Mine gotta be mike tyson, howard marks, snoop dogg!!!

As many have attested to pabloDaveyRonaldSweetdreamsStickyfingers ad infinitum always starts as a good seller. Then he goes psycho either as a failed ploy to scam or as part of a deeper pathology (which still applies to the scammer case anyway).

We can assume he is never going to go away, clearly here is someone that doesn't have a lot of options with their IRL identity and enjoys the free registration and quick results sellers get here.

Yet no one should ever be hurt by scammers on LB, escrow protects you from financial losses and the reality of a cowardly troll protects you from threats. Quality is rarely an issue and customer service is usually above average with ronald class scammers.

There are however a few ways to lose to a scammer on little biggy :

- Let him stall past escrow release.
Don't be nice about an undelivered order, just be polite and dispute. A good seller will never be hurt by you initiating this protection. You'll also help the rest of us greatly.

- Get conned into being a con.
A very common tactic is for a seller to offer rewards to those that vouch for him. Corruptibles make the best marks of all, don't fall for this or ploys at sympathy (hospital visits and deaths are recurring tragedies in Ronald's family).

- Go offsite for payment.
Duh. But even reputable sellers have been known to screw people once they are outside of LB reputation, especially on larger orders where the upside outweighs the downside.

- Let him get the best of us.
Please don't be angry or scared enough to become a lesser bigger. The accusations are much needed but they ought to be factual and unemotional. Our community and all we derive from it is worth so much more than this. And please don't be impatient with your loving borg here darlings. The crooks aren't the only ones with a method to their madness ;)

just playing devil's advocate here literally. and I know there's a zillion boomers right here on lb.

but we are shutting down the planet, this is the largest mutual effort in history. the only thing that compares is oddly enough, war.

in war old leaders decide to send young people to their death, wiping them out and their many potential offspring. yet the old are especially protected. this doesn't make sense in any societal or evolutionary way it just serves the self interest of the old - who happen to be the rulers calling this shot.

now the young are called up again, in history's largest timeout they will lose finances, jobs and sanity as they are terrified into submission to save .0001 of the population, nearly all of who will die from other causes within a few years.

im not really advocating we let anyone die, i am happy to sacrifice for them further than this but lets call this what it is, the story that is always hidden. self interest from the ruling class.