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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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He came about this morning as I was on my way to work, I was salting the ice patch again just in case. He went to talk to me about an "offer", that we pay him $5000 to cover any "damages" incurred as a result of the "accident" and he will not take us to court to which he says he is "very confident" that he would "win".
I asked him about his son, how hurt is he. All he would reply is "very bad". I asked him to elaborate. He again said "very bad and that is all you need to know". I then asked him for a phone number so where we can contact him. He refused saying that we would use the number to "harrass him" (*snicker* look who's talking asshole).
I then gave him my counter-offer: get off our property and don't ever come back or we're calling the police on extortion and tresspassing.
He left saying that I made a very bad mistake and I would "regret it deeply".
I told this to my parents and they basically said that this guy is off his rocker. My dad was actually chomping at the bit to get at this guy. My mom pointed out three things: 1) the ice is actually recent, 2) I got home later than expected, and 3) I was actually salting the patch the moment I came in. No negligence there. They're not too concerned about this.
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Okay, I'm leaning more towards "fraud" here than "opportunist" based on your last post. Suddenly, he'll let the whole thing for just $5000? Especially when he initially said he'd sue for tens/hundreds of thousands? If the guy shows up again, I think you ought to call the police to deal with him. Every thing you've recounted for us about this guy sounds fishy; I'm wondering if the guy's a con artist now.
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I dunno, but wasn't there some debate about even clearing snow, let along salting stuff along your property in Toronto a few months back? Something along the lines of whether the city had the authority to enforce something like that...
Anyways, the best I can find is: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/legdocs/bylaws/1999/law0530.htm which says that legally you have 12 hours anyways before a fine of $102, but this would be a civil suit anyways so I'm not sure how the interaction there works.
Sounds like a con anyways, how could you ever give it any thought if you don't even have his phone number to send him a decision? He probably wanted you to pay on the spot without thinking and thats just fishy.
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WizArtist II
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I suggest the 50 cent solution....
the cost of a .357 slug.
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Just call the police fraud unit on this to cover yourself, allright? Otherwise you may have this scammer stage a fall in front of witnesses and you'd have only your word that he tried shake you down before.
He's probably done this scam with other people before and may have a record of complaints against him already. Heck, he probably does not even have a kid!
Wouldn't it be nice to see the police arrest him?
I'd laugh.
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Was this person actually putting his fingers up in the air everytime he "spoke" to you? Because that sort of behaviour is "weird" and is the sort of thing I would expect from a "twat".
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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Erm, yes, actually.
Well anyway, none of us has ever heard from this guy since Tuesday, so I will have to assume that the whole thing is a non-starter.
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