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Re: Defrauded or STUPID? You judge!

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From: Ted Carancho
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 23:45
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David A. Kaye (dk@crl.com) wrote:

: You don't leave your front door open for people to walk in and take your 
: equipment, do you?  Yet, you send a component halfway around the world to 
: some guy's doorstep.  You don't even know the guy, do you?  Why not just 

Since the hardware in question isn't extremely valuable I don't believe he was
stupid. He could have taken better precautions, but how could he have known
this person to be crooked? I may be too idealistic, but there are SOME
trustworthy people out there in the world. Personally though... I would have
waited for the buyer to send his payment first...

Good luck Fred, hope everything works out.

Ted!
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From: carancho@csulb.edu (Ted Carancho)
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Subject: Re: Defrauded or STUPID?  You judge!
Date: 19 Nov 1993 23:45:02 GMT
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