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Dear S.
I have already sent a parcel which has printed to the sender’s address
on 3rd May 2004.
I am sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Best Regards,
Benny
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:09 PM
To: BENNY WONG
Subject:
DEAR BENNY:
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CUT THE PHONE WHEN I CALL YOU????????
I JUST WANT TO KNOW DID YOU FIND OUT MY SHELLS ALREADY? AND WHEN YOU
CAN SEND BACK TO ME THAT'S IT, WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK WITH ME?
B. REGARDS,
S.
It is obviously that Benny has some problem. He keeps all the auction
shells and money himself. But he just wanted to shift the responsibility
to me.
I heard someone lost lot of money in his investment recently.
As for the ownership of Molluscs Net and other issues, I stop to discuss
it as legal action will be started very soon. I think the most important
is who owns you money and your shells, not the ownership of the net.
If you doubt who the owner of the Molluscs Net is, I think Bret’s email
is the best answer.
If you doubt who the owner of MTP is, I think the company search is the
best answer.
If you doubt who telling you the truth is, I think you will see the
result soon.
Benny took the profit himself and he holds all the money and shells now.
If you doubt who owns you money or shells, it is Benny.
Note the Molluscs Net will be closed soon if legal action starts, I hope
you will see another one just like Molluscs Net in the future.
Bret, I am sorry. I selected a wrong person to make the biggest problem
in shell world.
As for suppliers, please contact Doug Thorn if MTP owns you money and
shells. He is the representative of suppliers. I am sorry. I could not
do better although I already tried my best. I hope you will get your
money back soon.
As for buyers in the auction, please wait. You will be informed how you
should do. If you pay check, I strong recommended that you cancel the
check payment immediately. If you send payment by bank transfer to Bank
of East Asia, Benny must have the money. If you send money to Wing Hang
Bank, you will be guaranteed for refund. You may contact Benny but you
could not expect you will have answer. I am sorry. I hope you will get
your shells or money back soon.
I still love shell as I am shell lover. However, I may disappear in the
shell world at least in short time as I’ll be involved soon. Not sure
when I’ll be back and not sure you will still support me, but I just
wanted to say I never own any sheller one cent or one shell.
No matter how the result is, many thanks for your support in past years.
I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. I hope every one will be happy
finally. You could get your shells back or you could get your money
back.
Please accept my apologies. I could not say anything more except I feel
very sad.
You may expect new auction will start again when the problem is solved.
I hope everything will go well soon. If you need help and further
information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Take care,
Donald
P.S. As I do not have bulk email program, please check Molluscs Forum to
see any updated news.
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To all those individuals that have contacted me with regard to the
MTP web site (the molluscs.net), I hope that I can provide some
clarity on its ownership by providing a little history.
Many of you know that I created MTP in 1996. And some of you also
know that I sold the site to Donald Chan in 1999, because I found it
impossible to continue my research and operate the site. It was not
long afterward, that Donald also found that it was a lot of work
running the site, and he enlisted the support of his brother-in-law
(Benny Wong). Within no time, MTP became very successful, because
Benny had the time needed to help manage the site.
Because Donald had an installment contract with me for the purchase
of MTP, he approached me in 2002, with a proposal of Benny talking
over complete ownership. The reason was simply, because Donald did
not have time to devote to the site and Benny was already doing the
Lion's share of the work. Since I had been working with both men for
several years at this point, I did not find it necessary to change
the contract. Benny immediately took over the responsibility of
making the installment payments, and a year later the contract was
paid in full.
Although this action was not overly publicized, it was not a secret
either. In 2002, there were several marked changes that took place.
First and most important, was the contact and payment email and
mailing addresses had all changed to Benny Wong . However, I think
the change most noted by all was the size of the auctions. Prior to
2002, the number of items in the auction was about 150 to 300
specimens. However, after Benny took over as owner, the number rose
significantly with 600 to 900 specimens per auction.
This now bring us to the present. We have all received the somewhat
cryptic emails from both Benny and Donald in the last month. It seems
obvious to me, that there are some family problems as well as
business related problems going on, and ownership of MTP may change
hands once again. Although, I no longer have any financial interests
in the site, I do not want to see it burn to the ground, and I don't
believe anyone else does either.
Here is some trivia, that many of you may not be aware of. Long
before all the big shell dealers put up their web sites, MTP was
already established. Long before anyone else on the web, MTP had
auctions dedicate solely to shells. Long before anyone else, MTP
offered a place for shell collectors to place their want ads for
free. Perhaps if we can all take a deep breath and have just a little
patients, MTP will get past this growing pain and continue to be a
great site.
I hope, that I was able to clarify or validate a few details for you.
Sincerely, Bret
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