Re: Green Harvest Blog: Scott McWilliams Prototype
Leif_G said:
Are you certain? I mean given the second statement you made above, are you sure the first statement is accurate? Is there any possibility Scott didn't return the coins, but just resold them instead?
I'm asking out of sincerity since I don't know the situation. But it seems like an obvious ploy to say you returned them for a refund, but instead just resold the fakes. Just asking.
Leif
No, I cannot say with certainty that they were returned to the source for a refund. So, yes I’m speculating just like everyone else. I will say his story is consistent with what I witnesses in the market at the time. He was selling the coins, then they disappeared abruptly, and then they reappeared abruptly from several different sources. It seems reasonable that if he did keep them to sell, then at least one person would have come forward by now and said they bought a thick coin(s) from Scott. Especially in the wake of the HC scandal. The other possibility is he sold them to someone with full disclosure and they resold them as legitimate pieces. I can’t rule that out, but if that’s how it went down, is Scott to blame?
IMO, a lot of you guys are overlooking the obvious flaw with the Cat I & II coins. No one wants to tackle that one. It’s convenient to do this, as it wraps everything up into a nice tidy package. There's the HC scandal to corroborate a pattern of shady behavior, and hey "if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat". It just doesn’t add up, IMO.
Another thing I’ve observed about Scott is he seems to minces truth with lies. It’s hard to decipher one from the other. It is easy to dismiss everything he says as false, but you would miss out on a lot of truths if you did that. Despite what you (& I) think of him, he really did have great contacts and he’s privy to a wealth of good information. For the record, I am not apologizing for the things he's done. I had a bad experience with him myself. I wasn’t rooked out of any cash, but he strung me along for about six months on a Han HCII and I haven’t spoken with him since. The guys a strange ranger.
I will share his account of the thick coins with the group. Make what you will of it. It’s full of facts, half truths, lies, and inconsistencies. I think this mystery could be solved if the right people would chime in. But, I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.
Sorry for the scan guys, if you wanta read it start at the bottom and work your way up.