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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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michael johnson wrote: |
took mario and sherry to arbitration. got judgement of $2000. now we are going in front of a district [judge]. |
Is that in addition to the $1500 you were awarded in Small Claims?
In either case, good show, and we look forward to the collection story. |
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michael johnson Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2010 Posts: 7 Location: graham,nc
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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no, the $2000 is the total judgement. but like i said earlier i am on a mission. keep watch for updates and if anybody has anything they wuold like to add to my case,or your case, i would certainly like to hear from you. please call me at 336-684-6894. please do not post anything mario gets off on all this. thanks mike |
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BugMan114 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2007 Posts: 3744 Location: Ellenwood, GA
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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guess we got carried away, lol.
Anyhoo, man i hope yall do somehow get some type of compensation from him. Evern if they have to do like on guy said earlier, and auction off all his stuff. I doubt there will be enough to re-pay everyone from it tho, atleast from the looks of that crap hole looking property in the news vid.
good luck yall _________________ 1974 Super Beetle: Custom resto in progress
1972 Super Beetle: Daily Driver
1971 Std. Beetle w/ 1929 Mercedes Benz Gazelle kit
1960 Baja Bug
1969 Baja Bug
Sand Rail- Homemade
Sand Rail- FUBAR
Aircooled Airheads
Why the hell do they call it a gland nut. its obviously a big fat bolt!!! |
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Poorboyz Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2010 Posts: 51 Location: Orange Park, Florida
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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WOW...I just spent my whole day at work and then some reading all 19 pages and the links in it. What a douche. I guess tomorrow I will google his name and shop so I'll have something to do. I have a '74 Super Beetle like Joan and mine looks a hell of a lot better and it hasn't even been restored yet. |
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tstracy39 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2008 Posts: 3294 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:24 am Post subject: |
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This is without a doubt the most insane thing I've ever read on thesamba, if not on the entire internet. To top it all off, Mario actually comes on undisguised and asks to be classed in the same category as Boyd Coddington or "Chip Foust". Ludicrous. Almost as ludicrous as the random apologists trying to intervene on his behalf.
PT Barnum once said "There's one born every minute" and Mr. Gavazzi is clearly well aware of this fact and takes advantage of every one who's ignorant enough to seek out his services. It's people like him that make me glad there's websites like thesamba to educate people who own a VW but know next to nothing about them or how they're actually restored and fixed. Why no one has taken it upon themselves to personally teach this guy a lesson is beyond me. Almost as mystifying as the fact that he continues to operate as a (licensed?) business after all these years of ripping people off. _________________ Check my classifieds for kewl gauges:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?username=tstracy39
EverettB wrote: |
I like your fork. |
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engineerscott Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2005 Posts: 455
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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I hope you get something out of the guy but beware ...... Mario likes to boast that he's "Judgment Proof", which is his way of saying he pretty much doesn't have a pot to piss in. I believe what little he "owns" is in his wife Sherry's name. Several have gotten judgments against him but I don't think anyone has collected.
Of course, Mario is so stupid that he thinks being "Judgment Proof" is a good thing. The guy walks around in some sort of alternate reality Bizzarro World where up is down, black is white, a concours restoration requires a 5 gallon bucket of bondo and excellent welding is accomplished with coat hanger wire and looks like chewing gum. Go figure. |
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Foxx Uncle Meat
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 4897 Location: at the computer,.......DUH!
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeQ8UwWPP4Y
always fun to watch.
pop goes the Weasel _________________ Frank
OG JHC
59 panel
Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity. i seem to use a lot. |
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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i was looking for the thread about Joan's car. there was some mention about it in this thread, but wasn't there an entire thread about her car? if so, can someone post a link? _________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
hazetguy: invested?
thebucket: Yeah Haze, its where people put money into a company in hopes of a return on their money |
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VWsArent4Hippies Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2005 Posts: 3079 Location: The Bull City
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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hazetguy wrote: |
i was looking for the thread about Joan's car. there was some mention about it in this thread, but wasn't there an entire thread about her car? if so, can someone post a link? |
I think it ended up in the rants?
Here's what $9k gets ya
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: |
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i really don't know how i got this, but this email showed up this morning:
----- Original Message ----
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 9:03:37 AM
Subject: parts
I'm selling everything off if your interested , I have tons of parts and project cars or it all goes to the crusher.
Mario _________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
hazetguy: invested?
thebucket: Yeah Haze, its where people put money into a company in hopes of a return on their money |
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Bart Dunn Samba Consiglieri
Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 2354 Location: Sea level (Mid Atlantic)
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Y'all need to collect your judgments before it's all gone and he slides back under his drum of bondo for good.
hazetguy wrote: |
i really don't know how i got this, but this email showed up this morning:
----- Original Message ----
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 9:03:37 AM
Subject: parts
I'm selling everything off if your interested , I have tons of parts and project cars or it all goes to the crusher.
Mario |
_________________ Not enough car seats fit into my:
'58 Beetle convertible
'58 Beetle sedan |
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Bart Dunn wrote: |
hazetguy wrote: |
i really don't know how i got this, but this email showed up this morning:
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----- Original Message ----
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 9:03:37 AM
Subject: parts
I'm selling everything off if your interested , I have tons of parts and project cars or it all goes to the crusher.
Mario |
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Y'all need to collect your judgments before it's all gone and he slides back under his drum of bondo for good.
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Hmm, how much of "his" stuff actually belongs to him? After reading all the stuff about him it's likely that anything you might get came from a dubious origin. |
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11071 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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bugninva Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2004 Posts: 8858 Location: sound it out.
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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hazetguy wrote: |
i really don't know how i got this, but this email showed up this morning:
----- Original Message ----
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 9:03:37 AM
Subject: parts
I'm selling everything off if your interested , I have tons of parts and project cars or it all goes to the crusher.
Mario |
he's just missing all the negative attention he used to get... he posted this crap to RAMVA a day or two ago... if it's not just attention he's after, I hope he enjoys his Karma payback... _________________
[email protected] wrote: |
With a show of hands, who has built over 1000 engines in the last 25 years? Anyone? |
GEX has. Just sayin |
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BugMan114 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2007 Posts: 3744 Location: Ellenwood, GA
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:50 am Post subject: |
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whats even more messed up, is how there are actually people out there, who support what he's doing, like that so called club he's part of. _________________ 1974 Super Beetle: Custom resto in progress
1972 Super Beetle: Daily Driver
1971 Std. Beetle w/ 1929 Mercedes Benz Gazelle kit
1960 Baja Bug
1969 Baja Bug
Sand Rail- Homemade
Sand Rail- FUBAR
Aircooled Airheads
Why the hell do they call it a gland nut. its obviously a big fat bolt!!! |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:36 am Post subject: |
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The Marshal will tow/auction Everything michael johnson wants. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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nohurry Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:10 am Post subject: |
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-for immediate release-
I Hope All Air-Cooled Volkswageners & Karmann Ghiista Read This!
THE MOST HEINOUS CASE OF GHIACIDE IN THE 21ST CENTURY!!
THE GAVAZZIS RUIN A RARE COLLECTIBLE CLASSIC.
I'm talking about Mario and Sherry (Kelly) GAVAZZI,
dba VINTAGE WERKS/CUSTOM CREATIONS in BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. The victims of the crime are (me,of course) and my 1967 Karmann Ghia "Deluxe" Convertible [vin # 147421165].
You Volkswagen aficionados probably already know that that particular year-model is among the rarest and most collectible in the entire Volkswagen opus;there were only 4183 produced to begin-with,and only a small percent of those are estimated to still be on the road worldwide!
long long long long story short: The car was running fine-I drove it to North Carolina from Arizona with no problems,and have been traveling up and down the East Coast in it for many years-everybody loved it,and it was fun to drive and very very good to me-but after almost 40 years of heavy use, it was ready for a restoration to remove the usual rust and all the history of past bad damage-repairs and the miserable bondo-fills and overpaint jobs that we all know about.After YEARS of dawdling and procrastination,THE GAVAZZIS have managed to deconstruct my Ghia to the point whence it is worth LESS THAN ZERO;it is currently a rusty hulk sitting in the shop that has recently been ABANDONED by the aforementioned,and the status of divers and several ultra-rare parts and accessories supplied from my own collection that go with it is still as yet undetermined.
I have come to realize that restoring an antique car these days is pretty-much a wealthy man's (/woman's) hobby,and I simply do not have much expendable cash to put in to continue this project at another venue;I am sorry to say:
"The dream is dead...but, at least I HAD a dream"
Don't let this happen to you. I am releasing this message to the Volkswagen community and all other interested parties in the hopes that these CROOKED OPERATORS will someday be caught and prosecuted for crimes against this sweetheart of a Ghia in particular, and all of their ripped-off clients and their cars in general. I have heard many negative reports on THE GAVAZZIS before, but continued with them even beyond the seeming point-of-no-return because I kept HOPING-AGAINST-HOPE that my one-of-a-kind '67 would once again shine.
Rest in peace...and bad karma to M. & S.
THE GREATER PART OF KARMANN GHIA...IS KARMA!!!! |
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: |
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nohurry wrote: |
I Hope
I'm talking about
I have come to realize
I am releasing
I kept HOPING |
who are you? _________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
hazetguy: invested?
thebucket: Yeah Haze, its where people put money into a company in hopes of a return on their money |
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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hazetguy wrote: |
nohurry wrote: |
I Hope
I'm talking about
I have come to realize
I am releasing
I kept HOPING |
who are you? |
Very appropriate screenname!
Registered 5 years ago and this is his first post. Now that's patience (and a great memory for old login info)! |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1302 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:28 am Post subject: |
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What's the latest on VintageWorks? |
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