Dear All,
As much as it is good to find out about people we should
avoid, I don't thnk we should turn this list into a place
to trash other people (even if they deserve it and others
will benifit to be warned).
As Amy pointed out, all of these e-mails to to the archive
and can be accessed by anyone at anytime. Is it possible
to sue someone for slander regarding comments on the internet?
probably not, but it is something to think about.
Lots of love,
Peter Egerton
Vancouver BC



>DEAR ALL,
>Would other members of the net like to know of past "BAD"
>people to deal with? I don't know if they are still around
>but it might be good info.
>Fred in MN
>
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>> From: Carol Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Fast Eddie
>> Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:17 PM
>>
>> 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
>
>
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
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