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- From: Christian@cup.portal.com (Christian John Guastella)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Warning about faith@tezcat.com (Fred Pienkos)
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 12:00:12 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Distribution: usa
- Message-ID: <150482@cup.portal.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: news1.unix.portal.com
-
- Hi All,
-
- I usually would not do this, but I feel I must warn anyone thinking of doing
- business with Fred.. faith@tezcat.com (__Fred_Pienkos__)
-
- A good while back Fred Posted an A3640 card sans cpu for sale.. I wanted an
- extra one, so we agreed on a price ($200) the board was DOA.. UPS denied any
- shipping damage, and I was out the $200.. Fred said he didn't have any money
- and couldn't "afford" to refund my $200.. he claimed the board was working
- when it was shipped.. I agreed to let Fred give me a 50% Refund $100 so that
- he and I would each share in the loss (that was supposedly UPS's Fault)..
-
- Fred actually did get the broken board back from UPS, and re-send it to me
- so I could see if I could possibly get it fixed.. He sent one Partial Payment
- check of $25 for the, 50% or $100 refund we had agreed on..
-
- When I got the tech guy to check out the card, he found a blown component on
- the board.. The tech said ir was "possible" that this could have gone bad in
- transit, but said that it was very un-likely..
-
- Fred has posted several minor Items for sale since, and on each occasion I
- have asked if he was going to send the other $75 he still owed me.. On each
- occasion he has said he would send it, and has not..
-
- I have no way of "knowing", but find it interesting that the system he is
- now selling has a "Brand New Commodore 040 Processor".. Looks suspiciously
- like the one he was using broke, then he sold it to me knowing it did not
- work, and bought a new one..
-
- I would strongly advice against doing any business with him.. Especially if
- you can not afford the loss, or the time to pursue some remedy.. A couple
- hundred dollar loss for me or my biz, is no big deal.. but for a lot of folks
- out there $2400 is a bit of money..
-
- In Any event He is definitely NOT a Man of his word, and you should deal with
- him accordingly..
-
-
- See Ya, Christian Christian@cup.portal.com Santa Clara
- Sur-Tech / Ami-Tech Ph. (408) 496-6664 Ext.247 CA. USA
-
- PS Stuff from his recent post Below:
-
- Amiga:
- ------
- Amiga 4000
- Brand New Commodore 040 Processor
- Brand New Mother Board
- 16 Megs of Memory
- EGS Spectrum Video Card
- Emplant Deluxe Mac Emulation Card (Upgradeable to the e586 emulation
- Best Offer Befroe March 1...
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-
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- as well.)
- Keyboard Mouse
- GVP 4008 Scsi Controller
- 240 meg scsi drive
- 120 meg ide drive
- 120 meg ide drive
- 2x CD Rom Drive(scsi)
- NEC 3d Monitor (14 Inch)
-
- Very High End Graphic Station.
-
- Asking 2400.00
-