# You want to hear a sad story? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 13, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467 "2022-01-13T00:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/1 "2022-01-13T00:29:41Z")
Well, with all this Monkey Finger talk, I figured I’d post my tale of woe. I have bought, sold and traded many yoyos. On the whole, I’ve traded up, but not always. This is the story of how I lost three Sea Monkeys. I got a prototype, and a production run because I was associated with yyws at the time. I bought a third with the idea of having a competition set, and I also liked the color. I eventually sold one for what I bought it for (not a tragedy but I could have gotten more if I’d waited). But I still had two left, I was fine. A little later, after YYWS folded, I ran into someone who said they had always wanted a Seamonkey, and they tempted me with a “MIB Bombsquad Avant Garde 2”. You know I’m a sucker for undercuts, so I agreed to trade, not liking to let go of a YYWS throw, but I still had one left, right? Well, I got scammed. I got a horribly beaten vaguely undercut throw (knockoff Yoyofactory?), with a bunch of weird white wall paint on it. But at least I still had the one Seamonkey, the one I got from my association with YYWS. I was never going to trade or sell it, it was special to me. But a friend of mine asked to try it. So I sent it over, with the idea that he would send it back, and be very careful with it. The yo-yo never reached him. I tracked it the whole time, and it somehow went to a military postal location on Texas, and hasn’t been seen since. I also neglected to insure it. (D’oh!) So that’s my very sad story of the day. Do you have any similar? Have you lost any awesome throws? Misery loves company… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/b/b/5bbe07f1030c1f9d88ef801b9b3082523773699d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/2 "2022-01-13T00:56:11Z")
Damn man, that’s hard to read…especially about the a-hole who straight up scammed you ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/3 "2022-01-13T01:30:34Z")
Yeah, it was really odd. It was clearly a scam, so why did he bother sending me a yo-yo at all? Why not a rock? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/4 "2022-01-13T02:19:33Z")
I can not understand a scam. This week I traded a yoyo and sold a yoyo. Even as the packages left my hands over the post office counter I was scared I missed seeing or photographing a miniscule blemish and I will get bad feedback which is not as horrible as an unhappy trader or buyer. It’s less stressful to just give yoyos away! Since a majority of yoyo social media is people using fancy screen names it’s easy to scam people and disappear and resurface with a new screen name and brand new squeeky clean reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Lefski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lefski/32/1430_2.png) [@Lefski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lefski)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/5 "2022-01-13T08:58:16Z")
> [@nightshadow](#): > > Have you lost any awesome throws? Kind of. One of my “sentimental throws” mysteriously disappeared. It was a F.A.S.T 201. The first real yoyo i bought myself. It always had issues with the response system (some flexible plastic strips with nipples) which made me so angry at some point, that i wanted to throw it in the river. Instead, i removed the response system very careful in a complex surgery, created a groove with a soldering tool and filled it with wood glue. It worked quite well. So it was also the first yoyo i modded. 2 years later i had to stop throwing because of health issues. I sold and gave away all my yoyo stuff except a case of throws with special, sentimental value. The F.A.S.T 201 was in this case. Last summer (7 years later) i started throwing again. I took the case out of its storage, opened it and the F.A.S.T 201 was missing. I´m pretty sure, noone had access to this case and i didn´t take it out. I have no idea where it´s gone. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/6 "2022-01-13T10:48:45Z")
Well, Robin… that officially makes you a 3 time loser. 3 Strikes you’re out…. End of inning.🙀 ---
**Author:** ![sparhawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/7 "2022-01-13T15:13:40Z")
I remember there was a kid who would send something out so they could justify to their parents it was a trade. Getting free yoyos in the mail would have raised red flags. I ended up finding the parents number and calling asking with explaining the situation to the father which took some explaining since they couldn’t believe their kids would do such a thing. Especially since he was sending his part of the trade. ---
**Author:** ![craZivn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazivn/32/124648_2.png) [@craZivn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/craZivn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/8 "2022-01-13T17:37:33Z")
When the military intercepts your final Seamonkey you can only assume it’s to prevent it getting into Soviet hands. Ivan ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/you-want-to-hear-a-sad-story/350467/9 "2022-01-13T23:17:59Z")
Can you blame them? Sea-monkeys start out all cute and cuddly… ![sea-monkey-artemia-character-vector-260nw-1469034653](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/8/a/08a7277351210c2cd8fc9f866240bee0d8afd49f.jpeg) But just a few modified genetic mutations later you’ve got yourself a horrifying weapon of mass destruction! ![sea_monkey_costume](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/7/0/370525399e26671bfb477d83499de34591cc4fbf.jpeg)