

| Subject: | Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply |
| From: | Carrington, Tom |
| Date: | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:11:23 -0400 |
My sincere apologies for pointing my finger in the wrong direction!! James=Good Jon=Bad I got it now, TomC > -----Original Message----- > From: james peters [mailto:rickenhacker@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 5:47 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > > > Hello, > Actually I'm not the same "Peters" in question. > I do not know who "Jon Peters" is but he is a PITA. > Doesn't seem to understand the sticker idea and all those > that worked hard > for it. > (I actually subscribed back on Nov 1999, but was bumped off > for some reason, > which was OK, because I was gone for a couple weeks when it > happened. I > re-subscribed when I got back.) > > Thanks > Rick Peters aka (James Peters) NO relation (that i know of to > Jon Peters) > > > > >From: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com> > >Reply-To: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > >Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 13:56:11 -0400 > > > >I agree, Peters is a out of line. > > > >But....... > ><devils advocate> > >The only possible reason I could see for this attitude is > ignorance. He may > >not have known the whole "history" of the sticker project, > and may have > >thought of this was a business that was offering stickers > for sale. And too > >lazy to find out what was going on via archives or even asking a few > >questions before he ordered the stickers. When I check the > subscription > >info: > > > >Subscription for Rick Peters, list vanagon: Subscription > date: 24 May 2000 > > > >I see that he is a relatively new list-member. > ></devils advocate> > > > > > >Peters, I advise you hide behind the ignorant and lazy excuse. > > > >Unless you have a better one. > > > >And a big *THANK YOU* to the "sticker crew". > > > >TomC > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Karl Wolz [mailto:wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:22 AM > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > > > > > > > > > You don't get it' do you? > > > > > > There is no organization, and the words non-profit are yours, > > > not mine. It > > > is, as I stated earlier, entirely a volunteer effort. > > > > > > I and a few other list-members volunteered to get the > sticker project > > > finished when Ken Wyatt could no longer handle the stress of being > > > second-guessed continually. He nobly started this project, > > > but was shot > > > down enough that he said "To heck with it". > > > > > > It seemed like a good project, and about a half-dozen of us > > > took it over. > > > Brent managed the earlier stages of it, like the contest to > > > determine a > > > design. Frank Condelli did the balloting, and I took care of > > > production and > > > distribution. I have well over two thousand messages on > my hard drive > > > relating to this project, and have worked on it till after > > > midnight many > > > nights. It has mostly been a matter of filling in fifteen > > > minutes here and > > > there. > > > > > > The shipment of your stickers WAS timely, in that they went > > > out within a > > > week and a half of their arrival at my doorstep (during which > > > time I was > > > fairly busy ferrying my mother-in-law back and forth to the > > > hospital for > > > breast cancer surgeries). > > > > > > Customer service does not really enter into this in that > you are not a > > > customer and I am not in business here. I have tried to help > > > out by taking > > > on a chore for which everyone but one has been quite happy > > > with both the > > > product and the service. > > > > > > I'm sorry you don't feel that way. > > > > > > Karl Wolz > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jon Peters" <jpquick@hotmail.com> > > > To: <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:49 AM > > > Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > > > > > > > > > > Karl, > > > > > > > > I would just like to thank you for your timely shipment of > > > merchandise and > > > > your great customer service skills. Perhaps next time I > > > should just stop > > > by > > > > and pick them up from your non-profit organization. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> > > > > >To: "Jon Peters" <jpquick@hotmail.com> > > > > >Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > > > > >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:23:06 -0700 > > > > > > > > > >Glad you got them. > > > > > > > > > >An estimated timetable was published to the list several > > > times by both > > > > >myself and Brent Christenson. However, you aren't the > only one who > > > managed > > > > >to avoid all of those posts. > > > > > > > > > >Karl > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Jon Peters" <jpquick@hotmail.com> > > > > >To: <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> > > > > >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 4:25 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS /reply > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karl, > > > > > > You have a point, but I do not believe at the > > > time I ordered > > > > >Vanagon > > > > > > Stickers that any of the information was available > > > > > > concerning non-profit. By using pay pal, is great, but > > > the use of > > > > >credit > > > > > > cards to pay and not receving the product for two > > > months without any > > > > >notice > > > > > > leaves the customer in the dark. I did not see any > > > indication that an > > > > >order > > > > > > list would be established and wait time. This > > > information would calm > > > > >the > > > > > > customers for the general public is concerned about > using their > > > personal > > > > > > information over the internet anyway. I do appreciate > > > the fact that I > > > > >now > > > > > > know this was a non-profit > > > > > > effort. Suggestion > non_profitvanagon.comstickers@(your internet > > > service > > > > > > provider) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The stickers just arrived. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> > > > > > > >To: "Jon Peters" <jpquick@hotmail.com> > > > > > > >Subject: Re: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS > > > > > > >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:59:58 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Jon, > > > > > > > > > > > > > >First, let me explain this is entirely a volunteer > > > effort which was > > > > >done > > > > >to > > > > > > >benefit the list members. I am not making a dime off > > > of it, and it > > > was > > > > > > >quite deliberately set up to make the price to > list members as > > > > >affordable > > > > > > >as > > > > > > >possible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The announcement went up (as I recall) in May that we > > > were taking > > > > >orders > > > > > > >for > > > > > > >stickers, which, after demand was projected (by orders > > > like yours), > > > > >were > > > > > > >ordered from a list member who happens to do stickers > > > and such as a > > > > > > >sideline/hobby (this also saved a considerable sum). > > > Whether you > > > paid > > > > >in > > > > > > >May or in July does not really matter, since the > > > stickers were only > > > > >ordered > > > > > > >in late June. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Other than keeping folks like you from tearing my head > > > off, I am not > > > > >really > > > > > > >interested in providing customer service, as this is > > > not a business. > > > I > > > > >am > > > > > > >sure you did not realize that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Anyway, the good news is that your stickers were > > > mailed last Friday > > > I > > > > > > >think - could have been Thursday), and you should be > > > getting them > > > today > > > > >or > > > > > > >tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >All of the folks who have worked on the stickers have > > > put a lot of > > > > >unpaid > > > > > > >effort into this project, from implementing the > contest through > > > > >creating > > > > > > >and > > > > > > >monitoring the order form and finally production and > > > distribution. > > > > >None > > > > >of > > > > > > >us had any experience in this type of endeavor before > > > April of this > > > > >year. > > > > > > >It's taken a while and there were definitely some > > > rough edges. In my > > > > > > >opinion, the final product is worth the wait. > Hope you agree. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Please let me know when you receive them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Karl Wolz > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > >From: "Jon Peters" <jpquick@hotmail.com> > > > > > > >To: <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> > > > > > > >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 8:32 AM > > > > > > >Subject: 1TV48766BA833021X / JON PETERS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karl, I never received my Vanagon Stickers! pay > > > > >pal#1TV48766BA833021X -I > > > > > > > > just happen to be employed in the computer business > > > and I think > > > two > > > > > > >months > > > > > > > > is not what I call customer service. You received > > > my money, you > > > have > > > > >my > > > > > > > > email address.(why not check your bank account & > > > follow up with > > > your > > > > > > > > customer.) > > > > > > > > Send(blue stickers) to: Jon Peters > > > > > > > > 2650 Louisiana Street > > > > > > > > LONGVIEW, WA 98632 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________ > > > ___________ > > > > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > > > >http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > __________ > > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > __________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > >http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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