E-mail from apprentice cobbler looking for a gift pipe?

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:31 pm

Hello all,
I just received a very flattering E-mail from someone named Bill Dean (William Dean, wndean@gmail.com) with an interesting story about being a an apprentice cobbler, and claiming to admire my work while not being able to afford it, and asking me to gift him a pipe. Rather bold, and a couple of things seemed to indicate he was not all that familiar with my lack of standing in the pipe making community. My guess is he has E-mailed several of us, if not many. Anyway, just a heads up in case this is a scam, or just an overly bold attempt to get a batch of hand made pipes when one can't afford them.

I'd be interested in knowing if he has E-mailed anyone else.

JSPipes · Post by **JSPipes** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:56 pm

Messages like that crop up from time to time. Always someone looking for a handout. You'd think they must be successful now and again if they keep at it.

I usually respond and tell the person that if they'd like one of my pipes, then they'll have to pay for it as I am a starving artist and can't afford to feed my young children

.

You're not the only one to receive this message.

Joel

Skip · Post by **Skip** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:28 am

I got the very same mail. I knew he was familiar with me and my work because he started with To Whom it may concern.

Skip

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:14 am

Ah, that's what I thought. It's nice to know I'm in good company. I'd hate to think my pipes were the only ones deemed worthy of not buying

Thanks guys!

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:06 am

I got the same email. Looks like he shotgunned an email to bunch of pipe makers looking for freebies. My hesitation stemmed from a similar email I got a while back that turned out to be a scammer looking for freebies so that he could turn around and sell them.

pierredekat · Post by **pierredekat** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks for the heads-up.

TreverT · Post by **TreverT** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:48 pm

I got it too. What a maroon!

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:08 pm

Send him a totally burned out Dr. Grabow.

TreverT · Post by **TreverT** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:13 am

You know...... If we were really feeling mean, we could send him something really revolting addressed from the lot of us. It would get the point across...

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:19 pm

Yea! Or if we were really evil we could send him my first pipe!

flix · Post by **flix** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:26 am

Nick wrote:Yea! Or if we were really evil we could send him my first pipe!

Post by **Tyler** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:47 pm

I got one too.

He told me he liked my pipes better than all of you guy's though.

Tyler

JHowell · Post by **JHowell** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:02 am

TreverT wrote:You know...... If we were really feeling mean, we could send him something really revolting addressed from the lot of us. It would get the point across...

I don't think there's any need -- I think he pretty much got rode out of town on a rail over on ASP. Somebody sent him the thread. Any odds on him paying back his student loans?

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:05 pm

I suggest we pipe makers begin to email cobblers and ask for a free sample of shoes. When we get some nice shoes then maybe we can spare a pipe.

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