[quote name='UncleBob']
http://operationrainfall.com/read-regarding-the-donation-cases/#disqus_thread
Running under the assumption that these folks are still being honest, I'm a little confused about the chain of events here. I've asked for a bit of clarification on things. Hopefully, they'll be forthcoming - but reading the reply of someone like Zyzxx on there doesn't really instill a lot of confidence...[/QUOTE]
I just read what you wrote and I also share the same questions you have..
I'm going to throw out some possibilities:
1. These guys are innocent. Despite the fact that their story just does not add up and make absolutely no sense as of now.. Maybe it was a misunderstanding. The first update wasn't written by the victim of the burglary so story may have gotten mixed up..
2. The burglars robbed the apt and took the packages. Or they were robbed and got their packages stolen on a different time on a same day. Despite them saying they had the boxes in possession in the first update, now they never had the chance to even see the boxes/cases. The UPS delivers the package to a house that was empty. No one was home to receive such an important package. UPS did not require a signature or anything and just left the packages and left. I really have hard time believing the package of such value didn't require any signatures or anything. Unless the UPS man was excused by the home owner to just leave the packages outside (which is an incredibly irresponsible).
3. The boxes being stolen and it has absolutely nothing to do with the burglary. The burglary actually might have happened. But its possible that it had nothing to do with the boxes being stolen. They have absolutely no reason to bring up UPS after saying that the boxes (which they said they had the possession of in the first update) were stolen in the process of getting robbed. In this case, police report would be irrelevant.
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IF" this was all a lie. I doubt the purpose was to scam people from the start. I seriously doubt the profit would have been that high for people to risk lying about. Plus, if they had the cases delivered to them, why would they steal to keep the cases for themselves? It has zero to no value now. I think things just got out of control for these guys to handle. They didn't want to go through the trouble of telling everyone that they were incapable of fulfilling their initial promise(?).
I really want some clarifications but I'm afraid they are going to treat me like a devil if I post in their page lol..
[quote name='62t']why not ask for an invoice or receipt to show the boxes were printed? Is that too easy?[/QUOTE]
Well.. its easy if one thought they were scamming for money from the start.. I personally don't think so.