Poor Trader: El Guapo

[BITZJUNKIE]

I do... Gainesville, FL.

I have written an email to a local out there, based on the previous links, asking for some help and I've received no reply .

Ya know, I've been beating my head why this guy sounded familiar. I just couldn't place it. I must be getting old. Or it could be one to many concussions when I was fighting on the kick-boxing circuit in Southeast Asia. Yeah, I like that

I tracked him down before, I'll do it again.

Let's see:

Here's a My Space page.

He's in Florida now, that would be the Kingdom of Trimaris. Find the group closest to his address and contact that group's officers. That is how I got him to respond the last time he had a BTR here on the forums.

In his My Space Profile (last login 06/07/2008) he clams to be an officer of the Meridian Army. Contact those people too.

Be polite, explain what happened and place a link to this thread.

Again, disclaimer: Not all SCA members or US Army veterans are like this. We are generally really good people. Wait a minute, he's ex-Military Intelligence, well they are all pretty much like this then.

do you have an area in florida? i'm in florida, and an ex-SCA'r. i still know some people in. if he's stealing on the net, chances are, he'll do it in person; if given the chance.

[Spire_182]

Hey, they have a Coronation planned in his local group. Try contacting the Steward.

Also, try contacting his Knight's Marshal, Houston is a stick jock. The Knight's Marshal should know him/of him.



Mark

[locust]

I just came back to BT after a long absence, though I haven't posted till now and found this thread. Have you gotten this resolved yet? I live here in Gainesville and I believe this El Guapo is the same one who frequents my local game store. (No I'm not him.) We have a local gaming forum that you may want to check out. You could probably get some info on our forum. http://www.gvillegaming.org/index.html The store owner is constantly on as are a bunch of the rest of us here in town. I tried for several weeks to arrange a trade between a friend of mine and this guy (if its the same one) but kept getting the same move/job excuses. Trade never happened. I post there as Locust as well so if you want you can always get ahold of me there if you need any info. I check the forum and my messages frequently there and hope to be doing more here on BT.


Greg.

[BITZJUNKIE]

Thanks for the info - and looking into this old thread!

Nope... he never rectified the situation with me. I would suggest that those living within his area be wary of him though.

I may still have some specifics on his location in archived PMs, so if you do need it, I may still have it . I reported him online and filed a couple complaints with fraud and local authorities - I even tried to contact his LARP steward and Marshal, with no replies.

Great looking website too! You need to look Vycem up and have him game with you all!


The $20 lost was never truly an issue; I consider myself lucky that it was ONLY 20 bucks. It was more the principle of the thing, y'know?


Thanks for the insight though
Rick

[kturock]

If anyone has, or can get, his SCA name, pm me. I'm an ex-stick jock and my wife is an ex-pelican. [polical behind the scenes worker].
A good bud of mine is a duke and still has contact with the knight's council.
He can post, or find out about him, on their emails..nothing like getting thrown out for making the society look bad.

[locust]

I will probably see him this Saturday at the local store. I'll try and see what I can do for you. If I can get some info, I'll PM it to you BITZJUNKIE.

[MagickalMemories]

I know it's an old thread, but I want this information spammed wherever appropriate:

FYI:

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=101628


Eric