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
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> 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