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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 08:35:34 -0500
2nd thought:  If the check really has been lost in the mail; go ahead
and issue a second one.  If the first shows up it can be returned; if it
doesn't - you've taken care of the problem.  No need to put a stop pay.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Musson, Carl 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 8:31 AM
> To:   'Joe and Trish'; Triumph q&a
> Subject:      RE: Honesty
> 
> 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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