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Subject:Re: [WetWesties] "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder - Rip Off
From:Rob
Date:Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:00:19 -0800

These comments are from someone who has their own multi page thread
on TheSamba in the "Buyer and seller feedback" section
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=359589&highlight=ctonline+webtv+net
  Read the thread and make your own judgement.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  12/11/2011 09:35 AM, ctonline@webtv.net wrote:
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><<Please do not waste your money on this unauthorized publication.
>We were never contacted prior to publishing and at no time was the use
>of copyrighted art from the roadhaus site requested or authorized.
>While there is a small kernel of truth about the allure of gadgets, this
>short booklet is poorly written and a waste of money. >>
>
>In your opinion E. Scrooge
>
>I didn't realize fiction required anyone to be contacted for
>authorization, or a copyright request in triplicate required.
>
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><< The story presented here is pure fiction written as entertainment for
>my fellow VW friends on various VW, Type I, Type II, Vanagon and Syncro
>web page bulletin boards and blogs. The hero of our adventure is a real
>person, but everything here is just fantasy for the purpose of
>lighthearted entertainment.>>
>
>I'm real sorry Mr. Chase--I didn't see your name mentioned anywhere in
>this brief description, or in the book.
>
>Actually I was quite amused by the publications contents.
>
>If it's close to home, take it for what's it's worth, & be honored if
>you feel that Stanley or anybody for that matter would take the time to
>give a distant, remote account of your misadventures as a gypsy on the
>road in your over accessorized, over loaded, underpowered, undermanned
>Vanagon.
>
>Copyright--Authorization---
>You gotta be kidding me.
>
>I bow to the king of the gypsies.
>
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