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* Re: [ANNOUNCE] Commercial: New Book!! PostgreSQL book is
@ 2002-01-16 20:57 Doug Royer <Doug@royer.com>
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From: Doug Royer @ 2002-01-16 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ; +Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org, pgsql-announce <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> Dear PostgreSQL community,
>
> Most of the longer standing members of the PostgreSQL
> developers or users communities know very well what to do
> with information provided by Al Dev (aka Alavoor Vasudevan).
> ....
Is all I did was visit his web site, and got a bill from
"billpoint@billpoint.com" for $25.98. I DID NOT order his book:
> Subject: Billpoint Invoice for Item # , 1 , for $25.98
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:02:14 -0800 (PST)
> From: Billpoint System Notification <billpoint@billpoint.com>
> To: Doug@royer.com
>
> ...
>
> This is a Billpoint Invoice from alavoor@yahoo.com requesting
> payment of $25.98 for "1" . To pay for this item, click on the
> link below, or copy and paste it into your browser. (If the
> link appears on multiple lines, you may need to copy each line
> separately.)
>
> ...
>
> Invoice Details
> ---------------
> ...
> Seller: alavoor@yahoo.com
> Seller email: alavoor@yahoo.com
> Seller Message: A Complete Guide to PostgreSQL.
> ...
When I called the WHOIS database phone number for billpoint,
the answering maching answered BILL - POINT, then I hit '0'
and E-BAY answered.
Attachments:
Doug.vcf (text/x-vcard, 390B) download
begin:vcard
n:Royer;Doug
tel;pager:pager@royer.com
tel;cell:208-520-4044
tel;fax:866-594-8574
tel;work:866-594-8574
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
url:http://Royer.com/People/Doug
org:INET-Consulting LLC <http://INET-Consulting.com
adr:;;1795 W. Broadway #266;Idaho Falls;ID;83402;
version:2.1
email;internet:Doug@Royer.com
title:Chief Executive Manager
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fn:Doug Royer
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* Re: [HACKERS] [ANNOUNCE] Commercial: New Book!! PostgreSQL book is
@ 2002-01-17 02:34 Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
parent: Doug Royer <Doug@royer.com>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Justin Clift @ 2002-01-17 02:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Doug Royer <Doug@royer.com>; +Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org, pgsql-announce <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Hi Doug,
I just had a similar experience. I emailed him to request a copy of his
book for review, and bingo, I get an invoice in the email to cough up
cash from Billpoint as well.
This is ridiculous, and is giving us a bad rep.
I'll pursue this further.
BTW, has anyone else suffered this probably-illegal experience with Al
Dev?
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
Doug Royer wrote:
>
> Jan Wieck wrote:
> >
> > Dear PostgreSQL community,
> >
> > Most of the longer standing members of the PostgreSQL
> > developers or users communities know very well what to do
> > with information provided by Al Dev (aka Alavoor Vasudevan).
> > ....
>
> Is all I did was visit his web site, and got a bill from
> "billpoint@billpoint.com" for $25.98. I DID NOT order his book:
>
> > Subject: Billpoint Invoice for Item # , 1 , for $25.98
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:02:14 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Billpoint System Notification <billpoint@billpoint.com>
> > To: Doug@royer.com
> >
> > ...
> >
> > This is a Billpoint Invoice from alavoor@yahoo.com requesting
> > payment of $25.98 for "1" . To pay for this item, click on the
> > link below, or copy and paste it into your browser. (If the
> > link appears on multiple lines, you may need to copy each line
> > separately.)
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Invoice Details
> > ---------------
> > ...
> > Seller: alavoor@yahoo.com
> > Seller email: alavoor@yahoo.com
> > Seller Message: A Complete Guide to PostgreSQL.
> > ...
>
> When I called the WHOIS database phone number for billpoint,
> the answering maching answered BILL - POINT, then I hit '0'
> and E-BAY answered.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: Doug.vcf
> Doug.vcf Type: VCard (text/x-vcard)
> Encoding: 7bit
> Description: Card for Doug Royer
>
> Part 1.3 Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
> Encoding: binary
--
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi
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* Re: [ANNOUNCE] Commercial: New Book!! PostgreSQL book is
@ 2002-01-18 00:05 Doug Royer <Doug@royer.com>
parent: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Doug Royer @ 2002-01-18 00:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>; +Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Justin Clift wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> I just had a similar experience. I emailed him to request a copy of his
> book for review, and bingo, I get an invoice in the email to cough up
> cash from Billpoint as well.
>
> This is ridiculous, and is giving us a bad rep.
>
> I'll pursue this further.
>
> BTW, has anyone else suffered this probably-illegal experience with Al
> Dev?
Billpoint, Inc.
2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
(408) 626 4910
(FAX) (408) 626 4901
I would recommend that everyone that has problems call to complain.
Like I said in the previous email, it seems to also be E-BAY.
They DO NOT want a bad reputation.
Attachments:
Doug.vcf (text/x-vcard, 390B) download
begin:vcard
n:Royer;Doug
tel;pager:pager@royer.com
tel;cell:208-520-4044
tel;fax:866-594-8574
tel;work:866-594-8574
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
url:http://Royer.com/People/Doug
org:INET-Consulting LLC <http://INET-Consulting.com
adr:;;1795 W. Broadway #266;Idaho Falls;ID;83402;
version:2.1
email;internet:Doug@Royer.com
title:Chief Executive Manager
x-mozilla-cpt:;-10400
fn:Doug Royer
end:vcard
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