[The Radium King]

by ‘forum extortion’ i mean telling him that i am going to out him on the internet unless he gives me my deposit back. extortion defined as “the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats” where in this case the threat is outing him online. in order for it to be a threat, forum members have to read and participate in the thread. it is not my intention to threaten him for money nor involve forum members in the process.

i know nothing about buying cars online. painfully obvious that i should have asked more questions before (a) bidding, and (b) giving the deposit. the intention of the thread is to determine if the seller is a shady guy and, if so, try and protect future buyers by making them aware of his shadyness. and if this just business as usual in the car selling business then i am happy with my lessons learned.

edit to add to corvus - thanks. i am dumb. probably dumber that i am sharing all this! and trying to be thoughtful about it all, and good humoured. and wondering if i can help other dumb folks like me, but don’t want to burn a guy down if he doesn’t really deserve it.