Sadly, the majority of FTers are a well-meaning lot, and will not take the proper steps necessary to rectify such situations. Which is to make them public.

Simply put: if I organized an FT event, and somebody stiffed me or made a dramatic horse's rear of themselves about issues such as posted financial arrangements or not getting their way about something ridiculous, I would post it publically on the recap of the event in the thread.

While Randy has set the policy that all Community-posted events are open to all, I suspect that he did not intend for that policy to shield people from trying to scam the membership.

Those of you who host events, encounter situations such as on the previous pages, and do not say anything in public.... you're enabling these creatures. While this is probably not the time to retroactively call out people (especially if it turns out to be a small set of repeat offenders who would then spend the next five pages on their high horses pretending to defend themselves....), I would encourage all organizers of large events to be clear about their intentions to publicize such nonsense.

If nothing else, most of us can usually use a good laugh during the work day.