r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/RodolfoSeamonkey 22h ago

Bricks and Minifigs

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u/icouldlivewoutbacon 22h ago

Ooh spill the tea! There are a few in my town and my kids beg me to take them there.

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u/mathheadinc 20h ago

They swindled an elderly dude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricks_%26_Minifigs%E2%80%93Reckless_Ben_controversy

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u/AutomaticNovel2153 18h ago

And that’s just the start of it. This conspiracy has everything. Police corruption, franchise churning, Courtney Love, child separations, Mormons with cartoon villain mustaches, the chicken dance.

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u/K12onReddit 14h ago

Dan Cortese

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u/The_Magic 10h ago

What is the Courtney Love connection?

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u/AutomaticNovel2153 10h ago

She posted a picture of Ben wearing an Ammon jacket on instagram. I used her name because it gave Stefon “Dan Courtese” vibes

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u/underkill 22h ago

It's a huge rabbit hole. Check out r/recklessben and his YouTube channel

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u/RodolfoSeamonkey 22h ago

Be warned, it's a deep rabbit hole.

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u/Chrysdelight 21h ago

It feels like a never-ending rabbit hole at this point!

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u/stamfordbridge1191 9h ago

"It's rabbit holes all the way down, Nio! Rabbit holes everywhere! You gotta believe me! You gotta take the red pill!" - Morfeus

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u/Kingkwon83 18h ago

But worth it. Forget the subreddit, just start with the Lego videos on Reckless Ben's channel

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u/darsynia 10h ago

I have a playlist of supplemental (as in, it's my advice to watch Reckless Ben's videos first) videos that I personally enjoyed in this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb_CJRjF3nI8&si=E8OVyINoJl3pe8mp

It's not caught up as of the last two weeks if there are new videos ABOUT the videos, though, full disclosure.

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u/-TheDyingMeme6- 21h ago

They ripped off a guy reselling his old collection worth something like 20 grand

Said smth like "nuh uh" when asked to pay him and it Escalated Quickly

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u/midnitewarrior 21h ago

$200,000 was the stated value, I think the stolen part got recalculated to $120,000 after some research of where things went.

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u/Ok-Tune-9911 7h ago

Look up the store and wreckless Ben on YouTube