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Article #279Re: WARNING: James Lewis, isolution@freeyellow.com
From: Zeppo
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00
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Perhaps you shoud post his mailing address and number. Scammers frequently post under email and snailmail names. -- Please remove the anti-spam 'xyz' from my reply address if emailing. Rasanen <_nospam_rasanen@sprynet.com> wrote in article <01bd20fe$3acf7b60$5997aec7@vesahome>... > I needed a couple more licenses for VB5 Professional, and purchased via > some ads posted by Mr. James Lewis from "Internet Solutions", who is > using the email address isolution@freeyellow.com, a single copy of > Visual Basic 5.0 Professional. > > What I received, despite several clear messages that this had to be a > complete retail version with full licenses, for business use, was the > Academic Edition, with the Academic Edition license. See a copy of Mr. > Lewis recent ad below. > > Since I do not qualify for an Academic Edition license, and have ZERO > upgrade and ZERO MS Tech Support with an Academic Edition, I have asked > James Lewis to send me the correct non-Academic Edition or proper > license, but as of today, Wednesday 01/14/98, have not received the > correct software or license. Mr. James Lewis from Internet Solutions > was paid in cash, with a US Postal Money Order on Friday 01/02/98 and > confirmed payment on Tuesday 01/06/98 > > This message is intended only as a Warning, at this point simply a > record of events, as I have full confidence that Mr. Lewis is sending > or has sent the proper software and/or license. > > As you may be aware, anyone with an Academic License does not qualify > for MS Tech Support or upgrades and since this is for business use and > must pass auditing requirements, it is completely useless at this > point. > > **begin quote from recent ad > > Subject: FS:Visual basic 5 PRO > From: James lewis <isolution@freeyellow.com> > Date: 1998/01/05 > > I have VB5 pro for sale for $150.00 this includes shipping in us, this > is not an upgrade it is the full version. email if interested. > > I have Visual basic 5 pro for sale for $150.00 email to order, I only > have 2, these are NEW and COMPLETE packages and this price includes > shipping in the US. > > **end quote > > -- > rasanen@sprynet.com - MS MVP > Web Site: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/rasanen/ >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c949,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c949,public X-Google-Thread: 10915d,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid10915d,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e1,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e1,public X-Google-Thread: 111f06,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid111f06,public X-Google-Thread: 111dad,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid111dad,public X-Google-Thread: 102b99,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b99,public X-Google-Thread: 110e3b,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gid110e3b,public X-Google-Thread: fc8d0,46e4f347fdbda033 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc8d0,public From: "Zeppo" <jlrosexyz@erols.com> Subject: Re: WARNING: James Lewis, isolution@freeyellow.com Date: 1998/01/16 Message-ID: <01bd2280$5995f500$20adaccf@jlrose> X-Deja-AN: 316526778 References: <01bd20fe$3acf7b60$5997aec7@vesahome> X-Complaints-To: abuse@erols.com X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 884956373 25100 207.172.173.32 (16 Jan 1998 13:12:53 GMT) Organization: Home Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,alt.winsock.programming,comp.lang.basic.misc,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software,pgh.forsale,ny.forsale,pa.forsale,ca.forsale