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From: Bruce Sarte
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 14:12
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	On May 7, 1993 Steve Bigelow posted to the above Newsgroups (article
	#74882 in misc.forsale) for Glen Anderson that a Citizen Overture
	110 Laser Printer was for sale.  Said article specifically said
	that the printer was in "EXCELLENT" condition and had recently
	had the drum replaced.

	My son (19 years old and a sophomore in college) had been looking
	for a good laser printer.  When I read the post for this printer,
	I made a copy of the post and gave it to my son.  He called the 
	number in the post and spoke to Glen Anderson.  A deal was struck
	for $400 ($375 for the printer with $25 shipping costs).  My son
	sent Glen a check in the mail and Glen shipped the printer to my
	son and it was received on about May 21.  This is where the problems 
	started, when Glen shipped the printer, he did NOT remove the
	roller and toner cartridge(s).  The inside of the printer was 
	entirely covered with toner and the printer would simply not work.

	My son contacted Glen about the situation the day after the 
	printer was received.  Glen insisted that my son try to put 
	the problem off on Federal Express (trying to implicate that
	the printer had been damaged during shipment).  Glen contacted
	Federal Express and Federal Express in turn contatced my son
	to get an estimate of what was wrong with the printer.  My son
	did so (at an additional cost of $26.50) and the estimate
	was forwarded to Federal Express.  This was on or about May 26.

	When we did NOT hear from Glen or Federal Express for about two 
	weeks, a call was placed to Glen. Glen tried to get my son to
	wait until Federal Express settled the claim.  I spoke to Glen
	and informed him that this was NOT acceptable since Federal
	Express would reimburse him and not my son, so therefore we 
	would like to know what his plans were to get the printer
	fixed or refund my son's money since the printer was specifically
	sold as in "EXCELLENT" condition.  Glen told me that it was a
	bad week since he was in the middle of final exams and that
	he would get back to us by the end of the week (this was on
	June 8, 1993), so we were expecting to hear from him by the
	weekend of June 12-13.  To date we have NOT heard from him and
	when we call the number, there is simply no answer.  He has 
	probably left school for the summer.

	As a result, Glen Anderson has been paid $400 by my son for a 
	printer that does NOT work and he may have a chance at getting
	another $375 from Federal Express.  In my estimation, this is
	a total rip off by this guy.  He straight out lied to me on the
	phone about what his intentions were.


	So, if anybody knows this Glen Anderson or deals with him or
	the guy who's account (Steve Bigelow) the original post was made
	from, stay away from both of them.  If anyone does come into 
	contact with them, I would appreciate any E-Mail on how I can
	get my hands on them.


Bruce (bs24@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
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From: bs24@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce Sarte)
Subject: **** BAD Deal with bigelos@hobo.ece.orst.edu ****
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