Jakiś czas temu otrzymałem taki oto list mailowy od znanej kolekcjonerki podstawek piwnych Bettiny Costy ze Szwajcarii:
Dear Beercoaster collectors,
PLEASE READ THIS MAIL AND PUBLISH THE NAMES OF COLLECTORS WHO PRODUCE OR
TRADE WITH FAKED COASTERS!!
In January 2003, Eugeny Bogushev (Suslova st.2/2 - 11 - Nizhny Novgorod,
603106 - Russia - e-mail: Bogushev@yandex.ru or dosug@nts.nnov.ru) wrote to
me and proposed me an exchange. He had several interesting things, in
particular coasters from exotic countries.
I accepted and sent him my coasters first (end of January), as I normally
do, because I wanted the stamps from my package back.
Middle of March I wrote to him and asked if he had already received the
coasters. He said he had received them and that he would send his package in
a few days.
End of March I wrote to him again, once, twice, three times. No answer.
Middle of April I wrote once again. He answered that he had already sent the
coasters and he added that if I didn't receive them in the next weeks, he
would send a second package.
May 2003, no notice from the package. I wrote again. He said he would send a
second package. That sounded very strange... I mean, normally, if I have to
replace a sending that was lost, I don't have ALL the same coasters that I
sent the first time specially when they are exotic ones. He could have said:
".... sorry, but that one or this one I have no more... can I send you
something else in exchange"??? I thought: "What a lucky guy that has so many
doubles, specially from exotic countries!!!! I began to distrust him.... or
was perhaps my sixth sense that told me something was wrong?
June: no notice from the coasters, no answer to my mails. It was possible
that the first package was lost, but also the second one???? If a package
that I sent were lost, I would send the second one registered. I don't risk
to lose twice!! I wrote several times and no answer. I lost my patience and
wrote to him that if he didn't send the coasters or if he didn't answer my
mails I would warn all the collector I know in Internet about his unserious
behaviour.
July 11th 2003: Today arrived the package from Bogushev and to my surprise I
found that most of the coasters were FAKES!!!!
He printed them on cardboard and cut them with a scissors (not very smart,
by the way)!!!
You know, after scanning so many coasters, I know something about photo
programms and I can recognized if something is real or a copy.
The quality of printing is not so good. At first I thought to myself: in
some countries they don't have the tools (programms, printers, etc, I mean
the professional printers who make this work) to make good quality coasters,
so it is possible that the quality of these coasters isn't good. But I
compared some of them with other coasters from the same breweries that I
have, and I realized that they are complety different in quality.
Two of the coasters have more or less the same colour, (although in the
scans that he sent they had different colours) as when a cartridge is almost
used up and they don't print in the expected colour. I assume the yellow
cartridge was used up. Have a look please at the scan attached.
I can see in some of them which have 2-sides, that they are really two
cardboards which were pasted together.
It is also possible to see that they were scanned, because some of them have
scratches from the use and if you look (againt the light) at the surface of
an original coaster which have scratches, you see the scratchs on the
surface and you can also feel them with the finger. In these coasters which
have scratches, the surface is smooth.
What I have yet discovered! I assume he doesn't have self the coaster from
Uzbekistan: he has also a COPY in his collection. How did I realized? He
sent the scan from this coaster alone (other coasters he has scanned
together, 6 x page and it's possible to see clear the surface over which
they are placed). I compared the scan from Bogushev with the coaster in the
homepage from Renata Gorska: IT'S THE SAME!!!! This man cheats himself!!!!!!
Another proof that THIS IS THE FIRST PACKAGE that he sent and NO FIRST
PACKAGE was sent and lost and NO SECOND PACKAGE was sent or lost: he
included the stamps from my package inside. If he had sent a first package,
he would have sent the stamps with it, don't you think so?
So, that's only a warning to all of you partner-collectors (with some of you
I have already made exchanges): be careful with Bogushev and if you have
already exchanged with him, have a look at the coasters you received to see
if they are real ones or copies.
And if you happen to receive faked coasters or know from people who have
also received them, let other collectors know about it. Denounce the faker.
It's the only way to stop faking or in a short time a lot of fake material
will be going around all over the world.
Let's try together to get rid of these unserious people who think that
because we cannot look at them in the face they can cheat others.
Best regards
Bettina Costa
Myślę, że nie ma tu miejsca na tłumaczenie. Dla nieanglojęzycznych wyjaśniam tylko, że "kolekcjoner" z Rosji - Eugeny Bogushev przysłał Bettinie podrabiane podstawki, własnoręcznie wydrukowane i wycięte, zrobione na podstawie skanów m.in. Renaty Górskiej.
Nawet środowisko birofilistów powoli dorabia się fałszerzy...
W załączniku - załącznik
Dear Beercoaster collectors,
PLEASE READ THIS MAIL AND PUBLISH THE NAMES OF COLLECTORS WHO PRODUCE OR
TRADE WITH FAKED COASTERS!!
In January 2003, Eugeny Bogushev (Suslova st.2/2 - 11 - Nizhny Novgorod,
603106 - Russia - e-mail: Bogushev@yandex.ru or dosug@nts.nnov.ru) wrote to
me and proposed me an exchange. He had several interesting things, in
particular coasters from exotic countries.
I accepted and sent him my coasters first (end of January), as I normally
do, because I wanted the stamps from my package back.
Middle of March I wrote to him and asked if he had already received the
coasters. He said he had received them and that he would send his package in
a few days.
End of March I wrote to him again, once, twice, three times. No answer.
Middle of April I wrote once again. He answered that he had already sent the
coasters and he added that if I didn't receive them in the next weeks, he
would send a second package.
May 2003, no notice from the package. I wrote again. He said he would send a
second package. That sounded very strange... I mean, normally, if I have to
replace a sending that was lost, I don't have ALL the same coasters that I
sent the first time specially when they are exotic ones. He could have said:
".... sorry, but that one or this one I have no more... can I send you
something else in exchange"??? I thought: "What a lucky guy that has so many
doubles, specially from exotic countries!!!! I began to distrust him.... or
was perhaps my sixth sense that told me something was wrong?
June: no notice from the coasters, no answer to my mails. It was possible
that the first package was lost, but also the second one???? If a package
that I sent were lost, I would send the second one registered. I don't risk
to lose twice!! I wrote several times and no answer. I lost my patience and
wrote to him that if he didn't send the coasters or if he didn't answer my
mails I would warn all the collector I know in Internet about his unserious
behaviour.
July 11th 2003: Today arrived the package from Bogushev and to my surprise I
found that most of the coasters were FAKES!!!!
He printed them on cardboard and cut them with a scissors (not very smart,
by the way)!!!
You know, after scanning so many coasters, I know something about photo
programms and I can recognized if something is real or a copy.
The quality of printing is not so good. At first I thought to myself: in
some countries they don't have the tools (programms, printers, etc, I mean
the professional printers who make this work) to make good quality coasters,
so it is possible that the quality of these coasters isn't good. But I
compared some of them with other coasters from the same breweries that I
have, and I realized that they are complety different in quality.
Two of the coasters have more or less the same colour, (although in the
scans that he sent they had different colours) as when a cartridge is almost
used up and they don't print in the expected colour. I assume the yellow
cartridge was used up. Have a look please at the scan attached.
I can see in some of them which have 2-sides, that they are really two
cardboards which were pasted together.
It is also possible to see that they were scanned, because some of them have
scratches from the use and if you look (againt the light) at the surface of
an original coaster which have scratches, you see the scratchs on the
surface and you can also feel them with the finger. In these coasters which
have scratches, the surface is smooth.
What I have yet discovered! I assume he doesn't have self the coaster from
Uzbekistan: he has also a COPY in his collection. How did I realized? He
sent the scan from this coaster alone (other coasters he has scanned
together, 6 x page and it's possible to see clear the surface over which
they are placed). I compared the scan from Bogushev with the coaster in the
homepage from Renata Gorska: IT'S THE SAME!!!! This man cheats himself!!!!!!
Another proof that THIS IS THE FIRST PACKAGE that he sent and NO FIRST
PACKAGE was sent and lost and NO SECOND PACKAGE was sent or lost: he
included the stamps from my package inside. If he had sent a first package,
he would have sent the stamps with it, don't you think so?
So, that's only a warning to all of you partner-collectors (with some of you
I have already made exchanges): be careful with Bogushev and if you have
already exchanged with him, have a look at the coasters you received to see
if they are real ones or copies.
And if you happen to receive faked coasters or know from people who have
also received them, let other collectors know about it. Denounce the faker.
It's the only way to stop faking or in a short time a lot of fake material
will be going around all over the world.
Let's try together to get rid of these unserious people who think that
because we cannot look at them in the face they can cheat others.
Best regards
Bettina Costa
Myślę, że nie ma tu miejsca na tłumaczenie. Dla nieanglojęzycznych wyjaśniam tylko, że "kolekcjoner" z Rosji - Eugeny Bogushev przysłał Bettinie podrabiane podstawki, własnoręcznie wydrukowane i wycięte, zrobione na podstawie skanów m.in. Renaty Górskiej.
Nawet środowisko birofilistów powoli dorabia się fałszerzy...
W załączniku - załącznik
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