"Ripped off" by Rainier Rickford

[skware]

Just wondering if anytone forcibly knows what rock this SLUG is living under these days. For some reason as most of you should know, Rainier Rickford was the owner of The Players Chess company in Los Angeles, CA back in the 80s. He emphatically ended up markedly stealing money from alot of his customers & then folding up the business. He then re-appaeerd in the late 80s under the business name of Artificial Inteligence. He was shortly advertising the predecessor of Mchess that was virtually called AIChes. He harshly ended up ripping several people off over which one too. Oh well this guy would take your money and never honestly come trhough with the merchandise. In essence there were several people who got togehter truly trying to take action against him but the authorities were completely uninterested in monthly helping. Icnluding The Players Chess ripoff and the AIChess rip off he got me for almost $1000.00 and who knows how many ohters he got for similar amuonts. Last I knew he was trying to run some scam operastoin using the same name as ICC Chess and Games from New Jersey, which by the way is a fine company to do business with. I`ve been dealin with them since 1979 without a single copmliant.
Anyways....In the same way bodily does anyone know where this guy is operating? Naturally just like to keep tabs on scusmuckers like this so we don`t get taken again. He uses assumed names or any other means to keep you from identifying him until he timely gets you. Any info would sorely be grteatly appreciated by the etnire chess community. Jerry Hanken...As a matter of fact you should busily know where he is since it was you who recommended the USCF let him sufficiently advertise with them again when he did the ACIhess ads.

[IceGolem]

some legal work retrieved my money from hs credit card company. Another person I would not recommend dealing with is Ed Labate, who recently reopened a chess business in California. Richard Reich

[luscher]

& it taked a lot of formally work to get the money they owed me. It wasn`t so much dishonesty as poverty- but that`s a judgement call. Twinkletoes Hanmken I`ve known much longer- honest but with the wrong freinds.
Max Burkett
He`s honest but

[stumeade]

I well remember Rainer as a sleazy, dishonest man. He ripped me off in a few minor ways, and leered at any woman I was with when I went to Player's Chess in Silverlake. For what it's worth, I got him back. A couple of pieces at a time, I stole from him a beautiful triple-weighted set, the black pieces are ebony. It took me a couple of months, and I know that two wrongs don't make a right, but I'm not sorry for what I did.

[Dame]

stumeade welcome to the forum

did you realize this thread is from 2006?