Wow. Every so often I look through the GBU just to see who I need to look out for.
In this incident, it amazes me how the guy who's doing the questionable transactions acts as if EVERYTHING happened at one time. I highly doubt your $ issues happened overnight. $ was probably tight, you lost your job (Or something like that) & you find yourself strapped for $. However, if I was in that situation, I wouldn't be trading if I couldn't spare the $ for shipping. When you sell a knife, it's normal to ship after you get paid for the knife, so you'd have the $ to ship.
Also, you seem to call others a liar quite easily, but don't answer to what you've lied about. According to Chris (The one you're calling "acid"), you've told him that you shipped the knife, but never did, so you lied about it & never explained why. You also said you're going to county jail for some speeding tickets, when in fact it was theft. You then downplayed your theft because of the store that you stole from & said it's the 1st time you've ever stolen.
I'll admit I don't know the laws in your state, but I do know my state's laws & usually a 1st offense of petty theft/shoplifting would not get you time in county jail. Now, if the amount you stole was high enough & they charged your for burglary (Entering the store with the intent on stealing), then you could possibly be looking at some time because you got hit with 2 felonies. However, you did state that you're not a felon.
Anyways, as you can see, what you write & what really happened is a little confusing & you don't help in setting the matter straight. Also, you've been giving quite a bit of time, many ideas, & offers of $ to pay for the shipping of said knives & yet they haven't been shipped yet. You get pissed at people that have been calling you names & aren't talking nicely about you, but instead of explaining yourself, you just attack the people that talked "bad" about you.
As I said before, you shouldn't be trading if you can't pay for the shipping & the 2 people that are waiting for their knives from you did do something they shouldn't have. They shouldn't have shipped their knives until they received yours. That's not because you're considered a rip off, it's because you don't have ANY positive feedback on a successful transaction.
Well, the bottom line is this is a learning experience for all the parties involved, unfortunately.