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Re: Looking for STOLEN Compaq portable!

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From: Justin Hannah
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
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bellucco@netacc.net (Tom Bellucco) wrote:

>I know this is a longshot, but hey, you never know, right?

>I bought a Compaq LTE 5100 laptop this month.  It was shipped from the
>selling company on 12/19/95 and arrived at the destination dock on
>12/26/95.  When it arrived, the box was empty.  It had been opened and
>re-sealed, and the contents stolen.  It left Swedesboro, NJ on 12/19
>and arrived in Rochester, NY on 12/26.  The shipping company was
>Yellow Freight.

>If you know anyone who recently received this model PC, and it seems
>suspicious, please send me E-Mail.  If you think you know anything
>about this, please send me E-Mail.  If you know of another newsgroup
>that might help, please forward.  I appreciate any help anyone can
>give.  I do not check these groups regularly, so please respond using
>e-mail.

>I have the serial number and all kinds of shipping info for
>verification!

>Someone else got my wonderful Christmas present.  Doesn't that suck?

>-Tom Bellucco


IMHO the mail-order company never sent you one--- they sent you an
empty box!  Otherwise, yes this is one hell of a longshot, unless you
believe in the stunts demonstrated in the latest 007 movie!!!

- Justin Hannah (sparc@inetnebr.com)
Synergy International Business Services ~ Dept. of International Trade

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From: sparc@inetnebr.com (Justin Hannah)
Subject: Re: Looking for STOLEN Compaq portable!
Date: 1996/01/04
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