Gene Steinberg's Financial Shenanigans @ Paracast forums

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
Well if Bosley is a disinformation agent as many presume, it makes sense for him to support scammers and general mischief makers within the community. It helps him to do his job.
 

UAPwatchdog

Honorable
Gene is such a moron. Here was his response to one of the people on Twitter he couldn't resist emailing:

GeneWatch2018 on Twitter

Basically he's arguing for the fact he has to pay more monthly for a car because of bad credit, and that can cost a lot. The problem is 'relatively inexpensive' in Gene's definition is a $20,000 Volkswagen. Relatively inexpensive for me, is a used vehicle for a few thousand dollars.

For what Gene was documented as paying monthly for a vehicle, over the course of a year or so he paid the same price that I paid for a used 2008 Hyundai that I purchased a few years back that I've drove every day since.

When they look up "tone deaf" in a dictionary, his goofy stock photo should be on the page. He doesn't understand there are places to live besides a $1200+ a month apartment, or cars to drive besides a $20,000 Volkswagen, or you don't need high priced tech shit from Apple. He just refuses to change and expects everyone else to pay for it, for him.

Fuck off Gene.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
If you tried to explain to Steinberg that he doesn’t need nor can ill afford a $20,000 vehicle, he would never acknowledge such a thing. The same goes for an expensive apartment. By his explanation, he is one step from living on the street yet he doesn’t mind spending other peoples’ money for the finer things in life.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
Gene is such a moron. Here was his response to one of the people on Twitter he couldn't resist emailing:

GeneWatch2018 on Twitter

Basically he's arguing for the fact he has to pay more monthly for a car because of bad credit, and that can cost a lot. The problem is 'relatively inexpensive' in Gene's definition is a $20,000 Volkswagen. Relatively inexpensive for me, is a used vehicle for a few thousand dollars.

For what Gene was documented as paying monthly for a vehicle, over the course of a year or so he paid the same price that I paid for a used 2008 Hyundai that I purchased a few years back that I've drove every day since.

When they look up "tone deaf" in a dictionary, his goofy stock photo should be on the page. He doesn't understand there are places to live besides a $1200+ a month apartment, or cars to drive besides a $20,000 Volkswagen, or you don't need high priced tech shit from Apple. He just refuses to change and expects everyone else to pay for it, for him.

Fuck off Gene.

I'm still dumbfounded as to how Gene still manages to get credit agreements since he never pays his rent.

Surely he should be blacklisted by the credit agencies by now?

His credit score should be so poor that nobody would lend to him.

Only thing I can presume is that he is doing some kind of scam in his applications. It makes no sense otherwise.

As for logic it seems the guy has none whatsoever.

Whilst he has previously mentioned that he drives for Uber and Lyft I am highly skeptical of such claims given how he has sneered at people suggesting similar types of work to him.

He also conveniently never mentions this work anymore and given how much time he seems to spend online it seems improbable that he could do enough hours to make it viable.

I suspect it is just an excuse for him to justify having a car and a fancy one at that.

Also given that everything he seems to do involves him sitting on his backside at home I think any car is a luxury.

I had to get rid of my own car a few years ago due to health problems causing me to be unable to afford it (N.B. - it was also a much cheaper car than what Gene had but it was still an extra expense when I was short of money).

This caused me great inconvenience but I still understood that it was a luxury and I had to prioritise what I could afford.

When you are an adult you have to make decisions like this.

At no point did I feel the need to debase myself by begging others for money by creating a false crisis narrative.

Of course anyone who points this out to Gene will swiftly be told to mind their own business (if not labelled a troll).

Gene constantly wants other people's money but he doesn't want to be clear on what he is spending it on or why - because if they did see what he was doing they would never lend him a penny and it would be obvious that he was spending unnecessarily and frivolously.

He acts like a child who has no responsibilities and expects other people to foot the bill for his mistakes like they are his parents or something.

It is distasteful and odd if it happens once but as we all know this is going on since at least 2003/4 (according to that old email that was posted).

That pushes it in to the realm of totally dysfunctional and pathological behaviour and something innocent people should be protected from - who knows how many people he has collected money from under false pretences, not to mention how many landlords and other lenders whom he has taken out agreements with knowing full well he had no intention to pay or couldn't pay.

That this same guy is still doing a Podcast that claims to be skeptical of bullshit and scams in the paranormal beggars belief (pun intended). All the more since "allegedly" respectable guests keep agreeing to appear on the show and lend him legitimacy.

If you made it up in a fictional story people would say it was too far fetched.
 
I don't know why today's round is so annoying. Is it worse than his attempt to divert funds from people who were trying to survive a real emergency? No. That was despicable. This is just... stupid. Incredibly stupid. As GoB just said, it's like he's a spoiled kid. One that's not too bright.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
I don't know why today's round is so annoying. Is it worse than his attempt to divert funds from people who were trying to survive a real emergency? No. That was despicable. This is just... stupid. Incredibly stupid. As GoB just said, it's like he's a spoiled kid. One that's not too bright.

I think it is because he berated the guy by saying - "I realize you aren't very smart" - when Gene doesn't seem to understand very basic things about money.
 

goblin

Noble
I think it is because he berated the guy by saying - "I realize you aren't very smart" - when Gene doesn't seem to understand very basic things about money.

Yeah, his high-handed insulting tone really can get one's goat. Imagine if he lectured you about the value of hard work or the importance of making an honest living. That's the kind of reaction I had to seeing him talk down to someone about car loans, credit ratings and financing in an email.

Note of course that wasn't one of his patented begging requests, this was him emailing someone to tell them off and lecture them.
 

Dewey

Honorable
It's been almost a month since he moved his stuff into storage. I predict an upcoming last minute crisis when the monthly storage bill comes due. I'm sure he had no intention of being there long enough to have to pay and now he will.
 

UAPwatchdog

Honorable
I think it is because he berated the guy by saying - "I realize you aren't very smart" - when Gene doesn't seem to understand very basic things about money.

He can't stand not having the last word. As his Usenet/AOL trolling days go, he has the discussion skills of an angry 15 year old. I'm sure he's reading either this thread, or the Twitter accounts, constantly.

Then again, this is the same guy who when getting offered "inheritance money" by one of the people exposing him, took it hook, line, and sinker. Then requested starting off with 'five figures', like he was asking for extra napkins at McDonald's or something. Like someone is going to just drop $10,000 into Gene's lap, just because.

He has no sense of reason, and has a huge undeserved ego and sense of entitlement, when he's accomplished nothing.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
I think it is because he berated the guy by saying - "I realize you aren't very smart" - when Gene doesn't seem to understand very basic things about money.
Steinberg doesn't realize or doesn't care that he has debased himself in everyones eyes. Most people would feel shamed having to ask total strangers for a handout. He has been doing this for over a dozen years and has yet to feel an ounce of remorse.
 

goblin

Noble
Steinberg doesn't realize or doesn't care that he has debased himself in everyones eyes. Most people would feel shamed having to ask total strangers for a handout. He has been doing this for over a dozen years and has yet to feel an ounce of remorse.

I see statements out of Gene to the effect of, "I know of no other person with financial problems who has been trolled so extensively online" and "Other people ask for donations and don't encounter the kind of treatment I do".

I always think oh come on he has to know what he is doing is far different from what other people do, and has to be aware of the problems with what he is doing.

But I am not truly 100% convinced that he hasn't deluded himself into thinking his behavior is just fine and those who question it are the ones with the problem.
 
It's just more sullen teenager behavior. "Nobody understands me!" Actually, genius, everybody understands you. Everybody knows you are full of shit, too. Of course he knows his begging is obnoxious. He says things like, "I hate to do this..." or "If you don't want to receive these messages you can just unsubscribe," both of which are lies. I do agree, though, that he's so deluded that he thinks it's okay for a grown man to behave that way. If I had an eighteen year old who acted like that, I'd consider myself a lousy parent. I'd probably also kick the shit out of him. Then throw him out.
 
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