Be aware of Blilious a.k.a. Gad

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.THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED. GADI AND I HAVE MADE AMENDS.


The facts:

21 February we email eachother and agree to a trade, no money, just knife for knife. Blilious, a.k.a. Gad, says he will ship his knife from Israel to me in a couple of days and, upon receipt, I am to ship my knife to his friend here in the USA.

13 days later, 05 March, Blilious, a.k.a. Gad, has not shipped the knife as promised but now decides he is calling off the trade using some excuse about sick father, computer not doing the net or some such blah, blah as the reason for not letting me know sooner.

I sent him a WTF? email.

His reply: "as nothing has been sent
yet - no damage has been done."
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This guy says that he is a lawyer in Israel. Guess contract law is different over there!

Maybe I have been spoiled by all of the good folk around here who mean what they say and say what they mean. But I will not deal with a person of his ilk
 
Phil,

Perhaps you could explain that to the person who is expecting the knife your buddy Gad never sent to me in almost two weeks.

Oh, and by the way, perhaps you could be kind enough to either:
a) explain what STFU means or;
b) explain what I have done/said to cause you to use that acornym in the event it means what most might think it does.
 
Phil:the guy is wrong for what he did.Broke a verbal contract.Gad is a poop head.Fact.
If he is a lawyer he should know what a verbal contract is.
 
Hey Phil, John is right on this one. Gad should have never given his word to make the trade happen and then back out like that. A man's word is the same in any culture. An attorney would be well aware of that. You're sure tough on Nimrod with the STFU business. I don't see what was done to make you talk to a man like that. He's a man of his word, I have traded with him before.:confused:
 
Things do happen. The fact that his computer was down is not a very good excuse for not getting to another one and letting you know sooner. Maybe in Israel that is harder said than done.

It could be that Blilious just had a change of mind and decided that he did not want to make the trade. Though I do not agree with how he did things, the main thing here is that no real harm has been done. I know the person waiting for Blilious's knife is disappointed and that is a shame, but I hope that it is not really that big a deal.

You have already made up your mind not to ever deal with Blilious again. If that is how you feel then that is what you should do. Hopefully things will work out for the best and your friend will be able to get another knife that he/she will like.

Don't let the small stuff get to you too much. It is better just to tell yourself that crap happens and to move on to the next good knife deal.


Edited to correct spelling error.
 
Knifenut43, thanks for the good word.

Look, it sure is not the end of the world and while others have lost money or knives on bad deals, all I lost was time and some suffered aggrevation. I also lost a follow-up deal but hopefully not the trust or respect of the fellow on deal number two.

I posted not to make much ado over this but rather to alert others to how nonchalant this guy is with his promises. I take my word and my reputation seriously and have enjoyed dealing with those around here who think and act likewise.

There's enough good folk around here to make this a knice place, but I could do without the likes of those who do not deliver on promises and wait almost two weeks to let you know or their quick-on-the-trigger, foul mouthed supporters.
 
Nimrod: Yes 13 days is a loooong wait just to be informed that the trade cannot be made and IF it was POSSIABLE he should have let you know sooner, but as he said there is no loss from either side..soooooooo...



Perhaps you could explain that to the person who is expecting the knife your buddy Gad never sent to me in almost two weeks
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Shouldnt promise something you cant on the spot supply..
 
Maybe Blilious is wrong...actually he probably is - when you say you agree to a deal you should follow through. But has anyone turned on the news lately? He lives in Israel - you know, a whole lot of shooting and bombing going on there. I met him in Vegas and he seemed like a really nice guy who would keep to his word. Nimrod, I'm sorry your experience was not as favorable.

~Mitch
 
I have met both Gad and his father, and I liked them very much. I am sure this isnt the way he normally operates and he has good reason for backing out of the deal, right or wrong. I agree, this isnt bad enough for the GBU forum.
 
he is calling off the trade using some excuse about sick father, computer not doing the net or some such blah, blah as the reason for not letting me know sooner.
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Ordinarily, I'd say the fellow was wrong, a deal is a deal, and he should honour it, especially if you relied on it to commit to a thrid party. But maybe he should get the benefit of the doubt here? He seems to be a good guy. The "excuse about sick father" as the reason and the 'computer not doing the net" as the reason for the delay in calling the deal off also could be for real, especially given where he lives. Posting here is a bit extreme where no real harm was done and he did notify you, no? Understandible, for sure, but a little harsh. Aren't the good guys supposed to cut each other some slack now and then? He should owe you a bit for letting him off, I think. If he actually is a good guy, and you cut him some slack, he'll remember. Good will is worth something too.
That's just my opinion. I didn't read the original emails and don't have all the details. I don't really want all the details. :)
[me can't type. me fixed. ergo me edit. me smart now!]
 
Gad is aces in my book. I've been the middleman on thousands of dollars in knife deals for him and I'll continue to do so. He's a great friend and an avid knifenut.
 
"Anticipation" is a terrible thing - sometimes, when you finally work that trade you've been thinking about (or dreaming about), and the picture you've looked at 50 times becomes a part of your "psyche", you are disappointed when the deal goes south ...granted, "let your yeah's be yeah, and your nay's be nay" is the general rule of conduct. I find it so much better to set my expectations lower - then I'm rarley disappointed, and more frequently thrilled when things actually come to pass and I get "that beautiful thing" in my hand!!!

A hearty recommendation by someone of Mr. Simonich's reputation balances this one out...sorry your deal didn't fly...keep pluggin!
 
Originally posted by Duck
Nimrod:


Shouldnt promise something you cant on the spot supply..
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Duck, you are absolutley correct. That is why I promised that the knife from Gad was "inbound from another trade." Silly me, I took this guy at his word.

Look, Gad may be a great guy on the outside but my dealing with him is such that he took liberties at my expense (figuratively, not literally) and blows the thing off as: Oh well, I changed my mind - 13 days later.

"Talk is cheap" and "actions speak louder than words" are two time honoured cliches for a reason.

Start an "I love Gad" thread someplace if you want; I do not appreciate dealing with people like him!
 
RGRAY,
I hear what you are saying, but where is the line drawn?

I just cannot see giving this guy a pass. Let people like him get away with they way they are and they will just keep pushing the envelope. You let them get this far without it being "bad enough" and maybe you'll be the lucky recipient of his next stab at how much he can get away with.

I'm not looking to spar with good people like you, but remember, friends of my friends are my friends, enemies of my enemies are my friends, but friends of my enemies are my enemies. Let Gad and his ilk pull their **** soemwhere else and do it to somebody else.
 
Hello all,
Just my 2 cents here and I'm sure no one cares what I think.

I am just beginning a deal with Gad as of Friday afternoon. It was finalized last night when I returned home from a short trip. The guy has seemed nice from the beginning but when I saw this post this morning I started getting a bit nervous.

I think Nimrod did a service to the group by posting what information he believes would possibly affect not only himself but other members.

I think the other members coming to Gads defense have also done a service to the group by posting positive comments about him and sharing their experiences with him.

This information leaves it up to those who are dealing with, or might deal with Gad in the future, to make an informed choice of whether to trust Gad or not.

I for one, know that things happen sometimes to mess up a deal or cause it not to happen. So, after initial nervousness, and after reading the posted testimonials in favor of Mr. Blilious, I feel confident my deal will work out as all my other deals on the forums have gone, perfectly.

The GB&U works, so keep up the good work everyone.

Thanks for reading,
Mike
 
Mike,

Let us know how your deal goes.

Nimrod, did you tell him you were going to post this in the GB&U?

Maybe you should let him know about your thread?
 
I don't agree that this wasn't bad enough to put in this forum.If a deal goes good and someone just does what they are supposed to do,it's OK to shower them with praise.If Gad didn't plan to live up to his end of the deal then he shouldn't have made it,it's that simple.I don't think Nimrod was asking everybody to tar and feather the guy,but isn't this forum here for just that reason,to let people know when someone doesn't live up to their word?Then they can make an informed decision as to whether they want to deal with someone who may,or may not live up to a deal they've made.I just love to read these threads where someone has a problem with someone and the person who didn't live up to his end of the deal friends all jump in and hijack the thread.If the guy is that great start a seperate thread about it,Nimrod wasn't taking a poll on who thought the guy was good or bad,just relaying his experience with the guy.Ken
 
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