intern Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 So I was one of those unlucky enough to 'win' prize money in The Fast One. How long ago was the race? Nah I can't remember, either. Anyway, if you 'win' prize money at this event, you get an envelope with a piece of paper in it, asking you to send your details to Len Aspeling, with a Telkomsa email address for his business, which appears to be STS Accounting. You also get, for reasons entirely unclear to me, Lenny's cellphone number (you will see why in a second). Don't go to too much trouble trying to get your 'prize money', because Len doesn't reply to the email address furnished. He doesn't answer that, not when he owes people money, you see. So my view is that this is flippen schwak to say the least. I have had to call and email the non-responsive Lenny (who more and more, in my mind, resembles the Lenny in the great John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men...you know what I mean) twice, that's 2 calls and 2 emails, neither of which has been returned. Then I contact the race office yesterday, and am promised an email byt the (surprisingly?) very helpful Jenny Green. However helpful, Jenny must have forgotten; I called the arce office again this morning and asked for Jenny to call back. Well I finally got my email, but no return call. OH! Of course! And STILL no prize money. Surprise surprise.
TNT1 Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 How much did you win for coming mid-pack in G category?
AndreZA Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 If it's such a schlep to get you money then I'm not gonna bother winning any races. From now on I will only finish 4th and lower.
intern Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 That's the spirit Mampara. Coming 4th means you can spend more time training and less time on your knees in front of some dick called Len trying to get your money.
intern Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 I see I misspelled 'race'...perhaps 'arce' (pronounce phonetically, you'll see) is a Freudian slip...
amoryns Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 good luck dude, same organisers as 94.7..we waited more than a month before we received our prize money
Wyatt Earp Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 What's the complaining about guys. I am still waiting for mine from the very 1st. 94.7 MTB challenge.
intern Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 Very poor form I say. The ruse of 'security reasons' for the piece of paper is obviously to hide a cashflow problem in a badly run business.
TNT1 Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 e on your knees in front of some dick OMG... you are desperate, aren't you?
intern Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 Damn straight. I mean really, since when do you have to keep sucking, and I'm not talking about wheels here, way after the race is done?
TiBones Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 How long do you think I'm gonna wait? 2009/01/25 2009 Pick n Pay The Star Fast One 103 03:28:39 3649/5498 3007/4291 430/579 J 179/252 2008/11/16 Pick n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge 94.7 03:32:07 7941/17004 6724/13175 918/1591 DD 56/300 2007/11/18 Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge 94.7 04:00:13 10176/16817 8604/13211 1171/1633 OC 97/328
intern Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 Not sure but if we apply the formula I'd say you are definitely in line to claim 20c and two Chappies....
TiBones Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 You can have the 20c and one of the chappies - please collect your envelope and slip of paper with my e-mail address from Admin
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