We believe that the letter dated February 4, 2000, to Attorney General of Washington, Attn.: Barbara Chambers, from Jim Elliott, General Manager of Poulsbo RV, Everett, WA, was designed by Elliott to prejudice our case against Poulsbo RV now and, by attempting to damage our character in the eyes of the state, in the future as well.

Following is a sentence-by-sentence rebuttal (sentence numbers in parentheses) to that letter.

(1) "In regard to Mr. Ellingson's complaint, we are currently working with legal council (sic) to address his issues."

Legal counsel to which he refers is Poulsbo RV's attorney, who was brought into the case after we filed a complaint with the Attorney General of Washington. He has written to us, not to address our issues nor to deny that what we say is true, but solely for the purpose of attempting to disclaim Poulsbo RV's responsibility and to try to scare us off, and not once, in any correspondence, disputing the fact that his client, Poulsbo RV, sold us a defective motorhome.

(2) "Mr. Ellingson has made false statements in regard to the RCW's..."

This is a lie. If he refers to The Revised Code of Washington, we stated nothing in regard to it. We did refer to Federal law, and we did quote the wrong chapter. This has nothing to do with the fact that Poulsbo RV sold us a motorhome with hidden damages and hidden, unrepairable defects.

(2) "...and has misrepresented the service he has received from us."

This is a lie. We challenge general manager Jim Elliott, general service manager Larry McAmis, or anyone else at Poulsbo RV to show how we have done this.

(3) "I have talked to the highest levels of Fleetwood in regard to correcting any issues he may have with his motorhome."

We have no idea what this statement means because Poulsbo RV has never been in contact with us.

(4) "Both Fleetwood and Poulsbo RV have agreed to fix any problems he may have."

This is a lie. Nobody at Poulsbo RV, including Jim Elliott, has contacted us at any time.

(5) "We have tried to contact Mr. Ellingson numerous times, but he will not take the phone calls."

This is a lie. We have three separate phone numbers, all listed, and have never been contacted by Poulsbo RV, either by phone or by mail.

(6) "Despite what he says on his web-site, he is not willing to talk with us or our attorney."

This is a lie. We have corresponded with Poulsbo RV's attorney ever since the first time he contacted us, and have responded to every letter and e-mail from him. We told him that all communication must be in writing because of the lies previously told to us by Poulsbo RV.

(7) "He has misrepresented and misquoted myself and my staff."

This is a lie. We have represented nothing about Jim Elliott except that we wrote him a letter and he ignored it, which is the truth. We have never quoted him until now. We have published on our web site the lies that were told to us by salesperson Cheryl Gerry and General Service Manager Larry McAmis, as well as the lies told about us to the Washington Attorney General by Jim Elliott.

(8) "He has been asked to remove his defamatory statements as the (sic) pertain to personnel or he may be sued."

Jim Elliott is well aware that we have made no defamatory statements. Neither Poulsbo RV nor its attorney has ever defined any of our statements as untrue because the statements we have made are true, and they know it. Jim Elliott, in his letter to the Washington Attorney General, however, has made untrue, defamatory and libelous statements about us.

(9) "As of this date he has not responded."

This is a lie. We have responded to all communication from Poulsbo RV's lawyers. There has been no communication at all from Poulsbo RV.

(10) "However, our offer to fix his motorhome still stands."

This is a lie. Poulsbo RV has never made an offer to us of any kind.

(11) "If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me."

This sentence has no relevance.

The general manager of Poulsbo RV, Everett, Washington, Jim Elliott, managed to pack eight lies into that one-paragraph letter to the Washington Attorney General.

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