Nearly everyone who posted was trying to help. I 
think of nearly all the flames I have read on 
this board, and in the 5+ years in this hobby 
I've seen a lot, yours has got to be one of the 
most unfounded and immature ones I have seen. The 
only person acting like they are a god around 
here is you standing on your imaginary pedastal, 
attempting to vainly flame cel collectors for 
being cel collectors, on a cel collectors' 
forum... oh, but you don't count because you are 
officially quitting.

Most of us don't have time to go hunting around 
on Rubberslug and play detective over who posted 
what. I doubt most of the posters even knew Tiffy 
had a RS gallery or would have considered they 
would find the answer there. I go to RS maybe 
once a week, and I pretty much only have time to 
check out new cels on updated galleries.

And don't forget, it was Tiffy who asked *US* for 
help, We didn't go nosing into her business about 
her cel doings. She ASKED for help, and it was 
offered. It matters what the auction was for 
because it's nearly impossible to give informed 
advice without knowing the details of exactly 
what the auction said. How hard is that to 
understand? 

Oh, and if we were 'smart enough' we'd have 
discovered who it was on RS? See the part again 
about how most of us don't have time to read 
weblogs on RS. Oh, and next time I ask someone 
for advice and help I'll make sure to leave out 
half the story and then have my friend insult 
everyone for having no life and call them stupid 
for having a life and thus not researching all 
the details themselves. Logical, eh?

Strangely enough, a friend contacted me after 
reading my post, and pointed me to the weblog you 
speak of. I was too polite to bring it up, but 
after your meaningless tirade and unfounded 
flames, I'll go ahead and mention a couple 
things. The first being I was told that this 
particular auction didn't run anywhere near the 
$800 of the claim, but it topped out at about 
$250-300. I can't confirm this as I didn't see 
the auction myself, but I will say I was told so 
by one of the most reliable people I know in this 
hobby.

Second, and of more importance, was the area I 
located called 'comments' in that weblog. I'm 
sure you know it... it's the part where it says 
that not only has Mandarake agreed to take back 
all the sketches and refund the money, and not 
only cover all the shipping costs, but they also 
offered a discount for the next auction won. That 
to me, is one hell of a nice cel shop, and 
personally I would think minimal decency after 
slandering them so horribly here would be to come 
back and report they made good on the situation. 

http://www.rubberslug.com/gallery/weblog_view.aspx
?sn=shankies&w=554

The fact you came and took what looks like a good 
15 minutes to post that horrendous flame, yet 
only wrote 'we got the issue resolve' and not one 
more word of explanaion or how understanding 
Mandarake was.... it's pretty disgusting. You 
talk about how we give cel collecting a bad name. 
I'd say lying about the amount an auction sold 
for, bashing a reliable and friendly cel dealer, 
and then attacking the entire cel community for 
trying to help and simply put for *being* a cel-
based community... it is YOU who gives this hobby 
a bad name. I guess not anymore though. ^_^

Enjoy your life in whatever new hobby you 
undertake. I'll be happily playing cel kami-sama 
and suffocating myself in a cel bag, content that 
you are no longer here.

Oh, and I don't post anonymously. My email is up 
there too. I enjoy a good rant once in a while 
and you, my dear, deserved it.

Remi