> You are a credit to your hobby but are their
> others we should watch out for and would you
> like to name them here?

Gene's pointed out you're either a troll or a nut, but I'll give you one response and then leave you hanging. In all honesty, I have not come across any other chip collectors or dealers who have scammed me personally. Vic takes it one or two steps further by continuing to offer trades, sales, and assorted other scams on this board, failing to acknowledge his past scams, failing to make good on his past scams, and apparently actually posting pornography.

> I find gambling is the devils game and playing
> poker is NOT I will do because my religion
> doesnot believe in it.

That's fine, but you missed the point. It is not a good strategy to gullibly accept scams like Vic is running and to continually forgive him. That is like hanging a "Sucker" sign around your neck with an arrow pointing upward. It also reinforces some bad behavior of Vic's, which might give him the mistaken idea that he can get away with it whenever he wants.

> Another question by your email address, do
> your children also use your computer?

No. We have three networked workstations (one Linux box) along with my laptop I use for work, but email addresses generally aren't necessarily connected to a particular computer. It all depends on the email client and configuration.

> Aren't you afraid they will stumble upon this
> site and see their father talking hate toward
> another?

No. Joe and Lisa are not interested in chipping (yet!), would have a hard time locating any of my messages on this particular site, would understand my concern, and would find no hate - just a fair warning to other would-be potential marks for Vic.

> How would they feel if they knew?

Honestly? Probably bored out of their mind.

> Does your wife feel the same way as you do?

No. She wanted me to press an investigation with the U.S. Postal Inspectors in Navarre, FL, since Vic accepted $16.65 for nine separate U.S. mail shipments, but he actually combined them all into one shipment and pocketed the difference. That's actionable, but not something I'm really interested in pursuing.

> Are you a whiner when your electric bill
> goes up?

1) My electric bill is regulated, and hasn't gone up in years.
2) I am actually getting the electricity I paid for, delivered in the method I contracted for.
3) The problem with Vic wasn't that he raised the bid price of the chips, but that he overcharged for a service he didn't provide.
4) The electric company isn't claiming innocence or refusing to address what is a blatant fraud, as Vic is doing.

Looks like your analogy sucks.

> Or is just a basic vendetta again Victor
> Galente?

You misspelled his last name; please try to pay attention. Vic's scammed me out of about $13 or so, which gives me the license to warn others about his intended future scams, so that they can avoid getting scammed themselves.

> People get screwed every day, just look what
> your goverment is doing to you and the rest
> of us.

Clearly, that's no justification for anyone to screw over anyone else without fear of any responsibility. Vic's a scam artist, and I warn people about it.

If you're not a troll, this has answered your concern. But if you are a troll, I will do the most damage to you that I can: I will decline to answer any further posts from you.

WMD