... about which I also advised him via email. Mark sent me 30 copies of the following email, which as you will see provides no response at all to my question:

Subject: Re: Bringing to your attention ...

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:23:26 -0700

From: Mark <OnlineDeals@lvcm.com>

To: RunTam@pacbell.net

At 12:56 AM 9/25/99 , you wrote:

... a post I made tonight on the chipboard:

Which is it, Mark, single parent ...

Posted By: Jim Reilly <RunTam@PacBell.net>

Date: 9/25/99 2:46 a.m.

... or wife in the hospital?

Following is an excerpt from your message on this board
dated 9-1-99 at 00:56, available in Archive 2:

>> As stated before as some may know, I am
>> a single parent of some little girls <<

And the following are from your eBay feedback:

>> User: wa6usa (5) Date: 09/24/99, 08:58:47 PDT
>> Praise: Mark & his Wife are a pleasure to deal with,
>> best transaction yet for me, A++++
>> Response: Thanks much! For those whom don't know,
>> my wife has been in the hospital. Thanks

>> User: kingauc (2) Date: 09/24/99, 01:37:00 PDT
>> Complaint: 1ST TIME I'VE BEEN RIPPED OFF--CASHED
>> CHECK--NO ITEM--NOW, NO EMAIL REPLY!!.
>> Response: Item shipped bought no insurance.
>> My wife in hospital, told him about it <<

So, which is it, Mark?
Are you a single parent just trying to get by with your eBay auctions?
Or are you married and just trying to get by while your wife is in the hospital?

You played to our sympathy here with the single parent bit.
You are obviously playing to the sympathy of others with the wife in the hospital bit.

Both claims can't be true, unless of course you got married between September 1st and September 24th. Care to comment? ----- jim o\-S

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