[sdiy] Explanation: Re: Quinton Fulsom

[mark verbos]

I didn't really intend to dis the guy, I just told what I knew. Now I 
feel mean and singled out.

Sorry Quint. Sorry everyone.

mark verbos

Trevor Page wrote:

>Oh, sh*t.
>
>Okay SDIY people, let me briefly tell you what this is all about.
>
>Last night I won an auction for some TB303 pots on eBay. When I got the
>confirmation message from eBay, I realised that the seller, Quinton Fulsom,
>has been discussed on the S-DIY list and AH in the past, relating to some
>bad trading experiences.
>
>I immediately emailed Mr, Fulsom, expressing my concern about these 'bad
>trader' reports. I quoted some _old_ emails, from the SDIY list, to him. I
>was polite, and I didn't mean any disrespect at all. I was reasonable. Being
>the guy I am, I simply wanted to let him have his say before I came to any
>conclusion. Quinton quickly emailed me back, providing an explanation for
>these mishaps, but understandably seemed upset. I emailed him back this
>afternoon, explaining that my first impressions of him are actually GOOD,
>but asked that he understood why I was initially apprehensive. To me the guy
>seems pretty damn straight and I said that I would send him the money, but I
>asked him if he would mind if I sent half the payment first of all, then
>send the final payment once I received the potentiometers.
>
>I'm not sure if Quinton realised that those messages I forwarded were dated
>from quite a while ago. Netherveless, he has chosen to send this message not
>only to myself, but to the entire SDIY list.
>
>I even contacted the originator of the warning that appeared on SDIY lately
>to confirm whether he eventually recieved his parts, which he did. I was
>happy about this.
>
>I didn't mean to upset the guy - he's probably trying to get things
>straight, just for this to knock him back again. But what else could I have
>done? I was understandably genuinely concerned about what I'd heard. I never
>even refused to carry out the transaction. I just wanted his say, before I
>made an opinion. Have I done wrong?
>
>
>Trevor
>
>mentalfuckingnote: check seller's details *before* bidding next time...
>
>trevor at resonance.fsnet.co.uk
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "quinton fulsom" <q_fulsom at hotmail.com>
>To: <trevor at resonance.fsnet.co.uk>
>Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:53 PM
>Subject: Re: Quinton Fulsom : MY explanation, apologies and various rants
>
>
>>This is a response to Trevor, All of Synth DIY, AH,
>>and anyone who cares to spend too long to read this.
>>
>>Trevor,
>>
>>Yes my old qfulsom account was lovely.  Some crazy bitch that could never
>>get out of the house (as described by her frantic husband)
>>bid on my auction on a Thursday or Friday. Saturday night at midnight I
>>receive a frickin call
>>asking where her stuff was if you can imagine.  When I told her off for
>>calling me at midnight,
>>on a Saturday oh she was going to "GET ME!".
>>She began bidding on dozens of items and immediately leaving feedback that
>>
>I
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>>was this and that.  Then emailed dozens of people.  For someone to even be
>>able to do all this in one night was beyond me.
>>Ebay realised they were negligent for this loophole and wouldn't reply to
>>
>me
>
>>AT ALL.  AT ALL.  I couldn't even access my account.
>>However her comments they quickly covered their tracks of this negligence.
>>
>>Coincidently I had to fly to Europe to meet with a client that coming
>>Monday, Tuesday don't remember.
>>The whole affair cost me nearly $15,000. Over a $5 dollar item I
>>
>overnighted
>
>>$40 cost to her just to shut her up.
>>Lovely.
>>So yeah I get a bit perturbed sometimes when I think of that.
>>
>>Then there are the people on DIY who reply to this stuff and don't even
>>acknowledge my existence.
>>like Verbos.  Verbos you didn't meet me through qfulsom on ebay.
>>I met him you 10 years ago and helped you put out a cd.
>>And then act like you don't know of me.
>>Please, we talked on the phone and partied together man.
>>I did something out of passion like putting your and other's music out.
>>Same as synths.  Because I have a passion for it.  Not because I'm out to
>>rip someone off dude or seeing who has the coolest modified this or that.
>>
>>Paul Perry.  Wanting to buy SSM2300s.  Never heard back.
>>6 months to a year later wants to buy 2300s, again never hear back.
>>3 years later saying I screwed him and "others" although not listed as
>>
>well.
>
>>Paul, once I can I'll probably just send you some just to clear my name in
>>your eyes.
>>In six years I've haven't touched over 1K of 2300s and it aint no big
>>
>deal.
>
>>If you can use I'll give them to you.
>>
>>And there are other people on this list that I won't name but that know me
>>and my person.
>>
>>I'm sorry but it is VERY irritating what someone can cause a person.
>>No many people. Including your friend who get the shit end of it because
>>someone didn't fulfill their end of a bargain before throwing
>>a tantrum.
>>
>>Like I said I had enough problems without Daydodge causing his shit when
>>
>he
>
>>is the real prick.  I had even told him in great detail of my problems.
>>
>He
>
>>seems to have forgotten it took me months before to get my ICs.  So your
>>friend, I'm sorry but as you said he got his parts and I am VERY sorry it
>>took so long.  Thank David Daydodge.  Again, one person's stupidity
>>
>causing
>
>>literally hundreds of hours of work, hundreds of people's anxieties for
>>nothing and me over $4,000 in waste.
>>Thanks David.  Your such a frickin hero!!! Yeah David.
>>
>>Before your shit did you happen to read my feedback on ebay.  Hello, I
>>shipped things on time, most often the next day.
>>
>>Please feel free to post all of this.  Never mind I will.
>>I really want people to understand that I'm not some suspicious person who
>>floats around giving it to them and laughing in their stupidity.
>>However,
>>I don't sit on my computer 24 hours a day either, 14 maybe.
>>And yes sometimes I take a leave!
>>If you have a gripe, please realize this.  People have problems sometimes
>>and can't answer a computer in the middle of a jungle when kidnapped and
>>extorted in Thailand.
>>
>>Or when their ex gets pissed and cuts off your bank accounts and you are
>>standing around in China beggin another whitey to give you money
>>for a taxi to the embassy.
>>
>>Or when they are in transist for a day or two or three due to cancelled
>>flights from the bomb scare.
>>Or get to their house in Taiwan before going to LA to realise everything
>>
>is
>
>>gone.
>>To get back to LA to realise everything is gone including who you loved.
>>
>>So when you email someone shit, please think of this.
>>Some people have a life, maybe not the same
>>of yours in an office or home where everyday is the same or as you
>>might think.
>>
>>And if nothing else.  Think first of what you are causing the many people
>>who are reading what you type.  Often hundreds or thousands.
>>
>>I am very sorry for all those who have had worries in the past fall.  Very
>>sorry.
>>But we are dealing with a medium that encompasses the globe with many
>>different facets of existance.  Not just one particular instance in your
>>frame of visibility.
>>
>>Please accept my apologies and understand I have a passion for synths the
>>same as you.
>>I don't just sling up stuff for sale because it is cool or to make
>>
>millions
>
>>off of ripping you off.
>>I think that is actual Rola..
>>
>>All the people I've spent inumerable hours talking to about repairs,
>>assisting in parts research that reply with their thanks is what keeps me
>>going.  I do love this.  Why else would I be still doing so?
>>
>>Think about it, please.
>>Thanks for your time and all of that spent on this horrific thread.
>>Quinton Fulsom
>>
>>
>>
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