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Pooky

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So do you wanna go down that path again and explain yourself to people? Seems if you want to make amends you might want to start with addressing the elephant in the room. No point pretending that it didn't happen. It did. And people I know were aggrieved and felt taken for a ride. I'll drop them an email and have them come into the fray here to have their say as well if you'd like? Or you can for once address it by your own accord. I have absolutely zero compassion for your hurt feelings. You're not the first person to feel hard done by when their actions got them in the dwang.

So please, go ahead. Explain how it is that mybb members felt taken for a ride, how BoB blacklisted you, how the 360 forum banned you, why you spammed this forum under two different user names at the same time and faked convos to make things seem legit, or spammed forums with hearts to drive up your post count, or why you even had to do any of these things in the first place. Or why you tried to sell things that you didn't actually own at the time?

Crying foul because people point out your own actions is childish. So you want people to just leave you alone and expect the forum to trust you. Earn it. Explain yourself...
I have tried many times to explain myself, but you don't listen.

I have never tried to sell something I didn't have.

Yes, I was banned, I will admit that, but it was for 'trolling' or 'spamming' etc etc.

I was younger than I am now and I see how my posts could have irritated people who were generally quite a lot older than me.

I don't care about being banned for irritating people; that happens a lot and maybe I wasn't mature enough. I will admit that of course. Did you have access to the internet at 16 years of age? Probably not.

I care deeply about people accusing me of scamming people. I had a Wii, I sold my Wii to someone.

What else do you think I didn't have that I sold?
 

Pooky

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DJ... another thing. I find you a self-righteous ass most of the time. I KNOW there are people who also feel the same way. That doesn't mean that I don't think you contribute to the forum; you have a lot of knowledge to share.

I have PM'd you many times before but you refuse to listen to me.

Was it you who made that BoB account to get me banned? I don't know.

I registered on this forum at around 16 years old and I was young yes, and people ganged up on me who were much older and tried there best all around the ZA web to screw me over on other forums like the xbox one.

I remember I was grinded for having a chipped wii, while now a days people don't care about it...
 

DJ...

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The history is there for all to see on the numerous threads this forum has had about you. HelloThere, squirrel, un experiment and whatever other names you've managed to squeeze in between. Same goes for the 360 forum and your blacklisted BoB account, which they don't simply do because someone claims something. Especially in your case...
 

Pooky

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The history is there for all to see on the numerous threads this forum has had about you. HelloThere, squirrel, un experiment and whatever other names you've managed to squeeze in between. Same goes for the 360 forum and your blacklisted BoB account, which they don't simply do because someone claims something. Especially in your case...

Whatever; it's like a blooming stuck record. If you want to hold on to your fantasies from years ago then by all means go for it. I have a problem with you trying to convince other people, and posting publicly lies about me; but I have taken it up with the relevant people and if nothing comes from that then there is nothing I can do unfortunately.
 
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DJ...

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DJ... another thing. I find you a self-righteous ass most of the time. I KNOW there are people who also feel the same way. That doesn't mean that I don't think you contribute to the forum; you have a lot of knowledge to share.

I have PM'd you many times before but you refuse to listen to me.

Was it you who made that BoB account to get me banned? I don't know.

I registered on this forum at around 16 years old and I was young yes, and people ganged up on me who were much older and tried there best all around the ZA web to screw me over on other forums like the xbox one.

I remember I was grinded for having a chipped wii, while now a days people don't care about it...

Insult, accusation now about me, trying to speculate about me as well now and my moral compass, and claims that everyone just ganged up on you for no reason. Sure, little boy. Your true colours come out when you're a little emotional.

You've grown up fsckall. I love how everything was everyone else's doing and poor little pookster is an innocent victim in this all. Shame. That bed not very comfortable?
 

Pooky

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Insult, accusation now about me, trying to speculate about me as well now and my moral compass, and claims that everyone just ganged up on you for no reason. Sure, little boy. Your true colours come out when you're a little emotional.

You've grown up fsckall. I love how everything was everyone else's doing and poor little pookster is an innocent victim in this all. Shame. That bed not very comfortable?

Ok my friend, just calm down.
 

DJ...

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Whatever; it's like a blooming stuck record. If you want to hold on to your fantasies from years ago then by all means go for it. I have a problem with you trying to convince other people, and posting publicly lies about me; but I have taken it up with the relevant people and if nothing comes from that then there is nothing I can do unfortunately.

I'll happily point them in the right direction if they choose to get in touch privately. Doing so here would involve compromising your anonymity which is against forum rules, and to a lesser extent, mine.

Night, night, shopkeeper. Please be responsible with those credit card details, hey...
 

Pooky

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I'll happily point them in the right direction if they choose to get in touch privately. Doing so here would involve compromising your anonymity which is against forum rules, and to a lesser extent, mine.

Night, night, shopkeeper. Please be responsible with those credit card details, hey...

Night sweetie. ;)
 

rwenzori

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What have you been saying about me Pooks?

You know, I figured time had passed and you had grown up a bit and were deserving of some slack, but since you still deny wrongdoing and refer to your well-documented slimy past actions as "fantasies" and "lies" on our part, I now figure you are still set in your underhanded untruthful ways.

Sadly I missed your deleted/edited posts - be a man Pooks and re-post them so that I get a right of reply.
 

Pooky

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What have you been saying about me Pooks?

You know, I figured time had passed and you had grown up a bit and were deserving of some slack, but since you still deny wrongdoing and refer to your well-documented slimy past actions as "fantasies" and "lies" on our part, I now figure you are still set in your underhanded untruthful ways.

Sadly I missed your deleted/edited posts - be a man Pooks and re-post them so that I get a right of reply.

I knew you would turn up sooner or later. :) Did DJ pm you about the thread?
 

Pooky

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I'm like that chewing gum stuck on your shoe - always there, never gone.

What nasty things you been saying about me Pooks?

I think all I said is that you were one of the people who has a hard-on for me. Wasn't really that nasty rwenz.
 

axon1988

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Wow this thread went way off track.

I'd be very interested in seeing how this online importing idea of yours goes. I've had the idea myself for a while.
 

Pooky

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Wow this thread went way off track.

I'd be very interested in seeing how this online importing idea of yours goes. I've had the idea myself for a while.

It seems it's not feasible at small quantities; that's probably why there aren't many clothing type online stores with international stock.

With electronics it is different because there aren't any duties on most of it, but with clothing the duties are extremely high, so even if you get the clothes at a good price, by the time you get to sale they are exorbitant; and that's what I have seen at clothes from other countries that you wouldn't normally find.

I suppose the large retailers eg. stuttafords, edgars import container loads...
 

axon1988

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It seems it's not feasible at small quantities; that's probably why there aren't many clothing type online stores with international stock.

With electronics it is different because there aren't any duties on most of it, but with clothing the duties are extremely high, so even if you get the clothes at a good price, by the time you get to sale they are exorbitant; and that's what I have seen at clothes from other countries that you wouldn't normally find.

I suppose the large retailers eg. stuttafords, edgars import container loads...

Seems like it yeah. I will just design my own shirts then.
 

DJ...

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Seems like it yeah. I will just design my own shirts then.

Very tough business model to get right. I've seen too many people try this and fail to ever consider recommending this to anyone.

Even Pooky...
 

Pooky

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Seems like it yeah. I will just design my own shirts then.

A few friends have tried designing their own stuff with very limited success.
The secret is in the brand; which you can't just make up and it will be an instant success.

Some people get it right, but so many people try and it never works out.
 
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