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Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by fragmede »

eff-nix wrote: post #183
rdtsc wrote: post #140

> Bricks & Minifigs CEO Ammon McNeff is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Joshua Johnson and Brandon Best are, by public record and documented account, members of the LDS community. When Reckless Ben's team, following the pattern of obstruction by local law enforcement, looked into the individual officers involved in these incidents, they found that multiple officers were also BYU alumni. I thought “it has to b…

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Depends. Do the atheists of your region have literal physical temples where they hold weekly ceremonies and tithings to a central coordinating organization that goes back almost 200 years?

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by jasonmp85 »

thevinter wrote: post #83
Aurornis wrote: post #65

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> I feel bad for the guy who lost some LEGO sets. I do not like the podcasters and bloggers milking him for content for their media channels The statements made by the company are simply untrue. And the guy who lost the LEGO sets (worth 100k$ btw) is directly working with the "bloggers" because they're his last avenue. He's also incredibly grateful to them because thanks to them he at least ended up winning in small…

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Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by throwaway85825 »

charcircuit wrote: post #184
throwaway85825 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did the criminal investigation start before or after the social media campaign. I suspect after.

It happened before part 1 from Reckless Ben was released. So it was before this latest wave of attention.

The public events depicted in part 1 also happened before the publishing date. Particularly the banner stunt that got local media attention is what I suspect prompted the criminal investigation.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by usehand »

komali2 wrote: post #119
usehand wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You seem to be all over this thread trying to defend the company LOL Are you B&M corporate? If they have such a solid case, why did they lose the small claims lawsuits?

Also, what about the false police reports leading to police brutality?

They havent seen any of that! It is so hard to find... No one has time for that when large corp must be defended.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by Aurornis »

thevinter wrote: post #129
Aurornis wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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No but I can link timestamps to relevant clips: - At 3:06 they explicitly acknowledge the consignment and state they will be taking it over - At 13:15 the CEO says he never had the LEGOs in the store and then is confronted with screenshots of said LEGOs from their official Facebook pages - At 23:05 the new owner that took over the store (and also the LEGOs) first says he doesn't know about any LEGOs, then he says tha…

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Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by munk-a »

BobAliceInATree wrote: post #155
munk-a wrote: post #118

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I have absolutely no doubts a court would consider it impossible to transfer goods under consignment to a different entity free of the burden of the consignment contract. So the corporation trying to reach into the franchise to grab these goods without honoring the contract is absolute BS and they should be dragged through the mud over it. The unfortunate loophole here is that, potentially, by shutting down that fran…

The problem with consignment is that the consignor wants the maximum price but the consignee wants a quick sale because 10% of a few bucks more means very little and they have to hold the inventory.

Yup, if I worked in a field where consignment was an option I'd refuse to do it - it's a huge headache. So I'd absolutely believe that the corporation has a policy against accepting consignment offers and might have a case to recover damages or something against the original franchisee. But the way they've handled this situation still appears to be atrocious. Lets say you consigned 200k at a 10% commission, 50k sold under the original franchisee and you were paid 30k already. If the franchise transferred and the company wanted out there should be an exit[1] in the contract to pay the additional 15k and then return the goods to the original owner. I think it's important to remember this sort of an option was always on the table.

1. Even if the original consignment contract was poorly drawn up without a clear exit clause I think it'd be reasonable to expect a resolution somewhere close to this in mediation.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by usehand »

paulddraper wrote: post #149
quietsegfault wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you care to disclose your relation to the leadership of Bricks and Minifigs? Did you go to the same university as those involved from the company? Are you affiliated with any of the same organizations?

No affiliation, other than being a fan of building bricks in general, and making a couple small purchases from one of their franchises (not in Portland, OR).

So why are you lying to defend them?

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by SwellJoe »

This is comic book villain shit. The story isn't told well anywhere that is covering it, YouTubers aren't always exactly great journalists or incentivized to tell a coherent and concise story. But, it's obvious the Bricks and Minifigs folks are lying about damned near everything at every turn and not engaging in good faith.

So, the facts are hard to follow, but I know for a fact the old guy who lost his collection to a shitty corporation is not the bad guy in the story.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by rubyn00bie »

usehand wrote: post #116
shadefinale wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They lost default judgements because they did not appear. Either they thought it was fake or they thought they'd lose, but they were served and did not appear.

A default judgement is still a loss. Why would not they not fight back small claims cases, which would be trivially easy for someone with their resources, if they could win?

They can't even serve papers because they're being relentlessly harassed by Police who have immediately banned them from serving them. In part 2, cops even verify the court case and he has a process server-- but they just refuse to. One of many different cops eventually took the papers to serve them, and ended up coming back saying "he didn't want them."

Additionally, the original business in Kaizer shutdown as soon as the default judgements went through.

Re: Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

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Post by mijoharas »

eff-nix wrote: post #183
rdtsc wrote: post #140

> Bricks & Minifigs CEO Ammon McNeff is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Joshua Johnson and Brandon Best are, by public record and documented account, members of the LDS community. When Reckless Ben's team, following the pattern of obstruction by local law enforcement, looked into the individual officers involved in these incidents, they found that multiple officers were also BYU alumni. I thought “it has to b…

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Yes. Wouldn't you?
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