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Thanks for starting the thread, Gus. I'm sure it was a pretty hard thing to do since it is such a disgusting subject. When someone that was so polite and giving does something like this it is a real shock to the senses. I doubt that he will even come around to read this because his actions pretty much say to this community.......well....I can't say what it says. :confused:
 
Kerry,

It was great to see you at Blade and I am glad you are home and hopefully happy. Your right, not easy to do this, but your support and that of others make it easier.
 
I'm really sorry to hear this. If you can't be trusted, you have nothing. I hope Jason steps up and does the right thing.
 
All of it is true to me, the last sentence should ring true to all of us.
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Not to pile on, but I was almost a victim of this member many months ago. No need to rehash matters, but after a lot of extra work, complaints, and claims on my part it was finally made right. I hope it is made right here.
 
Gus -

I know nothing of these unfortunate dealings, so I was content to read and observe, but you're timing of the quote below couldn't be more spot-on for me. Just this afternoon I was having the exact same thoughts in response to someone commenting on my supposed "materialism" of owning so many knives, traditional longbows, etc. And in formulating a response, I could only come to the exact same conclusion that is stated below - "things" are soulless, mass-produced objects, and in that sense, I'm not a materialist. Examples of handmade craftsmanship, on the other hand, are anything but "things." :thumbup:

Bastid said:
All of it is true to me, the last sentence should ring true to all of us.
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Very sorry to hear about your troubles. I too have been burned by a close friend recently, a person I have known since I was 7. In situations like this, the best route is honesty. After a few months and a few fibs and stories about the check (two checks actually that never showed up or got returned to sender) in the mail I was able to recoup my funds (only about $50) for the custom leather work that I have done for a severely discounted rate. His custom knife, custom sheath and pouches showed up fine and in a timely manner to its destination only a few cities away. The money wasn't the biggest deal because I could have lived without it at the time but the lack of respect and burn that I felt was, and still is a bit hard to get over. Sometimes all a person has is their word and once that is lost, its pretty hard to recover from. All I needed was a phone call and a simple explanation that something was up and a promise to "get me later" and this problem would have been remedied with no hard feelings. I can only hope this person can man up and take the high road. Again, sorry to hear this as I know how it feels.
 
mike Berkovitch said:
Unfortunately I am a "victim" of this guy also :disgust:

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Ok....I have kept this quite for quite some time, but I too have had the only bad dealing here in bladeforums with Jason here in the past - I paid for two knives, and never received them, when I e-mailed him the dates changed a couple of times of when they were to have meant to be sent...this to me said everything. I didn't ask for a refund, but it made me stop and re think my friendship - even though I kept the communication very civil.

And it still peeves me off to be honest, and it doesn't matter whether things would be corrected now I wouldn't have much to do with him again.

Gus - its great to see you post here my friend - so "Hi there mate" but its sad to see you posting for this reason, I had only ever told one very respected member here of this before... but it seems we are not alone in the line.
 
Campbellclanman said:
Ok....I have kept this quite for quite some time, but I too have had the only bad dealing here in bladeforums with Jason here in the past - I paid for two knives, and never received them, when I e-mailed him the dates changed a couple of times of when they were to have meant to be sent...this to me said everything. I didn't ask for a refund, but it made me stop and re think my friendship - even though I kept the communication very civil.

And it still peeves me off to be honest, and it doesn't matter whether things would be corrected now I wouldn't have much to do with him again.

Gus - its great to see you post here my friend - so "Hi there mate" but its sad to see you posting for this reason, I had only ever told one very respected member here of this before... but it seems we are not alone in the line.
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It looks like a pattern Duncan, as I had similar situation, though I partially succeeded in getting a lesser value knife instead the 2 I paid for. I wish I had post something that might have prevent you the bad experience.
I know this fellow is an exceptional to this great forum and its members.

Mike
 
I'm actually surprised and it saddens me to see this thread. I know Jason has had issues but I would not think so many upstanding members would have had negative dealings. I've only had one deal in the exchange with him, just days shy of 2 years ago, for a very high dollar knife (twice as much as any other I own) and it arrived quickly and as advertised. May I ask how recently some of the negative transactions took place? I haven't heard from Jason in over 10 months.
 
Tough to read someone we all knew and conversed with regularly would turn so suddenly for the worse. I have never had any deals with Jason but talked with him a lot. I know he had some major medical issues and things where very touchy for some time. I too have not talked to him in some time.

Trands polite request for a timeline may help uncover the mystery. My sympathy goes out to those he has wronged. Jason, if you read this thread, just make it right for these folks. No need for explanations, just correct actions!
 
KnifeHead said:
Thanks for starting the thread, Gus. ..... When someone that was so polite and giving does something like this it is a real shock to the senses. ...
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Yes Gus, thank you as you have done what should have been done sometime ago. I echo Kerry's comment about someone so polite and giving... I had many conversations with Jason once upon a time and a fair number of dealings. Let me say here that Jason never cheated me in any way. I even have a couple of gift knives from J. However, I sadly cannot say the same for a couple of other friends of mine. I fear this list will grow to a number that will shock. On a happier note about this I think it speaks volumes to the folk that frequent this forum. Compare the amount of patience and wanting of Jason to do the right thing for such a long period of time, and it has been a very long time, to many threads in the GB&U where so many are ready to out someone within a day or two. Jason, I know it is in you and I hope you see this. Man up and do the right thing. It will not be anywhere near as painful as the guilt you will carry for doing what you have done to so many good people.
 
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You all should have outed him immediately in the GB&U. Con men live on the fact that once conned, people don't want others to know. That's how they perpetuate the con...until one brave soul steps up and says "I am human, trusting and got ripped off by this guy." People don't tell about being ripped off because it's too embarassing. You feel that you are somehow "lesser" because you were conned. In reality everybody gets ripped off many times in their life. Half the time you don't even know how much you've been conned (think cable TV.)

Per him being "so polite and giving, doing something like this it is a real shock to the senses." That's how the con works guys. It's the nice guys that really know how to rip you off.
 
Well I am quite late to this thread as I have been off the traditional discussion boards for some time. I am not intending to pile on, just give my two cents and be done with it. I am an admitted knifeaholic and buy and sell
a lot. With 251 successful transactions under my belt, the only real "problem" I ever had with a member was bakergtg, a.k.a. Jason Baker. After quite a few polite and friendly emails exchanged, I sold him a spectacular custom slipjoint at a fair price.
This knife was made by a popular maker on this forum and was mint and beautiful in every way. Upon receiving it, he did not contact me for many days. Then I received a barrage of email's filled with accusations of selling him a faulty,
poor quality knife. I was stunned. With each email the tone got more heated from him, even threatening. The faults with this knife seems to multiply with each email. Normally I would have no issue refunding his money and undoing the deal,
but I knew the knife was not as he described it. Even if he had buyers remorse but kept a friendly tone about it I would have gladly worked it out because I had had many previous good communications with him and knew many others trusted him
and were on a friendly basis with him. But soon he aggressively threatened to ruin my reputation with many of the old guard who frequent this forum, whom he said he was close with. My anger was redlined to say the least. I told him to shove off (in certain terms)
and even though he much would later communicate with me in friendlier, even conciliatory tones, I had felt like someone bitten by the friendly neighborhood dog whom everyone liked. The End.

I hope aforementioned situation has a good ending for the maker involved.
 
Somehow, I managed to miss this thread and am terribly saddened to read it at this late date. I don't know the specifics of this particular issue nor do I need to know them. I've had few dealings with Jason, none financial in nature, and most all have been good though I did feel in a few instances he did not stand up for what he professed to be his convictions. While that saddened me it did not keep me from having a warm spot in my heart for him, especially after hearing of his personal health issues.

I hope that the matter will eventually come to a satisfactory conclusion. It is a shame that the actions of a few individuals can cast such a pall over something (once) enjoyed so passionately.
 
I want to say that I have met such outstanding people here on blade forums, and this is my go-to place for internet time wasting; I love this place and you guys ! most of all my HI and its people.

so its always painful to hear about a betrayal like this, I hope that when it all comes out there were some good reasons for him acting like he did, and that he makes it right in the end.

other than that I really enjoy blade forums and everyone on them,save for the people who come here to try and rip others off.
 
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