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PROBATION DISCUSSIONS
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skypinkblu

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Any of you old timers know where this stacks up with vote participation for other HOS polls? Seems like a healthy amount of votes were cast.

 

I'll try to answer, lol...,but I think I want to know if everyone who uses "old timers" as a reference point is under 30? :baiting:

 

There have been other polls with similar numbers. you can actually see everything if you look at the links. I think Harvey Swick (Justin) did a lot of work on those (and he's not old;)

 

 

I also hope, Chip turns things around for the better.

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HarveySwick

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Any of you old timers know where this stacks up with vote participation for other HOS polls? Seems like a healthy amount of votes were cast.

 

You can click the links in the HOS next to each nomination to see each poll result.

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batman_fan

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Poll at the bottom

 

:news: Chip Cataldo is hereby nominated for the Hall of Shame :news:

 

From his time here, as well as on other forums, Chip has shown a long history of preying on the sympathies of good-hearted people to either obtain something he wants or to avoid being called out and criticized for not fulfilling his obligations. He repeatedly posts statements of despair and all hope being lost to garner support and encouragement from people, while his actions show that in actuality his motive is purely for personal gain.

 

The following list are several examples that each go to basic honesty or trust issues and that, although some may seem irrelevant on their own, each is a layer to the tapestry of shame that is Chip Cataldo.

 

  • Chip has had almost identical issues in the past on other forums.
    http://megomuseum.com/community/archive/index.php/t-2791.html
    http://forum.rebelscum.com/showthread.php?t=1040006
    http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60460
    In this specific discussion specific discussion on the Mego Forum, it is discussed that this similar behavior has occurred over the past decade in Google Groups
    Google Groups Discussion revealing that Chip has had issues in online transactions dating as far back as 1998.
  • Chip claimed an offering in the Giving Tree thread. He offered up a follow up offer which wasn't up to par. Several members objected and Chip defiantly changed up the offer and claimed "I'm not changing it up again. This is good enough." It was brought up that in another thread he was boasting about a 2,300 book collection he had just acquired. Chip explained that those books were for financial gain and what he was offering was for the Boards. Chip was clearly looking out for his own personal gain while declaring he didn't have much to offer. Secretly, he had a lot more to offer than he let on. This is one small example of Chip's pattern of dishonesty and deception.
  • Chip then started a GoFundMe page eliciting donations for $15,000 originally claiming that this amount was needed to keep from being evicted. Additionally, he was able to get a Board Charity Thread created based on the sympathy he created. In reality, it was revealed that only approximately $3,000 was being used to pay off debts and the other $12,000 was going to be used to support him for several months and pay off a PayPal loan which he accrued by purchasing comics.
  • Recently, Chip was nominated for the Probation List after running a sales thread, obtaining the funds from several Board members, and then either declaring items would be shipped soon or ignoring request from buyers altogether. There were at least six individuals who paid and hadn't received anything. Upon his nomination, only then did Chip respond to buyers and attempt to avoid being added to the Probation List while ignoring the public nomination.
  • In that response he offered to be placed on the PL and / or HOS list. claiming he understood why.
  • Finally, when Chip publicly responded, he declared that he lost his job, suggesting that he had neither the money nor the time to ship items. However, he was simultaneously responding to a fake Craigslist ad attempting to purchase a Star Wars toy collection.
     
    It occurred to me that no matter what transpires in the Chip Cataldo fiasco, there would always be those who would defend him. He has this issue or that issue and that's ok because we have to be kind and caring and exhibit all the political correctness one can handle.
     
    It also occurred to me that his behavior isn't going to stop: a pattern that has emerged over many years and many internet forums. A pattern of someone, through their own poor choices, consistently find themselves in dire straits only to seek out the assistance from others. But the interesting part of this is that the pattern continues: wash, rinse, repeat. No knowledge that would benefit said party is used when he finds himself in the same situation. It's like "Hey...you guys bailed me out the last 15 times, what's another time, right?"
     
    Knowing this and also realizing that the truth would never come out, I decided to conduct an experiment with the following hypothesis:
     
    Chip's situation isn't nearly as bad as he lets on. He knows exactly what he's doing; he's actively on the boards/Facebook, etc and he's going to continue to bilk money and sympathy from anyone who's willing to enable him.
     
    After consulting Buzzetta (for the record, we are good friends), I decided to dangle a carrot:
     
    http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/tag/5939743811.html
     
    Some may say its deceitful; others that it was wrong. But I know how much he loves Star Wars toys. BUT...and here's the kicker: if his situation is so bad (no job, getting evicted for the second time, no way to support his dependents), then there's no way he would possibly be buying collections. If you take him at his word, he shouldn't have ANY extra money, right?
     
    Well....as expected, I was wrong.
     
    At 8:31 pm, I received the following:
     
    iKIl9AM.png
     
    YES Chip has time AND money to buy Star Wars collections. Not only that, it's the money that people here sent him for items that HAVE NOT been delivered. Items that were purchased in November. I believe etanick said his check was cashed on 11/15 and his PM from 12/6 was just read. JUST READ! That's over 45 days.
     
    It's my opinion that Mr. Cataldo should be in the HoS. Like many, I was shocked that his gofundme attempt wasn't enough to push him into the Hall. I mean, he was literally asking the community to pay off his debts (which he accumulated) and pay his living expenses for a few months so he could "get his life together." Will someone do this for me?
     
    Between the gofundme, the more recent lack of shipping/responding/basically stealing others money, his history on various Star Wars forums, I believe a HoS vote is in order.
     
    If he has the means and ability to go out and buy toy collections, then he has the means and ability to settle all prior affairs.
     
    The difference is: he doesn't want to and has repeatedly shown his true self and true colors.
     
    We are the farmers. Chip is the snake. How many times must we be bitten to understand?!?!
     
     
     

 

Chip has proven the adage "actions speak louder than words". While he declares one thing publicly to garner sympathy from kind-hearted people, his actual ulterior motive is solely for personal gain. At this time, Chip is being nominated to the Hall of Shame.

 

 

Another bad egg where he should be.

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batman_fan

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What say thee Canada?

 

Canadian Roy will surely find a way to accuse me of planting all this evidence that spans 30+ years.

 

While my method may seem less than honorable (to Roy of course), the fact remains that the accused was asked multiple times to offer his side of the story and all we got was silence. At that point, the gig was up.

 

If it's takes a craigslist post to get additional information that we're all being had, then so be it.

 

So once again Roy...I'm the bad guy and the #freechip movement lives on!

 

I got to be honest, on my give a #%}~ meter, Roy's opinion come pretty far down on the list. I thought no bringing this to light is a good thing.

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MustEatBrains

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Any of you old timers know where this stacks up with vote participation for other HOS polls? Seems like a healthy amount of votes were cast.

 

I'll try to answer, lol...,but I think I want to know if everyone who uses "old timers" as a reference point is under 30? :baiting:

 

There have been other polls with similar numbers. you can actually see everything if you look at the links. I think Harvey Swick (Justin) did a lot of work on those (and he's not old;)

 

 

I also hope, Chip turns things around for the better.

 

lol I'm 42 so will go with that as the threshold. I've only been active here for the last year and a half so figured I'd throw the question out there. I'll check out some of the historical ones when I get a chance for reference although seems like a good exercise for Buzz to compile on his downtime since he seems to be the honorary board statistician. Yes, hope Chip ultimately finds the right path in life too.

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Buzzetta

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6/28/13: Thomas Neely and/or Elizabeth Neely - (Can anyone find the numbers?)

9/7/13: The Silver-Age - 99 (85%) - (4) 03% More discussion: 13 (11%) Strange Poll

11/1/13: Red Rocks - (No Poll?)

12/20/13: Solarcadet1 - 80 (81%) -19 (19%)

1/13/14: Robert Beerbohm aka BLBcomics - 142 (95%) - 7 (5%)

3/4/14: GIJOEISAWESOME - 92 (88%) -12 (12%)

7/18/14: Symbiotic - 258 (93%) - 20 (7%)

8/13/14: luckycomics - 48-8 (86%) - (14%)

1/12/15: HusTruck - 99-11 (90%) - (10%)

6/22/16: munkalunk - 70 (88%) -10 (13%) (That's what it said!)

1/8/17: Chip Catadlo / Epic Peach - 221 (95%) - 11 (5%)

 

 

More later.

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Jimmy Linguini

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11/1/13: Red Rocks - (No Poll?)

12/20/13: Solarcadet1 - 80-19

1/13/14: Robert Beerbohm aka BLBcomics - 142-7

3/4/14: GIJOEISAWESOME - 92-12

7/18/14: Symbiotic (No Poll?)

8/13/14: luckycomics - 48-8

1/12/15: HusTruck - 99-11

6/22/16: munkalunk - 70-10

 

No poll is possible because in those cases the individual was also banned from the boards for other reasons.

 

Both were banned for shill accounts when they were gone on strike.

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Buzzetta

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11/1/13: Red Rocks - (No Poll?)

12/20/13: Solarcadet1 - 80-19

1/13/14: Robert Beerbohm aka BLBcomics - 142-7

3/4/14: GIJOEISAWESOME - 92-12

7/18/14: Symbiotic (No Poll?)

8/13/14: luckycomics - 48-8

1/12/15: HusTruck - 99-11

6/22/16: munkalunk - 70-10

 

No poll is possible because in those cases the individual was also banned from the boards for other reasons.

 

Both were banned for shill accounts when they were gone on strike.

 

Good to know... I am editing that list.

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Jimmy Linguini

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What disturbs me is the age limit on the CGC boards.

 

Why even have it if the mods don't ban people for not being 18?

 

Symbiotic was not 18 when he was banned.

 

GIJOEISAWESOME was allowed to post even though he wasn't 18 and we all know how that ended.

 

 

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icefires

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11/1/13: Red Rocks - (No Poll?)

12/20/13: Solarcadet1 - 80-19

1/13/14: Robert Beerbohm aka BLBcomics - 142-7

3/4/14: GIJOEISAWESOME - 92-12

7/18/14: Symbiotic (No Poll?)

8/13/14: luckycomics - 48-8

1/12/15: HusTruck - 99-11

6/22/16: munkalunk - 70-10

 

No poll is possible because in those cases the individual was also banned from the boards for other reasons.

 

Both were banned for shill accounts when they were gone on strike.

 

Good to know... I am editing that list.

 

So Chip just killed the all time record........

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MustEatBrains

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11/1/13: Red Rocks - (No Poll?)

12/20/13: Solarcadet1 - 80-19

1/13/14: Robert Beerbohm aka BLBcomics - 142-7

3/4/14: GIJOEISAWESOME - 92-12

7/18/14: Symbiotic (No Poll?)

8/13/14: luckycomics - 48-8

1/12/15: HusTruck - 99-11

6/22/16: munkalunk - 70-10

 

No poll is possible because in those cases the individual was also banned from the boards for other reasons.

 

Both were banned for shill accounts when they were gone on strike.

 

Good to know... I am editing that list.

 

Looks like Swick did have a poll on Symbiotoc. 258 yes, 20 no.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7849858#Post7849858

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Paul © ® ⚽️💙™

Paul © ® ⚽️💙™

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The Poll Results

 

Francis "Chip" Cataldo is now placed into the Hall of Shame

 

For: 221

 

Against: 11

 

 

For those that said no, I have some stunning oceanfront property in North Dakota. I won't be able to show it to you, but trust me, it is gorgeous!

 

I also have a stunning stone statue which would look good in any garden. Located on a little island in NYC at present, I can arrange delivery to a location of your choosing...probably. Payment up front please.

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jsilverjanet

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my poll "how much does Greggy suck" got deleted

 

Last time I check the winning answer was "depends on the amount of crack Greggy has smoked"

 

:P

 

How do you feel about Chip's HOS nomination?

 

I think he's going to get inducted. I suspect it's going to be about 95% Yes 5% No with less than 10 votes no.

 

How do you feel about the current weather we are having?

 

Bam!

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jaybuck43

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The Poll Results

 

Francis "Chip" Cataldo is now placed into the Hall of Shame

 

For: 221

 

Against: 11

 

 

For those that said no, I have some stunning oceanfront property in North Dakota. I won't be able to show it to you, but trust me, it is gorgeous!

 

I also have a stunning stone statue which would look good in any garden. Located on a little island in NYC at present, I can arrange delivery to a location of your choosing...probably. Payment up front please.

 

Ahem the supreme Court said that island is New Jersey thank you very much!

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