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Originally Posted by epitome
I simply don't trust people that talk a big game because in the end that's usually all it is.
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Yes bigger game they talk about, more likely it ends to be a poker bluffing or ponzi/scam scheme or simply an idiot who delusionally believes he is cool.
I still remeber one guy who, many years ago (when busines still was big cash, so "believable" more than today), had that big project, including patents registered and some big investors and partners, one was an online business with revenue of hundred millions $ (shame on me I did not contacted each to verify they backed him).
So this guy wanted to setup as part of this mega project, some mega cam studio in Kiev (Ukraine), and I had to organise and direct this thing... so he came in Kiev and stay for a week or two in a very luxury flat in center, I had to find for him a Jaguar with driver and a bodyguard, and bring him around with interpreter (my russian sucks even more than my english lol) to deal to rent or buy (!?) some big building where do the studios, like 20 big rooms needed more than a million dollar to buy such a place (visited many places and dealt many real estate owners), plus furniture and all the stuff (so go visit furniture shops, architects)... do interviews for hire workers and so on. And visit top lawyers (one was the Yuschenko president's one, righbt after Orange revolution) and accountants for setup the cash flows and corporate and not breach any law despite girls are quite naked and so on.
It ended up into nothing, he vanished, I worked in Kiev 2 weeks for free (well let's say I made some training, it's still an experience, and had other biz there anyway), and while at least he paid himself the place he rented and the bodyguard, leaved "to pay" the Jaguar+driver and some other stuff, which I paid for him. Had some guy who introduce him to me to write him letter via his attorney so he give me at least some $3000 or so for the Jaguar rent, forgot details and no idea the threats he got, but he paid this after 6 months or so... finally not sooo bad for me, I lost more in Epassporte, this guy was definitely a notable con artist - his project was not even a bad idea, just I think he had all in motoin claiming everyone gave ok green light, before that any investors really backed him, and when someone said they did not backed, he called the poker hand with the others involved
Definitely the pre-2008 "big games" was bigger, coud be $10million games... now people are not believing when there's more than $10k involved...