Hi All,

I just want to clarify a few things regarding the "birth certificates"
which I offered to obtain in June 1999. I took a stack of requests to the
Museum in Wolfsburg in June. I was told that, unlike previous years, the
museum could not accept large numbers of requests all at once. They took
about 20 or 30 of the requests, and told me to send the rest later in the
summer.

This was at the time the museum was preparing to open a second exhibit area
at what would become Autostadt, and the folks at the museum said they were
very busy getting that project going. That was their reason for not taking
all of the requests.

When I went back to Germany later that summer I sent the rest of the
requests and the rest of the money to the museum via Deutsche Post. I
assumed that would be the last of it. In the early fall, judging from the
email I received, some folks received their certificates and others did not.

I asked those who didn't receive their certificates to wait a bit longer.
Later, after receiving a number of nasty emails and one or two threats I
decided to not to respond to any further emails on the subject. Perhaps, in
retrospect, it wasn't a smart move on my part.

As to what happened to the rest of the certificates, I really do not know.
I did my best to do something for a group of VW owners. I had been able to
obtain in  previous years certificates for over 100 owners.  If you think,
as Bill does, I ran off with the money, nothing is further from the truth.
All of the money went with the certificate requests to Wolfsburg.

What happened to the last batch of requests that was mailed is anybody's
guess. I'm sorry if you didn't receive your certificates, I don't know what
else to tell you, other than I apologize for any trouble or inconvenience
that I may have caused.

Ric

Ric