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[*] posted on 28-7-2008 at 12:07 PM


I think Tony(POS), is running his kite store like a:" ponzi sheme", but with kites instead of securities. it's kind of like robbing peter to pay paul, and then stealing from steven to pay back peter, and so on and so on.



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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 06:21 PM


I just found this and I got ripped off and paypals can not do a thing about it! Makes me think how can he still have a paypal account, I am sure he has a lot of disputes.
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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 07:23 PM


I could have told you (azkitemare) bestkites didn't have Libre Buggies to sell nor do they have any JoJo kites.
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[*] posted on 13-8-2008 at 01:52 AM


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Just curious ... azkitemare if you are selling Libre buggies why would you buy a buggy from Tony ?


Could it be that Tony is not the only sleazy businessman working the kite market?

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[*] posted on 13-8-2008 at 09:12 AM


I honestly don't think azkitemare / u-turn-north-america is dishonest, although I don't know what he has in stock or not. I think he is a honest guy, just maybe not getting started off as smoothly as he hoped. He came into the kite world all excited with both guns ablaz'n and the kite world gunned him down. I'm not saying I agree 100% with all his actions, but I do think he had the best intentions. He just didn't quite go about geting started in the best way. If he would have went up the ladder (buy from rip and jellis as distributors) instead of jump straight to the top and step on toes on the way up he would be in alot better karma with the kite world. I have done business with him in the past (him as a customer) and it was a perfectly good transaction.

Sorry for the long post, but I don't think he should be compared to Tony.
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[*] posted on 13-8-2008 at 12:51 PM


I think Dakitze is right. AZkitemare just got bitten by the bug and got a bit too excited. I'm sure he means well. I don't think he should be lumped in with Tony and his game ! He must have presented a business plan if he actually does have access to the product. I just hope he sees that people go to the dealer for experienced knowledge of the product. Not just a low price.



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