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From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sat Sep 28 18:58:59 2002

On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:

> At 12:32 PM 9/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > This is "Bennett", right? Is it the same guy who used to post with a
> >return addy of dec.parts_at_verizon.net - "Info from LSI"?
>
> Yes, it is

  Well, I told everyone that wanted to know that I'd hold my tongue
unless he started fucking around again. Looks like he's fucking around
again.

  About February or so, I was working part-time for a local scrapper,
and on a pickup run we were shown a DEC rack, and asked if we would take
it. My boss said yes, I said nothing, while memorizing the label and
what details I could, and the owners said they'd call when the red tape
was ready.

  Some of y'all might remember what happened after that. I posted to
ClassicCmp that night, asking if a PDP-11/93 was worth buying at 2x
scrap rates. The next day, my OTHER boss, who is also my best friend,
called to tell me that some guy was trying to queer my pitch.

  Evidently, Bennett tracked our company website from my email address,
and found Mark's business number and email. Mark said Bennett sent him
several emails, then called to tell him that the merchandise "I was
telling him was worthless" was actually very valuable, and offered to
buy it directly from Mark. He forwarded Mark a very nicely edited copy
of my post to CCmp, making it look like I knew the machine was valuable,
and that I intended to mislead my employer about that.

  Mark, being my friend, never told Bennett that he had no clue what was
going on, or that I had another job that involved salvage. He simply
told the guy that he would ask me about it, He also told Bennett that
if we got the PDP-11, he would get back in touch. His presence of mind
kept Bennett from tracking down my other employer, who *would* have sold
it out from under me.

  Mark then called me, told me what was happening, and told me "If you
can't afford it, MDR will pick it up, and we'll take this asshole for a
ride on it." Like I said, he's my friend.

  If anybody wants to see this in print, I have my original post, and
the forwarded copies of "Info from LSI's" email to my boss.

  And Bennett, just in case you wondered since then, I *did* get that
rack. It was indeed a /93, with a M8981-BA, a M5977-AA, and a M3106,
with an RZ24 and TZ30.
  And, the identical backup unit came with it. Same configuration.
  For a total cost of $80.

  I'm not usually given to profanity on public lists, but,

  Fuck You, ya stupid jerk. I win.

        Doc
Received on Sat Sep 28 2002 - 18:58:59 BST