[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

He loves this board and misses the contact.

He has nobody to blame but himself for not being here. He was given several chances and blew every single one of them. Between the things he said to me publicly and privately, the things he said to other members (including wishing a heart attack on Peter Spaeth), refusing to pay for deals he made (and not grasping why that was a bad thing), and the pathological lying and excuse making, he doesn't deserve to be here. Membership on Net54 is a privilege, and members are supposed to be able to trust one another, and treat each other respectfully. Adrian, unfortunately, is incapable demonstrating the responsibility necessary to be trusted, and he's disrespectful of others at the drop of a hat. The fact that he spends any part of his life lurking here after he's been banned speaks volumes about the kind of person he is. He's a drama queen, and an attention whore. He'd go off on a forum member in some random discussion, and say he was leaving forever. Then he's start a whole new discussion announcing his imminent departure:

Thanks to those who helped me here and also those who respected me here
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=169148

He "quit", sat there reading all the comments from people saying he should take a break, or get some help, or just chill out. Then he came back. Then another month later, he made a thread threatening that all the people that were mean to him were going to "get it":

For all those that act nasty towards me...your end is coming!!!
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=170958

Followed the next day by yet another "I'm leaving" thread:

How does one delete his profile I have enough of this place?
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=170959

I have no sympathy for him. None. People were tolerant of his issues, and were supportive of him, including myself. We all tried to befriend him. We put up with his spamming completely inappropriate posts and threads on the main board, until Leon had to put a post limit to him. Then he started to show his true colors. It takes a hell of a lot for me to not like somebody, but he managed to make me not like him. And I hate talking about him. But every time it seems this thread is going to sink to the bottom, somebody bumps it back up. "He really misses this place, and he's a good guy that made a few mistakes". I'm sure he misses it, because here he could be the center of attention. The forum fed his narcissism.

People need to understand that he is not a good person. He is a spiteful human being. He can turn on the charm, and appear to be the nicest person you've ever talked to. It's an act. When somebody questions what he's done, he goes into full-on attack mode. It's predictable, and frightening the amount of joy he seems to get from the assault he wages on other members here.

When he buys a bunch of cards, and ends up not paying for them, it's always the government's fault for not giving him the money he's owed for medical, or somebody owes him money for a coin he sold. Or his 19 year old dog needed emergency surgery (who puts a 19 year old dog through emergency surgery? That's not fair to the animal). Or his job owes him money. Or his grandma is sick. He never accepts responsibility for anything. He says he has learned, but then he does the exact same thing again. Forum members (Leon included) tell him it is not ok to buy cards, and not pay for them. He then says he realizes what he did was wrong, using his OCD as an excuse why he didn't before, and he will try to change. Then, he backs out of a card that he bought, costing the seller $500. The next day, he buys $100 worth of cards instead of giving that $100 to the guy he just stiffed, and working out a plan for the rest. He then justifies it by saying the seller might be losing $500 now, but they'll get $1,000 from me in the future when I buy another card. That twisted rationalization is a clear indication that he's never going to get it.

And he uses the same excuses over and over. You could come up with a list of Adrianisms, and just sit back and wait for them to be played in order. Kevin just posted this recently:

Originally Posted by thehoodedcoder

i spoke to adrian on the phone during the process. he did mention he had ocd but also said he is sound in mind when it comes to everything else. the reason he mentioned for wanting to sell the card is that he realized that he wasn't sure what he wanted to collect before, when he bought the card. he now has an interest in babe ruth cards.

Same excuse he used back in May:

Originally Posted by Zone91

When I 1st started to collect baseball cards a few months ago I was very confused at what I was going to collect....now I know what my focuses are I will have a much better time knowing what I am doing and not doing.

I want to build the 52 Topps set (since I have the Mantle this makes it that much easier) so far I have 13 cards and 4 of those are nice looking high numbers and the other 9 are also nice looking for the grade (s);

I want to collect T206 cards (HOF players mostly and error cards)

and

I want to put together the most Mantle cards I can in PSA 8.

Guys, he cannot be trusted. I have seen people like this before. As a stock broker, I have had extensive training on spotting people like this as a means of protecting our clientele. He is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. You guys might be getting the cards he's selling now. But invariably, at some point in the future, we're going to see a thread from somebody that "I bought a card from Zone91, and it never came". It will happen. To use an analogy, you are all tickling the dragon's tail (look up Louis Slotin and Los Alamos if you don't understand the reference), and sooner or later, there will be fallout.

Can we please just let this thread drop to the bottom? This guy is no longer a member of the forum. If you all choose to do business with him (at your own risk), fine. But as Leon said before, he can not defend himself, and quite honestly, it's exhausting having to bring this stuff up. I get nervous when I see how "he misses the forum" because the next thing we know, somebody will be trying to bring him back. And that would be tragic.