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From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Sep 28 19:56:00 2002

   Good for you, Doc!

    Joe

At 06:57 PM 9/28/02 -0500, Doc wrote:
>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 - 19:56:00 BST