<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>That's a lot of dirty laundry. Don might have a reason for being late and the cost overruns. Life interruptions are not an excuse but it might be a reason. He does owe you an itemized list of what they were but it sounds like both of you might be too angry to take care of this.<br>
<br></div>One of my friends bought an ancient hearse and wanted it fixed up. Another friend was starting up a small car restoration shop and gave a quote to fix the hearse and money changed hands.<br><br></div>The shop owner was in *way* over his head and sold the motor out of the hearse to try to cover costs. The project was delayed and delayed. Then they stopped speaking to each other. Because of the contract, the shop owner really needed to eat the cost and deliver the hearse as promised but that never happened. <br>
<br></div>Years later one of his shop helpers got jazzed about actually finishing such a cool ride and sanded all the paint off. Instead of sealing the car in primer and paint, it was moved outside to make room for other projects. It sits outside still... rusting. And my friends still don't talk. Neither one is happy.<br>
<br></div>I'm glad you have your car but communication is so important for these jobs. It looks like that ran into problems and was never repaired. Cant fix that with money but I hope you can at least resolve why it went down this way. I really doubt that Don is happy about it either.<br>
<br></div>sean<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:02 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:0px"><b>From: </b>"Patterson, Lee R." <<a href="mailto:LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com" target="_blank">LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com</a>><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Subject: </b><b>RE: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read</b><br>
</div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Date: </b>4 February 2014 17:41:57 NZDT<br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>To: </b>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>
</div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Cc: </b>"Patterson, Lee R." <<a href="mailto:LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com" target="_blank">LEE.R.PATTERSON@saic.com</a>><br></div><br><div><div link="blue" vlink="purple" 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"> <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Ryniker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 03, 2014 8:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Westmicro'; <a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" style="color:purple" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>; <a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>; <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 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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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Any help I can aid in please feel free to ask.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></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)"> </span></div>
<div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><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"> <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Westmicro<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 03, 2014 7:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mikebecker@cox.net" style="color:purple" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>; <a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>; <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 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>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Reputation and doing the right thing is Everything in Business.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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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" target="_blank">mikebecker@cox.net</a>><br>To: 'Ed Mendez' <<a href="mailto:edducati@mac.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">edducati@mac.com</a>>; 'San Diego Panteras' <<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" 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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Holy crap, that's terrible Ed. So sorry to hear this. I don't understand,<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'">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"><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"><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"><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"><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"><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"><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"><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"><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">
<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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Mike<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"><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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">From: <a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com" style="color:purple" target="_blank">sdpanteras@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:sdpanteras@googlegroups.com?" style="color:purple" 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"><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">
<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"><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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Subject: [SDP] Hi Everyone please read<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'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Hi all,<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'"> </tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><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>
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<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><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"><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"><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"><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">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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">
<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">
<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">
<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">
<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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">whom? The new President of POCA!<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'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><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"><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>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><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"><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">
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><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"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">you guys to spread the word about what he did to me.</tt></pre></div></div></div></blockquote>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Kind regards,<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'"> </tt></pre>
<pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Ed Mendez<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'"> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Sent from my iPad</tt></pre></div>
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