Re: [gti-vr6] Re: Rons Parts Sent Me a Virus!!

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

So, it went like this:

"I don't know who you are, but if you give me free stuff, I will take it!"

Uh...  okay... desperate?

BT

Patrick Sherman wrote:

> I think he didn't know he was asking for sponsorship from "Rons Parts".
> However, I think Ron's Parts should have just said, "Sorry We are Not
> Accepting Sponsors Right Now". That would have been the better customer
> service solution.
>
> Patrick Sherman
> Sherman Computers
> Phone: 1(888)253-8599
> Fax: 1(360)236-1924
> Email:patrick@shermancomputers.com
> Http://www.shermancomputers.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gti-vr6@ccsi.com [mailto:owner-gti-vr6@ccsi.com]On Behalf Of
> > Billy T.
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 6:30 AM
> > To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> > Cc: gti-vr6@cobra.ccsi.com
> > Subject: [gti-vr6] Re: Rons Parts Sent Me a Virus!!
> >
> >
> > Granted, he may have been a jerk to you, but I doubt that he sent
> > you the Happy99
> > on purpose.  That is how the virus works...  once a computer has
> > it, it sends
> > itself(the virus), in a separate email, to anybody that receives
> > an email from
> > that computer.  I think your were pretty bold to ask them for
> > sponsorship as
> > well, I mean, why would you want to?  They would just send you
> > faulty parts,
> > right?
> >
> > BTW, RPI has been nothing but nice to me on the phone.  Always
> > willing to help.
> > If I needed a part they had, I would not hesitate to order it from them.
> >
> > Billy T.
> >
> > MAOberer@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > To the GTI and Jetta Lists:
> > >
> > >         Recently, I applied for a sponsorship from Rons Parts,
> > Inc.  Their
> > > president or guy in charge of the parts departments name is
> > Dustin Woodhouse.
> > >  Let me give you some background on the situation.  About two
> > years ago, I
> > > purchased a transmission from him for my 90 passat.  I paid
> > around $800 and
> > > it was used, and had it shipped down, and put it into my
> > passat.  I realized
> > > that it was a faulty transmission,and contacted Dustin about
> > this problem. He
> > > was a business man about the whole thing, but only offered me
> > $300 back on
> > > the bad transmission.  My father and I bitterly accepted this
> > and ate the
> > > loss.
> > >         A couple of days ago, as I said, I did apply for a
> > sponsorship from
> > > them, to which I recieved a smart ass-ed reply saying that I
> > had some "pretty
> > > amazing nerve" for asking.  He goes on to say that I should be
> > "welcomed to
> > > the real world" and that I have never bought anything from him
> > for my Vento.
> > >         And to top this all off, he then sent me a separate
> > email with none
> > > other than the file "HAPPY99.EXE" attached!! A known virus, of
> > which this
> > > list has touched on many a time, and has made some people very unhappy!!
> > >         I did not necessarily mean to apply to Rons parts, Inc,
> > but I came
> > > across the email address in a magazine, and it was
> > Kapcom@direct.ca...not
> > > something that in any way shows association with Rons parts, so
> > I figured,
> > > why not?
> > >         So in response to his nice letter that he wrote me, and
> > the attitude
> > > that he copped with me instead of a simple "No, our company will not be
> > > sponsoring you at this time" or just ignoring the email entirely, I am
> > > sending this to the GTI and Jetta list (consisting of roughly
> > 750 people).
> > > Feel free to pass this on to anyone who may be in the VW
> > market, for I feel
> > > this is unprofessional and downright rude to send me a
> > smartass-ed letter on
> > > a simple reply, and then to top it off with a VIRUS!!
> > >
> > > Thank you for your eyes.
> > > Matt Oberer
> >
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