My 30th safari.

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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:48 pm

Ok, lets be frank, this isn't going to be one for the books, but, it is my first confirmed Swedish safari. TheDane will be pleased that not only did i find a lad in his home country but i also made a national safari between the two biggest cities.

But lets take it from the beginning. Late this autumn i gathered a few gold lads with the purpose of safariing them. And one of them was a Mr Arifi. He is a rather flaky lad, or perhaps it is more correct to say that he doesn't have very reliable guymen.

First up was the guyman in Paris, he was so very stupid so i had to slap Arifi a few times, quite severely.

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What kind of idiots did you hire for this transaction.
They told me that they had the 10 kilos of gold with them in Paris and would not leave it. The told me that they brought it with them from Africa and now they couldn't leave it. I NEVER ASKED FOR THAT!!!

So they now refuse to come to me in Göteborg and insist that i have to come to Paris. That was not our deal and i refuse to do that.

Either get these men to Sweden or i will find someone else to to buy my gold from.
Fuck, i went to the bank and withdrew 159,400€ for this transaction and now i get this shit to deal with. I am very disappointed.

I also slapped the guyman, whereupon he said that he would indeed travel. Yea right. He flaked again and three times he promised to travel only to hit me with the "you need to come to Paris every goddamn time.
Naturally i lost if after a few rounds of this shit.

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I spoke to Mr Torfa today and AGAIN he said that i should come to Paris.

I cant do this anymore. Goodbye

And here is a trip for you newbs, don't be afraid to walk away, it can ce effective to scare your lad, and if he does end up leaving you, well then he probably wouldn't have done what you asked anyway. At least that is my opinion. In this instance he once again said that the guyman would go, and i sent this.

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Hello Mr Arifi, i have now waited all day fro Mr Torfa to call me regarding tomorrow. Despite what you say i see nothing that points toward him coming to Göteborg tomorrow. If he was indeed arriving tomorrow he would have had a ticket. And if he had a ticket he would have told me and not asked me to go to Paris. So i can only conclude that he is not coming,

Furthermore i feel very uncomfortable carrying around 160,000€, so therefore i will deposit into the bank tomorrow. I doubt that Mr Torfa will call today and i doubt even more that he will arrive tomorrow.

If you want to do this deal with me i suggest that you find a representative that is more reliable that Mr Torfa and have him arrive to Sweden.

After this shitstorm Mr Arifi set me up with a representative in Spain instead, and that worked out as one might expect. He allegedly traveled from Ghana (just as the French lad) and when he came to Spain he didn't wanna go any further. By this time i was rather annoyed at Arifi's guymen and i had no problems letting him know it.

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I have spoken to Mr Kojo now. And again you have fucked up.
He said that he has to clear the 10 kilos of gold through the customs and that is NONE OF MY CONCERN.

I DID NOT tell you to send two set of representatives carrying around all my gold and get stuck in customs.

It is NOT MY PROBLEM to clean up for your mistake. All i asked for you to send a representative to Sweden with a 5 gram sample. Instead you have sent two representatives to Madrid and Paris with a total of 20 kilos of gold. HOW DO YOU DO BUSINESS?????????????????????
How will that help my transactions with idiots in France and Spain that cant do their job. And furthermore, i am very, very unimpressed in how you and your company conduct business. This has been a joke thus far and i must now inform you that i will start with negotiations with another gold dealer in Ghana. He has a higher price that you have but on the other hand, as it looks now it is highly unlikely that you will ever be able to arrange a deal.

Please do note the bolded part as that will be important soon. After this Arifi gave me the number to another gold dealer, i would have nothing of it. More abuse coming his way.

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Hello Mr Arifi. Firstly there is no surprise that i am disappointed in what your company have done for this transaction with me. And can tell you that i am close to abandoning this deal with you because of your representatives incompetence. What i figure is this. If you send me one idiotic representative it might be his fault. All companies have incompetent people in their organizations. But when you send me two incompetent representative i got to ask myself this, perhaps it is you that is incompetent.

For that reason i have started to negotiate with another buyer even though i have not written you off yet. But for that reason i have no will to start all over with a gold seller that you recommend. If i abandon dealing with you i will not do that to start dealing with one that you think is good. It doesn't work that way.

So what i want you to do is not to give me a number to anyone in Ghana. I want you to set me up with a representative willing to travel to Göteborg with the 5 gram sample. Are you capable of that?

And then he found a new guyman, in Sweden. I got a call from Mr Davidson from a Swedish number, and this is the third guyman in Stockholm i have been sent by lads. This is rather unusual but it does appear that there are a contingent of West African in Stockholm willing to make an extra buck. In the wake of the other failures in Paris and Madrid i demanded a ticket from the lad, and i got it. And as far as i can see, this e-ticket is legit.

This Saturday he came to Göteborg and so did my character, or rather he was late, or got mugged or whatever. During the two hours the lad walked around in Göteborg i told him a lot of shit, i even send him a text saying "go fuck yourself" and then told him that was sent from a lid that borrowed my phone. Either way the lad was less then pleased.

In the end i said that i found another man willing to sell gold, and this to a price almost 10k lower than Arifis. And this was not popular in ladland. The lad spent 20 minutes of his time (and money as he called) to convince me that the price this new seller offered was waaaaaay to low. He was a scammer. And then he did a total turnaround.

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Hello Mr Bob

Thanks for your mail and other information,to be honest with you am very sad for your action,how can i know what you are telling me is truth?i expend a lot in this transaction which you know,you are also a human been right?now take for instant can you imaging after my first representative fail to come to Göteborg and make a contact with so call Mr Brutu in Ghana here why not tell me? i did, twice you waited until just a week ago to send a diplomat to you country and you are telling me this story,this a story look to it,it doesn't sound well assume you are the one tell me how you will feel for that,now i heard what you said concerning the price Mr Mr Brutu is going to offer you.

all said and done, you have nothing to do with unseeing my goods is already there i know i have already lose it i expend a lot now call the diplomat let him offer you the same price i cant send it back here in Ghana is more money which you know,to my power of ownership call him and take it with the price let them leave the city right now,am still paying for their log right?call him take it in that 34,600 dollars,and follow our agreement.waiting to hear from you.

From Mr Izer

So after telling me that only scammers have such a low price he offers me the same. And i did call the oga. And it does appear that he may be willing to go again. This time i will not settle for Göteborg though. Bob went to a conference to the boil at the Swedish ass. The ass being Skåne and the boil being... well see for yourself.

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Hello Mr Davidson. I have spoken to Mr Arifi and i have concluded that i
now wish to make this deal with you since you have matched Mr Brutus
offer.
However, i will be going on a conference to Copenhagen tomorrow and i
will be there for the rest of the week.

30 is worth a bit of celebration, now i am on my way to 40 and then it is only 10 more to the legendary 50 piths.

419Eater is my life Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 357

Nice!!

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:53 pm

Wow! Congratulations, Dr. Mike!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:45 pm

Nothing better than a lad sending his ticket to prove his honesty!
Excellent as usual Dr Mike Thumbs up

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 21 Nov 2012 Posts: 619

congratulations.

also some useful tips here for dealing with gold lads, thanks.

Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

I doff my hat to you Sir! You are a Pithing machine!

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:14 am

Superb work Very Happy

You and your gold lads, it shows how worthwhile it is to specialise.

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:50 am

30 safaris is incredible. Well done, and may you get many more!

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 949

Congrats Dr. Mike! I wonder how much money you've cost the lads chasing down the end of the rainbow.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 1066

One safari is an accomplishment. 30 is mind-blowing. Great work!

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:14 am

Dr Mike wrote:

The ass being Skåne and the boil being... well see for yourself.

That makes Sweden a rather deformed individual. So what's Gothenburg, the crotch? Wink

Congrats with your 30th pith, you kanelbulla- and surströmning-eating bastard.

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:33 pm

Congrats Dr Mike. Smile

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:38 pm

Amazing Dr. Mike.. bow_down

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:21 pm

Well done!

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:15 pm

Great job Dr. Mike. Some people just have the knack......

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:19 pm

Great Work and Congratulations on 30 Safaris! Thumbs up

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:29 pm

Ha, ha...

Well done! clapping

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:27 am

Great stuff Smile

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:56 am

Nice!

I hope, one day, to get some safaris, too.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:10 pm

Thanks for all the kind words. Mr Davidson declined to go to Copenhagen, and who can blame him. Sadly the national safaris are a bitch to confirm and i haven't made up my mind what i will do with him. Perhaps put some pressure on him or perhaps let him return to Gothenburg for another possible unconfirmed safari.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:15 pm

Super work!

Baiting Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 2531 Location: AU

Nice work Dr Mike.
unconfirmed sarafi's are a bastard. I have had one or two myself.

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:18 pm

A truly remarkable achievement and very unfair, as Lads must be queuing up now for the honour and privilege of going on one of your magnificently organised trips.

clapping

Achieving one safari is worthy of praise - 30 is just off the scale.

Somewhere in the deep recesses of my partially functioning brain I seem to recall that there were some special icons for remarkable safari achievements.

A mod may be able to comment and advise. They haven't been used/earned very often.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 51

Wow...truly incredible! Very Happy

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 1301

Getting a single safari is difficult enough so 30 is truly outstanding. Brilliant work and well done.