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Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:12:59 GMT
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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:
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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
Good news !!!
Some of you have asked for a final follow up - and here it comes. After I
posted the two messages to Lugnet News Group in november 1999 John DiRienzo
has reestablished our contact by sending me an email where he apologized for
his behavior. He sent me the long awaited Lego sets immidiate, and I received
them in excellent condition. Yesterday I also got the money he owed me,
smoothly wired to my account by another norwegian fellow of John.
Thanks John for your honourable behavior.
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