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Mars
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:27 am

I got a strange email today - maybe others here have received it as well.

It is from Marcus King wanting to be added to my network of people on LinkedIn.

What's weird is that it is from a Titan Games email address but it says he is "Director of Retail Operations at Troll and Toad".

A number of things about this disturb me but also clarify why there are so many problems at TaT. The only contact infomation I would have from Titan is from a store order many years ago - IMO very unprofessional to use email addresses obtained from purchases to spam customers with crap like adding him on LinkedIn.

To find out that Titan Games and Troll and Toad seem to have a common person in charge of retail operations might also be a good indicator as to their infamous reputations.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:49 am

Marcus sold Titan Games awhile ago, and now works at T&T.

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Mars
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:03 am

grodog wrote:Marcus sold Titan Games awhile ago, and now works at T&T.

Really? I know they sold off a lot of stock to Noble Knight but I'm sure Titan Games as a shop is still going. After he gave up on Ebay his daughters were selling stuff. First there was TonyA$$wapShop and then another daughter. The other Ebay was still going strong on Ebay last time I checked.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:57 am

Really?!
What about Tonya from Tony's Ass Wipe Shop or whatever she called it? Is she working there aswell? Head of Customer Relations? Customer Service has her distinct 'FUAH!' feel about it. Each time I've dealt with T&T it's had that Tonya hatred for gamers attitude. She could run a company like TSR with that level of contempt for buyers.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:05 am

The reasons behind the problems at T&T may be clarifying! :twisted:

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:17 pm

Indeedee.
Something hideous that way went.

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ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:01 pm

Give it 3-4 days and we'll have the annual apologist from TnT coming on site to say that they'll be fixing things real soon and that its been a period of transition...

Rolls a '3'

"Did I hit.....?"

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:29 pm

ashmire13 wrote:Give it 3-4 days and we'll have the annual apologist from TnT coming on site to say that they'll be fixing things real soon and that its been a period of transition...

They come in pairs. One pretending to be new and 'now in charge' and someone else to blow sunshine up their arse.

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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:55 pm

ashmire13 wrote:Give it 3-4 days and we'll have the annual apologist from TnT coming on site to say that they'll be fixing things real soon and that its been a period of transition...

hope not - it can be quite entertaining for a while but its just flogging the same old dead horse

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:28 pm

I ordered a couple of books from Titan Games via Amazon two or three months back. I was surprised to see the senter was Troll & Toad. So apparently T&T runs Titan Games storefront on Amazon.

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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:29 pm

sender, not senter

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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:34 am

Many mysteries are now solved.

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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:11 am

Hi,

Titan had a booth at Gencon 3 years ago and for several years previously.

But the last 2 years they disappeared.

Cheers,
KAL

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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:27 am

gyg wrote: hope not - it can be quite entertaining for a while but its just flogging the same old dead horse

Shouldn't people try to bury dead horses instead of leaving the carcases lying around stinking up the joint?

NMilty
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:00 am

Too funny, it almost defies logic. It would be like Bernie Madoff and Charles Ponzi starting a new investment firm.

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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:23 am

Hi guys Marshall from troll and..

Just kidding

From what I saw, Mr. King was helping run the Troll booth at Gencon this year. His daughter, Katie, was also behind the booth.

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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:37 am

Jchriddy wrote:Hi guys Marshall from troll and..

Just kidding

From what I saw, Mr. King was helping run the Troll booth at Gencon this year. His daughter, Katie, was also behind the booth.

Lol, nearly a dangerous line there fella, what with you being an old employee and all...

Rolls a '3'

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TonyaPatrick
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:24 pm

My name is Tonya Patrick. Formerly Tonya King. I have never actually done business on Amazon/eBay.

My father operated those businesses under my name when he was kicked off for violating their rules of conduct.

I sure do appreciate all the nasty things people have to say about me though

Especially the comments about my personal appearance.

If any of you had ever met my father you should probably have realized he was capable of lying and deceiving people.

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