as scotty recently said in the new Star Trek movie, "this ship is exciting"
TFL keeps saying that the Avg 4 deal put him off to buying the HT... what planet is this guy living on (just another ST pun)
If he had intended on paying for both, the down payment on the HT would have been received by adam after at least one of the multitude of SPECIFIC pms/emails where TFL stated that he was sending the downpayment (that seems pretty concrete to me)...TFL even stated ,SPECIFICALLY he had $8000 already saved on it, and would send at least 1/2 (again, a pretty specific amount!) at that time (again, a "time" was stated...Then!)
to recap from a few of the emails/pms (not sure if adam posted them or not, but I do have them) this one from Jan 24th (a specific date)
that is a specific amount (15% of 25K is $3750)
here is another one, from March 26th
another specific statement of a DP (down payment) being sent in a week (that is SPECIFIC, 7 days folks)
and there are MANY other examples just like this where SPECIFIC statements were made about sending money within a SPECIFIC time frame (like "this week" or within 2 weeks, etc)
And, TFL continues to claim it was Adam's coercive nature ( ) over the shipping of the Avg 4 that nixed the deal (again 5+ months after he had never sent one payment )
if you reread the paraphrased transcript adam first posted
"Hi Joey,
I hope this isn't too much of a sticking point (if it is, we'll have to figure something out that works for both of us) but I was actually hoping to receive a down payment on the Human Torch 1 prior to shipping out the Avengers 4. I hope you understand, but I've been holding onto that book for quite some time now and haven't received a down payment for it yet.
So if possible, even though i'm probably being unnecessary here, for my own peace of mind I'd really prefer to have a deposit in hand prior to shipping the Avengers 4. If this works for you, great. If not, let me know and we'll figure something out.
Thanks!"
so, while adam did want to use the Avg 4 as some leverage (given the circumstance, I am sure most folks would too), in reality he only delayed 1 business day in shipping "your" book...obviously, he didn't refuse to continue shipping it, etc, etc... while you 2 went back and forth over it
and then one can bring up the TFL extortion of $20... unbelievable...