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Originally Posted by rhetorical

Not quite the way I watched it unfold. But que sera sera. M and A as far as I can see did a runner. They took the money and ran. It was a classic old school grifter move. From the closing of the office in the UK. To the dubious excuse of the "law suit". Then not answering any communications. They made sure to leave enough confusion that the getaway was clean. A long con from beginning to end. To pull that off, you have to develop confidence and loyalty and "friendship". That is what con and grifting are all about.
My problem is that when it became obvious, there was no reaction from the biz at large. What happened there was worse perhaps than GFY and look at the reaction to that little problem. It went nuclear and M and A just well...went.

If it swims like a duck and it quacks like a duck and it looks like a duck......its a duck.

You have a point.

Im not sure what reaction would have ben had from the biz other than affiliates being affected by the payout.

Im almost certain that netpond cash affiliates were NP loyalist... meaning that was their home board so they were able to see it from end to end.

The whole thing is murkey so I havent madea comment on it as from dealing with ANYTHING that involves that board has never been quite what it seemed from the outside.

On that note I do hear that your Vancouver pal is trying to purchase it for a second time and go for the trifecta of tanking boards. . .