After money is refunded. I think a lot of us would like to donate to another fund of @echeese choice.
An update on the situation involving hornsfan65
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Hold your head high, brother, you have NOTHING to be ashamed ofOK,
I'm pretty red faced but working with Fundly to return funds.
One thing I do want to share, I have had 3 OBs reach out to me today about family members that need help around the state.
Real, no bullshit cases of guys needing help plus a LEO who head a group called 3rd watch, called me (I had posted the link to fund raise online) about another vet who needs help.
But trying to make lemonaide of our lemons.
I'm incredibly impressed by the community and generosity shown by OB and it's members. Floored. Contrary to feeling bad, I feel incredibly good. This community rose the occasion and really opened my eyes to the power of what online communities are capable of, both in their sense of connection, and in their generosity.
In the last three days I made contact with all my good friends who served who I'd lost contact with. I took the warning to heart, and it mattered to me.
Cheese not only mobilized on behalf of vets, but showed how to do it right. Including a functional due diligence step. Could we optimize it better? Sure. Did anyone lose anything to a scam? Absolutely not.
And on top of that, Ranger is deeply sick--but he wasn't dead. Not like that. Not here.
Frankly, this had about as good of an outcome as it could have.
I'm not pissed, overall. I'm uplifted.
In the last three days I made contact with all my good friends who served who I'd lost contact with. I took the warning to heart, and it mattered to me.
Cheese not only mobilized on behalf of vets, but showed how to do it right. Including a functional due diligence step. Could we optimize it better? Sure. Did anyone lose anything to a scam? Absolutely not.
And on top of that, Ranger is deeply sick--but he wasn't dead. Not like that. Not here.
Frankly, this had about as good of an outcome as it could have.
I'm not pissed, overall. I'm uplifted.
Yikes. If anything this whole ordeal just showed how amazing/strong this community is actually. Over 20k raised in an amount of hours for someone most didn’t know? That was incredible despite the circumstances now.
I hear ya @Ketchum but people are emotional and want to do something to help immediately. All of us got caught up in it and fortunately there was a reputable gate keeper for the funds. I’m glad the guy is alive and this won’t change me contributing toward like things in the future but damn, it does piss me off as a dad and a real vet that people do shit like this. Thanks for the quick update and from the sound of it, thanks to you and the staff for doing due diligence.
I'm pissed...this wrecked my finals prep, energy worried about someone. Everything he told me was a lie, and a damn good one. Not just me, but the other guys who reached out to him last March.
I'm relieved he's not dead, but I'm pissed....stolen valor.....I got no words.
I'm relieved he's not dead, but I'm pissed....stolen valor.....I got no words.
This whole thing seemed really fishy, I just thought there was people who knew him on here personally so I ignored my intuition. Just glad we didn’t lose a life. As someone who served a long time in the military I’ve witnessed the toll suicide has played on a unit and ones family. What a bizarre situation to say the least.
He told us he never served in the military. I asked why was avatar military related. He said he never put up that avatar and somebody else must of done it.
Or, shows the site and members are ripe for the picking.
1988 called and asked for its slang back.
1997 called and asked for it’s emoticon back
Yeah. This. Would imagine it would not be tough to see when he has logged on previously.
Will say it is certainly not hard to find the positive in this and that is there are a bunch of good people out there willing to help someone in need.
mammy
Still a stand up display by the members of this board.
This. The hacking stuff is bullshit.
Someone isn’t a good liar. Glad he’s alive but f him
You’re one of the best things about this site @echeeseOK,
I'm pretty red faced but working with Fundly to return funds.
One thing I do want to share, I have had 3 OBs reach out to me today about family members that need help around the state.
Real, no bullshit cases of guys needing help plus a LEO who head a group called 3rd watch, called me (I had posted the link to fund raise online) about another vet who needs help.
But trying to make lemonaide of our lemons.
There will be more good than bad to come out of this in the long term, but in the short term, we can all be pissed as hell.
Keep up the fight for our vets.
Except no pickings were had. So, there’s that.
That's what put me onto the idea it was a hoax, b/c my spidey sense went up yesterday morning, I checked his address and his "wife's" and they were the same (both Verizon cell phone IP addresses). I have since confirmed his cell phone provider is Verizon & almost all of his posts in the past have come from Verizon mobile IP addresses. Past posts using the same exact IP address have been used to relay incredibly personal details that a "hacker" wouldn't know.
Exactly why i didn’t give a dime. Once I saw the alleged post early Sunday morning claiming it was his wife, I figured it was absolute horseshit. What wife would lose their husband and then be on a website posting about it minutes/hours later? But you can’t oppose the mob around here once that shitball gets rolling downhill. Geezus what a f’ing mess.
Not sure an apology was needed, but it is accepted. Thank you for trying to do all the right things here.
Oh, damn...his handle has to be changed to that
@Ketchum can you tell us if he’s actually even a veteran?
What’s sad is this will chill future efforts to help people in our community. That sucks.
Terrible situation for you @Ketchum. I appreciate you supporting the fundraising effort and realize there may be some embarrassment on your part. Remember that many of us were pulled into this drama and while at times I questioned the authenticity of the situation, I went with my compassionate side and denied my skepticism.
The beauty of this site is the family/community atmosphere and that’s why it dominates the market. (Not that the content is lacking of course)
Your transparency in the matter says it all. We were all duped and you are now making it right. Classy to support the effort in the first place and just as classy to remedy an honest mistake.
You guys keep it up.
The beauty of this site is the family/community atmosphere and that’s why it dominates the market. (Not that the content is lacking of course)
Your transparency in the matter says it all. We were all duped and you are now making it right. Classy to support the effort in the first place and just as classy to remedy an honest mistake.
You guys keep it up.
I have it on good authority that a Sand Truck was involved.
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