I was scammed - Who's in the wrong now?

Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human. a quote borrowed from ~ Kathryn Schulz
 
You contracted with the guy you paid... if he failed to deliver, it's his problem, not that of an unrelated 3rd party who happened to be his supplier.
 
And that's the truth. You really do have control over your own destiny, and the 1st step towards achieving that control it taking responsibility for the consequences of your own mistakes, and failing to hold someone else to that standard is disrespectful, and helps to ensure that the situation will be repeated.

I'm glad I could outsource most of my typing to you Nigel, and, I'd add this;

When the ultimate realization comes that we're solely responsible for ourselves, and responsible solely for ourselves, some people appear to be fearful and frozen, and others liberated and excited. Whatever their reaction to that realization, it will tell you more about them than a lifetime of their words ever could.
 
You come off as overly opinionated and hyper aggressive for no reason. I'm sure OP realizes they made a mistake but why you feel the need to demean them with walls of text is beyond me. Its unfortunate because you sometimes have merit in your posts but ruin any chance of being taken seriously when your posts are filled with rants and self righteous nonsense. We get it, you really like your rants but sometimes they're not appropriate.

I wonder why some people, including you, perceive Nigel as "overly opinionated and hyper aggressive" spewing 'rants and self righteous nonsense' and other people, including me, perceive him as stating facts rather concisely?
Just wondering what causes the difference in perceptions, that's all...

And, PM me if you have a reply, lest we hijack this thread any further!
 
I wonder why some people, including you, perceive Nigel as "overly opinionated and hyper aggressive" spewing 'rants and self righteous nonsense' and other people, including me, perceive him as stating facts rather concisely?
Just wondering what causes the difference in perceptions, that's all...

And, PM me if you have a reply, lest we hijack this thread any further!

As I stated in my response, his posts aren't exclusively overly opinionated and hyper aggressive. You can still be right but overly opinionated and hyper aggressive in the same post. He actually makes really good points that I agree with completely in multiple posts. Its the way in which you convey what you're trying to say. Its not hard to read the posts in this thread to see what I'm talking about. Being abrasive and rude doesn't help get your point across, that's all I'm trying to say.
 
As I stated in my response, his posts aren't exclusively overly opinionated and hyper aggressive. You can still be right but overly opinionated and hyper aggressive in the same post. He actually makes really good points that I agree with completely in multiple posts. Its the way in which you convey what you're trying to say. Its not hard to read the posts in this thread to see what I'm talking about. Being abrasive and rude doesn't help get your point across, that's all I'm trying to say.

Oh... you didn't PM me. I thought PM'ing replies was the plan...

EDIT: I see you removed your post that concluded with you asking for any replies to be PM'd to you. It seems I jumped the gun, and it wasn't the plan after all.
 
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So who do you think is wrong in this situation?

If you want an unbiased opinion, and you are talking about who is wrong as far as from an IM point of view, I would say you are wrong based on the information you gave IMHO. Why did you not deal with the guy directly? If the middle guy was suppose to take all the risk, then that also should of been discussed. If I was the middle guy, I would challenge your claim, and probably win because Paypals "virtual goods" rule. Why would I take all the risk, when you are the only one that stands to gain?

If we are speaking morally wrong, then I would say half the scammers fault, half your fault. IMHO
 
@OP

As a heads up paypal will NOT give you your money back on digital goods. They just won't. If you used paypal as a proxy for a purchase with a creditcard you will get your money back in about 6 weeks. As others have mentioned you should have known a little better. From what I remember from your posts 600$ is not going to break your bank. File a dispute with your creditcard if you have done it that way and move on.


@Nigel
your posts are hilarious. You use your wit to push peoples buttons while nailing a point. Pure awesomeness
 
Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human. a quote borrowed from ~ Kathryn Schulz

So basically this cunt is saying that I have to get out of internet marketing, and let other people make that money instead. And you are quoting her on an internet marketing forum and a black hat, no THE black hat marketing forum.

Who is this Kathryn Schulz. Not to rub your nose in the asshole of my brilliance, but here on an internet marketing forum we try to learn about all the different ways in which we can improve our ability to learn income, such as learning how to paste links to wikipedia when we reference someone as an authority.

It's not just a courtesy, it's also an indicator of your character. It says you are willing to do a little bit more than the next guy. Conversely, failing to do that indicates either ignorance of the technological opportunity, laziness and/or apathy, or both.

Here. Let me show you what a superior poster does. They go like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Schulz

And she's wrong. Talks like a communist. Small people naturally resent the existence of the brilliant. Either that or they unjustifiably worship them. I can't dim my own light to make you or her feel more adequate.

How many people has Kathryn Schulz made rich? Do you have any idea of where the fuck you are?

I'll see your Kathryn Schulz, and raise you one Jonathon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerball_(1975_film)

[video=youtube_share;udI8RPpSleg]http://youtu.be/udI8RPpSleg[/video]
 
@Nigel I bet your web 2.0 properties are really really high quality.
 
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