Blast from the past: WORLDWIDE VINYL ASSOCIATION
aleit
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since this has been such a fun day on soulstrut. i offer you my favorite deal gone awry of all timea blast from the past which was regulated at the time by our very own Frankbackground:i sold a stock copy (had a box of 'em) of Marlena SHaw - Woman of the Ghetto to some guy in france for $30 or something. He was unhappy with the condition which was interesting seeing as it had never been played before. After agreeing to refund his cash after receiving the record back (didn't want to deal with the nut anymore), all i received was a record broken in three pieces. The threats and temper tantrums escalated to this amazing letter that i received from the UN of the Record World: THE WORLD WIDE VINYL ASSOCIATION!!!!!!!!!________________________________________________________________________________________Mr *********I am the President of the Vinyl-Record Association Germany and one of our Business Partners just informed us about a uncorrect Deal you made through Ebay.We hope that you clear the situation with our Member Hector Mantequilla, otherwise we will put you on our black List of unserious Recorddealer.We will send out your Ebay Seller Name and your Private Adress (we got from Hector Mantequilla)to 50000 Members and Recordcollectors Worldwide.Also, we will give 20000 Flyer with your Bad Profil to all RecordFreaks on the worlds biggest RecordFair in Utrecht(netherlands) on the 14-16 April 05.Believe Me we will do that communication!We will protect our Members.Hope you will find the right solution mr. ********* otherwise you will have big problems .We will disturb your unserious Record Business very much and in every way!You better cooperate.sin! cerely,Bernd Arnold
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Sounds amazing...
WORLDWIDE VINYL ASSOCIATION ?
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Bernd Arnold?
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It gets deep...
You gotta love the punchline at the end there considering the letter was intended to be written formally.
"You better cooperate".
Association, I really did receive an update with your
eBay handle, real name & mailing address, warning me
not to do any business with you. For the record, I sent
in a testimonial on your behalf, trying to give you an
opportunity to present your case to the panel - but Hector
Mantequilla is too high up in the organization, and refused to let
your case be heard at all.
In fact, you had a set sale last summer on here that included
a couple of albums I wanted - I sent a PM, but received a
screen saying that it could not be sent, and shortly thereafter
(like 10 minutes!) I received an e-mail stating that if I tried
to purchase from you again, I would be ex-communicated from
the WVA for life, with no hope of reinstatement.
Wow--I guess he really did not hesitate to do the communication!
He's too high up?
I knew I recognised that name...
'A workday peters out. An unpromising 22-year-old named Walter Van Brunt is discovered sharing joints and beer in a bar called the Throbbing Elbow. His companions are Hector Mantequilla (''ragged wild hair'') and Mardi, who's wearing a hand-dyed paper miniskirt with matching panties -a dress ''so short as to expose the nether curve of her buttocks.'' ''I got something for you, man - something special,'' says Hector, taking Walter's arm. ''In the men's room, you know?''