<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ed,<br><br></div>I have been speaking to John Buckman several times since you left and assured him I would have the repairs completed and back to him promptly. Shipping on Tuesday Feb 4th.<br>
</div>I also told him that I would support him with electrical issues and/or mechanical problems and offered my library of hundreds of details pictures and drawings to help with your Pantera.<br><br></div>There will <u>not</u> be any charges from Pantera-Electroncs for the repairs to the controllers that were damaged.<br>
</div>Regards,  Jon  Haas <br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Ed Mendez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">To All Pantera Owners Worldwide,<div><br><div>You should all ready this, so this does not happen to you. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As of now Don Byars refuses to help me or repair any of the damage he did to my Pantera after paying him $42,000 over the last two years! It is shameful behaviour!</div><div><br></div><div>Mike Drew was going to feature my car in Profiles. Sorry but I would rather you did not. Don deserves no advertising.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Read below how Don held my car as ransom, extorted $6000 more dollars out of me, and made me sign a waiver releasing him of all warranty for work he completed.</div><div><br></div><div>Now I am in another country, I have dumped my car on a friend to finish, and I am out of a lot of cash.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I guess he did not realise that I have 300+ Pantera friends worldwide on Facebook. I guess he will soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Ed</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">"Patterson, Lee R." <<a href="mailto:LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com" target="_blank">LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>RE: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read</b><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">4 February 2014 17:41:57 NZDT<br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Kevin Ryniker <<a href="mailto:durland@san.rr.com" target="_blank">durland@san.rr.com</a>>, 'Westmicro' <<a href="mailto:westmicro@aol.com" target="_blank">westmicro@aol.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">"Patterson, Lee R." <<a href="mailto:LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com" target="_blank">LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com</a>><br>
</span></div><br><div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" lang="EN-US">
<div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I can only relate the time I called him to purchase a very small, inexpensive part for my car.  His response was “that’s all you want to buy?” to which I said yes.  He then sighed and reluctantly took my order.  Upon receipt, the part was a poorly reproduced version of the original part, the art work was off-center and after attempting to “fix” it myself, I threw it in the trash.  So my only experience with him was he was uninterested in my business and the product he sold and represented me was shit.  So no, I will not call him ever again because to me, that behavior speaks to total lack of INTEGRITY AND ETHICS.  I hope the $12,000 you bought from him were better than my $25. part.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span> </span><a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a><span> </span>[<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Kevin Ryniker<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, February 03, 2014 8:30 PM<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>'Westmicro';<span> </span><a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>;<span> </span><a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>;<span> </span><a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>RE: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I Have to agree with Mike to the extent that there must be something else going on. This sounds like a cash flow crunch, he is acting like a producer on a show that got in over his head.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I known Bobby Buyers for 10 years at least, never had a problem, I’ve easily bought $12,000 worth of parts from him. He has always stood behind his work and his dealings with me. He even warranty parts that I got from Wilkenson and Hall, for free, expensive stuff. Never really delt with Don but I think he is Don’s brother, they used to be in business with each other, might be worthwhile to call Bobby. Just an idea.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, February 03, 2014 7:47 PM<br><b>To:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>;<span> </span><a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>;<span> </span><a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please pass all this on to Don.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maybe this will make him realize what he has done here, and he will make it right.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Michael Becker <<a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>><br>
To: 'Ed Mendez' <<a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>>; 'San Diego Panteras' <<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 8:35 pm<br>Subject: RE: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span>Holy crap, that's terrible Ed.  So sorry to hear this.  I don't understand,</span><u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">I've never heard a bad thing about Don.  I've also never had any work done<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">by him, but the general perception is that his work speaks for itself.  I<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">can't imagine what his reasoning is.  I don't have any kind of relationship<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">with him, so I don't really feel I could speak to him.  Maybe something just<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">got into him and he needs time to realize the pickle he's put you in.  Maybe<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">he's got some other troubles and sort of reached a breaking point or<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">something like that.  Perhaps he'll come around and somehow make good on it.<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">I would hold off on slinging mud until all options for reconciliation are<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">exhausted. <u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Hang in there, <u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Mike<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
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<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-----Original Message-----<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">From: <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com?" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>] On<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Behalf Of Ed Mendez<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 4:39 PM<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">To: San Diego Panteras<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Subject: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Made it to New Zealand and started work. Still a bit jet lagged but that is<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">nothing compared to how I feel from what Don Byars did to me before I left.<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">After paying Don $36,000 in cash and up front and paying my final invoiced<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">bill on Jan. 22nd. There were some electrical issues from the Pantera<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Electronics parts I bought. There were two blown up boards, Pantera not<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">charging, and several other issues. This was NOT from Pantera Electronics<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">however, it was from Don not following the simple directions and hooking<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">things up wrong. So he spent the next four days trying to sort out the<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">issues. On the 28th he called me and said come and get this car out of my<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">shop! I asked if it was done, he said no, and it is not running either. He<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">verbally told me on the 22nd that it would be about $2000 more and he would<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">have it all finished including the seats bolted in on the seat rails, the<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">seat belts, and all be working. What he told me on the phone shocked me. He<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">said that I now owed him an additional $6300 and that knowing I was leaving,<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">he wanted cash, and would not release the car until I paid him in full! <u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">I have always paid him up front, and in advance. Since I was leaving the<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">country, he gave me no choice, I had to come up with cash. He delivered the<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">car to me, backed it out of his trailer still hooked to the cable, I then<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">paid him in full and he refused to unhook the car until I signed a waiver<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">releasing him of any work related defects!!!<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">He treated me like a criminal and EXTORTED $6000 from me!<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Now the car is sitting in Vista, Ca. The seats were not bolted in, the belts<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">were not done, seat rails, scratches in my paint under the hood, he left my<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">brand new air compressor disconnected and exposed to air. The car runs but<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">electrically a mess, far from being done, and far from being in a state of<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">condition for the money I paid him.<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Don Byars is a thief to the Nth degree! And he did all this in front of<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">whom? The new President of POCA!<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Just wondering if he is completely stupid!? I just wonder what I did, I was<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">utterly insulted. What did I do to deserve this? His wife told me Don was<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">mad because I did not let him finish the car!!!??? I paid him a total of<u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">$42,000. He knew the drop dead date months before I was leaving. Even John Haas of Pantera Electronics offered to help, Don did not call him once!!! I asked John Haas to call him.</tt></pre>
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<div><div><div><div><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">At this point my car is in the care of John Buckman, if anyone can please<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">offer any assistance, I have to get it in a somewhat completed state to ship<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">overseas. <u></u><u></u></tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Please spread the word. If I were there I could do something, all I have is<u></u><u></u></tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">you guys to spread the word about what he did to me.</tt></pre>
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