The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: okapishomapi on January 20, 2012, 12:47:55 PM
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Hey, guys! So Summer Hayes just posted this on her blog and I thought I'd post it here too, so that more pony people see it.
Just adding this bit of info to make it easier to find: this happened in Spring, TX which is near Houston, TX for those who are keeping an eye out :) OL1
Dear Summer,
I am writing to let you know about something awful that happened to my daughter. She is 30 now, but played with her beloved My Little Ponies when she was a child in the 80s for hundreds of hours. They have been stored safely in a box in her room for years while she has been teaching overseas.
At Christmas, her brother came home, supposedly to help me clean out the garage, as my health is not good. I told him and my daughter told him that her My Little Pony collection was NOT to be touched, but he was in a very angry mood. He not only threw out my entire DVD collection and about half my CD's, he ripped the box of My Little Ponies, anywhere from 50 to 100 of them; I can't remember, from my hands, saying he just talked to his sister in Finland and she didn't want them anymore. I instantly called her in Finland and she practically had a nervous breakdown. I ran out and he had taken my car and was gone. I assumed he donated them to Goodwill, like he did the DVDs, but they have been very good and very honest with me, giving me back about 60 of my DVDs they hadn't sold yet, and they told me they hadn't received any My Little Pony donations, and indeed, there were none for sale in their store.I then went tearing back home, thinking my son put the pony box in the Bagster, and sure enough he did, but as I drove up, I saw a woman grab them and drive off with them.
She came back day after day and I asked her for my daughter's collection back, but she says she doesn't know what I was talking about. I finally told her if she returned I would call the police.
This woman was driving an expensive car and dressed expensively, so it is my belief she is going to try and sell this collection, perhaps on ebay, maybe through private channels. If we could recover even three or four, it would go a love way toward healing my daughter's heart.
My daughter always wrote her initials, MES for Meghan Elizabeth Smith, in permanent marker on the bottom of one hoof, and the pony's name on another hoof, so that is how they can be identified as hers. Can you help me spread the word among the My Little Pony collecting community, and if anyone runs across a pony with the initials "MES," written on the hoof, could I be notified so I can buy it back for her? She is just brokenhearted and in tears at the thought that her most beloved childhood toys were taken from her, and I am brokenhearted not only for that, but also for the cruel and heartless and dishonest behavior of her brother.
My son got the garage clean alright, but in the process I lost priceless family heirlooms and thousands of dollars in antique lace and pearl buttons. (I used to design and make doll clothes.) To see these wealthy women dumpster diving in my poor little neighborhood just made me sick. I would chase them off and and bring as much as I could back inside, but they just parked around the corner, and the moment I went inside they were back stealing whatever they could grab from the dumpster. It was pretty horrifying.
But the thing that is killing me the most is my beloved daughter losing her carefully preserved My Little Pony collection after all these years, for no reason other than the meanness of her brother, I will never understand it.
Can you help me spread the word and maybe, if my prayers are answered, and with the help of the good people of the My Little Pony world, we can get her at least a few of her ponies back.
Thank you,
Pat Smith
writing as Fat Cat on Blogger
This is sad and ridiculous - I just hopes one of us ends up with the ponies so we can send them back!
(Not sure if Summer's blog is competing - please delete if so - but this: http://mylittleponycollector.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-on-vacation-i-received-following.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyLittlePonyCollector+%28My+Little+Pony+Collector%29 (http://mylittleponycollector.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-on-vacation-i-received-following.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyLittlePonyCollector+%28My+Little+Pony+Collector%29) is Summer's original post.)
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Oh my!!
what a terrible story!
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that is so horrible :( what a horrible brother! I'd make him pay out of pocket for those lost ponies.
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I added a comment on Summers blog about this, asking what state it occured in. I think we should be keeping an eye on Craigs List and local news papers as well as eBay. But, it's kind of important to know which state to be looking in.
I feel so horrible for the family this happened to. What a shame the brother did this. I really hope everything can be tracked down!
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I hereby motion that we should sticky this. How horrible!
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I second that notion. This story really burns my poffins! That is a horrible, horrible thing for a brother to do!
The post was edited to mention that this happened in Texas, so maybe some southern Ponies can keep an eye out.
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I noticed you had posted, Eskara - that was a good idea to ask for clarification on the location. I'm just hoping the ponies end up on eBay or CL and not in some local shop where we have no chance of seeing them :(
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Oh no how terrible!!!!!
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I just read this on her blog, I can't even imagine.. so terrible & sad. :( I really hope somehow they can be found, I think a sticky would be a good idea too.
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This is such an awful story... A few of those ponies are bound to show up and at least they will be able to be identified... lets hope someone can find a few for her x
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Augh how horrible! T____T
Hopefully the ponies can be recovered.
The blog said the State was Texas and the zipcode: 77380 or 77381 Which is Spring, Texas. Looks to not be too far from Houston (closest major city) Maybe that will help others trying to locate it!
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Oh, how horrible. I feel heartsick just reading that. :(
Hopefully, the pony community can keep an eye out and recover the ponies.
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That is TERRIBLE!
I'm going to be doing a LOT of G1 and G3 shopping on eBay this year for my own collection, but if ANY of the ponies show up with MES and the ponys name on the hooves, I'll gladly send them to her. Heading over to that journal now.
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If you follow the link through to her blog, she mentions the zip codes for her location;
"If you see ponies for sale with the seller's zip code of
77380 0r 77381, they are likely from my daughter's collection and I
would appreciate knowing about it so I can approach the seller and
get them back, either through the goodness of their hearts or by
paying for them."
Sounds like a bad situation, I hope she gets her ponies back!
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i didn't even have to read the whole thing to break into tears. I have a brother and he is THE most important thing in my life. I know that he would do anything like that to me, and to hear about a brother that would seriously Pis*es me off. He needs a good slap in the face and a rude awakening that if he acts like that he is not going to have a family anymore.
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Oh my gosh! That is so terrible. :( I really hope at least some of those ponies are found and returned.
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Her own son did this?! Oh my god that's horrible! I can't really afford to buy ponies at the moment but if for some reason one winds up in San Francisco, I'll make certain she finds her way home.
If he were my son I'd tell him to not visit me ever. That is completely uncalled for. If he's angry either flat out say so or don't help at all. Don't take it on bystanders. What a monster!
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what an awful thing to happen!
You know what mission accepted! Time to find those ponies who else is with me? Anyway we can get a list of what ponies she had?
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what an awful thing to happen!
You know what mission accepted! Time to find those ponies who else is with me? Anyway we can get a list of what ponies she had?
I'd love to know myself! If there is any way we in the pony community can help, I think it would be great!
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Oh my what a horribly story.
With where I live I doubt I'll ever come across one of those ponies, but I know where they'd go if I ever found any. Straight back home.
What a horrible brother and son.
And not only ponies but hundreds of dollars of goods and family heirlooms too. What is wrong with this guy?
And how horrible of that woman not to give those ponies back. Mind you, if I'd randomly find a box full of ponies that seemed like they were no longer wanted I'd take them home too, but to keep them after the situation was explained... bah some people are just nasty.
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How horrible, I hope the culprit is silly enough to list those ponies....
I added the location in the first thread, I hope the OP does not mind!
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What a sad story. =( If I were that mom, I would have followed that woman!
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I don't know if the letter writer is reading this thread, but it may be helpful to go to the police and report some of these items as stolen. If that woman has kept those ponies (with the marks, they would be easily spotted on the sales market) perhaps she could get them back with police involvement. There should be no reason that she should have to BUY back anything that was stolen from her! (I can understand not wanting to explain how the items were stolen though. :( )
When a piece of my mail went missing (contained a number of MOC's) a few years ago, I had suspected it may have been miss-delivered. I went into my ebay account and had e-bay e-mail alert me whenever anything MLP was listed within my postal code, in the chance someone kept my mail and tried to sell it. Same with craigslist, or kajiji. they have a system set up that e-mails you if your keywords come up.
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SO sad!!! I wish we had a list of her ponies too, it'd make searching so much easier. I just ran an ebay search useing the postal code and no big lots came up or anything. If the person who took them is researching them for individual sale it'd probably take a while for them to pop up I'd imagine...
Great suggestion FantasticFirefly, I didn't know you could do that on craigslist!!!
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How horrible, I hope the culprit is silly enough to list those ponies....
I added the location in the first thread, I hope the OP does not mind!
Of course not! I'm glad the community cares about this as much as I do. I was a little afraid you guys would think I'm stupid :3
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That is so sad. :(
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How cruel!
However, if this gets passed around enough, I know that we, the pony community, will be on the lookout.
If I purchase any ponies from Ebay or like from Texas, KNOW I will check.
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What kind of brother does something like that? I mean, my brothers aren't fans of my pony collection, but they know how much they mean to me, and would never even think of doing something like that. I know if it was me, I'd have the brother arrested for theft (since he didn't have permission to take all he did) which would mean the woman who took them would be in possession of stolen property, so the police may be able to get them back. If anyone in my family did that to me, they'd be disowned. Family or not.
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I don't know if the letter writer is reading this thread, but it may be helpful to go to the police and report some of these items as stolen. If that woman has kept those ponies (with the marks, they would be easily spotted on the sales market) perhaps she could get them back with police involvement. There should be no reason that she should have to BUY back anything that was stolen from her! (I can understand not wanting to explain how the items were stolen though. :( )
I agree with this. It sounds like a lot more than ponies were stolen- the writer also mentioned antiques, family heirlooms, DVDs, and CDs. If it's that involved, maybe calling the police wouldn't hurt.
I just can't get over how disrespectful that is of that guy to do that to his family. I don't care how angry he was- he knew he was hurting his mom and sister and that is an awfully low blow. When I'm mad at my family, I may say hurtful things, but I don't sell their stuff! This is beyond infuriating.
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It took me a minute to even comprehend what I was reading. That is awful that someone would do that to anyone, let alone family. I too will keep a look out for those ponies- hopefully with the community looking out at least some will turn up.
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Said brother is a terrible, terrible man. He should be arrested for this attrocity.
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Wow, what a nasty human being! I think she should call the cops on him personally. If he were my brother I would literally never speak to him again! :enraged: I will definitely keep an eye out for these ponies!!!
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Thats so sad...I do hope she recovers some of her stuff.
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So he drove off somewhere with the ponies, then returned and put them in a dumpster? What a weird thing to do, but I hope I read that right, otherwise I can't figure out why she didn't follow after him to find out where he was going with the ponies..
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Wow. Just wow. How the hell can a brother be so cruel to their sister. Him and that lady need to be arrested for stealing. I suggest you ca;; the police, and explain the situation, and how your daughter is upset and how the ponies are worth a lot of money and hopefully they can help. I'll keep checking eBay to see if I can find then them then link them. Hopefully they'll some up. I'd be pissed if someone did that with my collection (even to the point of physically injuring them, I'm protective of my property).
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Well, I'm glad she's posted that. She can trust the Arena members to look out for her daughter's ponies!
What a terrible thing for her brother to do - and the woman? So rude!
So everyone buying from that Arena, keep an eye out!! :O
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:enraged: :enraged: If any of those ponies make it all the way to the Bay Area, I'll try to grab them,
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How terrible! I'll be sure to be on the look out when I'm surfing on ebay.
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Oh wow that is horrible :(
If I happen to see or come across anything with those initials under its feet I will happily return it to her. Poor thing, that is just horrible that her son would do such a thing, then such a horrible woman wouldn't even bring them back.
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I keep checking the Houston Craigslist to see if they pop up, but I have not seen them yet.
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someone posted this in trader support last night
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That's awful!!! I can't believe someone's brother could be so heartless! I sincerely hope the ponies are recovered for the poor person!
Just a note, maybe edit the title so that it says something like 'important, please read' so that everyone will have a look? I know I saw this before today but time constraints meant I didn't read it right away, so if it's says something like that it would make sure more people took a minute to have a look and then more collectors will know to look out for these ponies :)
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I hereby motion that we hunt this brother down, tie him up, and cover him head to toe with glitter glue and pony stickers as punishment D:<
Seriously this is just awful!! If I find any ponies with those marks I'll be sending them back to their rightful owner straight away, no matter how much I paid for them!
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Okay guys... I don't mean to be backseat modding here, but there seems to be a whole lot of hate directed at the brother. It's very easy for us to put ourselves in the mothers/sisters shoes because we're all avid pony collectors and would be just as devistated if something like this happened to us. However, we only have part of the story. We don't know what caused the brother to become so frustrated and angry. What if the brother is bipolar and went off his meds? In that case, he needs help, not hate. What if the mother is a hoarder and he was just trying to gain some space?
I'm not trying to justify his actions here, I'm just trying to point out that he's a person too. How would you feel if you were the mother who came to the community to ask for help, only to discover that everyone has turned on one of your children? We don't know him, we don't know the whole situation. Let's just do our best to help track down the ponies and improve what we can without tearing down anyone else.
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I'm just marking this...
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To think you can't trust a family member is very sad. Especially since he knew some things in the garage was important. Sometimes it makes me wonder what goes through someones mind to be so thoughtless and heartless. I hope she recovers some of the ponies.
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That's awful! And I'm soooooo ticked off about it now. D:
Well, I'm always checking ebay for G1's... So while I'm not in the Texas area, I'll be checking for initials on every pony I buy!
If these ponies are out there for sale, I think the pony community can get a few back, at the very least!
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How heartbreaking! =( I hope this woman's ponies fall into the hands of somebody within the pony community.
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this is so heartbreaking!! :cry: i will definately be on the look out!!!!
but...
what does "PSA" mean??
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Owh my gosh wat a sad sad story....i really feel depressed by this....
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PSA = public service announcement :)
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Okay guys... I don't mean to be backseat modding here, but there seems to be a whole lot of hate directed at the brother. It's very easy for us to put ourselves in the mothers/sisters shoes because we're all avid pony collectors and would be just as devistated if something like this happened to us. However, we only have part of the story. We don't know what caused the brother to become so frustrated and angry. What if the brother is bipolar and went off his meds? In that case, he needs help, not hate. What if the mother is a hoarder and he was just trying to gain some space?
I'm not trying to justify his actions here, I'm just trying to point out that he's a person too. How would you feel if you were the mother who came to the community to ask for help, only to discover that everyone has turned on one of your children? We don't know him, we don't know the whole situation. Let's just do our best to help track down the ponies and improve what we can without tearing down anyone else.
I was thinking along those same lines. I have family members I've become frustrated with, not hoarders but want help cleaning, a garage, or storage room. although you can't really clean anything without some decluttering. You take off an afternoon only to end up shifting around boxes for a few hours accomplishing not much really. In a hot texas garage he may have felt they were rotting out there anyway. (I don't know the climate, here if you left ponies in a garage they would get rusty and moldy within a year or so- but heat is also damaging) He could very well have been worried for his mom, and doing this to "help" her in his mind (she had health issues, so she couldn't handle the clean up herself). While tossing these items obviously wasn't the right thing to do, maybe he wasn't trying to do it maliciously. We just don't know that.
I feel for the mom and sister too. Obviously, being a pony collector I know the strong sentimental attachment I have to them.
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I saw this on Tumblr and reblogged it (though I don't have many if any collectors that follow me).
I will make sure to keep an eye out for any of her ponies.
That is such a sad story to read....
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PSA = public service announcement :)
Yeah... I had to Google it! :blush: Glad I'm not the only one.
This story makes me just sick to my stomach! I sincerely hope this jerk DOES sell the ponies. That way the pony community has a shot at them. If they do turn up on eBay or Craigs List or wherever I really hope that someone posted it on here. I would gladly contribute funds to their safe return. The alternative to him selling the ponies is just too upsetting. :sad:
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This is just so sad! I'll keep my eyes open too
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Let's please keep this thread on topic and just watch out for the ponies. Thanks. ~ashes
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Thats awful :( I hope someone is able to return some of them to her.
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This is just an awful situation all around. I have many friends still in Houston - I'll make sure they're on the lookout if they see them anywhere, and I'll keep my eyes peeled as well.
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I'm looking out as well... and I don't know if people remembered but look at Etsy too, many ponies are sold on there! Are there any other selling services on the internet to look at too? Besides Craigslist, Ebay, Etsy?
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omg that's horrible! on the off chance I find any, this post will be the first thing I come to.
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I dunno why but this whole thing seems rather farfetched.
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I dunno why but this whole thing seems rather farfetched.
While I think the story is a little far fetched, I believe it's honest. Because the woman asked if we see any ponies is MES on it to contact her so she can purchase them back. I feel like if it were a scammer they would ask for them back free.
I will keep an eye out for any MES ponies! :)
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I dunno why but this whole thing seems rather farfetched.
While I think the story is a little far fetched, I believe it's honest. Because the woman asked if we see any ponies is MES on it to contact her so she can purchase them back. I feel like if it were a scammer they would ask for them back free.
I will keep an eye out for any MES ponies! :)
That is true, but she may be playing the sympathy card, too. I just hope that if it is all legit that we can find her at least some of her ponies.
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That brother is a horrible creature when he's angry, and he needs to be informed of that immediately. And if he doesn't understand from being told, then make him talk to his sister and just listen to her. And if he doesn't understand after that, then unfortunately he is a person without any sense of responsibility for his actions.
And that woman is just as vile. She clearly doesn't need to steal and sell things in order to survive, and she certainly does not deserve to keep the money that she already has, either. They should fine her for every bit of money she was expecting to get from these ponies.
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Giving brothers everywhere a bad name. >:(
In the unlikely event that I end up with one of her ponies, I'll ship it speedily back.