Reese Weiland Stole $1000 worth of knives from me

Gentlebeings, please don't start with the spelling flames. Once that starts there's no stopping it. There are parts of the net where they spend almost all their time and energy talking about each others' spelling and grammar. We have more important things to discuss here.
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Sorry Coug! Just trying to point out how ridiculous that statement was, especially in light of the, er, item, that I pointed out....

Besydes hoo tha hel cairs howe wee spel as long as it gits the messij a cross
 
I laff two wen folkes spell shiit rong.....................

Happy Holidays all!!!!!
 
I never said I didn't make mistakes, but I do like to be aware of them, so thanks cstorr2004. Whoops, I missed an S! My emphasis was on his grammatical mis-application. Personally, I guess I'll have to start proofreading a little more closely. cstorr2004, you're still typing in incomplete sentences as of your last post in this thread. (sorry, der i go pwoof weading agin) I wasn't really busting the guys chops, I'm on his side here.

For the OP, seriously man, I have to believe you will get your stuff back soon. Reese would not ruin his reputation for $1000 worth of knives. I will give Reese a call also, maybe with another voice in his ear he will realize the extreme urgency of this situation.

If you don't get your knives back I will buy you another Sebenza. I hate you had to go through this, you shouldn't be treated like that.
 
you do understand when ya correct someones grammer and ya have incorrectly spelled words it only makes you look retarded. who in the world cares anyway as long as ya can understand WTF the gist is. this is the 'net not english comp 1.

its nice to offer to buy a seb for the guy though.

hope this all works out.
 
Has anyone on the forum had any type of comm. w/ this maker? Are others able to contact him but just not those he "owes"? Has anyone dropped in on him lately?

dogman: did you have any luck swinging by his place?

JWB: let us know how we can help so you have what you need before you deploy.
 
I hate to chime in when it is none of my business but since this is a public forum, I guess I can add my two cents. First off, calling someone names is not very classy, someone called the maker a "bastard", no need for this until you know what you are talking about. Second, until we hear from him, I would not jump to any conclusions. We are hanging him before a trial.

I had a thread started about me and I had no idea it even existed. People were saying all kinds of stuff about me and I didn't even see the thread for a year. I was surprised at how people will jump on a bandwagon to tear someone apart when they know none of the fact or even the other side of the story. This maker seems to have a good rep so lets just give the benefit of the doubt until we hear his side of the story. He may be sick or have a good reason for not responding sooner. One side of the story is not enough for me to hang someone on. Everybody just relax and stop ruining this poor guys rep until we know what this is all about.

If he is a bad guy, there will be plenty of time to bash him but if there is a misunderstanding, we are rushing to judgement. This doesn't just go for this guy but for all threads like this. Don't jump in and bash someone unless you know what you are talking about. As I see it now, nobody knows enough to be bashing the guy. Lets wait for his response or lack of response to judge him. If he just doesn't respond ever and he knows about this thread, then that is another story.
 
kgriggs8 said:
(1) I hate to chime in when it is none of my business but since this is a public forum, I guess I can add my two cents. First off, calling someone names is not very classy, someone called the maker a "bastard", no need for this until you know what you are talking about. Second, until we hear from him, I would not jump to any conclusions. We are hanging him before a trial.

(2) I had a thread started about me and I had no idea it even existed. People were saying all kinds of stuff about me and I didn't even see the thread for a year. I was surprised at how people will jump on a bandwagon to tear someone apart when they know none of the fact or even the other side of the story. This maker seems to have a good rep so lets just give the benefit of the doubt until we hear his side of the story. He may be sick or have a good reason for not responding sooner. One side of the story is not enough for me to hang someone on. Everybody just relax and stop ruining this poor guys rep until we know what this is all about.

(3) If he is a bad guy, there will be plenty of time to bash him but if there is a misunderstanding, we are rushing to judgement. This doesn't just go for this guy but for all threads like this. Don't jump in and bash someone unless you know what you are talking about. As I see it now, nobody knows enough to be bashing the guy. Lets wait for his response or lack of response to judge him. If he just doesn't respond ever and he knows about this thread, then that is another story.
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(1) I agree that name calling should not be done. The maker has had plenty of time and has seemingly made no attempt to contact JWB. On the other hand JWB has tried over and over again with no response.

(2) You say you had a thread started about you but you had no idea. It is my understanding that in this situation the maker has been made aware of this thread and has been invited to respond and explain here but has not done so as of yet. If he is sick (totally understandable) then a simple reply to JWB over the past year or so doesn't seem to big a stretch. Or, from a business point of view, if you are doing some work for someone and it is running WAY over, then I think it only polite that the maker simply explain this to the customer. This responsibility shouldn't rest on the customer's shoulders alone.

(3) Plenty of time to bash him? That's not the issue here IMHO. JWB has a time and date to deploy so there is not "plenty of time" as far as him getting what he needs before deployment. From what we have read in this thread there has been plenty of "lack of response" from the maker. That is why some of us are asking to be updated and are asking for others to continue to make efforts to contact the maker. That way we see as much of the picture as possible. But so far it has been one sided and not JWBs choice.

BTW: I just sent Reese a very polite email to simply make him aware of this thread. I used the email he has on his webpage. So if that is current then he should get it. There is a telephone number there. Perhaps someone living locally could leave a message as well.

I truely hope the maker sets things right and all is well.
 
kgriggs8 and Tyrkon, you are both correct in your own ways.

A man's reputation is made by action and non-action. Calling names does nothing to help or hinder the process. I understand how this can get heated, but the hotter it gets the less likely we are to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

I'll keep the thread updated, but as has been said on another board, let's not dogpile unless you have an experience (posative or negative) to share. We have already seen that Reese has done this to other people. That is significant, and adds credence to the suspicion that this situation is underhanded.

Note that a person's reputation varies from person to person, experience to experience.
I'm sure Reese's reputation is intact with the many people he does communicate with, and while my experience may dissappoint them, it won't have a significant effect: we are all friends with people in spite of their flaws. To a point at least.
Reese will survive this, and I hope to get this thread off the front page as soon as possible. I just hope his survival tactic is not to ignore it until it goes away, because it won't.

To Bob, your actions in speaking with Reese were exemplary. You went above and beyond for a fellow servicemember and forumite. That is outstanding and I can't thank you enough.
 
JWBirch,
I also wish to say that I understand your point as well. I have been in your shoes a few times as well and it is hard to be as understanding as you seem to be. You are at least showing that you are a level headed person that wants a situation resolved and seems to have little other option. I feel for you man and if what you say is true, that is a bad way to treat customers.

I wish you luck with the knives but more importantly, I hope you are safe wherever you are deployed to. I hope this is all a misunderstanding and it turns out well for you.
 
Solicitation of the address of my family has been made by secondary parties. Please do not attempt to be so pathetic and cowardly. If any attempts are made on my family I will place no limits on the pursuit of what I personally feel is adequate and compensatory justice.

Editing to add: I may have let anger and paranoia get the better of me, and have offered an apology to one person whose intentions now seem to have been honorable. I will not edit my above statement (if I screwed up I screwed up, regardless my family is safe), but please respect the privacy of my family because I cannot afford to be lax on the matter. I appreciate the efforts of those trying to help, but when it comes to addresses and personal information I will communicate with Reese only. If the above incident represents Reese's attempt to exit this situation without having to communicate with me, my disappointment is deepened.
 
JWBirch said:
Solicitation of the address of my family has been made by secondary parties.
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JWB, you should notify the mods of this forum about this ASAP.
This will accomplish several desirable things:
1. it may get the appropriate people banned. We do not need this kingd of thing around here.

2. It could serve as a paper trail in case legal action needs to be taken.
This kind of crap is serious, and should not be tolerated.
 
JWBirch said:
Solicitation of the address of my family has been made by secondary parties.
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This is intolerable. You're a vet of action in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. You and your family have enough to deal with, without this. It's bad enough that Weiland has apparently absconded with $1000 of your property, and now somebody is implying a threat to your family?!?! With you deploying again in 2007?!?! :mad:

May God take pity on whomever may be involved in this, because certainly nobody else will. :mad:
 
JWBirch said:
Solicitation of the address of my family has been made by secondary parties. Please do not attempt to be so pathetic and cowardly. If any attempts are made on my family I will place no limits on the pursuit of what I personally feel is adequate and compensatory justice.
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Hmmmm. With your credentials, someone is looking for your address? At Christmastime? I am not so convinced there is a threat involved, although I know nothing more. Really.

Maybe, just maybe, angels are trying to lookout for you. :confused: Hopefully, this is what it amounts to.

Coop
 
Thank you Coop, you are probably right. It seems clearer now after some exchange that the person was trying to obtain my address on Reese's behalf. If that is truly the case I apologize for assuming the worst. Please understand that I am not in a position to take chances though. I will communicate with Reese only on the matter of returning my property.
 
Reese has finally contacted me, and will be returning the knives, with the work order completed.

I have asked Reese to add his perspective here. However his response may not be immediate as he needs to re-subscribe or something like that.

There will be some who look at this thread as being too heavy-handed, or too excessive for the circumstances. To those people I will ask that you read my first post and understand that I had reached the point, after a year, of assuming my property was gone and not going to be returned.

It is my hope that this hiccup in Reese's life brings about a change in his day to day operation that results in much greater satisfaction for all of his customers. He has already indicated as much to me, I hope it happens in fact.

To those people who went out of their way to help me, and Reese as well, I thank you.
 
That this thread may have a good outcome comes as a suprise to me.

It may well say a lot about this maker that he is able to take this hit and recover. Nobody is perfect but not dodgeing and making good in the end is what matters.

I must say this restores some lost faith in humanity.
 
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