Im on GMFS now i that i drive a Silverado. This was posted in the Lounge.
you may know the kid's name Joe Dono this thread is about.
http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/504615-attn-joe-dono-aka-scp_celica-scammer.html
Short story:
Kid has celica his momma pays for.
Kid gets 16K worth of fancy custom work done
Kid doesn't have money to pay
kid's GF offers a $60 downpayment and asks to go on "payment plan"
Thread gets started.
Finds out kid's been arrested for being a scam artist
kid has scammed all over florida and scammed forums all over. (links in thread)
kid is nothing but a thief who steals others things/photos/work/time/money...
I've been reading these threads for the last hour and OMG, this kid thinks he's the @!#$e!
Figured i'd post over here for your entertainment. Let this get around the Net. Go to honda forums and VW forums and any forum. feel free to warn the world about this guy.
comments.....
If this dink was in NY, I'd swear he was LMR...
wow !, ;(
My Cav
I give up...
i'm buying a VW those people love trees, so they should love eachother too... "Andy"
I dont think anyone knows how HUGE this thread has become.
Supposedly(if i read correctly) there are like... 155 linkbacks from other forums. holy cow. THis thing has blown up.
The people of the TR forum have set up a paypal account to help donate and take care of legal fees if any. Thats not an advertisement.... its just freakin hilarious that THOUSANDS of people are with the shop owner and are digging the grave for this scam artist kid.
jeez. LOL.
Still not as good as the lobster hand kid...
Still, definitely worth an hour of my life.
DAM......even got a spot on Fast lane daily.....
FLD vid
with all this exposure, this kid is sure to get whats coming to him!
"Louis, you better watch who you call a child. Because if I'm a child,
that makes you a pedafile, and I'm not gonna stand here and argue
with a pervert" -- Peter Griffin
ANyone got some good pics of the car?
OHV notec wrote:I wouldn't consider this an epic thread, not to the level of the lobster boy's greatness, or the Audi traffic de-forcer.
yeah, the audi story was better. "no, im not stealing your boot. Im asking you to take it back. Its on the car.... in the garage".... amazing. He actually made a difference in the community.
But this kid here has ruined his life. Even if he CONSIDERS turning things around, he can't. I think almost EVERYONE knows he's a scum bag now.
I think it's funny they did all that work to an automatic Celica.. and that they'd even do business with some assclown that looks like that. Reading people should be a business priority when dealing with the public.. especially tuner kids with big hopes and minimum wage paychecks. Showcars arn't cheap.. I'm only a year into my Cav and I don't even wanna know how much I've spent on it and still have a long way to go..
OHV notec wrote:I wouldn't consider this an epic thread, not to the level of the lobster boy's greatness, or the Audi traffic de-forcer.
Hahaha the lobster claw bandit. I just googled and re-read that thread.
I think it was a small shop that had good work and they thought this deal was make or break them you know. If the kids grandfather really came through and paid they'd make some serious cash and a lot of credit for some good work. You have to take some risks and it looks like they got the bad one to take which is a shame.
