01-17-2009, 10:23 PM
<!--quoteo(post=293139:date=Jan 17 2009, 06:29 AM:name=TheChosenOne)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(TheChosenOne @ Jan 17 2009, 06:29 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=293139\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecHaha, that sounds like a fantastic mask. Too bad you don't have any pictures of it.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndTo the contrary: It was one of the most horrible masks I've ever seen. I don't even know who really made it. The only reason I traded for it is that I was originally told it was a fiberglass GOHS part 6 by the seller...Being a 14-year-old, I believed the seller, and traded my first mask - a $240 value - for this "GOHS part 6 mask".When I got it, it was obviously a scam. The mask was thin as paper on the outer edges, 1 centimeter thick in the center of the nose, covered in airbubbles, had fiberglass sticking out everywhere on the inside, and had a weird film and smell. Everything about it was horrible. The seller kept acting like it was supposed to be that way and insisted it was a GOHS mask, and then I blocked him and began spreading the word on his (then pretty huge) business of scamming people. Turns out, he had scammed - or attempted to scam - half the people at the HMA already, most of them younger collectors like me - even Dan Drista had a couple bad run-ins with him. Keep in mind this was back in 2000... Since I didn't know anybody at the time, this guy got me <b>good.</b>When I resold the hockey mask, I think I got around $30 out of it from Dougie. That mistake was just one in a long string of misfortunes that "initiated me" into this community...The seller still posts here.....I'll <b>never forget</b> his name. He was a BIG scam artist back in the day, but for some reason, everybody's forgotten about his past and treats him as a big buddy now. Because of that, he is the bane of my existence.Cheers,Ryan