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wanktastic (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wanktastic) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2005-11-10 17:20:00 |
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BPAL Wank
Originally posted to otf_wank and moved here after getting the go-ahead from snacky.
It's been a while since we've had some good BPAL wank. This one is a doozy and very entertaining. Many of the posts are locked but the community is open to everyone, so just join if you want to read up on everything because I ain't copy-pasting all of this.
A few weeks ago on the BPAL community, a user named mizz_ann_thrope made several posts offering sales of a lot of hard-to-find scents, including single notes, which aren't sold by BPAL anymore, and discontinued and limited edition blends. A lot of people swooped in to snap up what she had to offer, to the tune of over $400 being sent to mizz_ann_thrope's Paypal account.
A few days later, mizz_ann_thrope deleted her sales posts. OH NOES! When one person posted to the community asking where the posts went, mizz_ann_thrope said she deleted them to keep her records organized and thought it was acceptable. She's told it's best to keep the posts up until all her sales have been received by the buyers and she apologizes, saying she won't do it again. And then she deletes her comments.
A couple of days after that, mizz_ann_thrope deletes her LJ. OH NOES!!! People start getting worried about the money they sent her and whether they'll ever get their perfumes. Worry turns into panic. Panic turns into a good old-fashioned witchhunt. The bilked members gather 'round to sleuth and find several sockpuppets: brambled and reinventedmuse They dig up multiple LJs, MySpace accounts and websites from mizz_ann_thrope and her many names. They even find her home address and phone number and one outraged sucker has her FBI pal call to scare the woman. Links for your perusal/enjoyment:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
There's some more in other posts but that's most of the good stuff.
Sometime yesterday, after being confronted with her sockpuppetry, brambled deletes her LJ, then undeletes it and makes a post to the BPAL community not exactly denying that she is also mizz_ann_thrope but clearly painting herself as a victim. Everyone is unimpressed and demands their money back. A few hours later, she makes another post coming clean about her scam. Members swoop into the make screencaps in case brambled deletes her confession. As of now, that's where the whole thing stands.
Edited out the "my opinion" part because even if it's how I feel, nobody cares and everyone is just here for the wank.
