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Ok lets just see if all this adds up? Andrew sells hunt and up to this point there has never been any red flags saying dont hunt with andrew. Andrew uses landowner for quota to sell like so many others do. Landowner gets quota from govt and all seems well. Andrew does not want money to go to him wants animals paid direct which may not be normal but I myself would look as a good thing. This way I know my animals are paid for and no waiting for Ph to pay bill. Now Govt shits the bed and quota is gone no hunt to happen. Big question why but who knows that asnwer. Now are we saying andrew wanted this as it helps him in some way. Time goes bye and we dont know how much andrew was doing to get money back but I would figure he was trying but at the same time limited on what he could do with also not making the problem worse. Landowner tell client he will refund him as soon as he can. I hope this still happens since he got the money. andrew tells us he is trying to do all he can. Which I believe he is but very limited on what he can really do if you really think about it. As in stop thinking like a keyboard hero and think of what he can really do in africa. After all the bs on the thread a few have decide to bury andrew now and even make it harder on him to maybe even pay back some of the amount out of his own pocket with trying to limit his business by bad press. Now the gutless few will say because it is the right things to do when a few are doing it because of some bad press cms got or because andrew made some comment on there post sometime back. Then they pretend as if andrew did this all to gain what. His master plan was ruin his business and screw one client out of 80,000. Some of you maybe book smart but your dumb as fuck in the common sense department. cme is out alot of money and now I am sure andrew is out as much or more. Then a few think he could of controlled this some how when the govt just shut shit down.Let alone we all know the fact the man just about lost everything just a few years ago doing what we all support in saving hunting area. Carry on with your rants but none of you are helping either party with your bs hate towards andrew. | |||
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Dogcat what area would be that CMS leases for the next few years and who is then the Operator? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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At least someone is making sense of this sad story! Those attacking Andrew are most definitely NOT helping anyone. Some seem to be hanging on such unbelievable straws to make their accusations stick! | |||
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+2 Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Like Larry said….. Odd how some of you can be presented facts and derive a different sense of reality. Cognitive dissonance is the term that comes to mind | |||
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Yeah, isn't it funny how the apologists have a better grasp on the inner workings of the situation than the victim... ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Regardless who the victim is originally, what some of you have been doing have made another victim. The client IS the victim right from the beginning, as soon as he parted with his money given to IBI. Andrew IS the second victim. Right from the beginning too. As soon as the government threw a monkey wrench in the works. Some of you have just added to his misery. Totally uncalled for! | |||
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really.... For your info regarding the man that sold,marketed, instructed CME Definitions of complicit. adjective. culpably involved. synonyms: concerned, implicated involved. connected by participation or association or use | |||
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This shitfest has a moral: If you value your reputation do NOT offer advice or recommendation, of any kind to anyone who seeks information that could, for whatever reason, backfire when it involves outfitters, concessions or PHs. It would be safer to 3rd parties for any prospective client to directly contact the outfitter and request names of past clients who based on their past experience, would be willing to vouchsafe the operator's integrity. | |||
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Where are going to be if we did not recommend others who have given us good services?? There was a thread earlier which was relevant to this subject. Starting this one was specifically to put the blame on Andrew. Uncalled for, and based on totally baseless accusations! | |||
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yep | |||
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And CMS was targeted as well in a totally different situation, even though no one lost a dime.... I struggle to rationalize most of this. | |||
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Not really sure what the hell you are talking about. Buzz himself, as posted above, became an idiot and blamed me and others for his very own stupidity! | |||
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AR member quote - With 29 posts since 2009, me thinks Mr. I. Zim is an anti-hunting plant on AR. One should review prior posts such as OXpecker. Believe me they monitor websites such as ours... ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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so I guess andrew should just give 80,000 back that he never received because hep picked the place that had quota for animals a hunter wanted. Even though everything was out if his control if the hunt happened or not. So in my business if I tell a client go here get the supplies I need and they dont delivery the product I should pay because I said go here. Even if never got any of the money. Shit can happen in any business but having the second party be blamed for stuff out of his control for saying go here and pay them when there was no sign of the deal going bad is just wrong. | |||
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Totally uncalled for? For months Andrew let Corey twist in the wind doing nothing to help him and just blaming Ibi. That is what prompted Corey to post here to begin with (ironically in response to a post by Baldry calling another outfitter out for a deal gone bad). Now that Andrew has had a blowtorch turned in his direction at least he has gotten off his ass and is apparently trying to help Corey. About time. Mike | |||
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Andrew is NOT the crook here! Repeat, he is NOT the crook. Ibi is! You can twist it as you wish. This is NOT court of law where lawyers lie through their noses. Common sense! | |||
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. . . the person out the $80K seems to have a different view. As between him and you, think I’ll go with the former. Mike | |||
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And just how do you know these things or is it just conjecture as usual? So I presume you have been forwarded all our correspondence? Still, waiting for evidence of me editing posts? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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. . . just a suggestion for you, go back and reread Cme’s posts. Mike | |||
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I am more concentrated in my direct communication with Cme ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Mike | |||
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As you should be. As well as Ibi. | |||
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Question for those attacking Andrew. Have you had ANY communications with Ibi? | |||
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Andrew brought a lot of this on himself. He has repeatedly misrepresented things. He has attempted to paint himself in a better light . The following is a quote from Andrew on September 21: “ I will receive your apology later and have forwarded this content to the operator whom I spoke with this evening and will produce emails and WhatsApp correspondence relating to this issue. Your deposits will be repaid in full and I am sorry your Father is experiencing an illness.” He could not stop himself from continuing to comment . He should have just shut the f@&k up at some point . He couldn’t. His continuing dialog has made my view of him far worse than if he had just let things die. Let’s not forget that all of this got started because of Andrew hammering another operator . While I think Ibi is definitely a problem, Andrew’s behavior makes me question him. Personally, I’d like to know the dates he knew of should have known there was a problem. The idiots in the government in Zambia have not helped things. I feel sorry for all of those negatively impacted including Andrew . Perhaps CME will see fit to comment on Andrew’s referral . Let me give you a hot flash . It isn’t positive. | |||
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Yep…others suggested just this, 9 or 10 pages ago. Too bad for all concerned. Karl Evans | |||
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+ 1 Karl | |||
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Had he kept quiet (as in taking the 5th) he would still be called out and any which way you look at it, Andrew has been turned into the scapegoat as Ibi (the one who pocketed the money) seldom gets mentioned. Would Andrew be in the same spot had he not "attacked" CMS? | |||
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How can he keep quiet when the thread was all about him?? | |||
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I think the word hammering may be slightly overstating my defense of a good character whom I have hunted with and whom I simply stood by in his predicament with Buzz. Not that Buzz gives a fuck. Do you suggest I keep quiet after all the malicious accusations you lot have thrown at me? If you want this to end then you and others stop your absurd presumptions. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Saeed, It is called "rising to the bait". He had options yet continued to deflect and not act. He "came clean" a couple of times, but the story changes. Larry has more info on this many and I would suggest listening to him. I have no ill will toward Baldry. He made himself a victim here. I get it that he is "just a PH" trying to make a living in a bad place. However, he chose to align himself with this mysterious Ibi. And he is suffering the consequences and accountability. Back a few pages, I mentioned I booked a hunt with Buzz. He then responds and wants to know the area and the operator???? What??? None of his business and I will post all of that AFTER the hunt. First and foremost, what does that have to do with him and this mess???? This is the type of behavour I find odd and concerning. I would be hesitant to give Baldry any of my info based on the decision making I see on this thread and train wreck. He should be solely focused on taking care of his clients and leaving CMS and every other operator on the planet alone. I hope the victim, CME, gets his money back. I hope we all learn from this. I hope that Baldry chooses his friends a bit more carefully. I hope Baldry gets his area back. I hope that Ibi comes clean and does the right thing. However, hope is not a strategy when things don't go well. I hope Baldry has a strategy to sort this out. Saeed - I am not calling Ibi. What in the world would I say??? "Hey Ibi, you are acting like Joe Biden. Taking people's money and not giving them what they were expecting. Pay them back..." With all of your connections in the hunting world, maybe you should call Ibi.... | |||
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Andrew, Just get your buddy Ibi to sort this. Money or partial money was promised by today. Has that happened? Further, you and Buzz' operation are not a comparison. Different countries, different set up, different owners, and totally different business model. I suggest you leave Buzz and others out of this mess. But again, you do what you think will get CME his money back - as that is your biggest concern, I would suggest. | |||
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The injured party who has waited 8+ months for his refund should have long considered contacting the Embassy in Lusaka to lodge a formal complaint against this rogue operator (Ibi). Diplomatic missions are operating in foreign countries also to safeguard the interests of their nationals and CME is one of them even if he is not a resident of Zambia. Believe me when I say Embassy involvement through a strongly worded Note Verbale to the host Min. of Foreign Affairs will produce results. | |||
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This has nothing to do with CMS. CME’s post started as a result of comments made about Sam Farrow . | |||
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100% correct | |||
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This is an open forum. And whether we like it or not, subjects do take different directions as in some members minds, it reflects the way they see it. Why was this thread started? It wasn't started by anyone actually involved in this sad episode! | |||
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That might work or the threat of? ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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And Ibi might reply that he souvenir in this situation if the government didn’t screw things up! | |||
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Nope, not an anti. I'm a hunter. Had to Google Oxpeckers, never heard of them before, must be an age thing
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It might be worth noting that Zambia ranks among the top 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa as a tourist destination from which it rakes in between $350 to $400m per year. The Zambian government will not tolerate complaints about a fraudulent deal committed by one of its operators, especially when the formal complaint comes from a foreign diplomatic mission. I doubt the government would care about excuses related to internal politics within the hunting industry having had an impact on someone's business; fact remains that money was received and goods not delivered and the Zambian tourist industry's name gets tarnished. It would therefore cost nothing and all to gain, to approach the US Embassy in Lusaka for "assistance". | |||
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