I agree we should all do that, to be the change you want to see in the world is a good thing.
Maybe in Off-Topic/Rant forum there can be a political thread, but many forums do not want to discuss these matters because it just makes negativity and enemies, not a fun forum to relax and share interest...
On some watch forum when a member was ripped-off on a watch the members pooled together to raise money...granted this was a Panerai or something as I recall, not a 20$ light, but still it shows community and brotherhood.
We could do a fund raiser to help Troop, but dude its a 20$ light!!!!!
Can we ask admin to close this thread ? I'm not going to defend anyone but some members seem to have a really short fuse and it's better for overall atmosphere to restrain our selves from political themes in future.
As we Croatians say "Politics is whore"...
Regarding topic theme if I'm not mistaken there is a saying "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is"
Most of us went trough this kind of situation at some point in life and in the end what we learn (even hard way) is more valuable than money lost.
Oh the memories of the October Fest in Munich. Spent 11 years in Germany while in the Army and me and my family totally enjoyed it. Have alot of those lovely BIG mugs right here at the house that we brought back. Shame that nobody that looked like that ever brought them to the table, LOL.
If he is here online and not bothering to respond, he is a thief period. There is no excuse that I can think of.
He is a scammer and needs to be booted.