[Harp-L] Re: Harmonica discs from Scorcher

[Jp Pagan <jpl_pagan@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

   i am forwarding this e-mail from Scorcher on to the
list, as per his request. i feel i should quickly
explain he's no longer active on Harp-L, but since
this disc topic concerns a number of Harp-L's members,
and since the following reply to the recent thread
about him also serves as an update on the disc's
whereabouts, it seems appropriate to fw'd his
response. what follows is his email:


Frank,
You posted this slanderous crap onlist:

> This is just an update to all you good folks who
were conned into sending a
> check for $6.00 to [Scorcher] for a  disc
> of harmonica music. After contacting him three times
over a period of 9
> months, and getting all kinds of stories about
getting the disc, I have just  about
> given up on it. I just think it is wrong to cash
checks that were written
> back in March for a product he listed on harp and
for which he had no intention
> of producing. It has nothing to do with the $ 6.00,
however I do not
> appreciate  being taken. A word to the
wise.........be careful who you do business
> with.

The last time you contacted me, I responded the SAME
DAY.
Here was your email.

> > This is the fourth time I have contacted you about
the disc I
> purchased  from
> > you. You have responded but I have no idea when I
will get the
disc.
> You
> > should not have collected checks and cashed them
if you were not
> prepared to
> > produce the discs.
> > I have gotten many emails from people on Harp who
have the same
> problem  that
> > I have. I have promised them that I would contact
them on Harp as
to
> when
> > they may expect the Disc as soon as I get some
info.
> > I will be posting on Harp within the next couple
of days to advise
> them of
> > the problems we are all facing and to let Harp
know about what
> people are
> > posting on their board.
> > Frank Tomasulo

And here was my response:

> Frank, the last time you wrote me was less than a
month ago; I
> responded immediately.
> Nothing's really changed since then...
> Life's still complicated, I'm still moving at a
crawl on the disc,
and
> you're still out of patience.
> Please try to hang in there, the Disc will get done
eventually.
> I have stopped making estimates about a ship date
because I've
missed
> so many.
> Everyone who sent money or songs will get a disc.
>
> Please feel free to post my entire response (but NOT
an excerpt)
> on-list.
> Respectfully,
> Scorcher

Frank,

I guess it's understandable that you're out of
patience.
I guess I really have no reasonable defense.
But I'd like to correct a couple of mis-statements:
I have never conned anyone; I'm not starting this
year.
It was made clear that the money you sent was NOT a
purchase, but a
CONTIBUTION that won't BEGIN to cover my costs.
Whether you believe this or not, I frankly don't give
a damn.
The ONLY reason I cashed the checks is that I was lead
to understand
(by my bookkeeper) that I needed to cash them before
they 'expired'.
I re-itterate: when the disc is finished you, and all
who contributed
ANYTHING to the effort will get a copy.
I have stopped giving estimates on the completion date
because MANY
MANY other things in my life became MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT.
This is not to say that your money is not important,
only that my life
is almost infinitely more complicated, busier, and
feverishly-pitched
than when I spent most of my spare time (and a good
deal of my
"working" time) following these email lists, and
offered to compile
The Disc.
I no longer have time for any of them, including one I
was a
co-moderator of, and another I helped "found".

Taking a cheap shot at me on-list instead of
contacting me directly is
just plain chicken-shit, Frank.
If you want to discuss it with me in a more manly,
direct way, send me
an email - I'l send you my phone number - you can call
me COLLECT.
Better yet, I'll send you my address - let's talk
man-to-man.
No more respect.
Scorcher



		
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