Shits Happen

The Avenger

It’s a damn shame, but. After all of the lies Mariano del Rosario told “Venus” (and after all of the bounced checks, etc.), she decided to play the game his way, yet again, and believe that this time he really will make good his many promises to repay the loan she made to him four years ago, which loan he was to repay with interest and within months.

Sad. Once he’d begun making (what seems to be more empty) promises, she couldn’t bring herself to get tough, preferring to wait and see what happens before “making him pay.”

Wait to see what will happen with the bank transfer which, according to Mariano del Rosario, requires a 10-business-day set-up. (Uh-huh. Of course, at the five-day mark, his bank was suddenly in need of further information and the clock was turned back to Day 1 [these are the “ten days” which can turn into months].)

Wait to see what will happen with the bank transfer which, if Mariano del Rosario sticks to the Con 101 script, will take at least a month to complete. (Mm-hmm [these are the “months” which can easily turn into years].) And then if she still hasn’t received payment, Venus insists there won’t be any more chances. (Ay ay ay [@@]!)

We wish her good luck and great fortune, but the Mariano del Rosario chapter, for us, is closed, and will not be revisited. However! As a public service, this seemingly never-ending saga will remain on the blog, in its entirety. We’ll never again allow a case to drag on, interminably (and still have every faith that, had she not been so “accommodating,” Venus could have had her money back within 4 to 6 weeks of her first post), but we do want her story to serve as a warning to those who might consider making similar mistakes.

In this day and age, loaning money to or investing in anyone without first consulting a search engine (and doing an extensive background check) is begging to be hornswaggled…most unfortunately, however, “there’s a sucker born every minute” seems a gross understatement.

We’re sorely tempted to put Venus on our Official Shit List, for a while, but the truth is that we allowed her to waste our time and resources. Her instinctive “subservience” (and apparent allegiance) to the man who had “victimized” her is not uncommon, and her reticence was clear from the beginning. The clues were all there, we chose to ignore them. Though kicking ourselves and wishing to hold her responsible, all we can do (with any integrity) is vow never to make that mistake, again.

The rest of this week is devoted to our real-world clients and cases, but we shall return shortly and begin anew. Stay tuned! There are other cases on the docket.