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Violinia
post Apr 1 2007, 05:55 PM
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I received this email today and am wondering where the catch could be, or if there is one? What does anybody else think? It sounds too good to be true, and you know the old maxim..

(Marketing message removed by ABRSM staff - to avoid giving the sender any more free publicity!)

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post Apr 1 2007, 06:03 PM
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I'd just bin anything unsolicited like that whether by email or snail mail.
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:04 PM
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Can't say that I have heard of this chap. He could be offering some useful products.
However why has he put ABRSM after his name implying that he has been approved in some way by the Board - maybe ABRSM has a view? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:07 PM
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First catch - asking for credit card details. It could be anyone, seeking to defraud you by targeting a list of email addresses of known music folk. It's targeted spam, but still spam....

Second catch - legality of the contents....
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:10 PM
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Did you try googling the name to see if anything came up about him - it does sound a bit weird to me alright

Also no telephone no. given so you cannot ring it to check
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:35 PM
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It stinks for all sorts of reasons - I'd avoid it like the plague ....
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:42 PM
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QUOTE(Violinia @ Apr 1 2007, 06:55 PM) *


DVD 2 CONTENTS

Sheet Music (over 1 gb)

Complete Full Works of:
Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Grieg, Hayden, Liszt,
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Ravelli, Scarlatti,
Schubert, Schuman



I bought a DVD of pdf files of a few hundred classic works for flute - some duets, most with piano. I got it from eBay Canada and paid about £9, I think. Good sightreading practice & no need to print them out.
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post Apr 1 2007, 07:15 PM
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A fairly quick look on google didn't find anything about this guy - as far as I could see.

I would delete it straight away
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post Apr 1 2007, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE(skylark @ Apr 1 2007, 07:35 PM) *

It stinks for all sorts of reasons - I'd avoid it like the plague ....


same words i was about to say!!!
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post Apr 1 2007, 09:17 PM
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Yep I thought it was probably a scam. And no doubt you can't even get to look at it without giving your credit card details.

I'm deleting and blocking him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Apr 1 2007, 09:27 PM
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I've received the same email in the past, but with different names, although I think the address was the same. It seems a bit dodgy to me & the use of ABRSM after his name seems like a deliberate attempt to fool people into thinking he has some kind of approval from the Board.
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post Apr 1 2007, 09:50 PM
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I'd agree - avoid greatly. I hope the Mods pick this up as one has to question him using ABRSM after his name.
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QUOTE(Violinia @ Apr 1 2007, 06:55 PM) *


May I firstly say, it is not my intention to intrude on your privacy, if I have,
I sincerely apologize and assure you not to email you again.



Sheesh. The number of Nigerian princes and Chinese manufacturers of air-conditioning units that have told me THAT. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Apr 2 2007, 11:24 AM
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Actually I've now had a scout around and found the same ad on a couple of websites. I'm going to buck the trend here and say I think he probably is OK, but having said that I wouldn't recommend giving credit card details to any unknown business - no way!!! Why doesn't he just stick to selling it on Ebay?

Yes the AB should look into this because he's using their name for credibility and that's a no-no.

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post Apr 2 2007, 02:42 PM
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Violinia

Thanks for flagging this up. I would like to publicly stress that the Associated Board has not got links with this person, nor do we endorse in any way the products that he is selling.

Violinia - please can you forward me a copy of this email or PM that was sent to you? I'd also be interested to see the links that you refer to on other websites.

The Associated Board does not pass on contact information of our customers to third parties, so I would urge extreme caution if anyone contacts you (purportedly) on behalf of the Associated Board to try to sell you products and services.

If you are at all unsure of this, or any other unsolicited marketing messages that you receive via these discussion forums, please alert me or another member of Associated Board staff.

Many thanks

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