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Subject:Re: Extreme Warning .... beware of jake4parts on eBay aka Ken Morgan
From:Peter T. Owsianowski
Date:Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:40:39 -0400

Larry:

Thanks for the warning.  IMHO, it must be bad if you are laying it out
that way.

On 8/11/08, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote:
> Volks,
>
> Extreme Warning .... stay away from jake4parts on eBay aka Ken Morgan
> in Denver area.
>
> As Simon has mentioned ... this is perhaps the most disputable,
> corrupt  business man you will ever encounter.
>
> Lots of posts in the Vanagon, Syncro and Samba archives from 2002,
> 2003 and beyond, about customers he badly abused and cheated.
>
> If it wasn't for some heroic efforts on Simon's part and a few others,
> there would have been even more victims.
>
> His trail of broken promises, theft and deceit know no boundaries.
>
> He has changed business names and seller identities many times to
> deceive our community.
>
> Those of you who know me have never seen me post such a negative and
> blunt post before about any person or business.
>
> That should tell you something.
>
> Please do not do business with this man.
>
> larry chase
> roadhaus.com
>
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Syncro@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>> Re: [TDI-conversion] ***JAKE MORGAN***KEN MORGAN***JAKE LAKE*** IS A
>> Posted by: "Simon Reinhardt" simon@farrside.net   vanaudigon
>> Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:58 am (PDT)
>>
>> That's his writing style, all right.
>> The more expensive motor, the 2.2 he has listed, is almost exactly the
>> same motor that went into Roadhaus. That ended poorly. The pistons are
>> different; apparently he dropped his idiotic custom design.
>> It's not that all of the ideas are bad, but the fact is that Ken
>> Morgan simply is not careful enough on assembly, and he is willing to
>> re-use marginal parts.
>> And yes, he's a fraudster, and he will fall back on his religion to
>> justify himself.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Simon
>

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