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Posted by GE
on 10/29/2009, 5:18 am, in reply to "Re: BEWARE OF A COUNTERFEIT"
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Hi Martin:
I don't think John accused you of doing anything wrong. It is odd that the models have the missing lifeboat and uneven life boat mountings that caused John to reject some models that were made for him. I am looking at one of the R Class at present, and one would be hard pressed to see how the boats could get dislodged because they are internal -- at least on the model I'm looking at. But here again, this has nothing to do with you. I am speculating here, but it may have been the case that a certain number of unathorized rejects found their way into new homes. If and how this happened is unknown to me, but based on your letter this happenstance certainly isn't your doing. We dealers can get caught in the middle in messes such as this. Perhaps John and Dave Love should sort this thing out between themselves...
George
George
George
--Previous Message--
: Could I just point out that the two R class
: ships I recently put up for sale on ebay
: were bought as part of a collection of
: cruise ships from a very reputable collector
: here in the UK. I have not advertised them
: as being 'new' and I have no reason to
: beleive that the models are in any way
: copies of the original. As for the ships
: boats, I have described what I can see and
: bearing in mind the model was produced
: around three years ago it is quite
: conceivable that one of the boats could have
: come off in the meantime. Their original
: origin is of course unknown to me but I
: can't imagine these being copied by someone
: else, if it was it was done at least some
: years ago as I visited this collector to
: purchase some warships over 18 months ago
: and the model was on his shelf then. Every
: model I sell I of course verify the maker,
: this one has JE9 cast underneath it which
: makes it an Eagan model as far as I am aware
: and I have listed it as such. I take great
: exception to the implication that I would
: pass off 'counterfeit models' as originals
: on ebay.
: --Previous Message--
: At the present time Martin Brown is selling
: copies of my "R" class cruise
: ships on eBay. He states that these models
: have misaligned lifeboats with one missing
: and were manufactured by me. I would like
: everybody to know that I built the master
: for this ship but MONTFORD MANUFACTURING
: cast them and those flaws were rejected by
: me before the original casting was supposed
: to be done. THEY DO NOT REPRESENT MY WORK
: !!! I do not blame MB for this mixup I have
: always found him to be an honest and
: reputable person however MONTFORD had no
: right to sell this junk with my name on it.
: Please be advised that I would never allow
: work like this to carry my name. I am deeply
: offended that my name has been used without
: my permission.
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