Dear Jim, Ross and friends,

Thanks for your advices and opinions. I am sorry for posting the previous
email about the Deadbeats list in Conch-L. I should send the email to
individual dealers, not here.

I know different people will have different opinions but I think there is not
a right place for discuss this topic here. If you have any opinions please
contact me privately.

I apologize again.

Sincerely, Donald

Jim Miller wrote:

> I second Ross's sentiments regarding the so-called "Deadbeats" list.
> However, if we absolutely insist on naming names, shouldn't shell
> collectors be able to also post the names of dealers who they feel were
> less than honest with them? Perhaps sent them shells way below their
> grading or refusing to credit or exchange a return? I think there are very
> few of either out there: Bad customers or bad dealers (I have met none of
> either). Isn't it a better use of our time to put up the names of our
> elected officials who have a terrible record on supporting environmental
> issues, etc. Or who insist on using shellers as a scapegoat while paper
> mills (and other industries) dump toxic wastes into our rivers every day
> (which ends up in the ocean), thus causing harm not only to molluscs, but
> all life in the seas. In any event, I, for one, will never look at that
> list (just in case, by some wild happenstance, I end up there).
>
> Best regards to all,
> Jim
>
> Jim Miller
> Tallahassee, Florida
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