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Re: DONATED ? prizes at Solvang - DOUBLESPEAK

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, Phillip.B.Hall@nasa.gov
Subject: Re: DONATED ? prizes at Solvang - DOUBLESPEAK
From: "primodonna1@juno.com" <primodonna1@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 15:34:05 GMT
The show at Solvang was excellent and well executed.  It seems that everyone 
that I talked to there really enjoyed it.

WOW!  What a revelation that Dean's "DONATED" prizes were actually purchased?  
Not really, just business as usual.  If the people at the awards banquet and 
raffle were listening carefully, the moderator went through a list of prize 
donors to the raffle and then said that the raffle items from Fairlady Products 
were actually purchased at "COST".  It is hoped that the statement was accurate.

The supposed "Great Benefactor?" claimed to have "DONATED" $1481.60 in prize 
value in support of the Solvang meet when in fact the activity seems to be a 
business replacement for his phony FREE gift certificates that were raffled at 
Solvang last year that required an additional purchase to get anything by those 
that had already paid for the winning raffle tickets and then expected to get 
something tangible in hand.  Someone there said that he "Could not afford to 
win prizes like this".

This is UNFAIR to all those that ACUTALLY donated items freely because they 
really wanted to support the meet without taking credit for an illusionary act.

This is the REAL DEAL and no amount of bluster or DOUBLESPEAK can change the 
fact that the claimed donation of $1481.60 was a LIE to the list made to 
promote sales.

Now comes the DOUBLESPEAK:

FIRST HE SAID:
"In support of the Solvang Meet we have donated the following items.
These prizes are intended for the raffle. Please ask to see the prizes listed 
as they will be displayed during the course of the day."  The amount claimed 
was $1481.60 and the list did not include the T-shirts with the "STATED" 
donations.

THEN HE SAID:
      "If you really feel that I did not give or donate "absolutely anything" 
here then next year I won't send anything. I can instead sell these parts in my 
shop for the full value of $1,481.60."   

TRANSLATION: THIS MEANS THAT HE CLAIMED TO DONATE $1481.60 ON THE LIST TO LOOK 
GOOD BUT NOW COULD IMPLY THAT HE GAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING, MAYBE ADVERTISING 
T-SHIRTS, AND SOLD THE REST TO LOU SMALDINO AT SOME DISCOUNT INSTEAD OF AT HIS 
"FULL PRICE".  WHAT DOES "ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING" MEAN?  NOW HE HAS THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO COME CLEAN AND SAY WHAT HE REALLY DONATED OUTRIGHT!  DID ANYONE 
NOTICE THAT THE INITIAL CLAIM WAS MADE BY "WE" AND THE DOUBLESPEAK REPLY WAS BY 
"I".  IS "WE" PART OF A DIFFERENT BUSINESS THAN "I"?

How is it that Lou Smaldino, the person that reportedly went to Fairlady 
Products and purchased the prize items, didn't correct the donation claim to 
the list by Dean but took the opportunity on another recent occasion to correct 
Alvin on Panasport wheel cap selection?  

Were the "DONATIONS" to SEROC paid for by that group"?

Maybe the meet doesn't need a raffle?

PD






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