Gene Steinberg's Financial Shenanigans @ Paracast forums

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
It was too good to be true. I suppose he is back from the casino now:

It's not much better!

Hello,

It’s a routine I hate.

I paid for one more day at the motel.

The wireless carrier received a partial payment, but can still suspend service at any time.

I’m behind on auto insurance.

I’m making very little progress raising money for a new apartment because I still have to pay for the motel. This is entirely unacceptable.

I’m receiving physical therapy for a shoulder-related problem.

Barbara’s health issues are about the same, although she is the victim of a very offensive online campaign by some of the stalkers have have been after us in recent years.

You can help me get past the money problems. Here’s how to send a donation:

For PayPal, please go to: Send Money, Pay Online or Set Up a Merchant Account - PayPal, login and use the Send to friends and family option. Enter my email address, gene@technightowl.com, and click or tap Next to continue the transaction.

Here’s another method if you’re not into using PayPal:

If you have an iPhone and iOS 11 or later, you can use Apple Pay Cash. You’d send the payment via the Messages app to: gene@theparacast.com

If you’re not able to send a donation, feel free to forward this message to someone who might assist.

If you have any questions about my living situation, please let me know.

Peace,
Gene
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
It’s a routine I hate.
I paid for one more day at the motel.
Lol. In his old letters he says he pays weekly. There is absolutely no reason he would pay daily.


The wireless carrier received a partial payment, but can still suspend service at any time.
What wireless carrier accepts late payment - none. What carrier accepts a late partial payment? They just cut you off.

I’m making very little progress raising money for a new apartment because I still have to pay for the motel. This is entirely unacceptable.
ROFL.

I’m receiving physical therapy for a shoulder-related problem.
Presumably from a quack. That way he can keep paying money he doesn't have for a placebo treatment. Gene loves to waste money.

Barbara’s health issues are about the same, although she is the victim of a very offensive online campaign by some of the stalkers have have been after us in recent years.
Lol. I would love to see what this hate campaign is.

You can help me get past the money problems. Here’s how to send a donation:
I doubt God himself (if he exists) could help him get past his money problems. The problem is not with the money, the problem is with Gene and his warped idea that he can live beyond his means and survive that way.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
The wireless carrier received a partial payment

Also fascinating how he couches this in terms of being passive like he didn't make the payment. I doubt someone else made the "partial payment". It is more suggestive to me as being an unconscious signaling of a lie. By saying they "received a partial payment" rather than saying "I made a partial payment" it makes the lie seem less blatant and allows him some wriggle room if he gets caught out. Gene seems to put a lot of these unconscious clues in his messages.
 

Trevor Hill

Honorable
He's always talking about the "trolls" and "haters". As if there's all these big bad boogie men marauding towards him. What a scammer. Playing the victim again.
 

goblin

Noble
Lol. I would love to see what this hate campaign is.

I bet he is referring to all the recent posts about Barbara and those about his and Barbara's marriage here. It might be something else, but I doubt it.

If I am correct it demonstrates once again that he obsessively reads all that is posted about him here and elsewhere, that he will seize on any chance to play the victim, and frankly that his life is pretty sad and barren of material for his begging.
 

Trevor Hill

Honorable
I think what may be going on is that Gene's begging goes on unabated, and is increasing, because he's paying Bab's out right now as we speak. He needs to settle the money, the assets, and even Teddy Bear the dog who leaves his chew toys everywhere.
 

The shadow

The shadow knows!
I bet he is referring to all the recent posts about Barbara and those about his and Barbara's marriage here. It might be something else, but I doubt it.

If I am correct it demonstrates once again that he obsessively reads all that is posted about him here and elsewhere, that he will seize on any chance to play the victim, and frankly that his life is pretty sad and barren of material for his begging.

Gene reads every word written by us.
He knows what is said. as for teddy bear he is a service dog for barb.
And barb is in my humblest opinion just a victim in the grift.
still I hope he in some ways finds peace.
 

The shadow

The shadow knows!
When's the "constable" coming back into his begging sob stories? And the ever reliable "bad back" he needs medical treatment for.
The constable won't return to the narrative until Gene is evicted.
The bad back is replaced by shoulder troubles.
items not included are:
Anders and the new website/store.
the storage locker.
Teddy bear
groceries.
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Hey everybody my feet hurt and my hands are swollen up with arthritis. My truck needs an oil change. Send me some money because of this. In fact, lots of it.

I'll leave a nice wicker basket out by the front door and make a point to go out and empty it later.

Just thought I'd try it an see what happens. Works for some, so I've heard .....
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
Hey everybody my feet hurt and my hands are swollen up with arthritis. My truck needs an oil change. Send me some money because of this. In fact, lots of it.

I'll leave a nice wicker basket out by the front door and make a point to go out and empty it later.

Just thought I'd try it an see what happens. Works for some, so I've heard .....

You need to exaggerate it more. My feet hurt needs to be my feet are on fire, Truck Oil Change needs to be my truck went over a pothole and blew a tire at a hundred miles per hour and I had to wrestle with the steering to save crashing in to a hundred nuns that were walking by the side of the road at just that moment, when I came to a stop the engine caught fire and my seatbelt wouldn't release....
 

Standingstones

Celestial
If you read the latest missive from Steinberg he states that he can’t pay for anything. Worse yet, the onus is on you, dear readers, to fork over the cash. As he states, this is totally “unacceptable.” The Great Steinberg should never have found himself in this position. Granted, he doesn’t care to work and he blows all his Social Security money. It’s up to total strangers to foot the bill. Do I have that about right??
 

goblin

Noble
Gene reads every word written by us.
He knows what is said. as for teddy bear he is a service dog for barb.
And barb is in my humblest opinion just a victim in the grift.
still I hope he in some ways finds peace.

I found myself thinking how sad to know that Gene reads each and every message here and I'd imagine elsewhere (UFO Trail blog post comments, @SchemeGeneRC on twitter) all of which are inevitably critical of him. He is called out as dishonest, amoral, not nearly so smart as he likes to think. His corpse-like appearance is mocked. His wig is given a nickname. No one has a good word for anything he's done - not as a podcast host, or fiction author, or parent.

Then I thought, I could write an open letter to Gene here (since the whole thread is apparently kind of an open letter to him anyway) and urge him to do something constructive for a change.

But finally I decided - who really knows what he is doing, or his true circumstances? Invariably everything in his stupid, obnoxious emails are calculated to the best of his ability to make others feel sorry for him. Instead the emails are picked apart and demonstrate nothing therein adds up or makes sense. As we've seen he's allegedly also managed to stay in motel rooms for six months, still has his car, his cell phone, and so on. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he actually has managed to scrape together the funds to rent a new apartment, but just cannot find anyone to rent to him - can't find a place up to his standards, anyway.

His most recent email mentioned being behind on his bills. I saw a comment at the UFO Trail about how that is a standard operating procedure for Gene, and one that eventually bites him in the ass. That seems to be absolutely the case to me. There is no helping him, and in reality he is exactly where he wants to be.

Keep stalking the ones you call stalkers, Gene. Enjoy.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
I found myself thinking how sad to know that Gene reads each and every message here and I'd imagine elsewhere (UFO Trail blog post comments, @SchemeGeneRC on twitter) all of which are inevitably critical of him. He is called out as dishonest, amoral, not nearly so smart as he likes to think. His corpse-like appearance is mocked. His wig is given a nickname. No one has a good word for anything he's done - not as a podcast host, or fiction author, or parent.

Then I thought, I could write an open letter to Gene here (since the whole thread is apparently kind of an open letter to him anyway) and urge him to do something constructive for a change.

But finally I decided - who really knows what he is doing, or his true circumstances? Invariably everything in his stupid, obnoxious emails are calculated to the best of his ability to make others feel sorry for him. Instead the emails are picked apart and demonstrate nothing therein adds up or makes sense. As we've seen he's allegedly also managed to stay in motel rooms for six months, still has his car, his cell phone, and so on. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he actually has managed to scrape together the funds to rent a new apartment, but just cannot find anyone to rent to him - can't find a place up to his standards, anyway.

His most recent email mentioned being behind on his bills. I saw a comment at the UFO Trail about how that is a standard operating procedure for Gene, and one that eventually bites him in the ass. That seems to be absolutely the case to me. There is no helping him, and in reality he is exactly where he wants to be.

Keep stalking the ones you call stalkers, Gene. Enjoy.

As I have said many times before it seems to me that whatever the exact situation it is not as unbearable to him as he would have us believe.

Whilst to the majority of us who are (relatively) sane having a stable home would be a priority, to Gene his priorities seem to be:

1. Continuing the delusion that he is some kind of radio star (even though he isn't on a real radio station and the heyday of radio was 70 years ago) and feeding his own ego (whether it be by bragging on various forums, or being the snooty dictator on his own dead forum).
2. Living beyond his means by having the latest Iphone, buying the latest gadgets and driving a car he can't afford.
4. Eating out for every meal so he can have people waiting on him like he is a king.
5. Watching his favourite (shitty) TV shows.

As long as he has all of the above he will be content to change nothing.

He may not be "happy" but I doubt if someone with Gene's personality can ever be happy as they have no appreciation for the most satisfying and important things in life (e.g. friends, family, shared experiences).

We have here a person who is completely defined by the twin Gods of materialism and ego. There is no prospect of change and no prospect of him ever realising that he has wasted his life chasing an illusion of happiness. 73 years of total failure and the pinnacle of that failure is the paradox that he will always be in ignorance of it.
 

goblin

Noble
As I have said many times before it seems to me that whatever the exact situation it is not as unbearable to him as he would have us believe.

Whilst to the majority of us who are (relatively) sane having a stable home would be a priority, to Gene his priorities seem to be:

1. Continuing the delusion that he is some kind of radio star (even though he isn't on a real radio station and the heyday of radio was 70 years ago) and feeding his own ego (whether it be by bragging on various forums, or being the snooty dictator on his own dead forum).
2. Living beyond his means by having the latest Iphone, buying the latest gadgets and driving a car he can't afford.
4. Eating out for every meal so he can have people waiting on him like he is a king.
5. Watching his favourite (shitty) TV shows.

As long as he has all of the above he will be content to change nothing.

He may not be "happy" but I doubt if someone with Gene's personality can ever be happy as they have no appreciation for the most satisfying and important things in life (e.g. friends, family, shared experiences).

We have here a person who is completely defined by the twin Gods of materialism and ego. There is no prospect of change and no prospect of him ever realising that he has wasted his life chasing an illusion of happiness. 73 years of total failure and the pinnacle of that failure is the paradox that he will always be in ignorance of it.

Only my opinion but it seems to me that while his role with the Paracast fed his ego at one point, I honestly think it's turned into just an enabler for his begging. He doesn't do conventions or conferences. He hasn't written UFO books he can peddle. He doesn't really care about the "field" or the subject matter. He probably realizes he's seen for a weirdo with a compulsive problem of some sort by many he might wish to regard as his peers. But so long as he has some listeners, he can keep making his appeals. I think that's what matters to him now. In the end the begging is more important to him than any reputation or credibility he might otherwise have had.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
He probably realizes he's seen for a weirdo with a compulsive problem of some sort by many he might wish to regard as his peers. But so long as he has some listeners, he can keep making his appeals. I think that's what matters to him now. In the end the begging is more important to him than any reputation or credibility he might otherwise have had.

I think deep down on some unconscious level he may realise this but in his conscious mind he maintains an entirely delusional reality where he is a great broadcaster/writer - maybe even a "journalist".

It is part of the same strange attitude where his whole version of right and wrong starts with what he does being right by default.

- If Steinberg robs a bank then it is a good thing. If Steinberg rips people off it is a good thing. If Steinberg gets in trouble for any of these things then it is a crime against humanity because by definition he can't do any wrong.

This is all despite the fact that he keeps being evicted and needing help to support his lifestyle for more than a decade - dysfunctional by anyone's definition.

This coalesces into the insanely contradictory dynamic where he is at the same time a king and a perpetual pauper who must beg - an aggressor who constantly attacks other people yet simultaneously a perpetual victim.

He is a tech expert, yet can barely use twitter, bank accounts, money or stop himself getting repeatedly hacked. He claims technical knowledge but seems to be unaware how phone billing (and getting cut off works). It is incredible that these contradictions could be maintained by a single individual.
 

goblin

Noble
I think deep down on some unconscious level he may realise this but in his conscious mind he maintains an entirely delusional reality where he is a great broadcaster/writer - maybe even a "journalist".

It is part of the same strange attitude where his whole version of right and wrong starts with what he does being right by default.

- If Steinberg robs a bank then it is a good thing. If Steinberg rips people off it is a good thing. If Steinberg gets in trouble for any of these things then it is a crime against humanity because by definition he can't do any wrong.

This is all despite the fact that he keeps being evicted and needing help to support his lifestyle for more than a decade - dysfunctional by anyone's definition.

This coalesces into the insanely contradictory dynamic where he is at the same time a king and a perpetual pauper who must beg - an aggressor who constantly attacks other people yet simultaneously a perpetual victim.

He is a tech expert, yet can barely use twitter, bank accounts, money or stop himself getting repeatedly hacked. He claims technical knowledge but seems to be unaware how phone billing (and getting cut off works). It is incredible that these contradictions could be maintained by a single individual.

I didn't listen to the interview some shared here recently but allegedly Gene referred to himself as a "legitimate journalist" therein. If so then there you go, he has that as a concept of himself. A legitimate journalist, with zero credibility.
 

GhostofBiedny

Celestial
So whats the brief story about this "Anders" character? I missed that part entirely. Whats the history there? Is he the webmaster?

Anders is a fake character that Gene made up when people called him out on his bullshit about his claims of a website revamp:

For ages Gene was saying that he had a "professional" who was going to revamp the forums and website as well as creating a new webstore. He couched it like it would be the saviour of the Paracast and it became a running joke how long it was taking - a new website doesn't take long to make (especially for an expert).

Most people called bullshit on it and asked who the professional was since Gene would never pay anyone to do anything.

In what seems like a classic response from Gene (from reading these forums and the tweets on SchemeGenRC) he put out the random name of "Anders" as being the person in charge of doing this - as if that would mean anything to anyone.

The way he did it made it absolutely clear that it was a hasty response to the online ridicule.

Anyway after several months the only thing that has happened is that Gene upgraded the forum software version - HIMSELF (this was proven by his comments and moronic questions on the Xenforo forums).

So the revamp turned into a forum software upgrade - and even that click button exercise took months, not only that but Gene managed to cock it up and break lots of things in the first few days because being a lazy bastard he didn't do any testing or checking of what would change.

To make matters worse this was a software upgrade he had previously already done on his forums for his crappy haemorrhoid novels almost a year ago (yes believe it or not they have their own forums).

The end result is that the forum looks exactly the same because nothing changed - a perfect metaphor for Gene himself.

He has completely given up talking about the merchandise store and website revamp now. Again these things could be done in an afternoon (or day or two at most) by a competent professional - it's not like the Paracrud website is doing something complex, it's just a front page that links to the forums and the podcast feeds.

There are also lots of plugin tools for merchandise stores that even a moron like Gene could hook up in a few hours. The greater work would be involved in creating the merch designs but I doubt Gene would do anything beyond just sticking the Paracrud logo on mugs and Tshirts.

There is no way any of that would take months and the fact that Gene (sorry Anders) has still not completed it shows that the whole story was a garbage way of trying to give the impression that he was doing something to change his situation (even though it was a pointless exercise anyway).

Like most dysfunctional liars Gene has absolutely no consistency in the crap he makes up and his own erratic behaviour disproves what he says.
 

Trevor Hill

Honorable
That is worse than I could have envisaged. Dont think Ive heard even 5% that story. This is all new to me basically. What a load of rubbish. How many other fake profiles does he have?
 
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