From: Richard Lathrop (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 02:31:40 PDT
The images on the website seem to be of other tanks that have been recovered or are on display somewhere.
Rick
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: jimweb@endgame.demon.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:18:12 +0100
>Edwin M. Dyer, III wrote:
>
>> Hmm...smells about as ripe as the swamp that tank is
>> sitting in.
>>
>> I'm sure it is bogus. Perhaps Jim Webster can shed
>> some light on things given that he used to recover
>> such relics and knows the huge pitfalls and scams
>> which abound over there.
>
>Normally one hears rumours of these things ages before an 'official'
>annoncement but in this case I haven't heard anything at all before this
>so you will have to draw your own conclusions here.
>
>Its getting more common for this sort of announcement to be an attempt
>to get funds for a 'recovery' and for nothing to be found as a result of
>the 'recovery' except maybe a few bits.
>
>My advice on this type of thing is to, at the minimum, see images before
>doing any sort of commitment and if the seller sends you images pass
>them around to see if the images have been used before. Be suspicious if
>the seller insists you keep the images to yourself in some way.
>
>
>--
>TTFN
>Jim
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