Scumbag Report #2
01-09-09 Well it turns out that another "Scumbag Report" is called for in this whole affair so here it is.....I first conceived of this sixfinger hand thing in probably November of "07"....It was late February of last year before I had figured out how to do a website and had it up and running (which learning how to do a website was one of the main motivations for doing this project) and that I had the shipment of sixfinger foam hands.........Well now we can jump in time to mid-July........The Montgomery Auburn Alumni Club was having their fall season kick-off party at the Shriner's facility......I decided to go and bring a few of my sixfinger hands.....There were hundreds of AU fans there when I got there.......I signed in and paid my membership fee.......I looked around and noticed that to the left of the stage there was a door with "VIP" on the door.....I walked over that way and ask who was in charge .........just as I ask, a blonde female walked up and I was told that she was in charge.......I showed her one of my hands and ask her if she might like to auction them off as a fundraiser......She said "sure" .....I ask her how many she would want and she said "give me three" ....so I did.....and she went into the "VIP" room (ya know ya have to be uniquely special or have lots of money to get into the "VIP" room and I wasn't in those groups).........I went over to the bar to get a drink and as I was standing in line I noticed the booth to my right selling all kind of Auburn University stuff so I went over to the booth and ask the guy behind the booth if he had ever seen one of my foam hands....and he said "No" ....I gave him a card and said " well if you want some then give me a call" ..........So now we jump forward in time in this story by about two weeks......this is when I got my first email from the CLC.....and they told me to cease and desist selling my hands, send them all of my inventory, tell them how many I had sold, tell them how much profit I had made and then they would tell me how much I had damaged them........hummmmm.......Now we jump forward in time till the first hearing before Judge Coody on October 23rd........Susan Smith, the Trademark girl at AU was in Court testifying .......at a point she produced one of my business cards, which was then entered as an "exhibit" ........She then testified that she was given my card by a "Vendor" in Auburn........Well it took me a long time of pondering to figure out who that "Vendor" might be........I didn't even give my card to more that one or two "vendors" total.....finally It came to me.......it was the guy at the booth at the Montgomery Alum Club fall kick-off party or somebody at his company who had decided that they needed to share my card with Susan Smith.......Now that company will remain un-named to protect the guilty but they are one of the two bookstores located in Auburn and this one on College Street with a company name that has two letters in it.........So there you have it....The Second "Scumbag Report"........Definitely "Scumbag" Worthy.....There are a few more comments and observations to come yet .....so stay tuned......till then.....M
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