I especially love how its disguised as a "Re: [CR]..." message, like this was already a CR message topic!
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Vladislav Luskin <vladluskin@yahoo.com>
To: "prkbikes1@mac.com" <prkbikes1@mac.com>
Cc: "earle.young@tds.net" <earle.young@tds.net>,
"heine94@earthlink.net" <heine94@earthlink.net>,
"classicrendezvous@bikelist.org"
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] $$$ for flatted tire
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:29:05 -0700
> Ha-ha-ha-ha!
> Take this one to judge Judy. I don't think CR can
> arbitrate a dispute of such global proportions.
>
> Vlad Luskin
> NY, NY
>
> P.S. Is the tire on topic?
>
> Peter Koskinen wrote:
> > Jan,
> > I didn't look at the bike carefully enough obviously
> when you returned it. I suspect that your damage to the
> frame occurred when you leaned the bike up against
> > something and it rolled forward. The bottom line here is
> that you owe me for a Veloflex Carbon tire which you
> flatted under your care regardless of its age, condition
> when you accepted the loan. This isn't the magazine
> business where you may accept 'gifts' from manufacturers
> to test and do with what you may. This was my personal
> > bike. Had i known that this is the way that you act when
> the world doesn't go your way, I would have never loaned
> you a bike or anything else without a 15 page fine print
> contract so that you can weasel out later because you
> don't want to pay for the damage that you did. Since you
> sent it along to Wayne Bingham (who never belonged in the
> middle of the dispute anyway, an attempt by yourself to
> shame me into accepting your paltry offering), I'm upping
> > the ante. Let the world decide who is correct here.
> > PETER REID KOSKINEN OWNER
> > PRKBIKES LLC
> > CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27516,USA
> > H/O 919-960-5871
> > C. 410-991-7539
> > prkbikes@bellsouth.net
> > peter@prkbikes.com
> > http://www.prkbikes.com
> > On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Jan Heine wrote:
> >> Peter,
> >>
> >> I had hoped we could settle on a reasonable value for
> that tire, which was old and cracked and probably leaking
> before I started the ride. (The rear tire had lost almost
> no air overnight, the front was completely flat, when I
> pumped up the tires in the morning. I had to pump it up 5
> miles from the start, and then several times before I
> finally put on the replacement tire.) >>
> >> When one borrows and loans a bike or car, it is a
> matter of trust on both sides. If I lend you my car with a
> slipping clutch, and you burn it out on the first hill, it
> isn't quite fair to ask you to pay for the clutch, which
> was shot before you left. Similarly, I don't think it is
> fair to ask me to pay for a new tubular when the tire
> mounted on your bike was old and cracked and leaking from
> the start. >>
> >> In a disagreement like this, it is common to have the
> parts inspected by a third party. I would suggest Wayne
> Bingham, the Cirque organizer, who could estimate the
> value of that old tubular. Unfortunately, you threw that
> old tire in the garbage BEFORE you even told me you wanted
> money for it. However, even you have acknowledged that the
> tread was cracked... It was an old tire that had no life
> left. >>
> >> As a gesture of goodwill, I am sending you $ 30 for the
> old, cracked tubular, which was leaking before I started
> the ride. I hope that this will conclude this matter to
> everybody's satisfaction. >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Jan
> >>
> >> At 4:31 PM -0400 8/10/09, Peter Koskinen wrote:
> >>> Jan,
> >>>
> >>> Its been several months now and i have yet to see the
> payment for the tire you flatted. I am sure that you have
> a very good excuse (in your mind) as to why you haven't
> paid for the tire you flatted. >>>
> >>> The bottom line here is that when you borrow a bike, a
> car, or anything else from some one and you do some form
> of damage to it, it is YOUR responsibility to take care of
> the damage. In this case it was a punctured high quality
> racing tubular. >>>
> >>> Your dealings with Earle have no bearing on your debt
> to me. >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>> PETER REID KOSKINEN
> >>> OWNER
> >>> PRKBIKES LLC
> >>> 9506 Collins Creek Drive
> >>> Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
> >>> prkbikes@bellsouth.net
> >>> peter@prkbikes.com
> >>> http://www.prkbikes.com
> >>> home/office: 1-919-960-5871
> >>> cell: 1-410-991-7539
> >>
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