DICING WITH THE EMPEROR!
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Good job, Bob!
Incidentally, Ron, the auction you mention above and the one I was referring to are two different auctions, and I got them confused in my remarks about Graham above. His auction has been dissected in another thread. I believe the Emperor won the auction I am referring to...
Incidentally, Ron, the auction you mention above and the one I was referring to are two different auctions, and I got them confused in my remarks about Graham above. His auction has been dissected in another thread. I believe the Emperor won the auction I am referring to...
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I saw those emails too...John Hall forwarded them to me and a couple of other who posted in a thread in the bass forum regarding the emporer.
I don't have them now, but basically they were ramblings of racial hatred including some sick pictures.
I used to have a laugh at his ebay auctions and didn't realise there was any significance in the lawn jockey thing...I've never heard of them here in England...but as it turns out ,he is a serious racist.
I can't remember his exact words, but he also thinks Rickenbackers and their owners suck!
A loser in every aspect!
I don't have them now, but basically they were ramblings of racial hatred including some sick pictures.
I used to have a laugh at his ebay auctions and didn't realise there was any significance in the lawn jockey thing...I've never heard of them here in England...but as it turns out ,he is a serious racist.
I can't remember his exact words, but he also thinks Rickenbackers and their owners suck!
A loser in every aspect!
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Having grown up in the southern USA, I knew what the lawn jockey symbolized as soon as I saw it and I knew that if he was putting those in his ads, he was a racist. I think I was one of the first to point out that he was using them in his ads and it's nice to see he has been exposed for the moron he is.
I encountered enough racism, both toward friends of mine who were people of color, and to myself, as a "Yankee", that it is more than I can stand to see people like him propegate this garbage on Ebay.
Also, if you look at his other auctions, it consists of a lot of military items, uniforms, weapons, etc. I wonder if he plays dress-up at home and imagines himself as a REAL emperor.
Anyway, I don't care if this guy had a redneck, a blackstar, a 8-string, a 4002, whatever, I WILL NOT BUY FROM HIM. Period. I've seen those emails, and I got sick in my stomach reading them, not to mention that his information is completely incorrect, but the intent was enough to make me ill.
I encountered enough racism, both toward friends of mine who were people of color, and to myself, as a "Yankee", that it is more than I can stand to see people like him propegate this garbage on Ebay.
Also, if you look at his other auctions, it consists of a lot of military items, uniforms, weapons, etc. I wonder if he plays dress-up at home and imagines himself as a REAL emperor.
Anyway, I don't care if this guy had a redneck, a blackstar, a 8-string, a 4002, whatever, I WILL NOT BUY FROM HIM. Period. I've seen those emails, and I got sick in my stomach reading them, not to mention that his information is completely incorrect, but the intent was enough to make me ill.
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