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do you recall him mentioning in our favourite subforum how his parents were well off, yet he'd never ever ask them for financial support? If he has so much pride that he'd rather try and rip off a knife maker, (who feeds his family by the sweat of his brow) than ask for some financial support from his own, well off family, then it's hard to imagine the quoted scenario
Yes, Lorien, I indeed do remember that statement and in fact it was on the back of my mind when I was writing about the other possibilities. I was told privately by a very well known Forum member who both and I respect immensely, that EBP came across as having two very distinct and separate personalities. One was this charming and playful one in his own jovial way and the other callous, cold and selfish. I personally did not experience the latter because I never transacted with him.
The way I look at it is this, everyone has an online persona which at times is an alter ego of the real person. Bacon had said a lot of things and what he had claimed ought to have been taken with a good dose of salt! I still believe that he ought to have come in here and explained himself. He should have firstly atoned by making Ben right by dropping his PP claim and should have admitted that his so-called Hobby was getting way too much out of hand within the budget he was operating with. Not many independent 20 years olds can recurringly afford $250 - $750 knives on an average 20 years old's income!