Now that really is weird because the equal signs are still gone in my own 
text.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 1:22 PM
Subject: Test of the equal sign by replying


> Well, here goes, for what it is worth, as Paul Harvey used to say.  I'll
> type a couple of lines.  As you can see, I am reply using someone's email
> with the equal signs in it.  So now I'll send it out and check to see if 
> my
> own message has the equal signs, too.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:15 AM
> Subject: VGS-1 promotion
>
>
>> Hello group:
>>
>> Like many of you, I completed the rebate paperwork, and sent it to =
>> Kenwood before XMAS.  The only thing received from them so far has been =
>> that =E2=80=9Cform=E2=80=9D letter.
>>
>> As it=E2=80=99s well past the specified  60 day timeframe, I thought =
>> that I=E2=80=99d give Kenwoodusa(Georgia) a call(at least to let them =
>> know that I=E2=80=99m still alive!).  I spoke with Phil Parton, =
>> who=E2=80=99s in charge of the promotion, and was told that the reason =
>> for the backlog was the promotion=E2=80=99s =
>> =E2=80=9Cunexpected=E2=80=9Dsuccess.
>>
>> After verifying that he wasn=E2=80=99t related to Dolly, he also said =
>> that the boards were being shipped in =
>> =E2=80=9Cbatches=E2=80=9D(presumably from Asia), and that as soon as =
>> they =E2=80=9Ccleared=E2=80=9D customs at their landing point in the =
>> United States that they were being shipped to rebate customers.  I =
>> don=E2=80=99t know anything about sound boards being sent to retail =
>> dealers, and I may be =E2=80=9Cnaive=E2=80=9D, but I don=E2=80=99t feel =
>> that this situation is some sort of conspiracy on Kenwood=E2=80=99s =
>> part(just an example of Murphy=E2=80=99s law).
>>
>> Bottom line is that even though Kenwood =
>> hasn=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9Dtechnically=E2=80=9D   lived up to the terms of =
>> the rebate, I don=E2=80=99t feel that I=E2=80=99ve suffered any damages =
>> beyond time, and frustration.
>>
>> Someone could take this matter before =E2=80=9CJudge Judy=E2=80=9D if =
>> they choose, but Mr. Parton seemed genuinely sincere,so I=E2=80=99ll =
>> live with the frustration, and just wait a while longer.  Just my 2 =
>> cents on this matter.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>>
>> David S. Pearson-wa4dsp
>>
>