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Are people seriously blaming the victim here?
This is getting disgusting. Sure, Chamane is acting a little emotionally, but that's to be expected. He was defrauded $25,000 (plus the cost of flying someone on short notice from France to Pittsburgh...not cheap). How would you react?
Here's a fact: you don't get to rely on a "no refunds" when it involved misrepresentation. For obvious reasons our legal system's that's bullshit.
There were high pressure sales tactics here, no doubt, that took advantage of the audience. Those were a part of what occurred (in good faith or bad), but they're almost moot in my mind. The bottom line is someone was sold goods that weren't what they were told they were.
I want anyone who's blaming chamane to put yourself in his shoes. So he isn't as savvy as some of you --we don't expect people to all be razor sharp in their business tactics. Obviously a lot of people, like the OP of this thread, who were very educated, were fooled by these games that I am 95% certain were fake. They were falsely represented as being authentic and he bought in.
Frankly, if these games are confirmed fake I hope John sues whoever this DavidG character is for his money back. Lest we forget he's spent some money on this bullshit too; do did Billy.
EDIT: I may not agree with wasabi and FTL on everything, but I think this is getting out of hand. People blaming chamane should be embarrassed of themselves and deserve no sympathy if they get scammed themselves --because they should have known better
i was just saying that blame is deserved on all sides here. not being business savvy is not an excuse for making a bad business decision.
how would i react? honestly- much more privately. especially if i was planning a legal case.
quite frankly that last line you wrote about the games being 'confirmed fake' is really my whole stance. as of right now they have neither been proven real or fake. what happens if they end up being proven beyond a shadow of a doubt real? the buyers who want returns right now will look foolish. especially if david does what he says he will do and refunds the money. i could just see the pm's now- 'uh- could i have that game back now? sorry i joined the mob'.