CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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This tells me his connection to reality is tenuous, at best.
Alec has claimed that he bid on every item in a past auction (which included consigned items), because 'he wanted the items himself.'
That's as close to fraud as you can get - he can claim he legitimately wanted everything, but chose not to pay an elevated price, but for goodness' sake that's a very, very fine line.
I think a definite pattern is emerging regarding Alec Peters business practices/ventures.
- AP takes advantage of people screwing them out of their money.
- People begin questioning what is going on.
- AP uses disingenuous damage control doubletalk.
- People ask even more questions.
- AP starts character assassinating anyone asking what's going on.
- People start comparing notes realizing they've been had.
- AP moves on to his next money fleecing scheme.
- Rinse and repeat.
Even if he legitimately did, it's hardly good business practice when acting in a professional capacity to sell those items. It opens you up to exactly the sort of insinuation we've all made. There's a reason why employees are normally exempt from entering a contest, for example. The mere appearance of impropriety if they were to win.
Dunno.
The only way to confirm that somebody earned a degree from the University of North Carolina is to order a verification from the National Student Clearinghouse. Does anybody feel like ponying up the $12.50 fee for this cause?
The North Carolina State Bar does actually list an Alec Peters Jr. with currently Inactive status. Could that be him?
Anyway, anybody who has ever had enough dealings with lawyers knows they don't all hold the same standards.
Kor
Well, he's also fond of saying Axanar Productions does nothing different than any other Star Trek fan film group (in fact he's said they "violate Star Trek copyright/IP less than any other group..."); so yeah, I wouldn't believe a word that passes his lips regarding comparisons to actual reputable or 'unwritten rule' abiding groups.
Over and over I have read AP say he founded this and then sold it for 16 million. Was it actually a sale, or was that number really just investment, without any further info about what outcome was achieved with that money? are you sure that was only investment money?
and usually, when one says they built an xx million business, if thats what he meant, they are referring to the revenue or the market value, not the raw dollar investments.
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Alec & Co attended the Silicon Valley Comic Con last weekend but didn't bother to tell any of his super fan donors he was in town until the Con was over (see the comments in the link). Avoidant much, Alec? 
Yes but usually if someone says they're making a fan film they are referring to a filmed story, not carpet tiles and convention appearances.
If he bid on a lot of items and lost most of them, I might start suspecting that was shill. At the BSG live auctions he was bidding on certain items and winning a fair amount of the time. And we knew these were pieces he wanted for his personal collection. He was as big a fan as the rest of us. But I kept thinking, why would I want to bid against him? He automatically had a 20% advantage over me, plus the shipping fees. I was gobsmacked that he bid in his own auctions. Anyone who dared question it was belittled and eventually slinked away. I thought it was very unprofessional.
To be fair, I haven't seen him relist items he won, which would set off shilling alarm bells. Doesn't mean he didn't do something that looked fishy in other auctions. I mainly followed the BSG and some Star Trek auctions.
What's so sad about all this is Alec has a knack for doing fun, exciting projects for fans. Then the shifty, angry, controlling cray cray comes out. Caveat Emptor.
I have heard both "sold for" and "raised" $16 million. He did say he wished he got all of it. How much he ended up with, who knows. But he appears to be out of money. He said he was going to self fund the first $50,000 of Axanar's costs, but we never heard about that again after he blew the doors off his first fundraiser.
His business of selling nude pictures of himself wearing Garth's necklace thing and signed Garth of Izar
I have a team of mental health specialists on standby for people distressed by that thought
Professional Responsibility, of course, is a required class at the UNC Law School: http://www.law.unc.edu/academics/courses/I thought law school graduates learned about ethics at some point.
Kor
Most states (including NC) require a separate Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in order to be able to practice law.
http://www.ncbex.org/exams/mpre/
Alec & Co attended the Silicon Valley Comic Con last weekend but didn't bother to tell any of his super fan donors he was in town until the Con was over (see the comments in the link). Avoidant much, Alec?
I was there. Thankfully, I didn't run into him nor did I attend his panel. I decided I'd enjoy my Saturday.
He didn't announce his attendance in advance on the Donor Page??Alec & Co attended the Silicon Valley Comic Con last weekend but didn't bother to tell any of his super fan donors he was in town until the Con was over (see the comments in the link). Avoidant much, Alec?
Awesome, I hope you did enjoy yourself. I didn't know about the Con until it was over and I've been too busy anyway. I've been hoping someone would ask AP hard questions he'd rather not answer at one of the Cons he attends.
Awesome, I hope you did enjoy yourself. I didn't know about the Con until it was over and I've been too busy anyway. I've been hoping someone would ask AP hard questions he'd rather not answer at one of the Cons he attends.
Shatner got to answer what was the combination to the safe. Alec will get to answer whether the Klingons really could have won. Legacies.
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