Comments on: Ballard High School warns of possible scam

By: BallardMan99

BallardMan99 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:53:22 +0000

The Hearst Corporation, that great bastin of fairness and journalistic integrity. Gimme a break, companies like the Hearst Corp were nothing more than propaganda machines for Right Winge American business interests.

By: /b/lackout

/b/lackout — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:10:02 +0000

If you are dumb enough to fall for this you deserve to lose money.

By: BallardDINK

BallardDINK — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:11:58 +0000

Not really. Posting a pic with the comment “this person asked me for a donation to Ballard High School” is not an accusation of any sort. It's a statement of fact.

Calling police is great. Warning neighbors is great, too.

By: KMill

KMill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:42:34 +0000

I think that would violate the forum rule of “Do not accuse someone, with identifying information, of a crime.” I would say posting a link to a picture would definitely be identifying information. The best thing is to call the police and give them the picture and any other info.

By: BallardDINK

BallardDINK — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:47:02 +0000

What we need is for someone approached by these scammers to take a cell phone picture, and post it in the forum.

By: sdrake1958

sdrake1958 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:03:47 +0000

I've had 2 people try to sell me this item. I asked for proper ID and asked a few questions and didn't think it was real for some reason. Follow yer intuition! Thanks for this info folks. Newspapers are/were old news. Although, I miss my 8-track a lot.

By: wildernessbarbie

wildernessbarbie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:11:50 +0000

This is why I love MyBallard.com. Within an hour of someone posting a concern on the forum, here's no only an answer, but a warning to the rest of the community not to fall for it.

My Grandfather worked for the Hearst Corporation for 50 years, and while I'm sad to see papers go, there is no way they can compete locally with this type of community activated journalism. Thanks!