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Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:03:14 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Derick Bulkley writes:
> 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.
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> My $0.02
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> Derick Bulkley
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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
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> In lugnet.market.auction, Morten Løvåsen writes:
> > To the members of the LUGNET News Group
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> > 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:
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Last week I planned to give him a negative feedback on eBay, but his profile
> > showed SUSPENDED ! (In which cases do eBay suspend members ?)
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> > 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.
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> > 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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| (...) Ditto again. Of the several times I've dealt with John, he's only been late once, although he *can* be very hard to get a hold of via e-mail. There must be some other factor here. James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) Norway. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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