Over the years I have read some wonderful passages and have learned a lot from the members here, but to disseminate negativity about someone without experiencing it firsthand ("I heard about it from so and so" just don't count these days) is wrong. For those of you who MAY have felt you experienced some difficulties with him, maybe you should look deeply into whether you initiated a communication with him with some animosity in the first place based on what you may have heard from the unruly crowd. He is a very worthy European contact to have as far as I am concerned. He will continue to be a superb supplier of some of the topmost framesets for me. Collalbo or whatever else he calls himself now shouldn't be the target of a lynch mob. Try putting yourselves in his shoes sometime.
Anyone considering sending money to Peter Schotting, AKA Collolbob, Collalbo, My Belgian Garage or any one or his new eBay usernames is welcome to FIRST contact me OFF-LIST and I'll be happy to relay, in detail, my first-hand experience with him: no lynching, no hearsay, no rumors, no "bashing"... read the facts and decide for yourself. No doubt he has given SOME people excellent service, but not me. I had never HEARD of the guy before I did my first and only deal with him, no prejudice or unrealistic expectations from ME. If I was ever to find myself in his shoes I know what I'd do: pay me back the money he owes me. No more from me on this list unless and until I have something good to say about Schotting...like: "he PAID me!" Alan Goldsworthy San Francisco, CA