I am so sorry I read this thread about an alleged ill intent on my part to decieve someone about a snowboard I bought here last summer. Thankfully Bryan stepped up to help end the character defamation and set the record straight: the truth being that I was the victim in this drama, not the other way around. A lot of undue accusation and fabricated assumptions were shared. The fact that I was and am lame and make mistakes about snowboard details is due to cognitive memory impairment from a brain-injury sustained years ago in Thailand. I have no intent to decieve. Secondly, by ending my ad with a "thank-you for sponsoring my kids" didn't mean anything more than that whatever I earned from your generousity went into buying them their ski passes and team dues so they could join their jr./high-school team. (They actually deserve to be sponsored though, as once again my sons are placing as top racers of CA-NEVADA CNISSF, despite NOT having any of their top-rate gear anymore).
It was wrong to pass judgment. Next time, do the right thing and "ask" the person before you start gossiping. Instead educate.