Ace Of Spades Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hey, I legitimately donated a precious dollar to give you lunch Kat, none of the this Blue Streak crap (especially since, unlike you, they already reached their goal)! Just accept the dollar and deal with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It's tempting to post a comment on their site about their sca- I mean, Blue Streak Restoration Project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCI Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well I posted my response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Edited, removed image, sort of embarrassed now Back to waiting in line for the claw! Glad I didn't use the Gumball name on there. Edited January 14, 2011 by Angry_Gumball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ To be honest, why would you write that? You kind of just sound pretty dumb in that response. It's already been two days now since we made the $1 donations. I think she would have learned her lesson. On top of that, your spelling and grammar is terrible. No one is going to take you seriously when you write like that. If you're trying to prove a point, or be funny, that's one thing. But your post does neither of those two things. It's embarrassing. --Robb "Ashamed that one of our members posted that." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCI Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ Who me or him? Personally I would have loved to see this all work out, but oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ Sorry, that was for you. Gumball must have posted right at the same time I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCI Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Oh ok. That's fine his comment didn't really seem to be that bad to me. I have a history of bad grammar. Robb When you went there as a Six flags park, was it a fairly decent park, or one that would have been doomed to Astroworld's fate? Edited January 14, 2011 by CCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardCraze Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Talking responsibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 and I have a history of bad grammar. Robb When you went the as a Six flags park was it a fairly decent park I think you need to work on that bad grammar ASAP. I had to read that sentence several times before I could figure out what the heck it was you were saying! Please proofread and spellcheck before hitting the post button. It doesn't take long to do and it makes it a WHOLE lot easier for others reading your posts. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacups Make Me Sick Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm so lost. Probably a flow chart would help explain what is going on with this coaster. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ Want a flow chart? Geauga Lake builds Big Dipper -> Six Flags buys the park and builds a bunch of unnecessary coasters to try to compete with Cedar Point -> Six flags gets into trouble and Cedar Fair buys Geauga Lake -> Now GL is way too big for its target market, so CF liquidates it -> A dumb girl tries this elaborate, childish effort to save a coaster that was, at best, a so-so ride -> The Big Dipper is still sitting there going into disrepair until at some point it will be torn down and after 3 years, nobody will care anymore. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 The Big Dipper is still sitting there going into disrepair until at some point it will be torn down and after 3 years, nobody will care anymore. James, I believe this is the only part you had wrong. Somehow, there will always be at least one Ohioan who cares more than they should about this pile of wood, whether it's still standing or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ Sorry, nobody IMPORTANT will care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm still waiting for the identity of the mystery owner to be none other than Dick Kinzel himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Based on what I've seen written at the Geauga Lake forum, they probably think Kinzel is actually this man . . . Simon Barsinister! Arch enemy of Underdog! Edited January 14, 2011 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacups Make Me Sick Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ Want a flow chart? Geauga Lake builds Big Dipper -> Six Flags buys the park and builds a bunch of unnecessary coasters to try to compete with Cedar Point -> Six flags gets into trouble and Cedar Fair buys Geauga Lake -> Now GL is way too big for its target market, so CF liquidates it -> A dumb girl tries this elaborate, childish effort to save a coaster that was, at best, a so-so ride -> The Big Dipper is still sitting there going into disrepair until at some point it will be torn down and after 3 years, nobody will care anymore. Hope that helps. Hahaha...thank you. Maybe if I just waited an hour for the IAAPA newsletter to come out....I would have been all caught up: www.wkyc.com/news/regional/akron_article.aspx?storyid=169452&catid=6 BAINBRIDGE -- Four months after it looked like Geauga Lake's Big Dipper roller coaster was saved from imminent demolition, the buyer and seller -- who both have highly differing stories -- have voided the deal and the coaster's fate is now unknown. New Zealander Harold Garmonsway and Ohio college student Kat Jones, two coaster enthusiasts who met online in a coaster forum, agreed in mid-September, 2010 to buy the coaster from Tom Woosnam, an Akron-based agent for the owner who has never been identified. The owner had tried to sell the coaster for $65,000 on eBay from April, 2010 until Sept. 6, 2010. Getting no response, the coaster, built in 1925 by John Miller, was set for demolition. That's when Garmonsway and Jones contacted Woosnam with their offer. According to Woosnam, Garmonsway and Jones sent some of the down payment Sept. 29 and were told the rest of the down payment was due Sept. 30. That "rest" of the down payment never arrived, Woosnam said. Jones says "We sent them a down payment, with the agreement that the rest of the money would be paid after paperwork had been completed, showing the legal transfer between the two parties." "After the owners received the down payment, we were declared, both publicly and privately, to be the new owners. It has been our belief since that day that we were, indeed, the owners of the coaster. It was announced by the owner, Mr. Woosnam, to the news media in Cleveland that we had taken ownership of the coaster as of (Sept. 30)." Jones's savethebigdipper.org website is still operating for now and you can read her entire statement there. Her last posting on Jan. 11 was "Under legal advice, Harold and I have decided it is in our best interest to accept the break of our sale agreement and walk away. We do not know what this means for the future of the Big Dipper, but we do know that it will likely not involve us." Woosnam told Channel 3 today that the owner has not yet decided what to do with the Big Dipper now. Geauga Lake amusement park closed Sept. 21, 2007. The landmark Big Dipper was first sold at auction June 17, 2008 to the unknown buyer when Woosnam made the only bid of $5,000. The coaster still stands on the 550-acre property that straddles Bainbridge and Aurora. Sandusky-based Cedar Fair owns the former Geauga Lake, the adjacent Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom that is still in operation, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Kings Island in Cincinnati, and other amusement parks and water parks in North America. Now that all the rides except the Big Dipper are gone, Cedar Fair has been trying to sell the amusement park property for three years without success. Jones says the only deadline for money she knew of was Sept. 30, 2011, from an email she has, a deadline for the full payment to be made. She also says she never received a sale agreement in writing from Woosnam. Woosnam says any email she may have with a Sept. 30 deadline was the deadline for the down payment in 2010. Woosnam tells Channel 3 that, since he did not even receive the full down payment, he did not send the paperwork to Jones or Garmonsway. Woosnam says Jones wouldn't meet with him and Jones says Woosnam wouldn't meet with her, always having "conflicting plans when I visited the area." Jones told Channel 3 today "If (Woosnam) still wants to sell the coaster, I am more than willing to negotiate a new, reasonable payment arrangement, within the safety of signed legal paperwork." Jones told Channel 3 last month that a relocation venue for the Big Dipper had been secured, a relocation company had been hired and a large portion of the money needed for the relocation had been secured through private funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ well, I guess I was premature in posting the below She's finally removed the donation button as well So, I suppose that's about it, however, just when we all think it's over... The hit's just keep on coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OISU8P Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Jones told Channel 3 today "If (Woosnam) still wants to sell the coaster, I am more than willing to negotiate a new, reasonable payment arrangement, within the safety of signed legal paperwork." Looks like she did not learn her lesson EDIT: To BeemerBoy's point, I removed "Maybe" Edited January 14, 2011 by OISU8P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ "Maybe"? In related news, WSTFU is reporting places like these would like to personally thank Kat Jones for her misguided and selfish attempts to try and save a rotting pile of wood that only a few Ohioans care about, rather than doing something proactive and admirable with her money.....like helping humanity. Great job, Kat! Stick with it. You only become more irritating by the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Why does she need a payment plan if private funding has been secured? Doesn't make much sense to me. And we all know the numbers that were floating around on the sale price... Jones told Channel 3 last month that a relocation venue for the Big Dipper had been secured, a relocation company had been hired and a large portion of the money needed for the relocation had been secured through private funding. I guess 384 dollars goes a long way these days, oh, wait, she refunded some of it Edited January 14, 2011 by chadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^That is obviously just a giant lie. Kind of scary that the news would print that without even checking up to see if she was telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^With the state of our "news" media today, the failure to fact check is hardly surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printersdevil78 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^As a former news reporter of more than a dozen years, I can attest that within the realm of fact checking, libel and slander, the news station is in the clear since they used the phrase "She said." Stories like these aren't really the kind most reporters will spend time "investigating"; in fact, most of them would lose their jobs if they wasted more than an hour on something this frivolous. I'm sure it's even more strict now that news agencies are losing money faster than J.K. Rowling makes it. Unless it's a landmark like Coney Island's Cyclone, a story about someone trying to save an amusement park ride falls somewhere on the "legitimate news" scale between missing puppies and giant snowmen. (One of the papers I worked for actually had a "no snowman photos" policy for us reporters to cite whenever someone got on our case about not driving 28 miles to take a picture of their kid's misshapen pile of snow.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^Hey--whaddaya got against giant snowmen and adorable puppies? I see what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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