The more I look back the more upset I get. The fact that his apology contained another lie (stating this was the second payment) infuriates me. I promoted this event. I contacted Heath when this whole thing started up and asked him for any information and hoped it was a misunderstanding.
Worse yet, this will cast skepticism to any legit charity drives within the community in the future.
I am so disappointed. I lost my mother to cancer. My Grandfather had complications with heart- disease that were not treatable because of cancer. I have had two close calls with cancer. I was striving for this charity driveā¦
Sorry, I donāt mean to rant. I am just disappointed and upset
What I just donāt get about this is why. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I was reserving judgement despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary because of this.
3 grand? I mean, geez. For some of you younger folks that probably seems like a fortune but 3 grand isā¦Iāve got more than 3 grand just in yoyos and Iām not rich. Why you would ever run a scam, or ever decide to scam, for this amount of money is totally baffling to me. And then the more obvious problem, you knew you were never just going to get away with it. There are thousands of people involved.
It just doesnāt add up. I feel like there has to be more twists and turns to the story.
You kinda answered that in Itās self.
3 grand isnāt a lot. Only a child would think it is. Itās not worth it. Heās just immature. Thatās why heād do it.
i know this comment has nothing to do with vsnyyc but in the other thread someone made a comment saying there was a recrev scandal. what exactly happened with tthat?
I canāt even put into words how disappointed I am by this. Even if I wasnāt apart of the charity, something like this happening is still very disappointing. Heath is one of the nicest people Iāve ever met. Which only disappoints me more.
This whole situation has really made me speechless. All this evidence all coming to light at once is a whole lot to take in and process. I want this to be felt with properly, but I canāt wait til itās done and resolved so this community can move forward.
as much as i really really really want to see that, i dont think it would help this situation other than get some anger out. what really would help would be to sell the yoyo and donate the proceeds to cancer charity. on the other hand sledgehammerā¦ well i know youlle do the right thing.
I strongly urge you not to just smash it with a sledgehammer. Despite all the bad press VSNYYC have been getting, itās still a highly sought after throw and you could do a lot of good for a charity by auctioning it off.
Also, for future charity drive sort of things, one way to prevent something like this happening again is to just have the winner of the throw donate the money directly to charity and then show the receipt to the current holder of the auction item before itās shipped off. Not foolproof by any means, but this way at least the charity gets their money.
Pretty much just the classic private sale scamming. Yoyos paid for but not sent or sent in much worse condition than advertised. That it happened to be the owner of recrev made it more newsworthy.
Well, that is kind of it in a nutshell. It was a much more complex situation. Perhaps a separate thread should be started for those who are curious about what happened?
Yeah, I just didnāt think it really required a whole thing. If you really want there are records of the whole deal on that other site, but itāll take a while to get through everything. Basically, bad trading, no communication, scamming.
I guess the only interesting bit is that recrev as a brand was created specifically because his (Alex Kim) reputation was so bad under his original name B.I.O. The first recrev throw was called the āBadRepā for a reason.
