Klarinet Archive - Posting 000953.txt from 1997/08

From: Matt Coill <mcoill@-----.com>
Subj: RE: Tom Puwalski
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 19:33:51 -0400

Be more careful buying and selling items on the internet. It is rife
with theifs. Best thing you can do it COD only with a company that takes
checks, so if someone sends you a brick in a box you can cancel the
check. On the other end only send with companies that will only take
cash. So the receiver can't cancel the check or write a bad one (sucks
that there is no simple, good two way solution).

What the person did was mail-fraud. Unfortunatly, unless he is screwing
people constantly for large amounts of money, nothing will probably be
done.

Hopefully this was just a misunderstanding. But I recently got screwed
out of $200 by someone, who no longer seems to be at the phone number I
first contacted him at.
- Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dannewitz [SMTP:ericdano@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 1997 7:58 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Cc: Tski1128@-----.com; self
> Subject: Tom Puwalski
>
> About a month ago, Mr. Tom Puwalski posted a Email advertising that he
>
> had for sale various clarinet items. I contacted him via Email with my
>
> interest in 2 clarinet barrels he was selling. We agreed on a price,
> and
> I sent him a check which he cashed on the first of August. I have not
> received the barrels and subsequent Emails to his address
> (Tski1128@-----.
>
> Anyone know this guy? Or should I pursue a more LEGAL approach in
> handling this?
>
> Thank you for any input.
>
> Eric
>
>
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> possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time
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> out
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