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bv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Shipman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 8:33:28 AM Subject: Re: Building found full of these Can anybody spell "Fraud"? On 7/12/2013 6:18 PM, Forest Wilson wrote: > There is a motel In Indiana. > I told the manager, these sprinklers (omegas) were recalled years ago. > She replied, Yes I know. The owner was paid by Central to have them replaced > but pocketed the monies and never changed them > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:24 PM, ampeck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Positive, I jumped up on my friends desk while he was trying to figure out >> what I was doing, thinking I was crazy. >> >> >> On Jul 13, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Thomas Watt <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Are you sure they are Omegas? I believe RASCO made a very similar head. >>> On Jul 12, 2013 6:03 PM, "ampeck" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I forgot to send this awhile back but I had a very interesting find a few >>>> weeks back. >>>> >>>> But Omega was first recalled middle to end of the 90's correct? Well this >>>> building here in Cambodia is a 22 floor building and was built in 2005. >>>> >>>> As the first thing I always do when I enter a building is look up and went >>>> "huh those are interesting heads, I should get a better look." The ceiling >>>> at the entrance is about 20 foot so I couldn't quite make them out. I >>>> forgot and walked on. Went into an office with a lower ceiling and was >>>> chatting with a guy until I just happened to look up again. My jaw just >>>> dropped to the floor. Omega heads. >>>> >>>> After that I ran around the building checking everywhere I could and yep >>>> all Omega. >>>> >>>> Either these were from a large batch of unused heads someone bought cheap >>>> after the recall that were sitting in a Asian warehouse collecting dust or >>>> god forbid removed heads from the States and sold over here. Get paid to >>>> remove them and install new and then sell the old overseas, great >>>> marketing >>>> idea. >>>> >>>> I don't know if maybe one of their manufacturing plants or warehouses were >>>> over here in south east asia but seems suspicious to me. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6485 - Release Date: 07/12/13 > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
