Cease & Desist letter sent to Dakka on behalf of Resin Forge & its owner Daniel Mandelbaum

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**OverwatchCNC**

MagickalMemories wrote:
My apologies but, both in my neck of the woods and here on Dakka, it is traditionally acknowledged to be a joke/humorous comment and not one to be taken seriously when someone adds a smiley, a "LOL," or something similar. That is why I ensured that I ended the post with one. Monster Rain seemed to have 'gotten it.'

If you think I'd "[decide] to speak with authority about how a Mod interprets the rules" or that I think "[my] interpretation trumps [yours]" you really don't know me or what I'm about. The site staff on ANY site is the final arbiter of the rules and, even if I DID have an actual complaint with their actions/decisions, I'd take it private.

There's no need to call me out and give me a lashing. Just note the "LOL" and see that it's a joke. No disrespect was offered, either knowingly or mistakenly, it was just taken.

I agree, of course, that it is time to watch out for a new endeavor from MandelBonder, but I fear that it might not be as easy. Although he shows a history of inability to learn from his mistakes, my concern is that he eventually WILL.
My suspicions are that he will, at most, move to eBay for a while, keeping as low a profile as is possible. I suspect it will be a while before we see anything as "in your face" as a "company" with a public face.

Eric

I thought eBay was onto him, or do I just think I read that...

**Inquisitor S.**

I thought eBay was onto him, or do I just think I read that...

If paypal accepts an account operated on Stephanie Hernandez's name, why should ebay not?

**RiTides**

His ebay accounts from his last venture, when he was running Miniature Wargame Conversions and posing as Susan Beasley here and on ebay, are all unregistered now. To quote yakface in the OP:

yakface wrote:Lord.Serpius ebay account, Great.Hobby.Bits ebay account, Double.Your.Bits ebay account

Each of those is a link, and if you click on them you'll see that 2 out of the 3 received four negatives (the last having 4 negatives as it's final feedback, which is likely what caused ebay to finally look at his accounts and suspend them all). Although he's made the feedback of the first account private (which has 4 positives, 4 negatives, and 1 neutral listed for the last 12 months).

So, using Susan Beasley's information, he was banned, but it is highly likely that he has been using ebay with Stephanie / Kim Hernandez's information since then.

This is actually how it came to light what his real identity is. I assume he either didn't want to use his own name for Paypal, or burned it long ago, and thus had to use relative's. There's only so many relatives to use. So, if ebay catches onto his latest venture, that would likely be a big hindrance to him continuing.

I think the best thing to do would be for anyone who has had dealings with him that he hasn't followed through on, to report him and his newest Paypal email address (which is Stephanie's) to this website:

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Paypal and Ebay both work with the feds on it, and it's possible they'd shut down his accounts if enough people complained about the new one using Stephanie / Kim Hernandez's Paypal information.

**Forar**

kronk wrote:
THEY will keep posting updates like "We're getting the paper work together" then delay with "Well, we're looking into registering as ___" all the while saying, in the mean time, you can PM me orders...

That's a guess.

I assume the pattern holds that in the not too distant future, once all reasonable delays (and a few unreasonable ones) have been exhausted, there will be a sudden and terrible tragedy that will require all time and effort to focus on resolving/coping with, followed by a tearful farewell to the community (I assume DM isn't one to go quietly into the night)?

**purplefood**

No he has been rather undramatic in the past. He just stops.
As though he died or something. The posts just stop. No one ever manages to contact him again. Unfortunately for him he has a rather distinctive style...

**Kilkrazy**

I actually believe in Mandelbaum/Hernandez's claim that there are no dissatisfied customers of Resin Forge.

1. The customer who came on DakkaDakka complaining about RF in April, received a refund or figures -- he said he was satisfied. Probably because RF wanted to head the story off at the pass.

2. Once the story broke, other customers may have been put off ordering, and Resin Forge probably decided to fill the orders they got.

Certainly there hasn't been a pattern of complaints from Resin Forge customers.

**RiTides**

Agreed, because it was caught so early (he always fulfills early orders to build trust). But watching out for the Stephanie / Kim Hernandez email address being used on ebay would be smart, given his feedback when using Susan Beasley's identity there.

Fortunately, ebay only puts up with this kind of thing for a short period... which is why he continues to try other avenues, imo, that are less policed.

**alarmingrick**

I messaged AJ on FB (I borrowed my wife's account). Even if he has nothing to say about RF, I'd hate for him to not come around do to his brief
time with RF. I really don't think he as anything to fear from dakka. Despite what RF and their followers would have others believe about us.

**Enigwolf**

Real quick question - what's the history behind the Mandelbonder nickname?

**timetowaste85**

Went by "Matthew Bonder" for a while, real name is Daniel Mandelbaum. Combine the two and you have Mandelbonder.

**Tibbsy**

alarmingrick wrote:
I messaged AJ on FB (I borrowed my wife's account). Even if he has nothing to say about RF, I'd hate for him to not come around do to his brief
time with RF. I really don't think he as anything to fear from dakka. Despite what RF and their followers would have others believe about us.

AJ has been posting on Dakka in his P&M blog (which has some awesome miniatures BTW

) so he hasn't been scared away from Dakka at all.

I think he may have just (wisely, IMO) abandoned Resin Forge, and this thread. It seems he no longer wants anything to do with it. (Again, a wise decision in my view)

**jah-joshua**

alarmingrick wrote:
I messaged AJ on FB (I borrowed my wife's account). Even if he has nothing to say about RF, I'd hate for him to not come around do to his brief
time with RF. I really don't think he as anything to fear from dakka. Despite what RF and their followers would have others believe about us.

doesn't seem like he's been driven off...
he's posted a ton of pics over the last two weeks...

just drop in on his WIP thread here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/535935.page

drop him a PM from there...
easy peazy...

cheers
jah

cheers
jah

**alarmingrick**

Well, now don't I feel silly!

**MagickalMemories**

timetowaste85 wrote:
Went by "Matthew Bonder" for a while, real name is Daniel Mandelbaum. Combine the two and you have Mandelbonder.

This also explains "Bonderbaum" and "Danmatt" and "Kimanie" and "Stephakim."

As for those speculating how hard it's going to be for him to use eBay; I think you have a point that it's going to get harder. You're right. there are only so many ways he can sign up for eBay that he is eventually going to run out. There are, I think, many ways he can get around that (allegedly). I seem to recall that, on a recent eBay auction I posted, I was allowed to choose from a number of different acceptable payments, a couple of which I was totally unfamiliar with. Once PayPal catches on to him, he only needs to move on to the next payment site.
As for eBay; Do they require any major personal information? A new address is easily achieved, and it's not very likely that they would exclude him just because of his name.

Just some thoughts.

Eric

**insaniak**

MagickalMemories wrote:
Once PayPal catches on to him, he only needs to move on to the next payment site.

Does eBay no longer require sellers to accept Paypal? They did at one point.

**RiTides**

Whether or not they require it (I thought they did, but regardless) most buyers want to pay by Paypal now. If a seller, particularly an ebay seller, is requesting alternate payment that's already a red flag. Might be better served discussing in another thread, though.

**fynn**

Ebay UK still requires Payapl as a payment method. As RiTides said, if a seller wont accpet PP, and wants a different payment method, then thats a red flag.

**AustonT**

At some point my FB account was baned from the RF FB. Now I can't read the comments to thier wahmbulence posts. Time to sock puppet FB. Allegedly I have no idea who Auston Austington is...

**MagickalMemories**

insaniak wrote:
MagickalMemories wrote:
Once PayPal catches on to him, he only needs to move on to the next payment site.

Does eBay no longer require sellers to accept Paypal? They did at one point.

I honestly don't know.
I use Turbo Lister, though, and there are other payment options that I am able to select, besides PayPal, should I wish.

I will have to look into it.

Eric

[edit]
Okay. That was an easy find.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html

Allowed

PayPal
ProPay
Skrill
Credit card or debit card processed through the seller's Internet merchant account
Payment upon pickup
Bill Me Later

Restricted:

Bank-to-bank transfers (also known as bank wire transfers and bank cash transfers)
Checks
Money orders
Online payment services: Allpay.net, CertaPay, hyperwallet.com, Fiserv, Nochex.com, XOOM
These payment methods may be used only in certain listing categories

Not Allowed:

Sending cash through the mail
Sending cash or money orders through instant, point-to-point cash transfer services (that are not banks) such as Western Union or MoneyGram
Mailing checks or money orders (except for items in categories specifically permitted)
Paying through bank-to-bank transfers (except for items in categories specifically permitted below)
Paying by "topping off" a seller's prepaid credit or debit card
Paying using online or other payment methods not specifically permitted in this policy
Asking buyers to contact them for additional payment methods
Offering a payment method to some buyers and not to others
Discouraging buyers from using any payment method the seller specified in the listing
Asking buyers to pay using a method not mentioned in the listing.
These rules apply to all transaction-related correspondence between a seller and buyer as well as the listings.

So, yeah... more ways to watch out for MandelBonder.

**Inquisitor S.**

Resin Forge has sent his followers again, as usual under the guise of just being concerned and unconvinced persons (as usual). This time the puppet/ meatshield is called "Sharkfrom Jawz"

Sharkfrom Jawz
Lol great tank and to quote Dave Taylors site -

"Following a discussion with Matt Bonders from Miniature Wargame Conversions, I knew I had someone who could create my vision in miniature form. Matt pulled together the necessary funds and bought the Baneblade and Reaver Missile Launcher required to put this bad boy together. Although there were a few hiccups along the way, Matt sent the finished tank off to Brandon Palmer of GMM Studios, who put the great paintjob on the tank as only he can do, swiftly, but with a lot of gorgeous detailing. "

Isnt that the same person you have been warning us about?
1:59pm (7 hours ago) · Unlike · 1Reply

LEXICANUM
Sharkfrom Jawz: Ah yes, good warning there, this was indeed done by Daniel Mandelbaum of Resin Forge under his faked identity Matt(hew) Bonder which he then used to rip off people:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/408906.page

We didn't read the source for the picture (it came from somebody else on tumblr) - thanks for the warning

Serves to show everybody including us that just because somebody is able to build nice models he can still be a crook!

Miniature Wargame Conversions - A warning to avoid - Forum - DakkaDakka
www.dakkadakka.com
4:23pm (4 hours ago) · Like · Remove PreviewReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
From what I see he donated that tank to a good cause and the link you provided is the same one that shows nothing at all wrong with his now closed bits store.

I just found it ironic you post a picture of a tank he bought, built then gave away for free.
7:03pm (2 hours ago) · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
*shrug* Just because Bonder/Mandelbaum gave something for a charity (if that is true) this does not erase the fact he acted under a faked identity and allegedly stole money from people after bulding his reputation with actions like that. That Davetaylo...See More
7:29pm (about an hour ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
His own site says what I quoted for you....

Dakka also has finally admitted RF has had no problems before it closed down.

Its also not against the law to use an artists name. Authors, painters and other artists do it all the time. What I did see was...See More
8:40pm (35 minutes ago) · Edited · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
Flame you? Or ban you? You mean like everybody asking questions on RF's page? No, we don't do that. We invite you to come to the Dakka thread and take part in the discussion. Suffice to say here that the point was never that RF already had scammed somebody but that the person behind Resin Forge was the same person that owed people lots of money and nerves under the names Matthew Bonder, RedStarOne, Lord.Serpius, Kellz1234, Susan Beasley, Conversion Corner, Miniature Wargame Conversions, Three Stage Studios, Lord.Serpius, Great.Hobby.Bits, Double.Your.Bits and who knows which else names.

All statements saying something else are wrong and exactly this statement was posted multiple times here, there and in other places.

So as said, you are warmly invited to take part in the Dakka discussion.
Be aware that we exactly know how you "don't take sides" and are "unbiased" yourself, we know that you are a firm follower of Resin Forge who was only posting Mandelbaum's statements of the whole issue. So if you want to dance, come clean and don't hide under a disguise of "concerned person" but under your true Mandelbaum allegiance.

Sharkfrom Jawz
Did you just call me a liar when I gave you my honest opinion? Ive seen you chase off your own followers and now you want me chased off as well?

Ive read the dakka thread, ive taken no sides. I dont care what a persons past is, when they offer to make things right and only 1 person comes forward, it leads anyone with a mind to think some of the claims may not be true. MAY is the key word here.

Claiming im a RF follower when ive never posted on that site isnt right of you. Please treat your followers with respect as I have clearly shown you. *Edit* See post below this one.

As for dakka, why would I bother to post there? I was simply giving you some facts you over looked here on this very picture.
9:19pm (about a minute ago) · Edited · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
Commenting on why a shop is closed is not taking sides. You of all people should know that since every post you have made on the topic, youve made it clear, 'you are not taking sides'. Correct? ;P
9 minutes ago · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
Liar? About you being unbiased? You only created your Facebook account when RF went down the and all posts you have made on Facebook are just quotes of Mandelbaum statements and here on Lexicanum you just engaged in Resin Forge defence So yep, we don't believe you are unbiased

So as far as we are concerned you can go or stay, it's really up to you But don't try to outsmart us at Mandelbaum's game, it won't work
9:27pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
My account is 2 years old. Not a burn account. I simply keep my stuff private and rarely post much.
Are you afraid of facts? It seems so. Posting my FB name on Dakka was not right of you. Please remove it. I do not need harassment from anyone. I was helping you out before someone else pointed out the obvious fact you posted Mandelbonders work.
If I was biased id be here telling you a ton more. Ive taken no sides, even my few posts here on FB have been just facts. I do not spread rumors.
Again I ask you, do you take sides or just report what you read? If the latter, what do I have to do with Dakka? And why post my FB name there.
9:34pm (13 minutes ago) · LikeReply

LEXICANUM Your "facts" were copy/ pasted Mandelbaum statements. All you posted on Facebook about the issue was this:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=544004432301984&set=a.470645399637888.98164.464657756903319&type=1
And everything people post publicly on Facebook is well, public
Cheers
9:40pm (7 minutes ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
Facts = The reason they closed down in the exact words they wrote. I offered no opinion and simply spread it to pages I have liked. I did not say if its true or not.
Its hard for you to throw stones in a glass house when you yourself have said over and over you are not biased or taking sides and ive never once see you not take a specific side. You have chased away your own followers on a few occasions and even argued with others like you are with me. Playing the nice guy while bashing me , whos done nothing to you, isnt ok.
I ask again, remove my name from Dakka. You had no right to go post and bash me there while acting polite to your followers here. Let them see the real you.
9:43pm (4 minutes ago) · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
Sharkfrom Jawz: (or Daniel or Kim or whoever else you "are" right now). We know that you have administrator rights on the Resin Forge pages. So just knock it off, you are exposed. But nice to hear that you are well and active, we almost missed you
9:47pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
You sure are a character arent you? Refuse to reply to questions and then make more claims. Good for you. Ill go ahead and follow others leads and unfollow your page.
4 minutes ago · LikeReply

LEXICANUM Oh my god! We will cry tears. And lose lots of hair. THis will be SUCH a loss. Possibly we should write an obituary... Just go Mr Resin Forge Admin before you make more a fool out of yourself as you already did *wave*
Ah, almost forgot it: best regards to your wife, how's Morty doing?
9:54pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

**RiTides**

Dave Taylor had a rough experience and long delay on that commissioned tank, but is a class act and didn't want to get into things on his blog. That is by no means a job Daniel should boast about.

And, of course, he took the job as "Matt Bonder from Miniature Wargame Conversions"... Aliases ftw!

**Inquisitor S.**

Dave Taylor had a rough experience and long delay on that commissioned tank, but is a class act and didn't want to get into things on his blog.

Was Daniel paid for that? Or did he indeed give for charity?

**RiTides**

I have no idea, really, just that "a few hiccups along the way" is Dave being extremely polite on that charity project... Rather than saying the real trouble he went through with "Matt".

Of course, Daniel can't very well logically go and defend things he did as "Matt"... although he may try

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That picture showing a google result of "Sharkfrom Jawz" and "Resin Forge" is pretty damning, too (I just zoomed in to see it in your quote above).

**MajorTom11**

I call BS on him too. If he read the thread as he claimed he would not have given that 'Dakka only just FINALLY admitted RF has had no problems' when we never claimed otherwise in these 87 pages lol... well... other than to question whether the owners were dupes and dingbats or in on it. We got the answer, in on it.

SJ seems like the usual Mandelbaum sockpuppet or an honest guy duped into supporting it without looking into things. 'Don't care what someone has done in the past' also given as idea that he is no kind of 'unbiased'. When you amass a track record like Mandelbonder, no sane person acting in the interest of fairness would be crazy enough to arbitrarily dismiss the transgressions and damage out of hand. A sane person would try to address things, transparantly, and figure out a way to reconcile the past with future intentions, reassuring a burnt community full of victims of one magnitude or another.

Whatever.

AJ at the least seemed a pretty reasonable guy and although he associated himself with these... people... he still conducted himself in a polite fashion, and to my mind at least gave honest effort to really, actually looking at the facts and not being a nutjob about doing matrix bullet dodging to avoid simple facts and their implications. That was worth the time of talking to him. And I am happy for it.

On the other hand this SJ guy seems more interested in baiting conversations under the guise of being civil but then trying to use paltry logic traps to paint Lex as a bad guy, probably not realizing most people at this point have seen more than enough proof to not fall so easily for this kind of crap again.

Mandelbaums: Nothing better to do? Don't you have new identities and a new business to set up lol?

**Inquisitor S.**

Yeah, see upated post above, it's Daniel/ Kim again. They really love the word "harass"

It's really incredible how dumb they turn out to be with each new instalment. Cheerio

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LEXICANUM
Oh my god! We will cry tears. And lose lots of hair. THis will be SUCH a loss. Possibly we should write an obituary... Just go Mr Resin Forge Admin before you make more a fool out of yourself as you already did *wave*

Ah, almost forgot it: best regards to your wife, how's Morty doing?
9:54pm (5 minutes ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
And now you rip on a dead persons mother? Let your followers see what a real d**k you can be. Im sorry I wasted my time trying to correct you.
5 minutes ago · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
You are still here? Can we interest you in something else? A Horus Heresy Weekender ticket maybe? Little gamines? Facemasks? *lol*
10:01pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz You are simply making yourself look like a fool.
2 minutes ago · LikeReply

LEXICANUM Didn't you want to leave? Don't feel obliged though, Daniel/ Stephanie, your fooling around has just assembled the whole mod team at their screens Would you like that we sing you a little song in French?
10:05pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
Lol your follower number has gone down by 3 just since you started this little number. Good job! *thumbs up!*
4 minutes ago · LikeReply

LEXICANUM Daniel/ Stephanie, it doesn't count when you use your sockpuppet accounts to unlike a page
10:12pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

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I like especially "dead person's mother" - you can so easily recognize Dansteph once you got them worked up

**Howard A Treesong**

His 'supporters' always say 'I don't care about his supposed past' and then become aggressive and abusive. Sometimes it's probably Daniel, other times its someone he's duped. Maybe they don't care about fraud and other dubious acts as long as they're getting something cool. The first few customers can do ok out of Mandelbaum, because he's just laying the ground to start ripping later people off. Anyone associating themselves with him is a mug.

**Inquisitor S.**

Howard: that makes them so easy to spot. Hardly any sport anymore :(

I guess he will continue insulting us for a while, after all he didn't get any attention the last couple of days, that is really hard for somebody who needs to j...k off every day to satisfy his narcissistic personality disorder

Just a pity that nobody likes to play his games on Facebook anymore. No more meatshields to expend, has to create own fake accounts by now, it goes truly downhill...

Sharkfrom Jawz Sock puppets now? Your just going out on a limb now arent you?
10:14pm (13 minutes ago) · LikeReply

Sharkfrom Jawz
Wow! You made a joke about someones dead mother. I can tell you right now if my mother was passed away and you made a joke like this "I like especially "dead person's mother" - you can so easily recognize Dansteph once you got them worked up" Id be very upset.
You wonder why people no longer care about your posts? Because of that right there.
10:15pm (12 minutes ago) · LikeReply

LEXICANUM
Done now?
10:28pm (a few seconds ago) · LikeReply

**MajorTom11**

I can now confirm that Sharkfrom Jawz is an RF sockpuppet account and is an adminitrator on their FB page. I cannot divulge how I came by the info, but it is solid.

Everyone say hi to Shark Daniel!

Hi Shark Daniel!

PS, the only person continuing to drag your dead mothers name through the mud is you, by using her memory as a tool to delegitimize people who know you and your pathetic MO while you hide behind alias #217. You are disgusting. YOU show some respect to your mother for the love of crap, let her RIP, instead of putting up aliases and sockpuppets to no bloody gain why don't you go buy some flowers and visit her, seriously. That's not a dig or a slur, I genuinely encourage you to stop this insanity you perpetrate for a few hours, and go and think of her, and if your beliefs allow it, offer up an apology for your actions and statements in regard to her. Truly, it is just horrible what you are doing particularly in that regard.

**Inquisitor S.**

Parrots, sharks... What next? Rats would be fitting somehow

In any case Sharkdansteph has made it abundantly clear that he doesn't want to come to the forum either. Shame, it must be so frustrating to have that unsatiable urge to read about yourself on Dakka and not being able to vent your anger apart from in the comment section of one of dozens of pictures posted daily on the Lexicanum Facebook page... Does somebody know if narcissists can be damaged internally when not being able to make a show?

**SilverMK2**

MajorTom11 wrote:
On the other hand this SJ guy seems more interested in baiting conversations under the guise of being civil but then trying to use paltry logic traps to paint Lex as a bad guy, probably not realizing most people at this point have seen more than enough proof to not fall so easily for this kind of crap again.

Perhaps this is the PR guy we were promised a while ago...