My brother sent me this link.
Some of you may have already seen it. If not, here it is for you to view and make comments.
Note: It’s a very lengthy story to read.
It was a good read.
In his position, I would have negotiated with the bank for a fraction of the money, once it was clear that the bank was on shaky legal ground. They’d likely have been relieved to pay, say, $10,000 in order not to risk losing the whole bundle.
I’ll bet the banking industry quickly lobbied Congress to change the law so that it couldn’t happen again.
It’s too bad nobody lobbies the Congress to make deceptive ads illegal like the one with the psuedo-check.
I was almost done with Page 3 when I realized what this story really was.
This guy is no better than the “bad guys” who he was hoping to nail. I’m guessing there’s a sales pitch at the end of the story to buy his book, or his inspirational system, right? He keeps saying he has a career in “speaking.” He’s just another guy making money off of other peoples’ insecurities with his “system.” The story’s just a sales pitch.
I dunno about that WL. If it’s the same thing I read a few years ago, I don’t remember a sales pitch; just that the story was WAY too drawn out.
It might be pitch now, I suppose.
No, not really, IIRC, White Lightning. IIRC, he does mention his book and career stuff, but it’s not a hard sell. It really is an interesting story on its own merits.
It’s been a while since I read the whole thing. I loved how the retired banking book author became more intrigued the more he heard about the situation.
The fact that he asks for tips just makes the whole thing so…sordid.
Yep. There’s no direct sales pitch, but there’s no question that the whole thing is 100% self-promotion. A PayPal link… I wasn’t sure whether to :eek:, :mad:, or :rolleyes:. And the laundry list of his ventures at the end. I have no doubt that he’s more than made back his ninety-five grand as a result of his promotion of the adventure.
That’s the beauty of free enterprise - you’re free to make money any way you wish to try. Good for him. I didn’t send him any, but I don’t begrudge him any either.
I thought it was an entertaining story, but the ending pretty much guaranteed the movie will never be made.
I tipped him alright, exactly $0.01 through my pay pal account.
I saw that story linked on bored.com a few years ago, which is the same site that eventually led me to discover the Dope.
Hey, same here!
He makes it pretty clear that the “subtle” requet for tips is to help maintain the site and is in no way required to read the complete story. I’ve seen the same thing on many other sites, all simply intent to keep the Web site online…and I’ve seen many of those sites disappear for lack of support.
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