Reply 380 of 407, by konc
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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-01, 22:33:It has come to my attention, and specifics will be avoided as per the preferences of Vogons mods, to keep drama off here, search "retro scammer" etc to dig more up, that there is an undercurrent of unease, drama and ppl bowing out of the scene due to how one or several sociopaths have been playing "names" in various retro communities, Mac, Tandy, PC, Arcade etc off against each other, while gaining trust of some of them (temporarily) and leveraging it to inveigle sale or trade items which are incompletely paid for. Hence several have been becoming jaded and distrustful. This maybe has put a cloud over various segments of the scene this year so far and dimmed it's sparkle.
I am not sure that detailed discussion of this will be possible here, so just treat it as a PSA/warning, especially if someone pops up out of nowhere trying to be your new best friend and claiming to know virtually everyone.
Without direct involvement one wouldn't know what to believe about this controversial story making the rounds on the internet for 15+ years now (with a small "break"). But thankfully more and more people are coming forward with information lately, so it seems that it'll stop being controversial very soon if it hasn't already.