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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