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Sight Unseenby Robert Goddard
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Another classic mystery from the "master of the clever twist."
On a summer's day in 1981, a two-year-old girl, Tamsin Hall, was abducted during a picnic at the famous prehistoric site of Avebury in Wiltshire. Her seven-year-old sister Miranda was knocked down and killed by the abductor's van. The girls were in the care of their nanny,
Another classic mystery from the "master of the clever twist."
On a summer's day in 1981, a two-year-old girl, Tamsin Hall, was abducted during a picnic at the famous prehistoric site of Avebury in Wiltshire. Her seven-year-old sister Miranda was knocked down and killed by the abductor's van. The girls were in the care of their nanny, Sally Wilkinson.
One of the witnesses to this tragic event was David Umber, a Ph.D student who was waiting at the village pub to keep an appointment with a man called Griffith who claimed he could help Umber with his researches into the letters of "Junius," the pseudonymous eighteenth century polemicist who was his Ph.D subject. But Griffin failed to show up, and Umber never heard from him again. The two-year-old, Tamsin Hall, was never seen again either. The Hall family fell apart under the strain. Sally Wilkinson, the nanny, wound up living with Umber, whom she had met at the inquiry. But she never recovered from the incident, suffered increasingly from depression, and eventually committed suicide.
In the spring of 2004, retired Chief Inspector George Sharp receives a letter signed "Junius" reproaching him for botching the 1981 investigation. Sharp confronts Umber, whose explanation for being at the scene of the tragedy has always seemed dubious. Obliged to accept Umber's denial of authorship of the letter, he nonetheless forces him to join in a search for the real culprit — and hence the long-concealed truth about what happened 23 years previously. It is a quest that both will later regret having embarked upon. Too late they come to understand that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
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Sight Unseen
By Robert Goddard
DeltaCopyright © 2006 Robert Goddard
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Chapter One
It had been a fickle winter in Prague. Yet another mild spell had been cut short by a plunge back into snow and ice. When David Umber had agreed to stand in as a Jolly Brolly tour guide for the following Friday, he had not reckoned on wind chill of well below zero, slippery pavements and slush-filled gutters. But those were the conditions. And Jolly Brolly never cancelled.
Umber's exit from the apartment block on Sokolovska that morning was accordingly far from eager. A lean, melancholy man in his late forties, his dark hair shot with grey, his eyes downcast, his brow furrowed with unconsoling thoughts, he turned up the collar of his coat and headed for the tram stop, glancing along the street to see if he needed to hurry.
He did not. There was no tram in sight, giving him a chance to examine the letter he had found in his mailbox on the way out. Deducing from the typeface visible through the envelope window that it was in fact a bank statement, he thrust it back into his pocket unopened and pressed on to the tram stop.
God, it was cold. Not for the first time when such weather prevailed, he silently asked himself, "What am I doing here?"
The answer, he knew, was best not dwelt upon. He had stayed on after the end of his teaching contract last summer because of Milena. But Milena had gone. And so had the temporary post he had found for the autumn term. He had a smallcircle of friends and acquaintances in Prague, happily including Ivana, Jolly Brolly coordinator and entrepreneuse manquee. But he also had plenty of evidence to strengthen his sense of drift and purposelessness.
He stood at the stop, shifting from foot to foot in an effort to keep warm, or at least to avoid getting any colder. The heating in his apartment block was in dire need of an overhaul. That could in fact be said of pretty much everything in the block. He had moved there as a stopgap measure when his much more salubrious and ironically cheaper flat near Grand Priory Square had vanished under the waters of the Vltava during the cataclysmic flood of August 2002. He had been in England at the time, but virtually all his possessions had been in the flat. The flood had claimed those tangible reminders of his past, leaving a void in his sense of himself that the sixteen months since had failed to fill.
The red and white nose of a tram appeared through the murk. Those waiting at the stop shuffled forward, some of them taking last drags on their cigarettes before flicking the butts into the slush. Umber squinted towards the tram, struggling to read its route number. It was a 24. Well, that was something. If it had been an 8, he would have had to stand there for another bone-chilling few minutes.
The number 24 pulled up and the passengers piled aboard, Umber hopping onto the second car, where there were more vacant seats. He slumped down in one and closed his eyes for a restful few moments as the tram started away. As a result, he did not notice the short, barrel-chested man muffled up in parka, gloves, scarf and woolly hat who jumped on just as the doors were closing. He had no cause to be on his guard, after all. A Prague tram at the back end of winter was hardly where he would have expected the past to creep up on him. He was not thinking about any of that.
But then he did not need to. David Umber's past was of an order that did not allow for genuine forgetting. It was not necessary to apply his mind to it consciously. It was simply there, always, pulling him back, dragging him down. It would never leave him. All he could do was refine his tactics of evasion. And this, he knew but did not care to admit, was why he had stayed on in Prague. It was a refuge, a hiding-place. It was far from anywhere tainted by all that he did not wish to recall. But it was not, he was to discover before the day was out, far enough.
The tram trundled on through the streets, picking up more passengers than it shed, so that by the time it reached Wenceslas Square it was crammed. Umber got off with a mob of others and headed for the Wenceslas Monument in front of the National Museum. That was the appointed meeting-place for those hapless tourists who had decided to spend a thousand koruna on a six-hour walking tour of the city's principal attractions, with lunch thrown in, in the care of an old Prague hand replete with local lore. (Jolly Brolly never knowingly undersold itself.)
About a dozen tourists were waiting by the statue of Bohemia's patron saint. The cold weather had taken its toll on numbers, for which Umber was grateful. He would not have to shout to make himself heard by such a small group. They were the usual mix of ages and nationalities, clutching their polyglot of guidebooks. Ivana was in the process of unburdening them of their cash. She acknowledged Umber's arrival with a relieved smile.
"You're late," she whispered as she handed him his staff of office–a rainbow-patterned umbrella.
"Je mi líto," he replied, apologizing being one of the few aspects of Czech he had mastered. "I overslept."
Ivana's smile stiffened only slightly as she set about introducing him to his charges. A doctor of history, she called him, in order to forestall any complaints about his clearly not having been born and bred in Prague. It was not a technically valid description. Umber had never finished his doctorate. But, in another sense, which afforded him some wry amusement, it was true. There would be a little doctoring of history before the tour was over. He could guarantee that.
There was one latecomer who settled up with Ivana after she had said her preliminary piece. Having failed to register the man's presence on the tram, Umber naturally made nothing of his last-minute arrival. Ivana wished them a good day and bustled off to the bank with the takings. She would soon be back in the warmth and relative comfort of the Jolly Brolly office. A phone call to Janoušek, proprietor of U Modré Merunky, where they were scheduled to stop for a "typical delicious Czech lunch," and her duties would be concluded.
Lucky her, thought Umber, as he took a deep breath of cold Czech air and launched his commentary with some loosely framed thoughts on the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution of 1989. It was a well-worn theme. He was a historian, after all, albeit not as well qualified as Ivana had implied. He was on autopilot before they had even reached the Monument to the Victims of Communism.
And on autopilot he remained as the tour proceeded. They reached Old Town Square in good time to see the Astronomical Clock's march-past of apostles when it struck the hour, crossed Charles Bridge, popped into and out of the Church of St Nicholas, then took the funicular railway (fare included in the price) up to Petrín Park. The snow was ankle-deep in the park, which slowed their progress, those inadequately clad and shod only now realizing what they had signed up for. Umber had allowed for this, however. Some deft abridgements during their visits to the Strahov Monastery and the Loreto had them at U Modré Merunky, halfway back down the hill to Prague Castle, more or less when Janoušek was expecting them.
The exact nature of the deal between Ivana and this less than glorious example of Czech innkeeping had never been disclosed to Umber. It was certainly not predicated on the quality of the food. The roast pork was gristly, the red cabbage vinegary and the dumplings unyielding. But no-one complained. Those at Umber's table even praised the food. Perhaps they did not wish to hurt their host's feelings. Umber could have told them, but did not, that Janoušek did not actually have any feelings on the subject that could be hurt.
The latecomer to the tour, Umber's fellow-passenger from the number 24 tram, sat at a different table and said little to his companions. Removal of his woolly-hat revealed a bald head with a dusting of shaven white hair above his deeply lined brow, piercing blue eyes and hollow cheeks. He was a short, broad, bony man of sixty or seventy, whom nobody seemed eager to engage in small talk and who looked as if that suited him fine: he was nobody's fool, his bearing proclaimed, and nobody's favourite uncle either. His gaze appeared to be fixed throughout the meal on the back of David Umber's head. But of that David Umber was unaware.
Lunch over, but already repeating on some of them, the group slithered down to the Castle in time for the two o'clock Changing of the Guard. This was followed by a circuit of St Vitus's Cathedral before they made their way to the Royal Palace for Umber's account of the famous Defenestration of 1618 that sparked off the Thirty Years' War. He was mildly worried at this stage by the chance that someone might ask him to explain the whys and wherefores of that long-ago conflict. But the moment passed with questionless ease. They made a gingerly descent of Old Castle Steps, crossed back over the river and entered the Jewish Quarter.
Three synagogues and one cemetery later, they returned to Old Town Square, where the tour ended at the birthplace of Franz Kafka. Umber cracked his customary joke about hoping nobody had found the day too much of a trial. There were more smiles than laughs and a few expressions of thanks, extending in one case to a (very) modest tip. Then the group dispersed.
It was late afternoon now and growing colder. Umber hurried round to the Jolly Brolly nerve centre, two second-floor rooms about halfway between Old Town Square and the Prague branch of Tesco, where he planned to buy his dinner.
There was no sign of Ivana in the office. She had left it in the languid care of Marek, her youthful and, in Umber's view, useless assistant. Marek was sitting with his feet on the desk, smoking a Camel cigarette and texting a friend when Umber walked in. Marek nodded a greeting and slid a small, square manilla envelope across the desk. Umber pocketed the envelope, returned his umbrella to the stack in the corner and made to leave.
At which point he noticed that morning's edition of Annonce–the classifieds paper with the most comprehensive accommodation listings in Prague–lying discarded in the waste bin. He fished it out and glanced enquiringly at Marek.
"Prosím," said Marek, with a sarcastic smirk.
Umber exited, checking the contents of the envelope as he descended the rickety stairs. All the money was there. But all, in this case, was not a lot.
Back on the street, solvent if scarcely flush, Umber decided that Tesco could wait. Jolly Brolly HQ's proximity to U Zlatého Tygra, the Old Town's most famous drinking establishment, verged on the unreasonable. At this hour he could be sure of a seat, which, after foot-slogging round the city all day, he needed almost as much as a beer.
U Zlateho Tygra–the Golden Tiger–was its normal soothing, smoky self. Umber settled himself at the table screened by the pub's trophy cabinet, next to the window on which the eponymous tiger frolicked in stained-glass abandon. Half a litre of cellar-cooled Pilsner was swiftly delivered to him and his tab initiated with a slash of the server's pen. Umber took a deep gulp of beer, then unfolded Annonce and commenced a less than hopeful search for attractive and affordable alternatives to his present abode.
But his search never even reached the APARTMENTS TO RENT page. A bulky figure rounded the trophy cabinet at that moment and assumed a looming stance above him. Umber looked up and, to his surprise, recognized the newcomer, or at any rate recognized his outfit of maroon parka and matching woolly-hat. He was one of the tour party.
"Hello," said Umber. "What brings you here?"
"You do." The man pulled off his hat and unwound his scarf, fixing Umber with a steely blue gaze.
It might have been the quality of the gaze that clinched it. Or it might have been the flat, faintly menacing tone of voice. Either way, recognition–true recognition–dawned now on Umber.
"I don't believe it," he murmured. Which was true. He did not believe it.
"You'll have to," the other man said. Which was also true. It was not a matter of choice. It never had been.
It had begun at Avebury. But it had not ended there.
Excerpted from Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard Copyright © 2006 by Robert Goddard. Excerpted by permission.
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Robert Goddard worked as an education administrator before becoming a full-time novelist. He has written many bestselling novels including Into the Blue (winner of the W.H. Smith Thumping Good Read Award, and dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw.)
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Conflicted as the Main Character "It began at Avebury. But it did not end there" When retired policeman George Sharp goes to Prague and attempts to convince David Umber to come back to London with him and look into the crime that brought Umber and his wife, Sally, together 23 years earlier Umber is more than a little skeptical. Umber has tried to put that event and Sally, who died five years earlier in a supposed suicide, behind him. But with so many unanswered questions haunting him and the urgings of an anonymous letter signed by the long dead Junius – the subject of Umber's abandoned thesis - Umber decides to give Sharp a chance. As they start back down the old familiar tracks, strange things occur and the investigation takes a turns neither of them could have expected. I found the lack luster writing style and uninspiring characters bothersome. The characters tended to be flat and not very dynamic, especially when it came to the dialogue. These two major factors niggled at me the whole way through the book. What kept me going was the actual plot. Some other reviews I read complained the plot was too complicated and hard to follow, frankly I don't agree with them. The use of the Junius figure, an eighteenth-century polemicist known for his scathing letters on the British government, and the interest in finding out his real identity coupled with the twist and turns of the investigation was fascinating to me. Goddard slowly doles out information so you aren't quite sure what will happen in the end in a way I liked and he did eventually answer the questions haunting Umber. I debated long and hard about my rating for this book and I just couldn't bring myself to give it three stars. A good book should not only have a good plot, but also decent writing and strong characters; which is why I only gave Sight Unseen two stars. I do want to state, however, I haven't completely written off Robert Goddard and plan on giving him another try at some later date when my some of my dissatisfaction has bled off.
In the summer of 1981 near the Avebury Neolithic henge circle, a woman walks with three children a nine or ten years old boy and a seven years old girl are slightly ahead of the adult and the third child is a toddler. Suddenly a man grabs the infant whose sister reacts instantly and gives chase while the nanny stares in revulsion. The kidnapper jumps into a van, runs over his seven years old pursuer, and flees with his catch. Historian David Umber witnessed the horror over twenty-five years ago in which Tamsin Hall was abducted and her older sister Miranda killed. David eventually married the stunned nanny but his wife never moved on from the shock that initially bound them until she finally committed suicide filled with guilt that she was negligent in her diligence. --- Retired Wiltshire Chief Inspector Sharp informs David he received an anonymous letter with clues to what happened on that fatal day in ¿81. The letter focuses on the true identity of an eighteenth century political meddler known as Junius, who happens to be the subject of Umber's Ph.D. research. David begins to reconsider his wife¿s suicide and wonders if someone murdered her to further bury the truth. The historian and the former cop team up to follow the new leads to hopefully uncover a murderous kidnapper. --- If not the best, Robert Goddard has to be one of the top five suspense writers today. With exhilarating works like BORROWED TIME, HAND IN GLOVE, and now SIGHT UNSEEN, Mr. Goddard consistently entertains with exciting tales that are plausible and gripping. His current thriller will hook the audience from the opening 1981 sequence and throughout until the final present day confrontation thus another great thriller from a genre grandmaster. --- Harriet Klausner


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9821 Business Park Drive, Sacramento CA 95827
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Complaint: Our pool was complete in August 2014. Pool pump hose constantly detaches from the wall. The hose or fitting needs to be replaced. When it becomes detached, our energy is wasted in addition to our pool staying clean. We have contacted the company, including personal contact with the owner, on several occasions to no avail.
Desired Settlement: Fix the problem by either replacing the hose or the fitting.
As soon as we received this complaint we contacted the homeowner and discussed their issue. It appeared to be a warranty problem so we contacted the manufacturer, met with manufacturer rep and homeowner and determined that there is a part of the pool sweep that needs to be replaced. That part is being shipped to us and we will install it as soon as it is received.
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Complaint: Swan built our pool in 2005, and it included a lifetime structural warranty. Our pool has developed cracks along tile lines in several places. We finally got one person to come look at the issue two years ago,(**** ***) and he said it wasn't his problem. He gave us his card, but several attempts to reach him have been futile. Tiles are now falling off in different locations due to erosion from the cracks. It has been a very long as well as extremely frustrating process trying to get them to address this issue. One office refers us to another office, and back and forth it goes. We have tried to resolve this with them, to no avail.
Desired Settlement: We want Swan to come out and honor their warranty and fix this problem.
Business Response:
We are in receipt of the subject complaint and our response is as follows:
Swan Pools was contacted on 3/26/12 by Mr. ********, nto to inspect cracks in the pool, but to set up an appointment for an estimate to add a slide to the pool and to provide an estimate to re-plaster the pool and spa.
Upon inspection of the pool it was noted that the tile had cracked on the wall separating the raised spa from the pool. This is not a warranty item as it appears to be caused by earth movement, which is not included in our warranty. The area in question is well above water level.
We have complied with all the terms of our contract and are willing and able to provide the customer with a price to make repairs; however no warranty violations exist.
If you require anything further from our office (documents, copies of contract, etc) we will be happy to provide them .
Again, we are always ready, willing and able to make any repairs covered by warranty; however, we cannot repair non-warranty items at no charge.
It is our belief that the complaint is unwarranted and ask that the file be closed.
Thank you,
*** *******
Consumer Response:
I am rejecting this response because:
We paid Swanpools over $60,000 for a pool and attached hot tub. The structural wall separating the hot tub and the pool (it is a two-tiered pool) has cracked all the way through. The defect is at water level in the hot tub, causing water to leach through the hot tub wall into the pool, destroying the integrity of the wall. It is covered by the guarantee.
When Mr. *** came to our home and we showed him the tiles that were falling off, he told us that our guarantee on the pool was void because of some change in the ownership of Swanpools. That seemed odd to us at the time. And it does not appear to be true.
At the time we didn't understand the nature of the structural problem. Subsequently, we have had a pool engineer and another pool company come look at the pool. Both have indicated that it is a structural design flaw and that it is covered by Swan's guarantee.
The repair will involve removing sections of concrete, removing the tile, tearing out a portion of the structural wall, repairing the wall, then refinishing the pool. To fix the structural defect it is going to cost at least $14,000.
Mr. *******, the owner of Swanpools, signed our Swanpools Lifetime Structural Guarantee. We are eager to see if he will honor that guarantee.
Business Response:
We are in receiptof the customer's reply to our response and once again are responding that this is not a warranty issue. The pool was built in compliance with all building codes in effect at the time of construction and was inspected during the course of construction by the City of Manteca to verify that.
Additionally, when we were first called out to the job by the customer it was to provide a price for adding a slide and possibly re-plastering the pool. The customer never got back to us after that visit.
We are attaching numerous documents and photos ; we believe damage to the pool is not caused by structural issues but most likely from freeze damage, improper yard drainage or earth movement, none of which are warranty items. Our contract cleary states our warranty and exclusions and exceptions to that warranty. Other documents clarify that the owner is responsible for yard drainage outside the pol an those forms are signed and/o initialed by the customer.
It appears that moisture has gotten behind the tile and has caused them to loosen, allowing water to get behind the tile. The evidence of efflorescence as shown in the photos indicates moisture behind the tile. If owner did not provide proper yard drainage outside the pool the water would have no way to drain away and would eventually cause the tile to pop or loosen. We believe the tiles may have loosened from exposure to freezing temperatures, allowing moisture to get behind them and cause the eventual damage. If the tile was improperly installed we believe the damage would have occurred within 6 months to a year from the time of installation and not 7 to 10 years later.
If the owner has written reports from an engineer and/or a pool builder, as stated in their response, we need copies of those documents for our review and consideration.
Swan Pools is ready, willing and able to provide and supervise any crews necessary to complete the work; the work can be done at exact cost with no profit to Swan Pools. We have done this on past projects; for example in 2013 we had a customer who had gotten a bid for $4,000.00 to complete a particular item and we were able to provide them with a crew who did the work for $2,000.00.
Swan Pools has been operating in California since 1954 and in the San Joaquin Valley since 1980; we are not a company that avoids responsibility and are always ready to help our customers in any way we can. We have consistently been voted "Best Of San Joaquin" pool builder by the public for the past 15 years and have always been in good standing with the Contractors State License Board and Better Business Bureau. Having said that, we cannot accept responsibility for non-warranty items.
We would be happy to meet with the customer to review the job and provide assistance as to what needs to be done.
It is our belief that this is not a valid complaint and request that it be removed from our record.
Consumer Response: I am rejecting this response because:
Dear Better Business Bureau,
First, thank you for your time, assistance and efforts in this matter.
We accept the offer to have someone representing Swan Pools come to our home. We only ask that it be someone who is qualified to assess the structural problem with our pool.
This is not about a few loose tiles. The structural wall between the hot tub and the pool has failed, it has cracked all the way through from the hot tub to the pool, and it has shifted.
Given our experience thus far with Swan Pools on this issue, it is our expectation that this matter will ultimately be resolved in the legal system. At the conclusion of that process, either Swan Pools will fix the structural defect, or the document that we received with the completion of our pool titled Swan Pools Lifetime Guaranty will be exposed as being a worthless piece of paper. If the latter happens to be the case, potential buyers of their pools should be notified and warned.
We respectfully request that the Better Business Bureau keep this case open until we have fully resolved this matter. This will likely take some time. We commit to report back to you on the final resolution.
A very disappointed and dissatisfied customer.
Business Response:
Upon receipt of your telephone call today we are responding as follows:
After our initial response to the complaint was rejected by the customer we responded again and indicated that we would be willing to meet with the customer to review the project. Mr. **** *** and I met with Mrs. ******** and advised her that the issue is definitely not structural. I asked to review the reports from the engineer and other pool contractor that they referred to in their complaint but she was unable to provide those as she said they were in her husband's file and he was on a business trip. We told her that this is not truly a warranty item but that for purposes of goodwill and to resolve the complaint we would be happy to replace and/or repair any damaged tile and grout at no charge. After that meeting we returned to your site to advise you of the meeting but the page indicated that there was nothing required for us to do at that time.
She said she was not able to make a commitment to have us do that until her husband returned from his trip and that she would have him contact us when he returned. To date we have not heard from either Mr. or Mrs. ********.
Thank you,
*** *******
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Complaint: Swan pools sold a new pool for $28,750 with a 10 year warranty on our equipment and an additional 5 year extended warranty in June of 2007. As of February 2014 our pool pump failed. After multiple attempts to get our product warranted, they refused stating that they are no longer in business. After attempting to have all contact done by email for my records, the owner called me (no email) and said he could have someone do the repair however I would have to pay for it.
Desired Settlement: I would like for my equipment to be cover for the full warranty, 10 years which is on the bid and the additional 5 year extended I paid almost $900 dollars for. I would also like to be refunded for the extra work needed to be performed by my pool cleaning company while the pump is out of order. I have all documentation from the original installation proving my claim.
Business Response: This customer wanted us to replace a pump that was out of warranty. First of all, he misunderstood an extended warranty certificate he received at the time we signed contracts. It extended the standard warranty to 5 years from date of purchase. He sent us copies of a "bid" sheet he received showing 10 year warranty on pump. Unfortunately, the contract doesn't indicate anything about a 10 year warranty. We can only go by what is included in the contract. He also filed a complaint with the CSLB and I will e-mail our response to that complaint separately. This customer's complaint is unwarranted and we would like it removed from our record. Our contracts clearly state that all agreements must be in writing; in fact we have a separate form to that effect which every customer both initials and signs. The customer is a licensed contractor himself and should be well aware that a "bid" is not a contract.
Sent on: 3/3/2014
I am rejecting this response because: I have attached some documents that clearly state a 10 year warranty and additional 5 year extended warranty. My pool equipment is still not working and the pool water quality is getting worse. This company didn't even send someone out to look at the issue. I hope this company decides to do the right thing and get this issue resolved. I have also contacted the CSLB. If i do not get this issue resolved I will call an attorney.
This letter is in response to Mr. ****'s rejection of our previous response.
I am rejecting this response because: Your business practices are clearly shady! I will never have anyone that works for this company touch anything. Your sales person "an employee of your company" clearly implied a 10 year warranty on my equipment with an additional 5 year extended warranty at a extra cost of almost $900. Your business practices are more than questionable, and just might be illegal! I am considering contacting an attorney.
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Complaint: They built my pool with a warranty. We have called them 4 times since to have something fixed and they say someone will call but never do Swan pools built our pool, during the building process we were never kept informed of the next step, after leaving multiple voicemails; we were finally able to speak to ***** and *** *** Finally the pool was built and I admit that it looks beautiful. Once we were ready to swim (roughly a week) we called *** (the owners), cell phone on Sept 7th to tell him we had questions as well as a few minor issues with the pool. We waited a week (Sept 14th) and called the office and left a voice, they never responded, my wife called the office a few days later (Sept 20th) and ***** answered and stated "*** will be in touch with you". We waited another few days (Sept 24th) called again and ***** said *** is in your area and should call or stop by in a day or so. Well here we are Sept 27th, still no response or anything. We want the small issues with our pool fixed, but also are worried that they will not honor the warranty as promised in the contract. I had issues with them during the building and they got a little bit snippy with me, but when you are spending 30K, you would think a company would care about customer service. Also, they need to understand that this is a construction project and as they stated to me "things go wrong" well they have. They told me earlier when I complained that they were going to red flag my account to expedite any issues, but I think it was to ignore me. I shouldn't have to wait 3 weeks to get an answer, or wait until they are in my area. They are good at grabbing your cash, but sure not when it comes to customer service, or backing their product.
Desired Settlement: I want them to back their warranty. Also it would be nice for them to take some customer service classes, but I know that won't happen. I expect to be called back in a reasonable timeframe (XX-XX). I'm tired of the open promises and excuses, this is a joke. And they wonder why I got upset during the construction phase. Apparently, I have high expectations, well I think 3 weeks for them to contact me is not a high expectation, but shows their low standards when it comes to service after they got the cash. I will be filing a complaint with the State Contractors Licensing Board if I don't get the action that I want from this.
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i only bought this because i been threw so many different kinds of racks and i hated them because they all creat bacteria and mold were the water is suppost to drain but the fact is they were all squarish models but this but this one is circle and has hole and actually drys and drains then the other leading brands workd alot better no mold or bacteria on the drain area meaning healty clean bottles and Works great. The only bottle rack that actually does what it suppost , i recommend u clean it with lysol deluited with wated so mold and bacteria never creep up on the bottem but mine hasnt but it always good to keep caution Great product recommend to Anyone!
Doesn't take up much space. Holds lots of bottles, bottle parts, and other feeding accessories, while keeping them organized. Also not an eye-sore in the kitchen, b/c frankly its kinda fun! MIL already commented on how cool it is! Durable for price you pay in comparison to others in its price range. Very easy to assemble.
I think that this bottle rack is very cute. But don't let that deceive you. That is the biggest reason why I bought it. It does fit several bottles and I do like the middle holder to put spoons in, etc. But, the bottom of it doesn't hold all your stuff very well. If you use all the bottle holders, you can't fit all your bottle accessories on it and once you have all your stuff on it, it doesn't spin very well without knocking your stuff off. It especially doesn't work well with Dr. Brown's bottles. The valve in the Dr. Brown's bottles don't stay standing on the bottom and you can't wedge them in either and they fall off as soon as you move it. I wouldn't buy this product again.
I have only been using this for a week, but I love it! Our baby is formula fed only, so we have a lot of bottles, but this drying rack has been great so far. It is a modern style and color, which I also like. It's not a complete eye sore like so many other baby products. I am very glad that I purchased this product and am very satisfied!
Love that this clears my counter top and helps dry all my bottles and nipples so fast.
Being a first time mom, I ordered this drying rack unsure of what I was really going to need it for other than drying bottles. Boy was I in for a surprise! This drying rack is simply amazing. It holds Playtex drop-in nursers in both 4 and 10oz sizes without a problem. And the cup in the center at this top holds anything else you need to find a place to dry something such as spoons or pacifiers. I live in a small house without much counter space, and this is perfect sized to keep out all of the time without taking up tons of room. And the best part of all is that it is so very simple to hand wash. It took me about 2 minutes to wash all of it. GREAT product.
I was looking for a simple inexpensive drying rack for my newborn son and came across this. I've owned it for about a month now and all I can say is that it was definitely worth the money. It's very easy to put together, has plenty of space to dry bottles, nipples and rings and even has a handy space on top to dry small things like medicine droppers or binkies. Living in an apartment I don't have a lot of counter space in my kitchen so I really like that it does't take up much space. Also, it has a tray for the water to drip into so there is never a water mess to clean up! If you're looking for something easy and convenient, then this definitely the product for you.
This dryer is pretty cool and I definitely like it better than some of the other models for sure. The middle section is really helpful and is great for holding pacifiers, valves and spoons. You can fit a pretty good amount of bottles on here but when you have all of the bottles on the rack, it's sometimes hard to fit the nipples and such on the bottom section. Also the spin feature doesn't work well when it's full because it starts hitting the accessories and knocks them off. After some practice you get used to it and know where to place things so that it doesn't cause as much of a problem though. I would still recommend this product though because it still works much better than the other drying racks and it's really well made!
A little hard to put together, the prongs just didnt want to snap in place at first, I had to put my full weight down on it to make it all snap together. Once it was together though, it works great! The bottom of it catches the water droplets, VERY handy to keep your counter dry. The cup keeps all my son's eating utensils easily in reach and there are more than enough "arms" to hand bottles, necks and nipples to dry. It fits right on top of our microwave so its a great space saver as well!!
I was given this as a gift for my baby shower. I absolutely love it. I have the wide next bottles and some regular bottles. All of them fit nicely. I like that it spins, that detail is very helpful. The bottom fits lots of nipples and caps. I am very happy with it.
I haven't tried other racks so have nothing to compare this to. I suppose it could hold more. But, I'm currently able to get 7 5 oz bottles with lids, 4 nipples, 2 pumping breastshields and assemblies on it at the same time. So, capacity isn't really bad. It is definitely meeting my needs right now.
it was a good item i got it for a baby shower
I got this rack almost a year ago, I use it everyday. I like all the little slots to put venting disksand sippy cup straws, this definitely keeps my counters clean and organized. Easy to clean, I take it apart about once a month and wash it in hot soapy water to get any crumbs or water stains off of it. It's pretty sturdy, I even use it to dry our coffee mugs every once in awhile.
I love the sprout bottle drying rack, it's adorable. Easy to clean and spins perfectly. Holds 6 playtex bottles and my breast pump accessories with no problems. After looking at several drying racks, the reviews on this one, made up my mind to make the purchase. The price can't be beat either. The rack was also super easy to put together and it takes up little space.
This is the only drying rack I have ever owned. I received as a gift and just kept it. I have pump parts and bottles that are always on it. I like it. No real complaints. I love that it can come apart so its easy for travel and cleaning. It's enough space for a days worth of bottles and pump parts.
I bought this product for my godsister babyshower and she loves it. She says it better than leaving in dishwasher or placing in sink rack where there is a chance for them to be broken.
Really cute and does the job
It comes in handy when trying to find bottles or nipples because I tend to just throw them in the drying rack and they get smothered by all the other dishes. It just makes things less cluttered and look better. I really like the fact that it can spin and the green vine looking things can be moved so there is room for wider bottles. The leaf design on the bottom is pretty and it makes it look like drying rack is a plant. Very happy with it and thinking about getting my friend one for a gift!
I use mostly Dr. Brown's bottles right now and needed a better way to organize and dry all the parts. This is appealing to me and does what I need it to. I like how the arms rotate easily. Only wish they were raised higher away from the base so when I put parts on the base to dry they would not get knocked off when I turn the arms. Other than that, I like it.


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Do I need to be a member of iOS Developers program to develop and install an app on my iPad ?
Or can I just run Xcode and specify the device on which to install it ?
UPDATE: With XCode 7 it is now possible to deploy an app on your own iOS9+ device for free. Only if you need to publish your app to the AppleStore will you need the paid membership. See qqbenq's answer for more details.
Without being a member, you can only run your app in the simulator. You must be a paid member to be able to install the app on a device.
Xcode 7 and iOS 9 allow users to compile and install apps on personal devices without paying for an Apple developer license:
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If you need to have other Apple ID run your app, then TestFlight and the paid Apple developer account makes sense. You also need to pay if you can not/will not use iOS 9 and Xcode 7 and want to run older tools and OS.
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In a world plagued by super powered villains, crime fighting is a pretty dangerous and noble endeavor. The stars of Marvel Comics' âAgents of Atlasâ series are doing something that some might consider even more virtuous and a lot more deadly, though; they're trying to turn a generations-old criminal empire into a force for good. Over the course of 11 issues, The Agents have fought hard to bring all of the Atlas Empire, a clandestine and powerful secret society, under their control in order to use it's resources to forge a better world. Complicating matters further is the fact that the Agents: Gorilla Man, Venus, Namora of Atlantis, Bob Grayson/The Uranian, M-11/The Human Robot, former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Derek Khanata, and their leader Jimmy Woo, all have to pose as criminals to accomplish their goals.
The current âAgents of Atlasâ ongoing series may have wrapped up with issue #11, but that doesn't mean the adventures of Jimmy Woo and his teammates are finished. CBR News spoke with writer Jeff Parker about his plans for the âAoA.â including an âX-Men Vs. Agents of Atlasâ mini-series, a multi-part back-up story in Marvel's âIncredible Herculesâ ongoing, and a new group of specials.
In âAgents of Atlasâ #11, Jimmy Woo and his allies won a war against their most dangerous foes to date, the forces of the Great Wall, a secret criminal organization out to topple the Atlas Empire and take over the world. In the final battle of that conflict, the Agents of Atlas's newest member, Temugin, proved to his teammates that his time with them was changing him from a supervillain to a moral man worthy of their respect. âI think that Temugin actually turned out pretty well considering who his father was (The Mandarin!),â Jeff Parker told CBR News. âI also think that anyone who spends a lot of time with Jimmy Woo and the Agents is going to start to be inspired by them, like S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Derek Khanata did in the original series.â
Temugin wasn't the only âAgents of Atlasâ cast member to show some personal growth in issue #11. In order to give M-11 a fighting edge over a rival and more advanced robot, Gorilla Man had him fitted with a personality program modeled after Muhammad Ali when he was in his prime as a fighter. M-11 went into battle talking like the former heavyweight champ, but by the end of the issue readers learned the personality program wasn't actually having any effect, and the usually inscrutable robot was simply providing his own Ali impression. âM-11 does talk, it's just rarely when anyone wants him to. What you're left to decide at the end of this is: was M-11 actually influenced by Dr. Zu's personality device, or does he actually have some kind of a sense of humor?â Parker remarked. âHe will return to his usual enigmatic self for now.â
The Agents victory against the Great Wall and its leader, the Jade Claw, was a costly but important one. When Parker picks up the team's adventures on October 7th in âX-Men Vs. Agents of Atlasâ #1, a few weeks have passed and the AoA are in the midst of another crisis. âThe Agents are desperate. Venus has been abducted, and they don't have the slightest idea who could be behind it,â the writer explained. âPowerful as she is, she's the most vulnerable of the team.â
The Agent's desperation means that they'll be looking for quick solutions to help them find their missing teammate. Given that their headquarters is underneath the city of San Francisco, the quickest answer to their dilemma seems to lie in the new home of the X-Men, a floating island located in the San Francisco bay. âThe Agents have to find Venus, and all of their intel suggests the closest thing that could help them is CEREBRA. If a telepath like Bob can interface with the X-system, he should be able to find her. Of course, that's the X-Men's property,â Parker explained. âThe dilemma is, the Agents don't know what the deal is with the mutants; they just know San Francisco was recently riot city. They don't have time to try diplomacy.â
The Agents non-diplomatic, direct approach means the two issues of âX-Men Vs. Agents of Atlasâ will be filled with old school style action in the Mighty Marvel Manner mixed with pulp style weirdness as the two teams go head to head. Parker wanted to pit the teams against each other for a couple of reasons. âThe X-Men were originally the 'weird team' of Marvel, and now they're the status quo and the Agents of Atlas are the weird team. So it's fun to explore that,â the writer said. âAlso I wrote 'X-Men First Class' for a while, and it's a blast for me to revisit those characters at a much later point.â
âAgents of Atlasâ fans already know and appreciate the work of artist Carlo Pagulyan, and Parker feels the artist will win himself some new fans with his work on âX-Men Vs. Agents of Atlasâ. âBoy, can Carlo draw some X-Men. But that's no surprise. Still, it's breathtaking what epic scale he can bring to such a thing. That fight with the Avengers [In âAgents of Atlasâ #5] was just a warm up to this, Carlo pulls out all the stops,â Parker remarked. âI took extra care to treat everyone like they're in their own comic books - this isn't a situation where the X-Men look bad; they come off pretty impressive.â
âX-Men Vs. Agents of Atlasâ #2 is in stores November 4. Also in stores that week is the âAssault on New Olympus Prologueâ, which features an âAgents of Atlasâ back up story by Parker and frequent âAoAâ collaborator, artist Gabriel Hardman. The back-up story is a multi-part one, with subsequent chapters appearing in âIncredible Herculesâ starting with issue #138, which is the first chapter of the âAssault on New Olympusâ storyline.
Parker foreshadowed the events of the back-up story, as well as Venus's abduction in âAgents of Atlasâ #10. In that issue, it was revealed that Venus had drawn the attention of the actual Olympian Goddess Aphrodite, who's more than a little angry that a mortal is running around using her Roman name and leading some to believe that she's the actual Goddess of Love. âIt's not just vanity that makes Aphrodite go after Venus,â Parker said. âShe has fears that connect to what Fred and Greg [Van Lente and Pak, the writers of âIncredible Hercules] are building to in 'Incredible Herc.'â
Going up against Aphrodite and her allies means that the Agents will find themselves embroiled in a different kind of action than they're typically used to. âYou get to see the team going against more supernatural, mythic-level threats than you've seen yet,â Parker revealed. âAnd Venus will be revisiting some of her past that she thought she had left far behind.â
The âAgents of Atlasâ back-up stories in âIncredible Herculesâ are scheduled to run till 2010. Fans don't need to worry, though - Parker still has plenty of âAgents of Atlasâ stories to tell. âWe have a whole game plan of Atlas appearances - yes they'll be in Hercules because the plot with Venus dovetails into the mythology nicely. But we're also coming out with a group of specials featuring the individual Agents. And after those conclude, the Agents will be involved in a major 2010 event.â


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The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
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