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Subject:Re: Carfax request apology and thanks
From:craig cowan
Date:Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:37:30 -0500

"Don't tear off that tag in your sleeping bag
either, cuz it's against the law!!"

Oops.
Should i turn myself in?

-Craig
'85GL turned westy
(The tag has been removed from the westfalia mattress! It was an accident
resulting from 25 years of age and hasty removal of the interior. Should i
call the authorities and turn myself in, accepting any fine? I want to do
the responsible and reasonable thing.)

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:

> I have trouble just spelling sanctimonious, but you aren't the first
> to make that request and have it granted willingly by list
> members.  Glad I'm so poor that the thought of buying another car in
> the foreseeable future won't have ME making such an immoral request
> of my list brothers and sisters.  I guess no one's ever beat ebay out
> of a final value fee or two in their lifetime either.  That would be
> against their policy as well.  If we're not careful, we'll all go to
> hell for something.  Don't tear off that tag in your sleeping bag
> either, cuz it's against the law!!
>
> DM&FS- Show quoted text -
>
>
> At 09:51 AM 3/9/2009, Karen Gritis wrote:
>
>> All:
>>
>> When I posted to the list that I was looking for someone to secure a
>> Carfax report for a car that my son was thinking of buying, I was
>> unaware that this is a violation of Carfax's terms of
>> service.  Unfortunately, a list member felt that it was not only
>> their duty to let me know this, but it was also their duty to call
>> my parenting into question for even posting this request.  Not only
>> that, the member also felt that if my teenage son didn't want to
>> pony up the few dollars it takes to get a Carfax subscription that
>> he would not maintain the car as necessary.  A note telling me that
>> I'd made this request in error would have been sufficient.  My
>> apologies to anyone whom I offended by my post.
>>
>> Thanks to those (who shall be nameless for fear of reprisal) who
>> honored my request and sent encouraging words about a teenage boy's
>> first car purchase.
>>
>> Karen
>>
>