[Az-Geocaching] Explanation and apology

[Webb Pickersgill]

Hi Gang.  I lurk quite a bit, but this topic caught my attention and I guess
I'll add my 2c.  Most of this is moot at this point, but I'll say it anyway.

I DID get a confusing phone call a few days ago at work, but it now makes
sense.  I got a call from some guy asking for a character reference for Ken
Akerman.  At the time, I knew I had heard the name before but I just
couldn't place it.  As I couldn't give a reference for someone I couldn't
remember, I told him to have Ken call me so I could figure it where I knew
him from.  Never heard from either of them again.

The part I am now confused about is that I have never posted my phone
numbers on the listserv or given them to any other member except CacheLess.
The only way to get my work phone number would be to read my profile on
geocaching.com, visit my personal website, find out where I work, look up
the number, then call.  I don't hold back on my personal website... you want
to know about me, it's there, and I don't mind that.  It just scares me a
bit that he went through all that effort, and I don't even know him, other
than what I read on this list.

Webb Pickersgill
TheWebbman

-----Original Message-----
From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of
SquishyGecko
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:32 PM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Explanation and apology


: <snip> In order to
: do this, Ron or I needs to contact people to arrange appointments.  I
understand that not everyone
: will be willing to meet with me, but how I am supposed to know unless Ron
or I contact them?

I wasn't contacted to arrange an appointment.  I was contacted to provide a
"character reference."  If Mr. Adams intent was to arrange an appointment,
he misrepresented himself by stating that he was calling for any other
reason.

: <snip> He had sent out
: his phone number to me via e-mail, and on at least one occasion, he had
urged me to call him.

I urged you to call me to arrange the return of the "Sarah's Lil Buddy"
travelbug so that Graldrich could take it to Hawaii in the very near future.
This is after you visited the same cache three times in one day to clear out
all the TBs, then left mine in an urban micro in a very exposed area.

: <snip> Neither Ron Adams
: nor I were trying to sell anything.

After asking me for a "character reference," Mr. Adams attempted to sell me
a service related to uPromise.  At which point is this not trying to sell
anything?

: <snip> no one else has responded in the hostile manner
: that "SquishyGecko" has done.

When you provide my name and telephone number to a telemarketer without my
consent, and when that telemarketer misrepresents his intentions, I tend to
get a bit hostile.

: <snip> I addition, I would like to request that any and all personal
attacks on the listserv, directed
: against me or anyone else, cease immediately.

If you didn't want this issue brought to the attention of Arizona
geocachers, you shouldn't have included Arizona geocachers in your
fraudulent marketing.


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