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Conference school::sports_memorabilia

Title:Sports Memorabilia
Notice:Wanted: 3.*; For_sale: 4.*; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:SCHOOL::KOPACKO
Created:Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:730
Total number of notes:8547

526.0. "Be Careful....." by BSS::G_MCINTOSH (Earn More Sessions By Sleaving) Thu Jan 14 1993 17:56

    
    Someone in this notesfile (I won't say who yet) sent mail to me and
    asked me to look through my cards and help him with his wantlist.
    He said he'd pay the postage.
    
    Well, I did (back in August) and sent them to his home address.
    We agreed that $5.00 was a good price for the pile of cards.
    
    Since then, I have never received the 5 spot.  I have contacted him
    repeatedly and always it the same..."Oh yea, I'll get it off right
    away..."
    
    Now I don't need the $5.00, however I hate to be screwed over on
    principle.  The moral is, check on whom you're dealing with!
    
    What'dyall think?
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn
    
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526.1thats low.MSDOA::PARKERJThu Jan 14 1993 19:467
     Glen,
    
    I think you ought to let fellow collectors know who it is.  Collecting
    cards (not money) should be fun not a pain in the A**.  Screwed for a
    fin what a sad thing to do.
    
    Jon
526.2SMAUG::FLOWERSIBM Interconnect Eng.Fri Jan 15 1993 12:177
That's not good news.  I prefer to do my trading with contacts from this 
notesfile (mostly DEC people) than with USENET news groups or mailing lists.  

I've found that most people though this notesfile are a lot easier to trade
with and aren't concerned about "nickle & diming".

Dan
526.3yah, me too....POLAR::FERGUSONRPROFESSORIFri Jan 15 1993 15:0915
    Glen,
    
    I know how you feel....
    
    Agreed to got out and buy certain Cdn issues of a specific hockey player 
    for a guy in the file. Got them for about 60% of Beckett.
    
     Mailed the cards and my receipt to the guy.
    
     Never heard from him again.
    
     Has made me very leary of offering any help to guys I haven't
    previously dealt with.
    
    R.M.F.
526.4BSS::G_MCINTOSHEarn More Sessions By SleavingFri Jan 15 1993 17:397
    
    Well, I've heard from two or three of you and it appears that this one
    individual has done this before.  I suspect we're probably all talkin'
    about the same guy.  
    
    Live from Charger Central......Glenn
    
526.5Publish his name...WMOIS::MALLETTE_PMon Jan 18 1993 16:1010
    SHAME ON THAT GUY... Besides him being a BEAT, it'll make some of you 
    guys that are VERY helpful, leary to deal with us new comers..
    
    
     If he got the cards, (some one said he was sending some my way and I
    never saw them, they were freebies, I assumed he didn't get around to
    sending them), But it sounds like he DID get them. 
    He should MAKE GOOD ON HIS WORD and pay up!
    
       Publish his name for all to see.
526.6Don't publish his name ...FUTURE::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Mon Jan 18 1993 21:116
    Please don't publish any names.  You can do it through mail. It's
    too bad these things happen, but it's not the first time, nor the
    last. If it happens to me I just don't deal with them anymore and
    I also let other people know what happened.
    
    The moderator
526.7Bless all the saintsSONATA::KELLYThu Jan 21 1993 13:593
    The Saint is right. You can share the name in mail or on the phone, 
    but not through the notes file.
    Mike
526.8FUTURE::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Thu Jan 21 1993 15:063
    Thanks for that vote of confidence Mike. At least we agree on this ;-)
    
    John
526.9Caution flag in MaynardSONATA::KELLYMon Feb 08 1993 13:015
    This is a slight change to base note.  I'm very cautious in purchasing
    wax from a Maynard local store that is also a gold outlet.  Especially,
    UD.
    Call for more details.
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