Charlie Wenzel. That is a name that many will remember. And he became famous for all the wrong reasons. But now, I am sure he can make some money from this notoriety.
Google "Charlie Wenzel" and I am sure you get lots of hits.
Just a quick summary of what happened there, because the original forum was closed :
(Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wenzel)
It all started on October 10th, 2005 on the Off-Roading Website Pirate4x4.com when Charlie, using the screen name "cdubzon40s", attempted to sell a set of "new" Gears he had purchased for his Chevy truck and "decided against" using. The Ad quickly drew attention from a user going by the name "MochaMike". After accepting and cashing a check for the $115 (the $100 asked for the parts and $15 for shipping) Charlie private messaged MochaMike asking for an additional $25 stating that that was what he had intended to ask. Mike Refused and asserted that since the check had been cashed, Charlie had a legal obligation to send the Parts.
On October 26th, Charlie went back to the website and changed the price of the item from $100 to $125 plus $15 shipping. At this point Mike Went public and pointed out to everyone that Charlie had changed the original post to reflect a higher price AFTER Mike had already paid for the gears. Charlie claimed that this was simply a mistake and that he had meant to charge $125.00 + Shipping, instead of the $100.00 + shipping.
In addition, he repeatedly asserted that the part was new, but was eventually cornered into admitting the part had been previously installed on his own truck. The problem is that the part is not just of a lesser value, but of questionable value entirely. People usually do not buy these gears used, due to wearing patterns being specific to the original vehicle. Therefore it turned out that the attempted fraud was actually for the total amount, not just the $25 extra he asked for.
During the whole process, when Charlie probably should have apologized, admitted his wrong doing and walked away, he instead became rude and indignant, attempting to use empty threats of physical violence and or lawsuits and jail time to get people to stop telling him he had done something wrong. He was repeatedly given chances in the first two days to right his wrong, but instead continued with his arrogance.
Soon Charlie's personal info was made available for the world to see. This included:
* His ip address/addresses
* His home address
* His place of work
* His email addresses
* His phone numbers
* His parents address
* His parents phone numbers
* His parents job descriptions and where they work
* His parents photo
* His parents email addresses
* His photo
* His High School Year Book Photos
* Baby Photos
* Various Pictures of Charlie with his truck broken down in the dunes
* His sisters photo
* His truck photos
* Through another link , his banking details
* His past history on other forums
* His ebay records
* His school history
* His true size and weight (he had said he was much larger than the actual numbers)
* His girlfriends photo
I will cut this short. Amazing what can be found on the Intenet about you.
You can also see his tribute on
http://www.wenzeled.com/
Now, excuse me, while I try to see what kind of sensitive information I can find about myself over the net, publicly.
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