Re: My encounter with Clyde Newton

[Richard Moczygemba <moczy@vvm.com>]

Thank you for trying.   If anyone had even the slightest hope of ever seeing an
issue of Sumo World in the mailbox again, he or she can let it go.  Maybe
someday this will come back to haunt Clyde in a big way.  We can only hope.

Barbara Ann Klein wrote:

> Hi all-
> Well, I finally "spoke" to Clyde during the last basho.  Actually, I had to
> chase him down, since my friends pointed him out and he started to leave.
> This was EXTREMELY frustrating, to say the least.
>
> Without recounting the confrontation - and believe me, that's what it was -
> word for word, let me say that it was quite one-sided, with me demanding
> answers, or Clyde answering with lame, vague excuses - "I was overwhelmed",
> "I'm tired", "it's too expensive" - when he DID answer me instead of looking
> at me like I had three heads. I demanded to know about the subscribers not
> receiving their issues as opposed to the shops receiving theirs, the fact
> that WE should get ours first - NO RESPONSE.  The poor quality of the
> magazine - "it's expensive". Why not let the subscribers know, or respond to
> emails about what is going on with this - "I'm just overwhelmed. It's too
> much."  Why is the website still soliciting subscriptions - "Oh, really? It
> s not supposed to be."  Dave (Kawika) has to bear the brunt of a lot of this
> and has been trying to assuage us - NO ANSWER.  Do you know you've been
> reported to NHK, the Kyokai, and the International Internet Fraud Bureau -
> SHRUG. Why don't you give it up if you can't handle it, this is a business
> after all - NO RESPONSE. And so on...
>
> Needless to say, my blood pressure kept rising and my face was getting more
> and more flushed as my voice kept rising, until I had to turn around and
> walk away. Meanwhile, he continued to take pictures on his digi-camera.  I
> guess he thought I could do no more or say no more to him.
>
> To add fuel to the fire, he had the GALL to take pix of Daishi's danpatsu
> shiki while standing about a foot away from me.  I took his photo,
> surreptitiously, and if anyone is interested, I can post it on a page.
>
> To sum it up, the only "resolution" was NONE, except for my own severe
> frustration at the inconsideration of this person for the loyal subscribers,
> some of whom who have every single issue, except this year's, since the
> magazine's inception.
>
> What a pity.
>
> Babanoshuzan