Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I guess D.B., the alternative is shut up, and take whatever is dished out to us at the airport, and fall in line like good little sheep. "Papers Please!" - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:22 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] airport security kinda long. ;-) > Yup, they sure 'won' that one! Got up a couple hours early to go to the > airport. Stood in line. Finally got up to security and, By Gum! they > wouldn't submit to any of that police state crap! Got told to go away. Went > to the airline counter. Waited on line. Got told to get lost. Filed their > papers in Small Claims court - and got the cost of the ticket back - plus > the $10 or $20 filing fee. What a victory! It only cost them how many days > of their time to get back the money for the flight they never took. Oh, yah, > and then there's the vacation they missed, or business trip, the cancelled > hotel and rental car reservations. What a victory! ROFLOL!!!!! > > What is it in the air today? Smells to me like Ayn Rand's perfume. Go you > Objectivists! ;-) > > B. D. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of James A. > Gatlin > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 1:12 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] airport security kinda long. ;-) > > > Hate to disagree with you Seth....... > But I personally know of 4 different people who did this very > thing.......and won! > > They refused the random strip search... and was denied access to their > flight... quite naturally. And as someone pointed, the security people could > not have cared less. > > Next they went to the airline tincket counter, and asked for a refund. No > deal. The counter people could not have cared less. > > Next they sent a letter to the ariline office demanding a refund, (of course > detailing why), and again, no deal. > > Final step.... Small Claims court..... which does not require lawyers.... > told their story to the judge, BAM.. they won judgment for the cost of the > ticket, plus the minimal costs of the court fees. > > Now granted, the airlines and the security people still don't give a crap... > but at least these people got their money back, and now, even they don't > give a crap anymore. > > You can at times fight back... and win. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SthRosner@aol.com> > > > > I will ask for, then > > > demand, then sue if necessary for a refund. > > > > And you will spend a lot of money for a lawyer and you will lose. > > > > Seth > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html