Email Message to Traton, October
14, 2005
Exhibit OHan, Sam S. Ph.D.
Han, Sam S. Ph.D
Friday, October 14, 2005 1:51:PM
"Eldon Basham f
Han, Sam 8. Ph.D ii
FW: Reasonable Demand?
Dear Mr. Basham:
We hope that this email message finds you doing well
Pirst of all, thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to return my call
yesterday to discuss this matter. As promised, I emailed Chris shortly after our
conversation, and gave him a summary of our conversation.
He has recently replied to that email. Rather than re-writing his entire email reply, I'm
including it below (unmodified). It conveys much of his thoughts on why he has pursued
this matter to this extent. Tf you wouldn't mind forwarding this to Mr. Poston, 1 think
that this would go a long way in resolving the matter quickly
Sincerely,
Sam Han
Sam 8. Han, Ph.D.
MeGuireWoods LLP
The Proscenium
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7649
Phone: 404.443.5728
Fax: 404.443.5797
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email: shanemcguirewoods.com
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Original Message~
From: Moses, Chris [mailto:Chris_Moses@tiomeDepot . com]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 13.18 PM
To: Han, Sam's. Ph.D
Subject: RE: Reasonable Demand?
Hey Sam:
Thanks tor taking care of this for me. Here's the short answer to your question (although
it will likely be longer than you want)
1. Issue a written apology (both from Traton and Mr. Foster) for failing to return calls,
emails, etc.; and promise to respond to my messageo/calls/emails in a timely manner. 1
don't think it's too much for them to say that they're sorry for putting me through all
this. If they just did the right thing from the beginning, then it would never have come
to this
Completely repair the’ damage done to the yard. Traton's last attempt to fix my yard
was undone immediately by another truck driving Over the yard. The day they stated it was
fixed, there were additional tire tracks. Technically, I have not seen an undamaged yard
since February, All parties (Traton, HOA, and me) must agree that the yard is fixed to
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3. Require that Traton will, to the best of its ability, instruct the subcontractors not
to drive over my yard. It isn't too unreasonable to ask that the drivers stay on the
road, and not on other people's yards. And if they're going to drive on my yard, then
they should at least have the decency to fix the damage.
4. If Teaton manages the hone owers' assoviation for that subdivision, then rescind that
letter accusing me of not maintaining my yard, and rescind the letter from their attorney
OF at least iscue another letter that waives that alleged violations and accusations.
Traton knows that I can't comply with the covenant because the danage that Traton caused
is severe enough to prevent me fron properly naintaining the damaged portion of my yara
and if Rick had returned my phone calle and fixed my grass. 1 would not have had to take
creative measures to get Traton’s attention. Not to mention that their attorney lecter had
sone blatant falsehoods (for example, “people driving off the road,” I am sure that the
Bilis, Lexuses, and premium cars everyone owns do not jump the three inch curb.)
Ideally, I would like to stop the damage to my yard. However, if that can't be promised,
then I would like to know how committed Traton is to ite customers, namely, to me. If
Live had to escalate things to this level, and they're still willing to drive over my lawn
(or not make any effort to stop their sub-contractors from driving over my yard), then I
seriously question whether they were ever sorry. It aggravates me that they invade my
space.
If someone did that to Bill Foston's home, I'm pretty sure that he'd be upset too. all
I'm doing is asking them to put themselves in my shoes. It's bad enough that they ruin
the curb appeal of my yard. It's really unacceptable that they completely ignore me when
I'm trying to get them to make things right. It's their subcontractors; it's their
building project; it's all the stuff that makes money FOR TRATON! Given this, they can at
least have the decency to call me back.
My fear is that Traton will fix the yard (similar to how they did last time), and then
damage it again (similar to how they did last time). This type of repeated damage is too
much, I'm sure that Poston would talk to his contractors to stop, if it was his house.
Why can't he talk to them on behalf of his customers? It baffles me
Anyhow, enough of my preaching. As you know, to me, it's always been about doing the
right thing. It sucks that I have to spend 90 much’money to make my point. But I'm
willing to do this all over again, if I must, I've talked to a lot of folks about this,
and they're ALL (every one of them, without exception) in agreement with me
Maybe one additional option is to have a face to face with Bill Poston. At this point, we
have never met, and have preconceived ideas about each others integrity. Sitting down’ (Mc
Donald’s or Georgian Club), discussing the events, and burying the hatchet could assist in
negating the negative perceptions we have towards each other. From my perspective, Bill
may not be @ bad person, but Rick Foster has some major issues with customer service,
commitment, honesty, and integrity. If Rick had any concept of what the previous words
meant, we would not be in this situation.
I believe that I have been very reasonable with my actions and the above listed items. My
anticipation is that Traton will also be reasonable, finally fulfill their promises, and
bring closure to this chapter. Traton must realize that if this continues after the yard
is fixed that we will be right back in this situation, with a strong possibility of having
financial demands (attorney costs, punitive damages, nuisance fee, etc.). When this is
all over, hopefully we can resume a collegial relationship typical of that between parties
having the common goal of community well-being.
Thanks again for taking care of this for me. I owe you and your wife a good steak dinner
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chris.
(Sorry about the delay, 1 had to type this on my blackberry.)
Original Message-
From: Han, Sam S. PA.D (mailto: SHanémeguirewoods. com)
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:16 PM
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