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- From: rchartie@mtholyoke.edu (Roger P. Chartier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Re: WARNING! Don't deal with Carl Lee
- Date: 17 Apr 1996 01:20:59 GMT
- Organization: Mount Holyoke College
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- Roger P. Chartier (rchartie@mtholyoke.edu) wrote:
- > On Mon. 2/26/96 I received a message from Carl Lee (clee@freeway.net)
- > regarding my purchase of a 1950 monitor from him.
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- > He reported that his shipping depot charged him $20. for packing and
- > added the amount to my COD total instead of billing him. He asked if I
- > would pay with the understanding that he would reimburse me, rather than
- > having me refuse the package, causing him him needless charges and handling.
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- > Being such a mellow guy, I agreed and decided to trust his word.
-
- > On later occasions he told me " I sent you a $20. money order today "
- > (3/4/96) and later "I was surprised to come home and find the check still
- > in the mailbox with the .35 I left for a stamp NOT there."(3/16/96)
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- > After repeated requests I have no choice but to post in this public
- > forum. I realize that this is far from the biggest problem anyone has
- > ever experienced in marketplace transactions, BUT IT'S THE PRINCIPAL, DAMMIT!
-
- > Perhaps this post will help someone risking a larger transaction.
-
- > If Mr. Lee makes good on his promise (and I hope he will), I will be
- > pleased to publicly issue a positive update to this post.
-
- > I like to think of the Amiga community as something unique and a place
- > where fair dealings by buyers and sellers are the rule. Let us all
- > uphold this trust.
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- > --
- > |~~~~~~~//~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
- > | // | rchartie@mtholyoke.edu | Aprox. 1 in 36000 people will |
- > | \X/ | | break a leg within 3 weeks |
- > |AMIGA ENCORE!!| | of reading this post. |
- > | | Roger P. Chartier |(apologies to Wreckless Eric) |
- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- |~~~~~~~//~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
- | // | rchartie@mtholyoke.edu | Aprox. 1 in 36000 people will |
- | \X/ | | break a leg within 3 weeks |
- |AMIGA ENCORE!!| | of reading this post. |
- | | Roger P. Chartier |(apologies to Wreckless Eric) |
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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