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Hey Steve:
That's all it is, just a threat. He will
NEVER, ever follow through - or else he'll have every expert in the business
lining up to testify about the 'product' he sells (and the loser is often
responsible for court costs).
If he ever is stupid enough to sue, just
give me a shout, and I'll be happy to testify (or write a notarized letter) for
you about my opinion of his business practices.
By the way, I didn't just call Miramax, I talked
with someone who had access to the room in Miramax's office where they
stored some of their posters - and, surprise, surprise, they never had a
stamp (and none of the posters they had there had a stamp either).
There's also someone on the list here who worked at
the printers (Consolidated or Continental, I always mix those two up) at
the time the poster was printed - and he has confirmed (on Mopo, I believe) that
the stamped Pulp Fictions WEREN'T from the run they printed... Of course,
Loce gets around this fact by claiming that the posters were printed by
NSS.
And, here's another thing, if you say you 'believe'
something - that's not the same as saying you 'know' something. And, as
long as you said it was your opinion, I doubt that you are liable (even if what
you said was wrong, which I would doubt). And, you also can't be sued for
calling someone an 'asshole' or a 'douche bag' - both of which he is in
spades.
Cheers,
Bob
PS. Watch out, the new reprints of that
poster have fixed the white specks (check Dan's site, I'm sure he has a list of
other things to look for).
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:06
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Lawsuit
threatened
Hello all,
I am hoping that someone can give me some
advice. I recently mentioned Thomas Loce and that I believed he is
selling Pulp Fiction Lucky Strikes reprints, because he stands behind his
claim that the "Miramax Stamp" is the proof of a guaranteed original, and even
proposed that I call Miramax to prove it. Personally I have read enough
to know that this is not the case, so I posted on MOPO that both he and
another seller on eBay, postergalleries, are knowingly selling reprints.
It is obvious in the case of postergalleries, as he outright refuses to send a
detail picture of the area in Uma's cleavage, which on at least every reprint
that I've bought (no less than six) have the tell-tale white flecks which are
the result of a printing flaw in the reprints.
Anyway, Thomas has now
threatened me with a libel lawsuit, and was wondering if anyone could point me
in the right direction on how to handle this. I am simply trying to
educate the community about known reprint resellers (not necessarily the ones
who print them), as this is a part of the hobby that is nothing short of
fraud, and since eBay does not know how to handle it (as some of these people
are Power Sellers, and eBay won't take action against the hand that feeds it),
I am addressing it in an open forum.
I am more than happy to retract my
statements if he can prove that he is selling
originals.
Thoughts?
Best regards,
Steve Zammar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.dsonesheets.com
303/478-3973
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