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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I broke my golden rule and bought from him a few weeks ago (he owes me over $950, been waiting almost a year).
    The name on the return address and the PayPal owner wasn't Shane; it was "Roy Romig".

    what in the world possessed you to do that????? accepting all that has been posted about this member as fact(since nothing has been de-bunked yet) it isn't a stretch to say he is running a criminal enterprise to defraud people of their money. what you did is to essentially facilitate that criminal enterprise.

    since you are a prior victim of him I can't even think of the proper word to describe your actions. anyone care to help??

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seems like there are still a lot of raw nerves on this subject.

    "anyone care to help??"

    Don't think so Scooter. :o

    Rule 3) Anyone attacking another poster or making disparaging personal remarks will no longer be allowed to post. No more warnings.

  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @keets said:
    I broke my golden rule and bought from him a few weeks ago (he owes me over $950, been waiting almost a year).
    The name on the return address and the PayPal owner wasn't Shane; it was "Roy Romig".

    what in the world possessed you to do that????? accepting all that has been posted about this member as fact(since nothing has been de-bunked yet) it isn't a stretch to say he is running a criminal enterprise to defraud people of their money. what you did is to essentially facilitate that criminal enterprise.

    since you are a prior victim of him I can't even think of the proper word to describe your actions. anyone care to help??

    Could be wrong but I believe mach1ne is just trying to cherry pick Shane's auctions to recoup some of his lost money.
    mach1ne stated on the first page : There is 0% chance he is going to 'take it off my tab'. In fact, he might just block me for asking and then I would have missed out on the $11 coin that I can turn into a $100+ profit. Taking it off my tab would literally mean he's just giving me someone else's coin, an I'm not going to pass my debt onto someone else.

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mach1ne said:

    I would have missed out on the $11 coin that I can turn into a $100+ profit.

  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bolivarshagnasty said:
    Seems like there are still a lot of raw nerves on this subject.

    "anyone care to help??"

    Don't think so Scooter. :o

    Rule 3) Anyone attacking another poster or making disparaging personal remarks will no longer be allowed to post. No more warnings.

    Add to that we all had a bad experience with a beloved young forum member who got way over his head the same way as Shane. It ended very badly for said forum member.
    None of us want a repeat of that.

  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:
    I consigned some coins to him and still haven't gotten paid nor any further contact. Unfortunately for him I live nearby and will be contacting all the local authorities. If anyone would like to piggyback on my complaint, please PM me. It's time for this to end.

    Git 'r Done !

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  • nk1nknk1nk Posts: 477 ✭✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:
    I consigned some coins to him and still haven't gotten paid nor any further contact. Unfortunately for him I live nearby and will be contacting all the local authorities. If anyone would like to piggyback on my complaint, please PM me. It's time for this to end.

    Good luck and I hope it goes well for you, keep us posted.

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We need a law enforcement forum section with real private detectives who know how to get results. No one should feel like taking the law into their own hands, but may be tempted to do so when those entrusted to do so don't. Locate the crook, use all means to contact and seek justice; then get justice through the system. Connect with other parties if there are any who can assist.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I liked Shane as much as the next guy BUT......generally speaking, anyone who willfully defrauds people (people who trusted him) again and again is NOT a good guy, imho. Not sure why the authorities were not involved a long time ago???

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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @nk1nk said:

    @bolivarshagnasty said:
    Seems like there are still a lot of raw nerves on this subject.

    "anyone care to help??"

    Don't think so Scooter. :o

    Rule 3) Anyone attacking another poster or making disparaging personal remarks will no longer be allowed to post. No more warnings.


    The fact that this thread can help other members from getting ripped off tells me it should be talked about for as long as it needs to be. For me this falls under the same category as reporting fakes on eBay or eBay sellers that gas slabs. This forum is a place to protect and inform other collectors, I don't care if you were a good guy once or not. If calling out a coin consignor that rips people off is regarded as disparaging personal remarks than this forum has some issues

    I was referring to keets' post asking to help him describe what mach1ne had done. Read the entire thread, it might make more sense to you.

  • nk1nknk1nk Posts: 477 ✭✭✭✭

    @bolivarshagnasty said:

    @nk1nk said:

    @bolivarshagnasty said:
    Seems like there are still a lot of raw nerves on this subject.

    "anyone care to help??"

    Don't think so Scooter. :o

    Rule 3) Anyone attacking another poster or making disparaging personal remarks will no longer be allowed to post. No more warnings.


    The fact that this thread can help other members from getting ripped off tells me it should be talked about for as long as it needs to be. For me this falls under the same category as reporting fakes on eBay or eBay sellers that gas slabs. This forum is a place to protect and inform other collectors, I don't care if you were a good guy once or not. If calling out a coin consignor that rips people off is regarded as disparaging personal remarks than this forum has some issues

    I was referring to keets' post asking to help him describe what mach1ne had done. Read the entire thread, it might make more sense to you.

    Shagnasty

    My apologies I see now what you was referencing and makes more sense. I had read the entire thread, I just mistook what you were referencing.

  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I know that several years ago he lost his employment. He was a computer geek (as I recall) and put together an ability to very efficiently photograph colorful coins which was the cornerstone to his E-Bay side business. When he became unemployed he focused on the E-Bay activity exclusively as he was also a single parent ( as I recall ).

    The guy's life was "complicated" but when he sold your consigned coins, you'd get a check in about a month because he'd need to wait to ensure the coins weren't returned. He'd send an accounting of the sale prices, fee's etc.

    We even chatted about his record keeping to ensure he was properly retaining enough to pay taxes on his sales, etc. He was incorporated.

    Somewhere in all that struggling to get by I suspect he was robbing Peter to Pay Paul. He still gets coins from somewhere as he still posts them on E-Bay. I wish he would have reached out to someone to prevent the pickle he's in. His debt to various posters and consignors has to be going on at least a year by now. Can't see a very bright future for him in this business going forward.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,594 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From what's been detailed here now and before, he's chosen a poor path to be a good father by not simply being a stable provider for his kid (by risking his freedom due to potential criminal prosecution) but also for setting a poor ethical example for his kid to follow. You would pray that this would the best motivator for him to clean up his act if guilt hasn't inspired him from ripping off consignors.

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    dollarafterdollar, before he went bad, shane had a really good excel list that let the consignor know how much was owed to them and he paid within a month or so. I liked his service and he was friendly and fast with communications. In fact during that time period, he was doing so well selling coins and many on here and other forums were consigning nicely toned coins to him.

    Not sure how he got himself into the pickle he's in but I wish he could have just posted on the forum that he made a mistake and that he will try to get everyone their money back asap. I feel as long as he had communicated with everyone, some people wouldn't be so pissed off/angry.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 26, 2017 9:55PM

    As mentioned by @mkman123 , he was an upstanding member of the community for many years, often posting online, attending shows, and having very nice toned coins. A while back there was some discussion here that the financial structure of his business situation changed in an unexpected way and things started to turn south. He still seems to be paying people back, albeit slowly. I agree it would be nice to keep the communication lanes open.

    A note for Shane, tough financial business situations can happen to anyone and are not the end of the road. Communication can help as mentioned by the people on these forums. And hopefully his friends are assisting as well. Depending on his situation, he can declare bankruptcy if he has obligations he cannot meet. It's not the end of the road as Trump's companies have filed bankruptcy 6 times and he's still in business.

    I hope he is finding a way to work through this situation, ideally paying everyone back. It was great when his business was going well and he was a member of the forums. Hopefully things will get better.

    By the way, if he recently sold a slabbed, toned ASE for you and you aren't paid on time, please contact me and I'll see if there's anything I can do.

  • mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does he write checks too?

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How many people are still unpaid? What are the sums that are due?

  • HCumberdaleHCumberdale Posts: 46 ✭✭✭

    I'm out $2500 or so. As others have stated, prior to the issues, Shane was great, a standup guy, dare I say a friend? Then all of a sudden, no communication, no money, nothing. I reached out several times trying to establish contact out of concern when it was all coming out, his response - blocked me on Ebay. Since then, still nothing from him.

    I wanted to assume the best of him, but I don't believe he has the best of intentions. Sad.

  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    edited January 27, 2017 1:46PM

    No pile on here, you guys are doing a great job, hope Shane posts...

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Since Roy is now selling the coins, (amazingly I might add), someone should give him a buzz!

  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why work when one can join CU & get $$$ w/lil or no worries :o

  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like someone who deserves a mulligan.

  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @abcde12345 said:
    Sounds like someone who deserves a mulligan.

    If it were just financial trouble and he was trying to make it right, I'd be right there with you in saying a mulligan would be appropriate.

    But when you hear about people that are owed money being ignored via email/telephone and/or being blocked from communicating with him through eBay, that's quite a bit a different story!

  • mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On a different forum, there was a similar person, sold great things by the pictures, but the pictures were not of what he sold. No communication, no refunds, etc. His ebay sites were posted, people started buying, and everything they bought was filed as an SNAD, negative given, full refund, bad guy out the shipping both ways, or just abandoned the stuff.

    They ran him off of ebay.

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The only remedy for scammers is legal action. It would be one thing if he admitted how he had defrauded others and made payment plans. "The Wheels of Justice turn slowly but exceedingly fine." http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1198871

  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A kid named Karrigan and another named Biggie are victims of harassment.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 28, 2017 12:22PM

    I hope he starts communicating with his consigners and turns around his business soon, but in light of the discussion regarding his Dad's name, I do want to mention that in his last sale to me, he did use his own name on the shipping package. I can check the PayPal account but I normally never look at that, just the name on the package and packing list.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't mean my comments to start a pile on. I was curious whether he was catching up with his consignors. It doesn't make much sense to me that he would scam anyone; I sent him $50,000 of material at a time for photography, and if he was going to scam anyone, it would have been me. I wish Shane would come forward and explain things. There is almost certainly a solution to this, even if it is setting up payment plans to repay consignors. Delayed money is better than no money at all.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 28, 2017 12:38PM

    @logger7 said:
    The only remedy for scammers is legal action. It would be one thing if he admitted how he had defrauded others and made payment plans. "The Wheels of Justice turn slowly but exceedingly fine." http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1198871

    Not necessarily. If he is repaying individuals albeit very slowly (and there were comments in older threads that made me believe that this might be the case), legal action will undermine the goal of getting everyone their money back. Even a civil suit would cost attorney's fees and add extra costs. Delayed payment, even partial payment, is better than no payment at all. It doesn't make sense to throw good money after bad. In the law, there are several individuals referred to as "turnips" as in "you can't get blood from a turnip." The fact that you obtain a judgment is no guarantee that you will ever collect, and execution of the judgment is often more complex than litigating the underlying suit. If I recall correctly, Florida laws are very liberal such that an even greater number of people are judgment proof. If by legal action, you meant police action, if he is trying to catch up (even if very slowly), you would almost certainly kill the prospect of eventual payment.

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cameonut: A thief who is a friend is still a thief.

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have no sympathy for folks that defraud others, especially on a forum such as this. And whats even more bothersome is the people that still come to his defense even though clearly he has no intention of making anything right, and looks most likely will continue to screw folks with a relatives name

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe there are some deeper problems he's having.Hooked
    up with the wrong people, drugs?

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:
    I consigned some coins to him and still haven't gotten paid nor any further contact. Unfortunately for him I live nearby and will be contacting all the local authorities. If anyone would like to piggyback on my complaint, please PM me. It's time for this to end.

    :grimace:

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 29, 2017 9:17AM

    I recently went through a six month ordeal with a "disabled veteran", a "true believer in Jesus", etc. ad nauseam who made all types of excuses that if I didn't get legal with him payment would be forthcoming in the foreseeable future. He was not reachable via phone nor did he make any payments nor did he show any other good faith measures. A law enforcement action with a warrant got the jerk's attention followed by a postal money order. When you get a judgment against a scammer you can try to get it stepped up to criminal at the court. There are many remedies at law, outside of the law, mainly wishful thinking.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 29, 2017 2:12PM

    @cohodk said:
    I consigned some coins to him and still haven't gotten paid nor any further contact. Unfortunately for him I live nearby and will be contacting all the local authorities. If anyone would like to piggyback on my complaint, please PM me. It's time for this to end.

    When I've known people that have contractual, financial disputes, they generally take the other party to court. I'm a bit surprised that this isn't mentioned as a remedy for people indicating losses over long periods of time.

    Not saying this is the ideal approach here, but it seems like seems something needs to happen for the situation to change.

  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for this reminder to update my will. I had him in there as the guy to consign my toners to...

    Might explain where he's still getting some coins to sell.

    Sorry for everyones grief!
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    I've seen this picture SO MANY times before too!

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 29, 2017 12:40AM

    @jdimmick said:
    I have no sympathy for folks that defraud others, especially on a forum such as this. And whats even more bothersome is the people that still come to his defense even though clearly he has no intention of making anything right, and looks most likely will continue to screw folks with a relatives name

    I don't see anyone expressing sympathy, nor am I defending what has happened or Shane's actions. I am merely saying that throwing gasoline on the fire may make things worse in this case. I assume the goal is recovery and not retribution. I admit that Shane is not making it easy by going silent, but if he is working to catch up, even if slowly, it is valuable information to those who are owed money.

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    isn't this a tick or 2 over 3 strikes territory with this one???

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 29, 2017 1:02AM

    @logger7 said:
    I recently went through a six month ordeal with a "disabled veteran", a "true believer in Jesus", etc. ad nauseam who made all types of excuses that if I didn't get legal with him payment would be forthcoming in the foreseeable future. He was not reachable via phone nor did he make any payments nor did he show any other good faith measures. A law enforcement action with a warrant got the jerk's attention followed by a postal money order. When you get a judgment against a scammer you can try to get it stepped up to criminal at the court. There are many remedies at law, outside of the law, mainly wishful thinking.

    My point is that if there is a chance of voluntary payment, even a delayed partial payment _may _ be better than the alternatives. There is simply too much fraud and not enough resources for law enforcement to pursue every case even if you could prove fraud. A judgment is also worthless if you cannot enforce it. Given his financial woes, bankruptcy is also a possibility. Legally you would need to file another lawsuit (and pay attorney's fees that are not inexpensive) to contest the dischargeability of your civil judgment. Why throw good money after bad if there may be other remedies?

  • Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 5,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From the kryptonitecomics > @cameonut2011 said:

    @jdimmick said:
    I have no sympathy for folks that defraud others, especially on a forum such as this. And whats even more bothersome is the people that still come to his defense even though clearly he has no intention of making anything right, and looks most likely will continue to screw folks with a relatives name

    I don't see anyone expressing sympathy, nor am I defending what has happened or Shane's actions. I am merely saying that throwing gasoline on the fire may make things worse in this case. I assume the goal is recovery and not retribution. I admit that Shane is not making it easy by going silent, but if he is working to catch up, even if slowly, it is valuable information to those who are owed money.

    If he is working to catch up, I agree that it is reasonable that he explain this to his consignors and show them evidence of this, but he is not, he has no defense for his actions, period, unless he shows otherwise.

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  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hope he or his family don't read this thread as it is getting pretty mean.

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the old basic greed issue is again in the spotlight, unlucky the lure of easy money is something a few people can't resist and
    well they start becoming greedy, yeah they maybe a good person but once greed takes hold it will have a very ugly ending for all involved and i have seen many good people fall victim to greed and it's never good

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  • bigjpstbigjpst Posts: 3,173 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @abcde12345 said:
    I hope he or his family don't read this thread as it is getting pretty mean.

    Well if this is your first time here you probably missed the several other threads started by members who have been taken by this seller over the last year or so. The tactics the seller has used to avoid payment. I don't know him, have never met him, and have no skin in the game here other than being a member of the community. Mean? Cmon. Now we need safe spaces for people who rip people off so we don't hurt their feelings? I hope he does read it and his family does read it so that they can see what he is doing.

  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm starting to wonder if Shane is actually still running the ebay auctions and if he is still living. There is more to this than we know.

    Larry

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