I sent the following as a notecard to {Company_Name} CEOs this past Sunday.
Hi all,
I used to be a proud owner of {Company_Name} land. I owned a 6,056 square meter parcel on the {Company_Owned_Sim} sim. It was gorgeous with beautiful Japanese gardens in the center of the sim and pretty low lag.
I fell in love and got married. My wife has a mother in the game and a parcel next to hers became available, so my wife and I moved there.
I then asked the {Company_Name} CEO I'd been dealing with, {Company_CEO_#1}, if he would please put my parcel up for sale at L$40,000. He did. It sold 2 or 3 days later. My wife was the one that had to tell me it sold since {Company_CEO_#1} never notified me himself. She happened to TP to our old land there and noticed a new house.
Once a day, for four days in a row, I sent an IM to {Company_CEO_#1} to ask about receiving my money from the sale. The first, second, and fourth days, he never replied. On the third day, he replied that he was with a client and would be with me in a moment. I waited an hour with no response after which I asked him if he was less busy. I did not recieve a reply.
Somewhere during those four days, I contacted {Company_CEO_#2}, {Company_CEO_#1}'s partner in {Company_Name}. He expressed surprise that I hadn't been paid. He said he'd talk to {Company_CEO_#1} about getting me my money. That approach bore no fruit.
After the fourth day's attempt failed, I sent a notecard to all nine people in the {Company_Name} group that have the title of {Company_Name} CEO. I believed a few are not really partners, but I didn't know if there were a few who might be silent partners or how many. {Company_CEO_#2} responded to the notecard almost immediately indicating he was really surprised that I still had not been paid. He assured me that if {Company_CEO_#1} did not give me the money soon, he would do so out of his own pocket. I have not heard back.
Upon receiving the notecard about an hour after I sent it, {Company_CEO_#1} did two things at once without sending me an IM. First, he immediately canceled my rent on his commercial sim with no refund. Since he terminated the rental contract outside the rules of his agreement with me, the refund for the remainder of my unused rent is L$3,500.
Second, he banned me from {Company_Name} sims.
After doing this, {Company_CEO_#1} sent me an IM advising me that I'd better stop or he would abuse report me to the Lindens for slander. I was flabbergasted. I don't lie. It's just a rule of life I have: do not lie. How could anything I said be slander if I have always spoken the truth? (For the edification of those who think slander does not have to be a lie or lies, please look up a definition.)
I've waited a week now since my commercial land rent was canceled and I was banned. Incidentally, I appear to be unbanned from the commercial {Company_Name} land but am still banned from {Company_Owned_Sim}. I have a couple of good friends who still live there.
Thank you for reading. I would appreciate any suggestions you forum readers may have as to how I can best deal with this problem.
The final resolution of this would be when I recieve the money I was promised based on the price for which the land sold and the unused portion of my rent.
I used to be a proud owner of {Company_Name} land. I owned a 6,056 square meter parcel on the {Company_Owned_Sim} sim. It was gorgeous with beautiful Japanese gardens in the center of the sim and pretty low lag.
I fell in love and got married. My wife has a mother in the game and a parcel next to hers became available, so my wife and I moved there.
I then asked the {Company_Name} CEO I'd been dealing with, {Company_CEO_#1}, if he would please put my parcel up for sale at L$40,000. He did. It sold 2 or 3 days later. My wife was the one that had to tell me it sold since {Company_CEO_#1} never notified me himself. She happened to TP to our old land there and noticed a new house.
Once a day, for four days in a row, I sent an IM to {Company_CEO_#1} to ask about receiving my money from the sale. The first, second, and fourth days, he never replied. On the third day, he replied that he was with a client and would be with me in a moment. I waited an hour with no response after which I asked him if he was less busy. I did not recieve a reply.
Somewhere during those four days, I contacted {Company_CEO_#2}, {Company_CEO_#1}'s partner in {Company_Name}. He expressed surprise that I hadn't been paid. He said he'd talk to {Company_CEO_#1} about getting me my money. That approach bore no fruit.
After the fourth day's attempt failed, I sent a notecard to all nine people in the {Company_Name} group that have the title of {Company_Name} CEO. I believed a few are not really partners, but I didn't know if there were a few who might be silent partners or how many. {Company_CEO_#2} responded to the notecard almost immediately indicating he was really surprised that I still had not been paid. He assured me that if {Company_CEO_#1} did not give me the money soon, he would do so out of his own pocket. I have not heard back.
Upon receiving the notecard about an hour after I sent it, {Company_CEO_#1} did two things at once without sending me an IM. First, he immediately canceled my rent on his commercial sim with no refund. Since he terminated the rental contract outside the rules of his agreement with me, the refund for the remainder of my unused rent is L$3,500.
Second, he banned me from {Company_Name} sims.
After doing this, {Company_CEO_#1} sent me an IM advising me that I'd better stop or he would abuse report me to the Lindens for slander. I was flabbergasted. I don't lie. It's just a rule of life I have: do not lie. How could anything I said be slander if I have always spoken the truth? (For the edification of those who think slander does not have to be a lie or lies, please look up a definition.)
I've waited a week now since my commercial land rent was canceled and I was banned. Incidentally, I appear to be unbanned from the commercial {Company_Name} land but am still banned from {Company_Owned_Sim}. I have a couple of good friends who still live there.
Thank you for reading. I would appreciate any suggestions you forum readers may have as to how I can best deal with this problem.
The final resolution of this would be when I recieve the money I was promised based on the price for which the land sold and the unused portion of my rent.
After I sent the above message (which had avie and place names filled in) to the CEO's of {Company_Name}, {Company_CEO_#1} IM'd me and this unpleasant exchange took place:
[16:05] {Company_CEO_#1}: ok lighty u have a problem now
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: i am gonna get u so banned so fast you'll spin
[16:06] Lighty Goodfellow: I do?
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: yea
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: you ever heard of slander
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: you can put that in there also
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: I did. I mentioned that slander is lying about a person to give a bad repution. I haven't lied.
[16:07] {Company_CEO_#1}: you have a problem with me u deal with it with me
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: *reputation
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: I've been trying to.
[16:07] {Company_CEO_#1}: u wanna play
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: tp me we are gonna play
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: you are f****n with the wrong person
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: trust me
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: put that that there also
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: i get u banned from sl easy
[16:09] Lighty Goodfellow: I can't TP you.
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: no need
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: u are finished
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: i promise u
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: i am reporting this as slander and everyone u gave that note is reporting you for harrassment
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: so keep it up
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: eveyone came to me and said u are crazy and ther are reporting you
[16:12] {Company_CEO_#1}: so go ahaed and do it
[16:12] {Company_CEO_#1}: the moare the better
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: i am gonna get u so banned so fast you'll spin
[16:06] Lighty Goodfellow: I do?
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: yea
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: you ever heard of slander
[16:06] {Company_CEO_#1}: you can put that in there also
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: I did. I mentioned that slander is lying about a person to give a bad repution. I haven't lied.
[16:07] {Company_CEO_#1}: you have a problem with me u deal with it with me
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: *reputation
[16:07] Lighty Goodfellow: I've been trying to.
[16:07] {Company_CEO_#1}: u wanna play
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: tp me we are gonna play
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: you are f****n with the wrong person
[16:08] {Company_CEO_#1}: trust me
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: put that that there also
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: i get u banned from sl easy
[16:09] Lighty Goodfellow: I can't TP you.
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: no need
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: u are finished
[16:09] {Company_CEO_#1}: i promise u
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: i am reporting this as slander and everyone u gave that note is reporting you for harrassment
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: so keep it up
[16:11] {Company_CEO_#1}: eveyone came to me and said u are crazy and ther are reporting you
[16:12] {Company_CEO_#1}: so go ahaed and do it
[16:12] {Company_CEO_#1}: the moare the better
I'm a relative newbie at only three months old. I'm unsure how to proceed. I'd really like the money that's owed me and I'm more worried about others being unfairly treated by {Company_Name} as I was.
Can I have some guidance on what I *might* do to affect a positive resolution? I don't want to do anything that could get me banned. I'm a good guy (which is why I chose my particular last name) and I wish to remain so.
Thanks for your help and/or suggestions.
Lighty Goodfellow
