No, this is not me. Refer to this thread, but remember I am lying in this post.
No, this is not me. Refer to this thread, but remember I am lying in this post.
The explanation that I had submitted on this post was a lie (this was my first and only response to the scammer thread).
Looking back, I was literally buying time to commit more crimes and keep the mob off my back for the time being, until PayPal disputes kicked in and I could run with the money. I was a piece of shit who did shitty things.
I am not generating an excuse for what I did for mercy of anyone, but I am explaining what and why I had these motives to rob this beloved community of their hard earned money, and to pay back those members who are still at a loss (again, not to make me whole, but because it is due )
My life was already in shambles as I was active in my addiction, and I was hanging on by a thread. I made a conscious effort to sell my entire vinyl discography to make ends meet (pay rent, eat, survive) while I searched for work after exiting the military.
As I was selling both here on VinylCollective and Discogs, I generated a substantial amount of money to survive on and feedback - but I blew it all away on my addiction. I was at wit's end, and demoralized by my self-defeat. I came to terms that I was a loser and had no other means to go on. The idea to scam the community became a vision in my head, and went through with it. All of my sales were valid, until I ran out of discography around the time of (December 20? 2015). That is when I began to deceive members by creating threads of vinyl I had already sold, and preying on want to buy threads by messaging members that I had owned what they were requesting, which was false.
I used my good reputation to deceive further because the scamming process was working for the first week, until members started to catch on that i was not replying with tracking information. At this point, the thread of me being a scammer was created, and the rest is in the black and white. The majority of the members' propositions were true. MY intentions were nothing but evil and wrong. I admit guilty to this.
If I have wronged you, please reach out. If not accepted, I will sincerely accept a "f*** off" in lieu of.
- Joey