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Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:57:54 GMT
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Holy Cow!
I have to say that I find such behavior by John very unlikely. Every dealing
I've had with him has been a-ok. There at least must be some extenuating
circumstances left out of the picture.
My $0.02
Derick Bulkley
In lugnet.market.auction, Morten Løvåsen writes:
> To the members of the LUGNET News Group
>
> My name is Morten Løvåsen. I am an 34 year old Lego enthusiast from Norway. I
> have been collecting Legos for many years but last spring I run into serious
> problems and I want to publish this tragic story:
>
> Among the members of the Lugnet News Group you will find a guy - John
> DiRienzo. I got in touch with him the very first time at eBay. In may 1999 he
> run an auction for a MISB 4031 Fire Rescue Boat. I was the high-bidder, and
> the winning bid was in the amount of USD 105. We communicated by email, and we
> worked out a trading deal. I offered him 20 lego sets of the 1029 Tine Milk
> Truck - a Lego promotion set from the Norwegain diary Tine. The value was USD
> 450 including shipping to the US. John DiRienzo commited to send me the 4031
> Fire Rescue Boat (USD 105), a MISB 6481 Light & Sound Construction Crew (USD
> 45) and USD 300 cash.
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> We agreed to ship the sets simultaniously, and the money (an international
> check) should be sent seperatly to Norway. I did my part of the deal, and sent
> the lego sets the 26th of june 1999. I still have the receipt from the post
> office. The last time I heard from John DiRienzo was a mail dated 27th of july
> 1999, and he promised to send the two lego sets and pay the USD 300. I have
> sent a dozen of mails in the period of july to september, but haven`t got any
> feedback from him yet.
>
> In october 1999 I sent him a letter telling that my patient has ended. I told
> him I would post a negative feedback on eBay. I also told him I intended to
> publish this tragic story on Lugnet - where we both are members. So I did.
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> I have bought a lot of my lego sets from US collectors because there is no
> second hand Lego market in Norway. But I feel this painstacking case has
> decreased me enthusiasm for lego to a minimum. I thought the community of Lego
> collectors were serious but I was wrong.
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> I also got numerous feedback on eBay if some of you want to confirm my
> reliability. My user ID on eBay is Kristiansand. I also have been a supplier
> for Matt Chiles from time to time.
>
> Take a closer look at John DiRienzo`s home page at
> (http://www114.pair.com/ig88/lego/index.htm), and you will discover he offers
> the Lego Tine Milk Trucks for the amount of USD 50. Those lego sets were a
> part of our trading deal and it is painful to see his announcements for the
> unpaid Lego sets.
>
> Last week I planned to give him a negative feedback on eBay, but his profile
> showed SUSPENDED ! (In which cases do eBay suspend members ?)
>
> Here is some general information about my "opponent":
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> John DiRienzo
> 36 Vershire Court
> Saint Louis, MO 63135
> USA
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> Email address: ig88888888@aol.com
> and ig88888888@stlnet.com
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> User ID on eBay: ig88888888
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> I would appreciate any kind of help bringing my money and legos back to • Norway.
>
> This message also has been posted to Lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
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>
> Thanks for reading this
>
> Morten Løvåsen
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| (...) I have dealt with John Too, and have had no problems..... I hope this will get resolved, things like this can ruin ones reputation here. :( Doyle (...) we (...) sent (...) july (...) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| To the members of the LUGNET News Group My name is Morten Løvåsen. I am an 34 year old Lego enthusiast from Norway. I have been collecting Legos for many years but last spring I run into serious problems and I want to publish this tragic story: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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