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Originally Posted by Ocean Wanderer
Hi everyone,
First of all, and since this is my first post on this forum, I would like to thank TRF for offering a place where everyone can speak freely about this topic. I have been following the thread since page 4 and cannot stress my sympathy enough to the victims of Chris Essery/HH.
I feel like everything on this character has pretty much already been said and so won't dwell repeating what others have expressed better than I could.
However, I would like to suggest an idea and see if it can gather some traction since more than 352,000 views (and counting) have already been made on these 51 pages alone: can a trusted member of this community help raise a fundraiser online to try to financially support the victims of this scam as it is very unlikely that they will see any money coming back from Mr Essery himself?
The key here would be trust in both the person raising the fundraiser and the persons susceptible to receive the money back to ensure that the right amount goes back to the right people.
What do you people think of this idea? I know that some might think that the money lost by the victims should be considered disposable income due to the nature of the transaction (buying a Rolex). However, I do not believe that this should be considered to be the case as some people might save for years before they can even think of buying this kind of watches.
I myself would participate to this fundraising if assurance can be given that the money would go to the victims, and seeing how this community is having each other's back, hopefully it wouldn't take long before a nice sum can be gathered to help the victims of this scam.
Thank you for your time.
Ocean Wanderer
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Absolutely not.
I admire the sentiment, however as you already alluded to, the victims were buying Rolexs, not paying for life saving surgery.
Secondly, this is why people use credit cards, PayPal, pay for insurance. If someone is in a position to spend tens of thousands on a watch, but neglects to insure the transaction in some way, then that's their fault. I still sympathize with the victims in this case, but I also sympathize with people who break their ankle skiing.