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Alex was my first and favorite until I realized last winter that it wasn’t him I was emailing. I had a problem with my donation and two weeks of excuses, and that was it. I feel terrible for everyone that was scammed- real Alex was so great. I did make sure to review, and I remember calling whomever it was Fake Alex.I am going to see if I might be able to share little bit. PLEASE remove this from here if it's not suppose to be shared here!
Not too long ago I had a letter of rosary beads snagged by an old schooler who i guess wanted them more than I did.
Things got a little "hinkey" around that time. I don't want to give too much deep detail in this public forum but the old schooler told me an employee of Alex's cleaned out a couple days worth of donations which was a large amount. When Alex asked for the donations back the employee decided to get an upper hand by telling the old schooler what was happening.
I stopped communicating all together at that point with Alex. I sent him an email from another email telling him what was happening and to not email at this point.i needed to step back and make sure I still understood the issues of making rosaries for people. He replied back to the seldom used email and said ok and thank you. He didn't ask any questions.
Of course then there was no communication for a week or so. Then out of the blue I got an email to my usual address from Alex's email.
But it was very odd. I could tell it was not him. I asked him about several things (I ordered from Alex for at least the last five years) and whomever replied was a little privy to our past conversations but missed the mark on several pretty significant items. The color and quality of the beads, etc
When I felt comfortable to order again (that's a story too but for sure not on here!) it was one issue after another with my letters. I always ended up with my beads but the delivery was horrible. But with not being to do this bitcoin "thing" and looking for another vendor I just bucked it up and tried to order far enough ahead. I just didnt order as much or as often.
Now this last week I get an email that says "Hello Jane, I am back!".... THIS Alex is the old Alex. Asking about all the stuff we have gotten to know about each other. Not the cold "Thank you friend" from the last month or so.
SOOOOO more out of sheer pain I decided to order again with the one proclaiming "I am back". (Like I said I was always getting the exact beads I ordered from the "'other Alex' but not as quick as I wanted. And some of the excuses were just bizarre.)
As I keep saying there are more pieces of this behind the scenes story. WOW did I get a lesson on rights, etc in this situation. I found out, at least in my case, that I had a lot of built in protections that I didn't know about with the old schoolers.
I ordered Friday with the new return of the old Alex. It should arrive soon. I can update on here if anyone wants to know.
In a nutshell something happened. It may not be as I think exactly, he had told me his uncle and mother had been very ill. Oh I will also say that a couple of times each year I would "talk" with Alex on email about things where the return conversation was just off. I started counting that as a time when the real Alex was on vacation etc and someone else was covering.
I am sorry if anyone got stiffed. That is not a acceptable. I eventually got my beads.
As I keep saying I am scared of doing something really stupid with bitcoin (my biggest fear is that I will inadvertently send all of my money and realize I have cleaned out my account in bitcoins trying to send $50 or whatever!)
If I can answer questions please let me know. I will let you know if I get my letter as was the case up until recently!
Good luck on the bitcoin!