was the same as any phishing training fundamentals an adult in an office job is forced to sit through. If it’s urgent and seems off it’s probably not real. this person also attempted to sell the Same yoyo to several people so they are already determined to be a scammer in my book. There is no sympathy from me even if there is some truth veiled in any of the insanity. Thank you to the moderator team specifically @jhb8426 for diligently trying to protect the community. Sadly the scammer will probably get smarter after this either use a different location or vpn to try again and come up with a different story. They can also read this thread so we are on the bad end of this where they can manipulate better than we can defend. Moral of the story please vet your transactions carefully. If the deal seems too good to be true ask for a timestamp with the picture of the yoyo and video of the yoyo spinning. Ask details about transaction history and or who they are family with on the forum for a story of being a proxy for someone on the forum that’s in trouble. For those with an extensive collection thatb their significant other might have to sell if something happened to them pick a person in the community that you talk to and get their contact info that way you have a trusted person helping your SO sell things off. Most importantly use g&s if your wary or just don’t do the transaction ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/7 "2025-09-29T12:43:20Z")
Look guys, if I ever go to jail my lady will post from my account trying to scam y’all, not make a new one. This I promise ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/8 "2025-09-29T13:19:15Z")
if I ever go to jail my wife would throw out my YoYo collection on principle. ---
**Author:** ![CannibalCricket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cannibalcricket/32/665098_2.png) [@CannibalCricket](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CannibalCricket)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/9 "2025-09-29T14:07:38Z")
Walks, talks, and acts like a duck? Must be a goose slingin’ yoyos ![copyImage](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/a/5/aa50a3dc5a1b097bd1c9d0415874c9cfe47d3864.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tempura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tempura/32/246135_2.png) [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/10 "2025-09-29T14:46:08Z")
This sounds bad but I would be hesitant to buy anything online from someone with this kind of sob story even if it were true. If something else crazy happens in their life the random person who bought a yoyo from them online is not going to be a priority. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/typo/32/606097_2.png) [@Typo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/11 "2025-09-29T15:05:17Z")
Alright, fair enough — looks like I misread the whole situation. Guess I was over here trying to give the “benefit of the doubt” speech while the IP logs and duplicate sales were basically flashing _SCAMMER ALERT_ in neon. My bad on that one. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/12 "2025-09-29T15:19:23Z")
Nah it’s fine I figured you hadn’t read into the history in this individual and maybe didn’t get the networking thing cause that’s more technical. I’m rambling was meant as a cybersecurity psa more than anything. Regardless of it being a yoyo or a text from grandma be skeptical ---
**Author:** ![Bsf2d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bsf2d/32/640228_2.png) [@Bsf2d](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bsf2d)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/13 "2025-09-29T15:22:07Z")
If the yoyos are coming from Dr. Vargabond Filthy, they are going to smell like a house fire. They always do. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/typo/32/606097_2.png) [@Typo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/14 "2025-09-29T15:23:17Z")
Got it — thanks for explaining. I definitely didn’t have the history or the networking angle, so I came in a little blind. Guess I just failed the “spot the phishing attempt” pop quiz. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/typo/32/606097_2.png) [@Typo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/15 "2025-09-29T15:24:30Z")
> [@Bsf2d](#): > > If the yoyos are coming from Dr. Vargabond Filthy, they are going to smell like a house fire. They always do. Perfect, I’ve always wanted my yoyos to come with a smoky patina. Really adds to the resale value. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/16 "2025-09-29T16:09:05Z")
As someone who used to craft and send those emails most people fail them. Unless mgmt neuters the team and makes us add stuff to make it obvious.. ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/17 "2025-09-29T16:21:55Z")
I smell those emails from a mile away. I just scoff at any work email I get like “yeeeah right” ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/18 "2025-09-29T16:34:32Z")
I know I also have a filthy throw that still smells like an ash tray ---
**Author:** ![Tempura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tempura/32/246135_2.png) [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/19 "2025-09-29T16:35:50Z")
Throw out the pads and give it a bath in dish soap ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-love-this-story-lol/433743/20 "2025-09-29T16:54:44Z")
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