[Mccoypottery-talk] Re:Jensen McCoy link

[david mcCoy]

Hello my night owl friend, lol.....


--- "Loretta A. Payne-Nelson" <rett@netreach.net>
wrote:
> I wrote a letter too.
> Loretta
> 
> david mcCoy wrote:
> 
> >Hello everyone,
> >I have to say that I have only been a member of
> this
> >list for a few months. Had I known what was going
> on
> >with the letter writing campaign, I would have
> gladly
> >been invloved and if it ever comes up again, ya'll
> can
> >count me in!!!
> >Dave--- Kevin Reffitt <kreffitt@pbtcomm.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Chiquita,
> >>
> >>Sorry, I got a little peeved there.
> >>
> >>No, the site he had at jensenmccoy.com was really
> >>ours.  We paid for, and 
> >>was never reimbursed for, a site that featured his
> >>"new" products under the 
> >>Jensen McCoy mark.  When we left, we took the site
> >>down.  He had a presence 
> >>at http://www.wholesalecentral.com , but it looks
> >>like he's gone from there 
> >>also.
> >>
> >>Chiquita, this is not directed at you, but to the
> >>list in general.  Last 
> >>year I was involved in a major battle with the
> City
> >>of Wagener over it's 
> >>unwillingness to do anything about Roger and his
> >>business.  Not only was he 
> >>hurting the collector, but he was taking advantage
> >>of the local people.  I 
> >>posted on this list just a few things that he was
> >>involved in, like abusing 
> >>handicapped individuals, and violating child labor
> >>law.
> >>
> >>The mayor of Wagener refused to hear our plea to
> do
> >>something about this 
> >>jerk, saying that he doesn't see the harm Roger
> was
> >>causing with his 
> >>product (he completely ignored the mounting
> evidence
> >>of his local 
> >>abuses).  I had a GREAT idea, and asked for the
> help
> >>of this list.  I 
> >>provided a mailing address to the Town of Wagener,
> >>and asked the list 
> >>members to write our mayor and explain just HOW
> >>Roger was hurting the 
> >>collectors.  I asked that not only THEY write, but
> >>pass the word on to 
> >>others that might want to help.
> >>
> >>The mayor received, by my count, ONE (1) letter.
> >>
> >>Here we had a chance to make a difference, to
> really
> >>do something about the 
> >>problem, and we cast our chance aside.  We had a
> >>chance to take a stab at 
> >>the heart of the fake market, and failed
> ourselves.
> >>
> >>We will NEVER make a difference going after the
> ebay
> >>seller that sells 
> >>Roger's jars.  They can buy these jars at quite a
> >>few wholesale outlets. 
> >>and are just selling what is available to them. 
> >>Can't blame them for 
> >>trying to make a buck in this economy.  The blame
> >>falls on the manufacturer 
> >>that scratches McCoy on the bottom of his jars,
> and
> >>now the blame falls on us.
> >>
> >>If we are unwilling to even take a few moments out
> >>of our lives to write a 
> >>real, stamp on the envelope, business class
> letter,
> >>then fingering the end 
> >>seller is pointless.
> >>
> >>This is why I haven't started the series of
> articles
> >>I promised.  I've been 
> >>feeling like nobody really cares, except for
> >>gossip's sake.
> >>
> >>Getting off soapbox....
> >>Kevin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>At 12:36 PM 7/5/04, you wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I know that Kevin, does he have a site that can
> be
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>used for identification 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>of what he's producing?
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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