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- From: c23jwd@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey William Davis)
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- Subject: Re: ATTN: Victims of the thief Dirk J. Rokicki (palo alto, ca)
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 16:37:06 GMT
- Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
- Distribution: usa
- Message-ID: <4f5bni$sn6@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com>
- References: <Kimnach.486.00097C14@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov> <zack-3101961204150001@cesinst.pa.scruznet.com> <Kimnach.488.000B1198@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Keywords: Detective Mark Winn phone #: 415-329-2559
-
- In article <Kimnach.488.000B1198@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov>,
- Greg L. Kimnach <Kimnach@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov> wrote:
-
- >i sold dirk a retina zII card. having spoken with him on the phone, we
- >agreed on a cod price ($335). i shipped the retina via ups--but made the
- >mistake of not expicitly writing "cash or cashier's check only" in the
- >provided space on the cod tag. (i only checked the "cash only" box.) ups
- >accepted a personal check which, like all good rubber, bounced.
-
- That's exactly what happened to me! Right down to the price - $335 for the
- X-Calibur memory board.
-
- >i called dirk, and he was very apologetic--claiming that someone got a
- >hold of some of his checks and was using them without his consent, so he
- >had to close the account. he promised to send a cashier's check to me and
- >that i should receive it by the following friday. (this was in
- >november '94.) he told me to call him and let him know when the payment
- >arrived--it never did. i called dirk's home and was told he was out, so
- >i asked that he return my call. he didn't. i tried calling again--the
- >phone was disconnected. i tried a few more times in the following
- >weeks--the line was finally back in service. i could tell he was at home
- >by the way the girl who answered told me that he was out. by the end of
- >january (yes i'm patient), i got very tired of it and was going to be
- >very adament that he pay me, or else.....well, the phone was again
- >disconnected. i called his bank to file a complaint and get his new
- >number. (they would not give out such information, but the receptionist
- >gave me the number to the palo alto police department.)
-
- He seems to give everyone a different story about the rubber checks. He
- told me (when I got my rubber check) that he had to close the account
- simply because he moved and there wasn't a branch locally - and he was
- very sorry about the mixup... he would mail a cashier's check out
- the very next day. Yeah right! EVERY time I called I got this girl he
- was living with. And every time Dirk was either out or working on the
- roof! Well... I told her to get him off the roof and on the phone! Then
- he would claim to have forgotten... and would get the cashier's check out
- right away. A total lie! Repeat ad nausium!
-
- The moving, intermittently disconnected phone, and changing phone numbers
- made things even worse. The REAL story is that he has a rubber-checkbook
- just for 'buying' things! There is no mistake! Dirk is a liar and a
- thief. The evidence is clear. He didn't have the money to buy the
- things over the net. The account had to be closed by him personally.
- He continued to initiate deals over the net and pay with checks on the
- closed account. Almost 2 years later he is doing the same thing... and
- it would be my guess that the bouncing checks are being written on the
- same 2-year old rubber checkbook! He is fully aware of what he is doing;
- stealing!
-
- When Dirk says he's sorry and will get a cashier's check out right away,
- what he actually means is "Hey sucker, wait a little longer until I can
- move, change my phone number and get you (all) off my trail."
-
- >hear that, dirk?
- >
- >oh, and this little pisser had the nerve to tell me he would contact me by
- >last thurday. he didn't. he claimed--on the net--that he would make good on
- >his past mistakes. i'm sure the others have not heard from him either.
-
- You will never hear from him. He will always have some other dilemma that
- kept him from contacting you. The whole sob story on the net was to try
- to clear his name so he can continue to steal. Of course if he weren't
- such a liar, each of you would either have your money... or at least your
- merchandise back - that is if he hasn't traded the stolen goods for
- something else already!
-
- >prison, where big men would call him "ma'am", is where he belongs.
-
- For a long while I felt like taking my vacation in California and letting
- him know first hand how I felt about the whole thing. And then I would
- let him know with my other hand! :-)
-
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