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Subject:Re: [WetWesties] "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder - Rip Off
From:craig cowan
Date:Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:39:22 -0500

$38 for a used copy!
: )

-Craig

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Rob <becidarob@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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<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:
>
>>
>>
>> <<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.
>>
>>
>> << 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.
>>
>> __
>>
>