Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:I meant the story behind you buying Zilla LE. More details. You saying he didn’t sell an LE for $16k to defray the costs of the next LE he lines up (flips and never takes delivery of)? What shtick etc?
Ok, I’ll clarify so people stop putting fake stories together. Nothing I’m going to say isn’t anything that hasn’t been said by Chris publicly - I’ll just put the pieces together so it’s clear.
Chris had 3 Godzilla LE’s preordered. 1 to keep, 2 to flip. He gave one of the spots to a listener via raffle that he held live on FB at Automated. He gave 1 spot to me, which was a friendly gesture & I really appreciate it…but he also did it because at the time he didn’t see the flipping opportunity with 1000 units. (I don’t want to post private texts, but I have the receipts lol). Once he saw what they were flipping for, he sold the 3rd which was originally meant to keep.
The “schtick” was that he’d razz me for not joining the Klub. He’d goof on me during FB Lives for not joining. After he saw GZLE’s selling for a lot, that schtick turned into “I gave up $5k in profits to Greg, and he won’t even pay $5 a month to be in the club! That cheap bastard!”
So, there we go - and while I know he was joking about the Klub stuff…his fans, especially the Klub ones, can get a wee bit culty. So - when he’d talk about me not joining, they’d start to get on my ass about it, and that is a bit weird. Very “one of us, one of us”.
So why didn’t I just give in and join the Klub? I’ve always been immune to peer pressure. The more you goad me to do something, the less likely I am to do it. And even though I like the guy on a personal level, let’s be real - he brags about money. He brags about flipping games, buying Gucci, flipping Gucci Xboxes, expensive NY dinners & drinks, his expensive car & rocket fuel gas or whatever….when you’ve made that part of your identity, begging for $5 a month is quite frankly off-putting. He’ll use the baby’s expenses as a pitch - I have a young child, too. I have the same expenses. On principle, I’m not going to pay for that when there’s so much flexing about money & material things.
Quoted from BMore-Pinball:That's golden, so he had an extra pin he didn't think he could flip and you took it off his hands to lessen his risk - and he turns it around that he's the hero and you are the ungrateful damsel. LOL
Bingo - and it’s just a joke/schtick for the FB Lives, but his listeners don’t know that. They think he’s legit upset at me and that I’m an ungrateful fuck. I’m not. I’ve thanked him multiple times…but two things can simultaneously exist: Me being thankful, and me not liking the tactics/pitch to join a Patreon.