Discrepancy between DPR's court documents and Tony 76

I was reviewing over DPR's court case evidence and found this.

I assume this is a screenshot of a chat between DPR and a moderator.

Specifically:

Roll up a doobie and put your party hat on because the biggest stoner holiday is just around the corner, and we've got alot of ganja to deliver! We're pulling out all the stops to celebrate 420 this year. Starting at 4:20 pm on 4/20/2012, we'll be giving away 420 prizes every 420 seconds! WOO!!! Gift cards, badass consumer electronics, real gangsta shit! And to top it all off, we're sending one lucky buyer on a dream vacation with all the trimmings!!! The buzz around this is going to be HUGE!

This is a sample of the text used by Silk Road to announce their 4/20 sale (or so I presume).

However, when doing some research on Tony76 I found this artice which states that Tony76 used almost the exact same phrase to announce his 4/20 sale.

Tony sweetened the pot far beyond his usual offerings of drugs: "This 4/20, every 420 seconds, some lucky buyer will win one of our 420 great prizes!" wrote Tony. "From $50 gift certificates to a brand new iPhone 4s, some lucky person will be chosen every 420 seconds to win a prize." The grand prize? A "trip for two with all the trimmings to paradise, all expenses included."

Was the magazine just misquoting the 4/20 sale, or am I missing something?

Can I get a DNM historian over here?


Comments


[6 Points] gwern:

Daily Dot is mistaken here. In my forum copy, Tony76 didn't use that language, that was DPR announcing the big contest; see https://www.dropbox.com/s/larhtgcue1rxt9b/index.php%3Ftopic%3D18311.0

Tony76 offered big freebies and discounts for his exit scam, of course, but nothing like a vacation trip.


[2 Points] Febbraio2468:

Wow, I don't remember Tony76 doing that but I had only been on SR for 2 months when that all went down. Tony was very popular on the forums, everyone was talking about him and he had perfect feedback and great products. He was setting things up for his big exit scam that has gone down in history as the first big exit scam on SR. Those were the good ole days when bitcoin was worth less than 5 bucks. Now get off my lawn.


[1 Points] None:

It was very true. Both of them. Tony also offered ridiculously discounted prices to his loyal consumer base but required fe.

Rest is history.


[-1 Points] InfinitelyOutThere:

I don't remember any of that shit but it may have been true... Doubt it tbh