Man, I can relate to that. I felt like a million bucks after surgery, adopted a DGAF lifestyle after losing all my $$$ and started over. And people treat you so much differently if you have some visible marks from surgery.
April 2013:
Are you in a better place than you were 5 years ago?
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Man, I can relate to that. I felt like a million bucks after surgery, adopted a DGAF lifestyle after losing all my $$$ and started over. And people treat you so much differently if you have some visible marks from surgery.
April 2013:
I remember when we met up in ( man its been sooo long, was it SF or SD? 2008 or 2009? ) you told me about this during our lunch with you and your GF.
I was thinking to myself that you look pretty good for such a condition.
Glad to hear things have changed for you and they seem to be heading in a better direction hopefully.
I know your out of Cali now, so when I make a connecting flight in your state again, lets hook up.
That was a real eye opening post. With the colostomy bag was there ever any leakage issues? Or does it work out well with proper maintenance?
Damn sorry to hear that the J-pouch is so cumbersome for you. Hopefully it'll improve for you over time. Was that an elective surgery?
If the J-pouch doesn't improve for you, can you go back to the colostomy bag until something better comes along?
This thread is probably the best thread of 2015.
My mom has Crohn's disease and I think yours is more extreme case of it, she did try some Indian herbal medication that helped a lot, if I get the name of it, ill pm you, she's not in the states at the moment, but major motivational post, Thanks
Oh the glory days. 5 years ago I had 30 remote computers set up all over the US raping the shit out of CL. Let's just say, I was making enough money to buy a new house every month. It was fucking great. It wasn't unusual for me to wake up and book two first class tickets to the Caribbean on a whim. I had no restrictions.
Easy come, easy go. A year later CL sued me, and it all came crashing down.
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2011cv03308/243096
Good think I diversified my portfolio nigga!
**Disclaimer - I, John Stover have not posted on Craigslist since 2011, except for the occasional ad searching for someone to "toss my salad". All ads posted since, fully abide by Craigslist terms of service.
Easy come, easy go. A year later CL sued me, and it all came crashing down.
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/4:2011cv03308/243096
Good think I diversified my portfolio nigga!
**Disclaimer - I, John Stover have not posted on Craigslist since 2011, except for the occasional ad searching for someone to "toss my salad". All ads posted since, fully abide by Craigslist terms of service.
Pardon me if I'm being stupid, but... you were spamming Craigslist, so they sued you for trademark infringement? How does that work?
Sued him for ToS violations in civil court.
Most likely, sent him several C&Ds, he didn't comply, so they took him to court.
This. It was the typical, throw enough shit against the wall and something is bound to stick. I fought it for a bit and finally settled. I wasn't about to fight a thousand pound gorilla. Not worth it.
The best part of this story is I called Aaron Kelly for legal advice. He basically told me that I was fucked and to lube my anus up.
Hahahaha...
Thanks Aaron!
I'd hardly call Craigslist a thousand pound gorilla. Myspace tried the same thing with me and I fought it very hard. All individual defendants were dismissed from the lawsuit.
Perkins and Coie? You don't consider them big?
When you're a small business, whom has no experience with getting sued, it's pretty intimidating bro. Perspective. If you have your own legal department, I'm sure it's a bit different, but for some dude that works on his couch in his underoos, it's pretty fucking scary.
Pretty sure Myspace used Perkins and Coie too or some other over rated big lawfirm, I don't remember which one off the top of my head. I just remember Myspace had 3 lawyers representing them. I had 1 lawyer who operated from a one man law firm defending 3 people and 1 corporation, not my own legal department.
But I was prepared for that lawsuit well before it was ever filed. Did the thought of you being sued ever cross your mind while you were doing the things you did on CL? Or did you think "Nah it won't happen to me" and then got burned hard?
It's all about planning ahead bro.
Been at this a long time bro. I'm no dummy. I understood the risk. You think it will never happen to you. I learned a hard lesson with this. Again, this was over 4 years ago. I've evolved tremendously since then. It's a blip on the radar in my business affairs.
The title of this thread is, "Are you in a better place than you were 5 years ago?". To answer the question, yes I am, because I'm not doing borderline BH shit. I'm totally legit now (I work at McDonalds full time in Seattle). Shit's legit bros. $15 an hour.
How can you say that you understood the risk and then say in the next sentence "you think it will never happen to you."?
If you think it'll never happen to you then you clearly did not understand what you were getting into because you did not prepare yourself. That's the difference between how I handled my Myspace lawsuit and how you handled your Craigslist lawsuit.
I was prepared for the worst case scenario, factored it into my cost of doing business, and had a very aggressive defense plan setup on day 1.
So what do you do these days? Last time I've seen you post, you said you did SEO. Did you save any of that CL money and reinvest into other businesses?
That's without a doubt. Jstover77 lawyered up and can tell the difference between a real lawyer and a fake lawyer. Jstover77 also understands the consequences of using a fake lawyer to play games with the court.
I'm also sure Jstover77 learned from his mistakes, which is something I doubt Martin will be able to accomplish.
That is correct. Our emphasis is on SEO, but we also do PPC, Social Media etc... I also own equity in a couple companies in the automotive space, which do very well.
You are correct though, I had a feeling it was coming, and started to diversify well before. My point was, even though I had the feeling it was coming, it still doesn't hit you until the sheriff shows up to your house and serves you the papers. Then it becomes real.
I disagree because the Myspace lawsuit wasn't my first rodeo so I was used to this sort of thing already and was mentally prepared for it. I didn't need a reality check from the sheriff.
How long have you been doing that sort of thing before CL hit you? I've been at it since the 90s back on AOL.
Dang bro, you've been at it a long time. I started back in 07 and stopped in 11, so roughly 4 years.