Icey SW51 Drama (Bad trader)

Discussion in 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' started by e.schell, Dec 20, 2020.

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  1. ultrabike

    ultrabike Measurbator - Admin

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    @Ice-man is permanently banned from this forum for profiting at the expense of other members (here and else where, apparently for quite a while now). It is our business, because this is our forum. What we do elsewhere carries here as well.
     
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    @Ice-man bs'ing his way through an "explanation".

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    hello,
    why anyone would take unfair advantage of this community is unconscionable.
    thank you @ultrabike
     
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    Vanilla Icey with his Mid-Life Crisis. It's a lesson for me when I get older: Manage your money and admit you fucked it up.
     
  5. e.schell

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    I almost felt bad about accidentally starting all of this by posting a link to the hf fs ad as iceman has always been nice to me but after i saw he claimed to be selling some other higher end amp for "financial reasons" and then ended up being disappointed with the sw51, I saw he posted a wanted thread on hf for an ampsandsound kenzie or encore this afternoon. Haha
     
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    The financial tides ebb and flow quickly in the fast lane
     
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    It's highly appropriate that you're using what I think is a Beksinski for a profile pic since you played the emissary of death well here.

    But really, yeah this sucks. Don't apologise cuz many feel it's for the better.
     
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    Haha good eye @Lyander ... like how you put that into context too! Been my profile pic so long i didn't put that together! Beksinski's work is eerie and existential crisis inducing in a beautiful sort of way
     
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    Is this how things ended up with my amp ? I ended up selling mine to dematted. My intention was to let him borrow it while his amp was repaired.

    My amp had a small hum and the channels were reversed when I received it. It functioned great otherwise. I had it loaned out to @vtrinidad87 for a bit and he was gracious enough to let me borrow his 3F. Besides the swapped channels amp was great and had no hum for him or @dematted.

    I ended up with a ZDT jr which I actually like as much. I was offered to buy the amp back but I passed and had asked it stay on SBAF. I sold it for $330 shipped and a crappy cable lol. Anyway not implicating dematted for anything or anyone else. As far as I know right now the amp is in SBAF hands again.
     
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    Off-topic but this thread is a poop fire anyway so:

    Yeah, I don't consider myself particularly artsy but I just love the guy's paintings and photography— they're gorgeous in a guttural, enrapturing way. With the exception of his blergh CGI pieces later in life his entire library of work is just dreamscape blending into nightmarish dreamscape in a way that really does live up to the horrors of audio gear nervosa and constant gear cycling (this is a joke in poor taste, his works actually reflect a lot of f'ing horrific things that should brook no laughter).

    Also think it's kinda shocking cuz Ice-Man seemed really nice on the forum and via PMs and all, but yeah all this spit in the face of what the forum's about, so.... meh.
     
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    for google hits transparency in the future:

    @Ice-man banned from SBAF is the same person as @MattTCG on Head-fi.
    caveat emptor.
     
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    Ban dematted
     
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    I’m aware we’ve had some drama in the past, cakecake, but that’s all resolved now and there’s really no need to bring it up here. If you have an issue, let’s bring it to dm’s with a moderator rather than airing more drama in broad daylight.
     
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    Ban hooncake. Oh wait, he was already banned for being two faced and reinstated after apologizing to marv in yet another two faced move. Or does that mean shit faced at that point? I dunno, I’m only here to ask the tough questions. You know what they say, don’t throw stones in a glass house.
     
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    Take it from me, don’t throw shit in a glass house either.
     
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    Whatever it slides right off!
     
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    wow that's funny. He claims financial hardship while selling a $375 item and then looks for a $1900 tube amp. ON THE VERY SAME DAY! :bow:

    I see way too many ads on Headfi with ''financial hardship'' mentioned. If recouping a few hundred/thousand dollars is critical to your financial situation you have no business buying audio gear in the first place.

    Gear Cycling is a bit of a disease. I do way too much of it myself and feel guilty sometimes but I would never ever do it if I didn't have multiple years worth of expenses saved up in case shit hits the fan (hello 2020!)
     
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