Replies to post #2113 on Investing in Timber

[mattyo5]

I can assure you duped, I was not shown "show trees" ... not by a long shot. There were plenty of really nice trees down there that could have been pawned off as mine easily. absolutely not so. I had ZERO indication that "my trees" really double as someone elses. If they wanted to show "show" trees, the trees would have been much better groomed.


-Mattyo

[schaef]

duped,

OK - you have me there. That is a valid, logical reason to remain anonymous while you are pursuing government action.


belmont,

sorry if I am twisting or misreading your response. How would you quantify your reason for being anonymous, as based on my paragraph that you quoted? I may be making a bad assumption in boiling the paragraph down to these specific reasons:

- hope that I will get a return on my trees
- fear of losing what little responsiveness I've had from TATF
- fear of losing leverage or ability to motivate TATF to continue caring for my trees

in these cases, I would say my fears are:
a. if not fears that TATF will actively retaliate against me, the fear that I will poison my relationship with TATF and remove any desire they have for positive action on my behalf
b. based on my belief that TATF is a valid business
c. based on expectation of some return from my investment, other than recovery through a judgment against a fraudulent TATF

If TATF is not a valid business, why would I care if they stop communicating with me? And if it's a fraud, why would I care about motivating them to care for my trees or why would I expect a return? Again, these reasons for anonymity are based on the idea of TATF as a valid business.

That was my point about fear of retaliation also.

[dupedbysteve]

I have mis-represented myself on only one point in my writings on this board. That was necesary only to continue with an action against TATF.