fundage for dirk (was - the house of euro fiasco)

[bhonnold at pac-cap.com (Brian Honnold)]

While I admire what you are trying to do it's just a drop in the bucket.

As I happen to have in house consel right here at work we were bantering
around this issue. 

Dirk has rights in small claims court under US law to enforce his contract
with Josh.

Dirk would have to appoint someone (not an attorney) in the US who could
legally represent him.  They would have to file suit againt  Josh in the
state where the goods were delivered.  Josh would then be served in his new
state of residency to appear in small claims court in (insert state here) to
try to defend himself.  

Of course there are nuances of this idea that I am not equipped to delve
into.  But, I am sure that there is a least one real attorney and perhaps
dozen of aspiring shade tree lawyers on this list that could chime in.

.02  

Brian Honnold
Director of Multifamily Acquisitions
Pacific Capital Investments
Phone:  916.773.3300
Fax:  916.773.3208
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Allyn
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:36 PM
> To: scirocco list
> Subject: fundage for dirk (was - the house of euro fiasco)
> 
> fellow listers,
> 
>     at the request of several people who share my opinions on 
> this matter, i have nominated myself as a fundage collector 
> for a group donation to dirk.
> for those of us willing to donate to the cause, i will be 
> accepting funds.
> i'm acting as a central repository in an effort to minimize a 
> bunch of individual payments showing up in dirks paypal 
> account. also, this will minimize the overhead that is lost 
> from multiple paypal transactions.
> 
>     for donating, anything is fair game. paypal, check, money 
> order, whatever. my current intent is to go for 3 weeks. at 
> that time i will roll all money into a combined payment and 
> send it to dirk in some form of insured manner. i'll also 
> post the grand total to the list. if some need to push that 
> out further, just let me know. realize i dont want to go out
> *that* far, as i believe dirk has waited long enough.
> 
> disclaimers:
> - i know we cant cover the entire sum that dirk has been 
> shorted. whatever you want to do is totally acceptable. 
> donating to this cause is not required or expected. the only 
> ones i think will donate are those who have dealt with dirk 
> in the past, or who just want to help out a bit.
> - realize that i've been calling this a 'donation'. the main 
> reason being that in light of recent events, i think we all 
> know theres a good chance this money wont be coming back. if 
> josh ends up making things right in the end, that will be 
> great news, if and when that happens.
> - while it might be cool to have a list of who donated what, 
> and the competition might even bring more funds, i feel it 
> may discourage those who want to kick in small amounts. so, 
> unless there is overwhelming support for a posted list, i 
> will keep the 'who sent what' list to myself. this list will 
> be available to any of those who donated, or any of the 
> veteran listers, upon request. this is mainly to cover my own 
> ass through simple 'check and balance' action (knew those 
> gov. classes in high school would come in handy some day).
> - there are some (not pointing fingers or even trying to, 
> seriously) who dont want to do this, and are possibly even 
> against it. no biggie, just keep your money (and your 
> opinion) to yourself. i'm trying to do something nice for a 
> fellow lister, and the last thing i need is to get crappy 
> flame-filled private emails about it.
> 
> how to do it:
>     email me (NOT to the list, dont want this thread going 
> nuts) at this address as to what method you would like. i'll 
> reply with the necessary info (dont want to splatter my 
> private info all over the list, as it is archived and 
> eventually shows up on google).
> 
> those new to the list:
>     please dont feel obligated to donate. i dont want people 
> thinking this list is a 'pay to enter' type of thing. the 
> scirocco list has always been open to all (well, there was 
> that one idiot that brett had to kick off way back when, but 
> thats a seperate (rather funny) story).
>     also, those who want to donate but are worried their 
> money wont make it where its supposed to. feel assured by the 
> fact that many people on this list know me personally (some 
> live very close to me as well). it would take nothing more 
> than a single email to the list to send a lynch-mob in my 
> direction. i know this, not to mention i would never do 
> anything to jeopardize my good standing with all of the 
> friends i have made here over the past few years.
> 
>     thanks in advance for those willing to support this 
> cause. i am happy to be part of a community that is willing 
> to back eachother up in such a manner.
> Al
> 
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
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