Since Walter Sage's name was mentioned, I remember that Walter wrote me
warning me about "Fast Eddie" and his reputation.

CBS
----- Original Message -----
From: C. E. Pinkerton <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fast Eddie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Fast Eddie
>
>
> >The "fast Eddie" I knew was Ed Theiler from Long Island, NY.  I would
like
> >to say from the very beginning that he never cheated me..but here's the
> >story.
> >
> >I started our shell club in '87.  Donald Dan asked me to write a little
> >article for the Am. Conch., which I did.  Shortly after it came out, I
had
> a
> >letter from this guy-Ed Theiler.  He wrote bad things about the Long
Island
> >Shell Club and its members and wanted to know if he could join our club.
> He
> >told me he owned either a bunch of boats or trucks (can't remember which)
> >and he furnished fish to the NYC restaurants.  First of all, I figured if
> he
> >was doing that he should have been able to afford stationery, 'cause he
> >wrote on note book paper.  Secondly, when he sent his dues, he sent a
money
> >order.  He also sent me a picture of himself--WHOA Nellie!!!!  And one
> >Sunday he called me from a pay phone--big tycoon from Long Island.  Well,
> he
> >still hadn't done anything wrong.  So he paid his dues and wanted the
> >members to swap shells with him.  I think a couple of others did, as did
I.
> >I really enjoyed this swapping, and was making out like a bandit!!!  Then
I
> >had a letter from him wanting to swap me a noble wentletrap for a
precious
> >wentletrap. He said he had the noble wentletrap. When something's too
good
> >to be true, it usually is.  And that's when I stopped the trading.
> >
> >I went to COA in Ft. Myers that year and happened to be sitting with some
> >members of the LISC and Mr. Theiler's name was brought up.  I REALLY got
an
> >ear full, especially about their shell show, and the fact that shells
were
> >missing and presumed stolen.  (I believe it was Helen Madow I was talking
> >to.)
> >
> >I have since heard other stories about him, but like I said, I got out of
> >the trading while I was ahead.  When I didn't answer his letter about the
> >epis., I never heard from him again.
> >
> >Carol
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 5:40 PM
> >Subject: Fast Eddie
> >
> >
> >> Can someone who knows all about this Fast Eddie please give all of us
> what
> >> we need to know to identify him in correspondence, and what his tactics
> >> are? What aliases does he use? Where does he live? What is his e-mail
> >> address, if any?
> >>
> >> You could save some of us a lot of grief, expense and wasted specimens!
> >>
> >> Andrew G
>
> You asked and heres our output.
> We had Ed Theiler call us several years ago wanting to trade shells.  You
> could not name a shell that he didnt have a lot of...the rare ones...so
dont
> know why he wanted to trade.  He invited us to come visit him and his wife
> on Long Island.  (Thats a good piece of highway between Warrenton, Va and
> L.Island) At any rate we made an appointment and then called our old buddy
> Walter Sage (at that time active member of LISC...after what he told us
> about Fast Eddie we changed our mind about visiting Ed Theiler, called his
> home to offer our apologies for not being able to make the trip and was
> abusively sensored by his wife (?) for breaking the apointment.
> Next we heard about this person was that he had moved to Florida and may
> have been going by the name of Brown....
> I can only vouch for the first paragraph but he wanted us to bring a
> Tridacna gigas as trading material .....sure.....We're gonna lug a 300 lb
> shell to N.Y.  !!!!!!!
> We have heard other stories from mostly Florida people...there may be a
> bundle to show up on this before it is over.
> I dont want to be the one to black list any one but I can understand the
> need for caution.   The entry of James Cheshire re Lyle Therriault
bothered
> me in that if he was paid for the shell before he sent it I cant
understand
> what his doubts were...perhaps he didnt say enough...but,,,seems he had no
> cause to throw a shadow on the mans name and reputation if he didnt
explain
> further some discrepency in the dealings.
> Just wondering......!!!!!!!  Did he think this might be the same as Ed
> Theiler??
>
>
> Cautiously Mique.