HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! 
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G’morning my friends!
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I’m pretty sure once you can’t tag someone in a post anymore it’s switched from temporary to permanent. I wasn’t here for whatever got him banned and have only heard some loose accounts of what he did to get banned. I thought in most cases it was temporary at first. Corey has a track record as true OG through and through so I hope that was considered in the banning process.
I hope that’s the case. It’s the not being able to tag him that’s concerning. That’s never a good sign.
Morning folks!
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That’s what I was worried about too. I don’t even really know what happened, other than he was in a tough spot asking for help. But other folks have disappeared, like @badger. He was a stand up OGer too. Oh well not my say.
Morning all! Make it a great day!
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That’s the same @badger that was working with subcool before he passed correct? I’ve seen his posts in older threads and was stoked to know that he was around, didn’t realize he was MIA as well
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He’s down to TL1 or TL0; that might be why he can’t be tagged. Not sure if it has anything to do with the length of the ban, but it is a bit out of the ordinary certainly. I don’t know if I read all of it before the mods got involved, but basically he was going around leaving his Venmo in various threads and asking for people to send money directly to him to help him out of some trouble, which he didn’t go into detail on. I imagine, from the bit about being unable to accept consequences, that he argued with the mods pretty strenuously and perhaps pissed them off enough to bring the banhammer down harder than usual.
When I started, I didn’t know the community all that well and had come here directly from Strainly, so I was used to buying seeds; I was late on a Fog Dog giveaway, but asked Corey if there was any chance of getting in on it. He said he was out, but that he’d be willing to sell me some for double Mark’s price - he didn’t mention that Mark sold them, or that he was selling them for double the price he paid, I had just dealt with Mark before and passed on buying them from him so I knew. Not the best intro to Corey for me, though. Then there was the time he started posting about how we needed an OG seedbank for members to sell their seeds… dunno, seems like a common thread, trying to use the forum to make money. I could be wrong, stranger things have happened.
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@Rhino_buddy
I get this when I go to his profile.
This user is suspended.
Reason: Irrational, irresponsible behavior. Not able to bear consequence.
It doesn’t look good. I never saw anything like this but I’m not on here as much as most.
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I don’t know what happened with Corey. I saw he was in some kind of financial difficulties. And asked for a the membership to help. Before I could blink my eyes, he was banned.
It would kinda be nice to know what apparently great members do to get R.U.N.N.O.F.T. so the same mistakes are not made by others.
Sad that he’s gone. I liked Corey a lot.
Good morning my beautiful friends. You too, @Slick1
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I’ve know people like this. lol
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I didn’t either until now. That sucks cause I’m interested in all things Subcool and the guy seemed cool.
That’s kind of worrying too.
No idea what the deal was with that and it could absolutely have been taking advantage but just to play Devil’s advocate- what if he really was low on them but wanted to help so he doubled the price to make it worth shorting himself in the hopes of being able to replace them later and make a few bucks for doing you a “favor”?
Morning you bent winged bastid!
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Good morning my friends! Happy Valentines Day!
Give your better half your best efforts to make their day wonderful!
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I think the simplest thing is to keep financial transactions off of OG. Sponsors selling on their own responsibility is one thing, but users actively soliciting funds within the forum has been frowned on in the past…
Look at things like the veterans giveaway. Couldn’t donate a dime, but I could purchase the flips and send to BigMike to use. No money exchanged hands. Pretty simple really, OG doesn’t wanna be shutdown again because of financial BS done publicly…
We all know the costs involved in sending out the numbers Corey (and Doug) do, and people do donate postage / materials… But thats behind closed doors for the most part, not actively being asked for right on the forum. THATS the grey area where you cross the line in my opinion…
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Whether he was actually out of them entirely like he specifically told me, or just running low… he still tried to sell me seeds he was getting for $1 each or less at $2 a piece, without mentioning to me that I could get them cheaper. I’m not saying he was under any obligation to, but it didn’t sit well with me… and I was new enough not to know that the mods try to keep money out of the picture. I’m not saying it was bannable, but it was enough to leave me a little suspicious of his generous appearance and wonder how much he was getting out of all this on the back-end.
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Fair enough. He could have just sent you Marks way and been done with it.
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There’s value to seeds though, whether its 50 cents or $50 a seed, the value is whatever the purchaser is willing to pay for it. That being said, I wouldn’t say his markup was obnoxious, but in the general feel of OG, it was a bit shady. He was generous with me, never asked for a dime and even tagged me to bring me into giveaways. In the end, we all have bills to pay. I try to keep the two separate, as bringing money into the mix usually brings drama with it. And I wanna enjoy this endeavor, not hate it… Most of us here keep the two separate as well, and the few who have asked for $$ for seeds have been worth it in my eyes.
Still, the amount of seeds he’s sent out on give-aways outweighs that in my eyes. Greedy people don’t give that much away… I just think maybe he’s not in a good position at the moment and made a bad judgment call. I certainly wouldn’t call him predatory or just on OG to make a quick buck… But there’s ways things get done here, so at least try to follow the rules a little 
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All I know, is that, I have dealt with Corey many times. He would send to me I would send to him. Money was never discussed. I’m just saddened that he’s gone. But, it is what it is. Maybe he will grace these pages again. Hope so.
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Basically, yep. It’s what I’d expect from a seedbank, or a middleman who was in it to make a few bucks… nothing wrong with it per se. There are plenty of others on Strainly who were selling Mark’s seeds at higher prices than that. I didn’t really see anything wrong with it at the time, other than not wanting to pay higher prices when I’d bought directly from Mark already. There’s still nothing wrong with it per se, just made me wonder a bit about where the money was going behind all these giveaways.
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Deleted my previous post because I don’t want it to be taken out of context.
I dealt with Corey on more than one occasion. And I sent him supplies for giveaways a couple of times. I always benefited from those. Maybe he did too? But it was fun while it lasted. I don’t know what went on behind the scenes, and I’m not going to speculate. I just wish the best for him.
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you called?
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And ya know what? I don’t care what was going on behind the scenes as long as he wasn’t screwing people over. And we know he sent out TONS, so thats not an issue. If he can make a few bucks on the back end, and everybody is happy, who cares? Good on him for figuring out an angle on things.
Doesn’t have to be public though. Shouldn’t be public is more like it…
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