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ARCHINSTL
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My tercel:: Goldie is a 1986 SR5 attualmente con Weber/also owned the first T4WD in STL in late '82
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Post by ARCHINSTL »

First Obtaining Payment In Full ◄◄◄
Member ClHall1993. He joined the Club in October of 2016.
He needed an air cleaner complete, so I sold it to him for $5.00 plus postage ($13.90).
► I mailed it on 28 January and he received it on 30 January.
► He PM'd that he mailed a check on the 30th.
► When it had not arrived, I PM'd him on the 6th Feb and he replied on the 8th, again asking for my address, which I immediately sent that day.
► I used his regular email address to a query on the 13th. No reply.
► I sent another PM on the 18th, with another regular email. No reply.
► I discovered his home phone # in Morganton, NC, and called him on the 22nd. The person who answered said - after a moment's hesitation - that he was not Christian Hall. I did not believe him. I called his business' number (Hall Automotive) and a recording said that "the owner has not set up a voice mail at this time." However, his brief web site requests people to text or call him for service."
► I sent another regular email on the 25th. No reply.

He last visited the Club's site on the 8th and has opened neither of the PMs nor either of the regular emails.
I trusted him: How naive was moi?
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Tom M.
T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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marlinh
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My tercel:: 'Everett' Blue 87 4WD Wagon (Rocky 86, recently retired)
Location: Kootenays

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Post by marlinh »

That is such a drag when people take advantage of our trust and generosity.

Shame on him!!!
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splatterdog
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Post by splatterdog »

Perhaps we need a bad trader wall of shame?

Craigslist hack or real shop?
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Goldie Forever
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My tercel:: Goldie is a 1986 SR5 attualmente con Weber/also owned the first T4WD in STL in late '82
Location: Kirkwood, a 'burb of St. Louis

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Post by ARCHINSTL »

Well, the address is a house in a field with a big steel building that could be a shop - but no signs.
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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helipilot77
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My tercel:: 1984 SR5 wagon
Location: Seattle, WA

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Post by helipilot77 »

That is disappointing Archinstl. Sorry that happened to you. Thank you for warning the rest of us though.
. / TOYOTA
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Gottolovem
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My tercel:: 1985 SR5 with snow plow,1987 auto 1984 parts car,1987 FX-16 GTS
Location: Reno

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Post by Gottolovem »

splatterdog wrote:Perhaps we need a bad trader wall of shame?
I like it :oldgeek:
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Post by splatterdog »

At least it would be a short list. Less than $20, what a deadbeat..
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My tercel:: Goldie is a 1986 SR5 attualmente con Weber/also owned the first T4WD in STL in late '82
Location: Kirkwood, a 'burb of St. Louis

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Post by ARCHINSTL »

Home phone is 828-544-5487 and business phone is 828-302-7328 ...
OK to post it ?
Shhhh ...
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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