... Don?

Like the fact that it was "remanufactured" by Don Whalen. That Joe Benon bought it from Whalen for approximately $30-40. That Benon sold it to you for approximately (as I was told by a third party) $750 -- a price you have never disputed.

That when you bought it, you were not told that it was a Whalen "fake" and that then you believed it was the real deal. That you didn't discover the truth until after I had instituted my inquiry into the sale of this and two other fake Harrah's pink $2.50 brass cores. That you later tested it and posted a message stating, "the pink is punk".

And that you refused to cooperate in my inquiry, thus protecting Joe Benon from discipline by the club.

For those who are not familiar with this situation, see my post on the club board at ...

http://www.ccgtcc.com/cgi-bin/mbarc01/webbbs_config.pl?read=12755

... as well as the other posts in that thread.

Mel Jung was expelled from the club for doing the same thing in selling one of the fake pinks to Dean Porter.

Don, I still believe that you did a disservice to the club and its members in refusing to cooperate in my inquiry. And in not being completely forthcoming with the club's board of directors in its follow up to my investigation.

And, IMO, you compounded that disservice with your cavalier posts about the chip in this thread.

----- jim o\-S