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RE: Honesty

To: "'Joe and Trish'" <jthaider@micron.net>, Triumph q&a <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: Honesty
From: "Musson, Carl" <musson@satie.arts.usf.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 08:30:50 -0500
I think your note says it all.  A "gentle" reminder through this list is
a beginning.  Next time you don't need to be so gentle.  Name Address do
not need to be censored to protect the guilty...



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe and Trish [SMTP:jthaider@micron.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 8:28 AM
> To:   Triumph q&a
> Subject:      Honesty
> 
> Hi!  I have a question for the group.  We have a 1970 Triumph
> Spitfire,
> a 1964 Spitfire and a 1970 GT6.  During the process of restoring the
> 1970 Lady, we used parts from the others.  The GT6 was used mainly for
> parts.  We had lots of extra parts.
> 
> A person on this list asked for a GT6 axle and wondered if anyone had
> one for sale.  My husband wrote to this person and told him that we
> did,
> we would be willing to sell it for a nominal (very nominal) fee plus
> the
> shipping.  The person agreed and my husband (a usually very sweet,
> intelligent guy)sent the part off by UPS, paying for the shipment up
> front.
> 
> After receiving the part, this person said he sent the check.  Yeah,
> right!  It's been almost a month and 1/2 now and no $$.  Calls and
> email
> go unanswered.  This person supposedly has a business in NM.  Has
> anyone
> else had this experience and what would you recommend we do?  From
> reading the posts this last year, I got the idea that most of the
> people
> on the list were honest and interested in restoring and promoting the
> lbc's.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear about experiences of this kind from others.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Trish
> jthaider@micron.com
> 
> P.S.  You don't want to know what I'd like to do to this guy!

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