The Soft Touch

In all of the time that I have tried to convince Asif Zamir to give me my money back I have taken every approach imaginable (short of threats to his person). Every approach has been met by silence. If Asif Zamir were a person with a sense of morality, he would have engaged the people owed money in order to find a solution. He has done just the opposite. We have now passed the 8 month mark that Asif Zamir took my money, and it has been 4 months since I last heard from Asif (even if the last communication from Asif was a flat out lie).

Anyway, the point of this post is to illustrate that I have not only taken a confrontational approach with Asif Zamir, I have also made genuine attempts to help him. To wit:

Hi Asif,

I just wanted to drop you a line to try to encourage you to give me a call. I get the impression that you are having some problems and I would like to help you to resolve them. I am a patient and understanding person, so if you are in some kind of a bind, you can call me and we can discuss the problem and a potential resolution. I understand that it must be very stressful for you at the moment with the police involvement and all, but the solution is not to be found in ignoring the problem.

I’m sure that you can understand how it must look from my side, what with your lack of communication. I truly want to believe that you will refund my money, but you must show me some goodwill and contact me. I am sure that together we can resolve this. It is only if I understand the problem that I can contribute to a solution. There is no reason that this must end up in a courtroom in Montreal at a cost of thousands of dollars.

So, Asif, I am begging you to contact me. I know you are a Christian man and that you mean to do good in this world. It was this that prompted me to do business with you in the first place. I truly believe that we must talk. Let’s be positive and trusting and resolve this once and for all and lift this great weight off our shoulders! Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to be able to stop all of the maneuvering that I have begun and have my faith restored in my fellow man. Please, Asif, contact me at 514-xxx-xxxx or 514-xxx-xxxx. Call me collect if you must! Just call me, please!

Sincerely,

Rob van Hell

Ok, so maybe I went overboard with the niceness, but it just goes to show that Asif had no interest whatsoever in resolving this.