Clarence and all:
I once had the opportunity to buy some parts from Mr, Chiang, though I
was able to do it in person on a trip to Austin. I met him at his self
storage unit, and was somewhat amused  at his stories about how he move
all his stuff from one site to another every 3 months, each time getting
free rent for the first 3 months. I wondered how long you could do this
in Austin, obviously for a pretty long time. Cary had quite a collection
of vanagon parts and thought very highly of them as reflected by the
prices he was asking. I bought a couple items from him, they were of
fair quality, if not pricey, but I was not going to have to pay shipping
so I felt like I came out ok.

I think Clarence's conclusions may be appropriate, I hope Cary can see
fit to start thing over from the beginning on this one.

Jim Henry

Clarence J Falarski wrote:

>Hello and good morning Terry K.
>
>In my correspondence with Cary Chaing he made it sound like he was keeping the vents for himself, not reselling them. Now I understand why he asked me if I still had the box.
>
>In his list letter to me he suggests a large disagreement between us, I would think the correct way to resolve that  disagreement  would be to go back to square one, he send me back my vents and I send him back his  $5. 00, does that sound unreasonable ..?
>
>In his note he stated that we were communicating quite well with p mail.I do not remember him ever using p mail, his letters to me were all via the list.
> In Cary's ending statement he says " since I can no longer trust our correspondence to be private." All of his correspondence to me were via the list and never private...
>
>He talks about defending ones character on the list.
>You cannot defend what is undefendable and if a person deals honorable with others they would never have to defend their character.
>
>The list however regardless of how this transaction turns out is a good thing and I believe that most of it's members are honorable,  and yes like Cary stated the list can form their own judgments about the quality of everyone's honor, honesty and character..
>
>To end this saga I will quote what a friend once told me about doing business with some people. He said,
>" It's  ok  to do business with a snake as long as you remember that you are dealing with a snake".
>
>The matter is now over and closed, and I have learned a lesson about doing business with Cary Chaing
>from Austin TX.
>
>Regards to all.
>Clarence.
>Pinehurst, NC.
>1990 westy.
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