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His manner toward LyricalStar ( a respected collector ) is rude and uncalled for.
That's what was edited out of my post at the Arena - me telling larry he was rude to lyricalstar. I don't really see why it was edited though, as it has been proven over and over again that he's rude every time he's called on anything - see examples in this very post!
Ad to make matters worse, here's a post from an Arena member (baby_SPLOSH) who was also lied to by larry:
I decided to make this story public to support So Silver. I was promised the amazing baby Bow Tie that was sold to purple_alice. She was to be reserved “exclusively for me” according to Lars. Like you, I was chocked when I one morning saw an arena post with my future pony in it! This is how Lars treated me as a “returning buyer” that already had made a several thousand dollar purchase with 100% instant payment! I was lucky though, because I hadn’t paid anything for the reserved baby, nor sold items to finance the upcoming purchase. Regardless of my fortunate sitation (compared to SoSilver's) I think this behavior is not to be accepted in our community which I also said to Lars. He initially blamed his girlfriend (!) but when I told him I didn’t find the explanation trustworthy he admitted “I did not completely live up to my word”. We have left it at that but of course my trust in him as a seller is severely damaged (and after reading this post even more so). I do not wish to argue over this any more since he did admit breaking the deal *and* lying about why it happened (2 in 1 deceit??), however, I thought it would be important to show that the way he treated SoSilver was not a one time “mistake”.
I agree with SunnyBreeze, Mandy85 and others,,, we cannot tolerate this kind of behavior just because a person is providing rare ponies. A seller may ask whatever high price he/she wants, it’s up to the buyer to accept or not. However, using dishonest methods and playing buyers against each other to achieve even higher sale prices should not be accepted in our community. I see the arena as a community where we treat each other with respect and honor our words and members who can’t live up to that should stick to ebay or similar auction sites (if they can live up to their rules).
First I thought about not saying anything because bringing these things to light may make it less probable for me to be able to acquire beautiful Colombian ponies. However, the whole thing really put me off buying and for some time even collecting,,,,
I do trust that the Admins take/have taken the appropriate measures. We as members just have to keep daring to expose our stories. It's so much easier to just try to forget,,,
Oh snap.
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