[Johnson] Anyone Wanting to know Glen Zooks' "favor"

[James Liles]

Hi Ed,Glen:

Have a solution.  Glen, suck it up and box the radio carefully enclosing a 
check for the fixed price and send it to Carl to finish the job --- he is 
that kind of guy.  I am sure he will be happy to finish the job.  That way 
Ed will be happy, you will be happy and Carl will be ecstatic.

Think I'll run over to Langley and see if I cant get a job as a hostage 
negotiator.  Just love it when a plan comes together!  Everyone is going to 
sleep like a baby tonight!  Those awful philosophy classes have finally paid 
off.

Kindest regards Jim K9AXN

Message: 1
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:32:28 -0500
From: "Ed" <elh54 at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Johnson] Anyone Wanting to know Glen Zooks' "favor"
To: <Johnson at mailman.qth.net>
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Please email me directly elh54 at sbcglobal.net
Since he wishes to go public, I won't degrade myself answering his half 
truths, but I will tell you privately my side of this almost five year mess.
Ed-kv5i

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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 11:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Anyone Wanting to know Glen Zooks' "favor"
To: Ed <elh54 at sbcglobal.net>, "Johnson at mailman.qth.net"
<Johnson at mailman.qth.net>
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Ed, if you want to get nasty, I can do so as well! ?However, all that I am 
doing is to make my side of the situation known.

I agreed to work on your 32V-2 and accepted, against my better judgement, a 
flat fee with the understanding that it would take a long time to repair and 
restore the unit. ?You seem to forget that I restored your Collins "A" Line 
receiver for a very good price and also repainted the cabinets for both the 
receiver and transmitter for a very good price. ?My usual business practice 
is to not accept any payment until the job is complete. ?However, you kept 
insisting that I accept a flat amount because, according to you, you 
probably would not have the funds available when the work was complete.

When the repair, etc., of a unit is going to greatly exceed the value of the 
unit, I often tell the client that if they are willing to leave the unit for 
an extended length of time that I will use the unit as "fill in" work and 
therefore will not have to charge for the vast majority of the work. ?To 
date, I have well over $1000, probably closer to $2000 in your transmitter 
in parts and labor. ?The electrical condition of your 32V-2 was horrible! ?I 
have replaced numerous parts and assemblies and the fee that you paid 
doesn't come close to covering the cost of the parts, let alone the labor.

I will honor the flat fee that you paid even though it nowhere comes close 
to covering the actual cost.

I have hundreds of satisfied customers and have never received a single 
complaint. ?The fact that I tried to give you a "break" is coming back to 
haunt me. ?Reassembling the 32V-2 is like putting a 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle 
together. ?It takes a considerable amount of time and that doesn't include 
all the labor to get the transmitter working again.

As you know, I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and have been having a 
severe "flare up" for some time. ?The sheer pain from this cuts considerably 
into the amount of work that I can do at a time. ?As I have told you before, 
I am gradually getting the transmitter reassembled and it will be working 
when you retrieve it. ?Again, you agreed to an extended repair time in order 
to limit your financial obligations. ?

Yes, I have had your transmitter for over 3-years. ?Yes, I have been working 
on it from time to time to limit your financial outlay. ?I cannot give you 
an absolute date when the transmitter will be ready. ?However, you can be 
assured that the transmitter will be working when you get it back!
?
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com