And I'm Still Laughing

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Bob wrote on columbuzz:
"Good points. But it wasn't 'information' that we normally find here. It was supposed to be two videos of him and a woman at a motel, the Red Roof Inn in Greenwood."

No, I think it IS information that you normally find on columbuzz: false information.

"It was also supposed to be copies of 7 checks he wrote from a joint account with his wife and copies of the registrations the day the checks were written, with dates and times, and his signature. The sample she supplied us was definitely a part of a registration and it definitely had his signature on it."

Wow, you submitted it to a handwriting expert to verify the signature?  How much did that cost?

"So, my thought was, she had to be telling the truth, he was the one actually playing games with me to see what I would post here, or she found the registration."

Thinking was your first mistake, Bob.

"Either way, it was wrong, since they didn't complete the deal. We have now filed a complaint with Pay Pal. I'm sure they will trace the money."

I'm sure you're on the top of their to-do list.

"I'm sure the police can figure out who it is."

After they stop laughing, of course.

"We might lose the $500. I think Pay Pal will get it back. But the information was more important. If it is true, people need to know. The taxpyers, his wife, her husband, everyone needs to know what is going on."

Does everyone need to know what's going on when someone tries to sell odometer tampering devices on the internet?

"Some laugh that we fell for this."

I'm laughing.

"We didn't fall for anything."

Oh yes you did.  When you pay $500, you fell for it.   When you use Walmart as a dead drop site, you fell for it.

"We took a chance knowing it might be a scam. But we were willing to take that chance, if it meant getting hard evidence of a public official and wrongdoing."

Sounds like an act of desperation to me.  Did you notice Bob upped the offer to $500 after she wrote "Good luck with the court thing"?

"But it wasn't really evidence to be considered as true or not. It was supposed to be videos of him and her, at a motel, and paperwork. Evidence like that is hard to dispute. Now, maybe it was he and his physical therapist going there for a good place for therapy. Maybe his wife and her husband approve of their actions. Who knows? It doesn't matter."

And I'm sure you would have given him the chance to tell his side of it, like you always do.

"If it is true, we don't need public employees doing this on time they are supposed to be working for us."

We also don't need people trying to sell odometer tampering devices on the Internet, but I guess that was NAPA's fault.

"Not to mention the moral issues."

Bob lecturing on moral issues?  Priceless.

"Do we want officials and employees that cheat on their spouses?"

Do we want corrupt whistle blowers?

"What if the bills for the rooms were reimbursed with our tax money?"

What if someone actually sold an odometer tampering device over the Internet?

"There are a whole stream of questions that should be answered, if this was fact. And we may never know."

You're right Bob, there are a whole stream of questions that should be answered over the whole odometer deal.

"But at least we tried."

And failed, AGAIN!

"And if it costs us $500 to have some creep locked up, it was well worth it."

Well, Bob, if you turn yourself in, that would be $0 to have a creep locked up.

"Had it been what they said it was, and had it been delivered, it would have been a great bargain for each and every one of us."

No, just for you, Bob, since you probably thought you could make the libel lawsuit go away with the information.

"Maybe we didn't get the evidence of wrongdoing we expected, but we found evidence of wrongdoing in the person who said they had the other."

Wow, Bob, quite the accomplishment!  But don't get too excited.  You still need to protect the great citizens of Columbus from moldy bread, illegally parked cars, and hot grills.