Reddit has come alive with accusations that vaping critic
Rip Trippers is on the take.
I've now seen two different versions of this letter purporting to be from someone representing Rip Trippers demanding a “2% equity” in an unnamed "app" in return
for his promotion of the unnamed "app" on “all platforms” (in both examples of the letter, the name of the company
in question has been removed). The two letters were in completely different typeface suggesting at least one of them (if not both of them) is not an original copy. Also, the wording of the letters suggests they were in response to someone inviting Rip to be on the advisory board of their company. There is nothing unusual about owning a share of a company that you are on the board of (and a 2% share is actually quite conservative); there is nothing unusual about that unless, of course, you take it out of context and claim it means something else.
People are also linking to this post of
someone making a similar accusation.
At this point we are dealing with nothing but internet rumors and we haven't seen any hard evidence nor have we heard a rebuttal from Rip Trippers. Some tabloid-type blogs (run by drama-queens who ironically make money off of advertising themselves) have jumped on this in order to increase their traffic, but Vaporacle would like to remind everyone that this is America and we're suppose to be innocent until proven guilty. Even if Rip Trippers was negotiating a deal to promote an "app," that doesn't prove that his long history of reviewing actual juices and vaping gear has all been paid for.
Update: the main person behind these allegations appeared on the TV Show Mod Envy on Saturday night and refused to elaborate on what evidence he had that Rip Trippers did anything wrong. We're still waiting for the evidence . . .
Update: the main person behind these allegations appeared on the TV Show Mod Envy on Saturday night and refused to elaborate on what evidence he had that Rip Trippers did anything wrong. We're still waiting for the evidence . . .
