There is too much money in this hobby.
I got robbed at least 5 times by guys I trusted. The first time it was for an interrogation scene TDK diorama, I thought it was so sad to do that.. Now I think it's part of this business. I can understand if something goes wrong when a guy puts a lot of money in a project, he has no other way to do it. It's a lot of pressure.
I took the risk with Moe's outfits. For me he had the profile not to make it and to have no other choice but to scam everyone. I think about that possibility all the time when I pay for something here. Les master was another one too, I don't even know what happened in the end. Hounouman, same thing happened.. And you have no guaranty of anything. I paid with my old paypal address (email and paypal account are now deleted because I have a new email address..) for an Iminime figure last year. I'm sure I paid. Denny Kim told me there is no trace of it in his system or payments. Well, end of story. He even told me I'm a liar and that I tried to get a figure I didn't pay for.... What can I do? I just let it go obviously.. I even paid for his blondie figure because I don't want to be the victim in all ways and to let my hobby be conditioned by my bad experiences.
I also bought a figure from Odell. I saw some people tell that he is/was a recaster, what I didn't know at the time. I'm still waiting. I now fear I won't get anything. It's been like two months. I've chosen to trust the guy, he's banned from here now. He's still answering to me via emails. He is a very nice guy but who knows??
I also had a very bad experience, I had no choice but to be "the scammer". Selling a ****ing huge Millenium Falcom from Master Replicas, the thing is lost by DHL, wtf??!!! No way to get anything back from the insurance. I couldn't refund the buyer.
So sometimes I can understand what people do. Why they do it. But still, I don't trust so many people here now!
You don't even know, sometimes I thought some artists were trying to rip me off. That happened with Darren Carnall who is such a nice guy. Be he took 3 ****ing years to paint me an obiwan head!!!!!