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- From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
- Subject: Turmoil in the RO world - Disclaimer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.003846.10349@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Summary: Disclaimer from SpectraPure Inc.
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:38:46 GMT
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- To whom it may concern:
-
- I am a satisfied customer of the SpectraPure company and in recent
- discussion regarding a custom setup for my reef tank with Mr. Mitsis,
- the situation described below came into the discussion. I was asked
- to distribute this information to the general public via electronic
- means (Internet, Compuserve) and he faxed me the statement below. I
- offer no personal statement to the validity of any of the claims
- herein; and any typos found are probably from my re-entering the
- information from my computer fax to ascii code (I need an OCR
- program!). Items that were underlined in the fax appear _like this_
- and all capitalization is as the fax was sent. Please direct
- followup to the company at the numbers listed below.
-
- I have no association with this company other than being a satisfied
- customer. SpectraPure is a company which manufacters and sells
- Reverse Osmosis (RO) water filtration systems and advertises in
- Tropical Fish Hobbiest (TFH) and Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA)
- magazines.
-
-
- FAX BELOW THIS LINE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Spectrapure, Inc.
- 738 South Perry Lane Suite 1
- Temple, AZ 85281
- 800-685-2783
- 602-894-5437
- 602-894-6109 (FAX)
-
-
- December 21, 1992
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ----------
-
- Dear Valued Customers,
-
- Sheridan Bay's services as a distributor for SpectraPure were
- terminated in late October 1992. We immediately asked them to stop
- advertising under the SpectraPure name and logo. _THEY REFUSED_ and
- _IN ADDITION_ are now continuing the SpectraPure ads in TFH and FAMA
- magazines while selling and shipping grossly inferior products to
- purchasers who are misled into thinking they are buying SpectraPure
- products.
-
- SpectraPure herewith formally disclaims any and all
- responsibility for the fraudulent practices of Sheridan Bay and its
- backers and principles. We have sued them for the unethical and
- unlawful acts committed against SpectraPure.
-
- We have established that Sheridan Bay is presently shipping
- the poorest quality components and its products are untested and
- improperly designed. Those products will not, in many instances,
- function as specified. Customers are calling us daily complaining
- about this fraud -- because they have been led to believe they were
- buying SpectraPure products when they ordered from Sheridan Bay under
- its TFH and FAMA magazine ads using SpectraPure's name, logo, and
- model numbers.
-
- We have not yet been able to stop these magazines from letting
- Sheridan Bay use our name, logo, and model numbers. Even though these
- Sheridan Bay people do not understand the science of water
- purification systems, they have attempted to copy SpectraPure's basic
- system (using the cheapest of components) -- BUT IN UNITS OF THEIRS
- THAT WE HAVE HAD EXAMINED AND TESTED THEY WERE IMPROPERLY PUT TOGETHER
- AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL. We are issuing this disclaimer
- for your protection and ours because of the false advertising.
-
- Products bought from Sheridan Bay after October 1992 will most
- likely fall far below the high quality for which SpectraPure is known.
- We are _NOW FACTORY DIRECT_ and able to provide you with added value
- at reduced cost. SpectraPure CSP systems now come standard with
- premium carbon block pre-filters and Research Grade TFC membranes for
- increased performance and longer life.
-
- SpectraPure sincerely hopes you will not be damaged by the
- fraud herein described. We pleaded with these people not to do this
- -- but we now can prove what they have done and are doing. Call us at
- 800-685-2783 or 602-894-5437 or FAX us at 602894-6109 if you need
- advice.
-
- SPECTRAPURE, INC.
-
- By (signature)
- ----------------
- Charles Mitsis, President
-
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