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TheRavishinOne is a piece of ****

missouridawg

missouridawg

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About two weeks ago, he/she inquired about my BDC rank and if I would buy 4 tickets for them since my BDC standing is decent. I obliged and reserved 4 tickets to the tune of $240. The conversation started with me stating:

I'm rank 3900 in the Bulldog Club and will be buying two tickets to the bowl game. I've already reserved them.

If you're interested, I will gladly sell my tickets to you face value (via paypal transaction). I live in Houston, TX and won't be able to go to the game, but I want to support the school by purchasing from our school's allotment.

If I can't find a buyer, I will donate them to charity. But just wanted you to know that I will have 2 purchased to whatever game we go to and they will be available for sale for face value to MSU fans.
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The RavishinOne then stated:

Have you purchased the tickets already? If you haven't, I need 4 together and could pay ASAP via PayPal.
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I responded with :

I just requested 4 seats for the Liberty, BBVA, and Independence bowls through our ticket office. The Indy Bowl is $47 pet ticket, the BBVA is $50 per ticket, and the Liberty is $55 per ticket. Once we get seleected for the bowl, I will send you a note so you can paypal me for the tickets.
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TheRavishinOne responded with:

Thank you so much! You let me know and I will pay ASAP! Thanks!
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Now that I've been stuck with the bill for the tickets, The RavishinOne says:

Sorry, I am not standing you up, my job moved me out of state to start a new project in Georgia. I will not be able to make it to the bowl game. I am really sorry about all of this. I have no clue when I will even be back home. If I would've known before hand, I would've let you know about this. Could you try selling them on sixpackspeak? I am really sorry about this and appreciate your help.
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I just wanted everyone on here to know that TheRavishinOne is a piece of **** and not good for his word. I hope you all avoid dealing with him in what I once considered a safe place to make transactions such as this. I've learned my lesson.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

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That is really ****** of him. He should pay you for them and try to sell him on his own.
 
DawgatAuburn

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Dear RavishinOne aka Colby Oswalt (https://twitter.com/TheRavishinOne)-

Pay the man for the tickets and sell them yourself. I don't know how you think you aren't standing him up, if the conversation he has presented is accurate and complete. If you are only as good as you word, then you have to make good on this.
 
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Hump4Hoops

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I would have asked for the price of the priciest tickets

and sent back the difference if it was less.
 
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boorod1

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So I guess you still have 4 extra tickets and you are still trying to sell them for $60 each? Where are the seats in case anyone is interested?
 
missouridawg

missouridawg

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boorod1 said:
So I guess you still have 4 extra tickets and you are still trying to sell them for $60 each? Where are the seats in case anyone is interested?
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I have posted them for sale in the ticket exchange thread. Pasted below is that message.

I have (4) Liberty Bowl Tickets for sale in Section 123, Row 63, Seats 18-21 for face value ($55 per ticket) plus $20 transaction fee charged by Bulldog Club.
I'm asking $240 total for these. I'll cover the shipping.
Contact me at [email protected] to discuss
 
ArcherSPS

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google has caches of all his stuff...he also deleted his instagram but his brother has everything unlocked
 
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drt7891

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I'll be honest, that'd make me real sheepish if I was the buyer. I wouldn't hand over $500 for 2 tickets well in advance and try to hold the seller to anything... I'm not giving my money away up front, and I'm definitely not giving him any more than face value of the tickets and expecting a refund. That's just asking for trouble, IMO.

If I were the seller, here's how I'd handle it:
1. Offer to buy tickets and sell them for my asking price (in this case, face value + shipping)... Everything Mizzou did up front
2. Ravishing offers to buy said tickets
3. I would not purchase a thing until AFTER the bowl games were announced (make that abundantly clear, too).
4. Confirm Ravishing still wants tickets... he did ask first.
5. Make him send the money and confirm you have that, turn around an immediately purchase said tickets and send Ravishing a confirmation

Simply, I'm not one to hold anyone's money for them, nor am I going to give anyone money ahead of time (ESPECIALLY more... trusting the buyer to give me the difference back).

Internet business is very very tricky and this stuff happens all the time...

ETA: I want to make it clear I'm not sticking up for anyone here... I'm offering a suggestion/perspective on how I'd handle the situation. Mizzou, I think Ravishing owes you the money you invested since he did explicitly say he'd pay for it. It should be up to him to sell them and get his money back. His word is as good as a contract, IMO.
 
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121Josey

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If someone says "I can pay ASAP", you take a down payment. ASAP is before the order is placed. He either had a lot of faith in you or scamming you all the way. Sorry you got left holding the bag. Hope you move them.

But didn't you just donate $12 million to the university?**
 
missouridawg

missouridawg

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drt7891 said:
I'll be honest, that'd make me real sheepish if I was the buyer. I wouldn't hand over $500 for 2 tickets well in advance and try to hold the seller to anything... I'm not giving my money away up front, and I'm definitely not giving him any more than face value of the tickets and expecting a refund. That's just asking for trouble, IMO.

If I were the seller, here's how I'd handle it:
1. Offer to buy tickets and sell them for my asking price (in this case, face value + shipping)... Everything Mizzou did up front
2. Ravishing offers to buy said tickets
3. I would not purchase a thing until AFTER the bowl games were announced (make that abundantly clear, too).
4. Confirm Ravishing still wants tickets
5. Make him send the money and confirm you have that, turn around an immediately purchase said tickets and send Ravishing a confirmation

Simply, I'm not one to hold anyone's money for them, or give anyone money ahead of time (ESPECIALLY more... trusting the buyer to give me the difference back).

Internet business is very very tricky and this stuff happens all the time...

ETA: I want to make it clear I'm not sticking up for anyone here... I'm offering a suggestion/perspective on how I'd handle the situation. Mizzou, I think Ravishing owes you the money you invested since he did explicitly say he'd pay for it. It should be up to him to sell them and get his money back. His word is as good as a contract, IMO.
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I agree with just about everything you said... but remember that he agreed to buy tickets to any of the bowl game sites.

Furthermore, I don't consider SPS to be the "random stranger" type of environment that an e-bay or other forms of transactions can be. SPS is a community that is brought together by everyone's love for MSU here and I kind of hold that sacred in that I want this place to be known that there are trustworthy, non-piece-of-**** type people here. He violated that, big time. And is now running and hiding. I wish that ****** would've went to Ole Miss.
 
mcdawg22

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What do you expect, anybody named TheRavishinOne that doesn't have Rick Rude as their avatar is suspect at best. 17 that guy.
 
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drt7891

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I agree with you completely, and yes he did agree to buy them from you. That's why I believe he definitely should pay for the tickets anyway and be responsible for selling them himself. You upheld your end of the deal (that was explicitly written, clear as day), he did not. He should pay.

I guess my comments would be this... I have to protect what's mine... and my hard-earned money (and yours) is not something I would gamble online like that with any community, unfortunately. It only takes once to come across the wrong person/situation to get bit hard and you are stuck footing the bill for a dipshit. That's just my thoughts, though... This is a very sticky situation.
 
missouridawg

missouridawg

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121Josey said:
If someone says "I can pay ASAP", you take a down payment. ASAP is before the order is placed. He either had a lot of faith in you or scamming you all the way. Sorry you got left holding the bag. Hope you move them.

But didn't you just donate $12 million to the university?**
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Trust me, if I donated $12million to the university, my BDC rank would have less than 3 digits in it.
 
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Wicked Pissah

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missouridawg said:
I have posted them for sale in the ticket exchange thread. Pasted below is that message.

I have (4) Liberty Bowl Tickets for sale in Section 123, Row 63, Seats 18-21 for face value ($55 per ticket) plus $20 transaction fee charged by Bulldog Club.
I'm asking $240 total for these. I'll cover the shipping.
Contact me at [email protected] to discuss
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If you cant sell them within a week,
i may consider buying and giving them to charity
 
TaleofTwoDogs

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Here's my proposal. Missouridawg tries to sell his tickets, if he does then

no financial loss ( or is it loose?) just life's hard lesson. If he can't sell them by Christmas week, then donate them to charity or back to MSU for resell. That's when the SPS community steps in to help a brother out by contributing to a Missouridawg's paypal account to cover his charity. We could cover that $240 faster than a Bo Wallace fumble and Pissah wouldn't be out $240.

Just a thought.

PS: Ravishinone is a **** head.
 
missouridawg

missouridawg

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TaleofTwoDogs said:
no financial loss ( or is it loose?) just life's hard lesson. If he can't sell them by Christmas week, then donate them to charity or back to MSU for resell. That's when the SPS community steps in to help a brother out by contributing to a Missouridawg's paypal account to cover his charity. We could cover that $240 faster than a Bo Wallace fumble and Pissah wouldn't be out $240.

Just a thought.

PS: Ravishinone is a **** head.
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I definitely appreciate the thought, but I honestly have no problem donating these to charity. I've currently got some interest from people in selling these as well. It's not the money that pisses me off. It's the lying. My original post was a PSA to the honest members of SPS to watch out for that piece of ****.
 
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DerHntr

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Could you donate them to your brother's hunting charity somehow? That is you right? Maybe there is an MSU alum that is a wounded vet who could go to the game.
 
missouridawg

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DerHntr said:
Could you donate them to your brother's hunting charity somehow? That is you right? Maybe there is an MSU alum that is a wounded vet who could go to the game.
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I make several donations a year to his charity. While these would be a great gift, I'm not sure that it fits the mission of his charity.

If I am unable to sell these (which I highly doubt that I won't be), I will look for Memphis area charities to donate them too (most likely St. Jude). I donated our Northwestern Gator Bowl tickets to a hospital there and got a nice picture back with the young lady who went to the game and had a blast. It made me very happy to see someone enjoy themselves at the game on my expense.
 
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Jgbishop

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Missouri I'm in houston too so if you do decide to donate them to charity, I'll cover the cost of one ticket. Just PM me if you'd be interested.
 
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GTAdawg

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This is why I've always been wary

Of buying/selling to anyone I can't deal with face to face from the start. However, for the first time ever I did agree to purchase some over a ticket exchange on another MSU board for the Egg Bowl. I actually did it knowing that I would probably get my normal free ones but I didn't chance it and bought 3 extra on said board(we met day of game to exchange). Then just like clock work I got my free ones and didn't need the ones I agreed to purchase but there was no way in hell I was going to back out on the guy. Fortunately for me, I didn't have any trouble getting rid of extra tickets because I'm local and know plenty of people that would be glad to have them.

sorry to hear this Missouridawg
 
missouridawg

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GTAdawg said:
Of buying/selling to anyone I can't deal with face to face from the start. However, for the first time ever I did agree to purchase some over a ticket exchange on another MSU board for the Egg Bowl. I actually did it knowing that I would probably get my normal free ones but I didn't chance it and bought 3 extra on said board(we met day of game to exchange). Then just like clock work I got my free ones and didn't need the ones I agreed to purchase but there was no way in hell I was going to back out on the guy. Fortunately for me, I didn't have any trouble getting rid of extra tickets because I'm local and know plenty of people that would be glad to have them.

sorry to hear this Missouridawg
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I've sold my unused season tickets the past two years through this forum and haven't had any issue. I never ship tickets until I've been paid, as to minimize my risk. I just don't think I could live with myself if I took that money and didn't hold up my end of the deal. I'd feel like such a worthless human being. Oh well, you live and you learn.
 
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OldFatDog

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I'll tell you what. If the tickets end up being donated to some needy

family or group that would not be able to go to the game otherwise, I'll throw in 100 hundred bucks for parking and grub. Game ain't no fun without nachos. Just know that I know jackshit about PayPal. Once donation is confirmed, we can work out a plan to get the money in the right hands.
 
HD6

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It's exciting that one person's colossal douchebaggery has sparked a lot of Christmas spirit. Nice job guys, except for you, Colby. You suck.
 
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