[meteorite-list] Dealer Refunds

From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:44 2004
Message-ID: <6.142d3e83.2c2f7915_at_aol.com>

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John Gwilliam:=20

> he went on a tirade about the unjust way that he was being treated....blah=
=20
> blah blah blah blah!=A0 The ranting and raving went on for three=20
> emails.....[snip].......Could this be Steve's unhappy buyer?=A0=A0 Rob's s=
hort payer?

All of a sudden I'm reminded of yet ANOTHER third-person story I heard quite=
=20
a while ago (from two dealers independent of each other) of a dealer/custome=
r=20
who ordered material, agreed to regular monthly payments, but then asked for=
 a=20
postponement in the midst of the agreement, saying he couldn't afford the=20
payments.=A0 But a little investigation revealed that this dealer/customer w=
as=20
actively, concurrently winning (and paying for) expensive ebay auctions at t=
he=20
same time.=A0 It was pointed out to him rather strongly that he should be pa=
ying=20
off existing creditors and agreements, before taking on new debts and paying=
=20
them instead.=A0 =20

If all FOUR of these stories involve the same person (and face it, with what=
=20
we've heard so far, would that really be a stretch?), I would strongly sugge=
st=20
that potential customers use exactly the same tactics with him, that have=20
come to light in the last 24 hours (that's assuming of course, that people c=
hoose=20
to continue to do business with him at all, a big assumption).=A0 The messag=
e=20
might sink in, although as I think about it, in the case of my theatre-folk,=
=20
common sense rarely sinks in if there's not much there to begin with.=A0=20

Are you out there, O Unknown Dealer/Collector? No one enjoys mob-rule or a=
n=20
unfair witchhunt, but on the other hand, if no one steps forward to set the=20
record straight, we can only assume it already is. =20

       Gregory

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John Gwilliam: <BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">he went on a tirade about the u=
njust way that he was being treated....blah blah blah blah blah!=A0 The rant=
ing and raving went on for three emails.....[snip].......Could this be Steve=
's unhappy buyer?=A0=A0 Rob's short payer?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
All of a sudden I'm reminded of yet ANOTHER third-person story I heard quite=
 a while ago (from two dealers independent of each other) of a dealer/custom=
er who ordered material, agreed to regular monthly payments, but then asked=20=
for a postponement in the midst of the agreement, saying he couldn't afford=20=
the payments.=A0 But a little investigation revealed that this dealer/custom=
er was actively, concurrently winning (and paying for) expensive ebay auctio=
ns at the same time.=A0 It was pointed out to him rather strongly that he sh=
ould be paying off <I>existing</I> creditors and agreements, before taking o=
n new debts and paying them instead.=A0&nbsp; <BR>
<BR>
If all FOUR of these stories involve the same person (and face it, with what=
 we've heard so far, would that really be a stretch?), I would strongly sugg=
est that potential customers use exactly the same tactics with <I>him</I>, t=
hat have come to light in the last 24 hours (that's assuming of course, that=
 people choose to continue to do business with him at all, a big assumption)=
.=A0 The message might sink in, although as I think about it, in the case of=
 my theatre-folk, common sense rarely sinks in if there's not much there to=20=
begin with.=A0 <BR>
<BR>
Are you out there, O Unknown Dealer/Collector?&nbsp;&nbsp; No one enjoys mob=
-rule or an unfair witchhunt, but on the other hand, if no one steps forward=
 to set the record straight, we can only assume it already is.&nbsp;&nbsp; <=
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<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gregory</FONT></HTML>

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