The man posting below knew Jim Skelton here in Oregon as well as on the Fuentes family cigar forums. He is very familiar with the man or the myth, depending on what story you believe.Recently skelton on his show DENIED TROLLING Knife Forums while he was recovering from major/minor surgery. Skelton, Proof is in the pudding. The thread link is 9 pages long. You raised quite a stink there and the Blade forums with the same crap. 03-24-2010, 04:31 PM Ironbar66 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 [quote=["jskelton"] Originally Posted by jskelton Put yourself in a position like mine, and you'll find that people come out of the woodwork to get a piece of you. It is magnified by each level of success in the entertainment industry (I have friends whom are actors and renowned musicians), I am on the very low end of this scale in comparison to them, yet I still must deal with this because I am in the public eye. It is part of the job, and we must simply deal with it. The good news is that for each of the few detractors I have (or at least know about), I am thankful to have thousands more who think of me in a positive manner. I am fortunate to broadcast to millions and I enjoy the times when I am able to communicate with them directly... this is why most of the negativity, lies, and half-truths that spread around don't bother me much anymore.
Hey there Jimmy boy. I (fortunately) havn't seen you since you skipped town (Portland, OR) with your tail between your legs. Folks, I AM one of the people who knows about Jim Skelton's past. Jim Skelton is a con man. He is also a self-centered, self-aggradizing, and self-important jackass. As one of his former employers once said, Jim wants all of the success with none of the work. Jim Skelton has been a liar for many, many years now. From when he worked in a cigar shop in Florida, to when he came west to Oregon, to when he went back east to Virginia. He has conned, lied, and outright stolen money from more people than you can shake a stick at.
Fortunately I was never foolish enough to lend this asshole money. I could only witness what he did while he was here in Oregon which was to take loans from people he conned and never paid back, steal cigars that were donated by cigar manuafacturers and then sell them online, skip out rent owed to an aprtment complex, and god knows about that car. Was it ever repo'd Jim or did you sell it and never pay them back either? And then there was Bruce Story and his wife who you bilked out of thousands of dollars on a co-signed loan. (This was before everyone was on to him). Yes folks, she co-signed a loan (or was it a lease), Jim skipped town, and left them in the lurch. Jim has not changed. He is still an evil, lying, scum that deserves anything bad that happens to him. I would not believe anything Jim Skelton says. His entire life and personna is a complete fabrication designed to make himself look important to others so he can live some shell of a life that he wishes he truly had. If anyone wants the true lowdown on this scum, they need only go so far as the forums at cigarfamily.com. You'll find plenty of threads inthe archives, and plenty of FOG's still around who can tell you about how he ripped people off. You can run, but you can't hide Jim Skelton / Corona Gorda / Fatecrush. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=722450&page=9 http://lounge.cigarfamily.com/showthread.php?t=24123