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WORLD  Missing Videos BY KAY MAHARAJ SOUTH AFRICA, May 20 (VNN) — Dear Sir I am writing this letter in an attempt to get some help for hundreds of people in my country myself included who have been cheated by some of your Hare Krishna devotees. A few years ago some of your devotees from my city in Newcastle, South Africa began to market a video on the life of your leader Swami Prabhupada. The video is titled Abhay Charan. We were told that the producer of the video is one of the present leaders of your movement. His name is recorded on the sleeve of the video as H.H. Bhakti Charu Swami. We were sold the first video and asked to subscribe for the balance of 25 videos. Many of us did this, consenting our banking details for a debit order. This meant that the money would be automatically withdrawn from our banking account for 26 months. We were promised one video per month. I was coerced by your leader in my area to get my friends and family members to order for this video which I did. I signed the subscription in January 1997. It is now over 4 years and all I have received is 7 videos only. Yet the money for all 26 tapes were taken out of our accounts. Despite our repeated attempts for reasonable answers from this person, all we got were stupid reasons for the delay. This in spite of our numerous complaints regarding the video itself.Some of the videos were posted to us in a different language, some with very poor sound quality or no sound at all. During the middle of last year I was offered an apology by this person and invited to attend a conference in Newcastle whereby we were told that the producer will be in attendance. He would address the delay of the videos.This turned out to be a farce. All we get is a load of empty promises. This is really a shame and disgrace. We need some definite answers. We are being kept in the dark. What has happened to the hundreds of thousands of rands collected by your movement for this video. If the tapes are not available then at least be conscientious and refund our money. It would be beneficial for your movement if your members could be truthful and present the correct facts rather than embark on ambitious projects and involve the public by taking our money and then doing a disappearing act. This has happened to us once to many. If we cannot get some answers for this latest round of cheating we will opt for legal aid . Mr. Kay Maharaj (Newcastle, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)  Comment on this storyContact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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