2001-01-26 Harley-Davidson Response - Minnesota Judicial Branch

DEPd-SQUlSH Condcnsclt IM Tcrrancc J. Carter
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I wcrc hcins ch;qccI lix I‘rci& ant1 setup :II Twin City I ahout finally dchg tbal. so WC wcrc soing 111 ~L’I ~IIIOI~~CI
2 I-i;lficy-Davidson? 2 Sbrinc bike IO proudly show. sonxtbing IIXII WC didn’t do
3 A. I tlon’l rcnxnlhzr ;I cliscussion ahout it. Arc 3 lasl tiinc. But. anyway. I wasii’l iI1 il position 01
4 you rcl‘crring IO Ihciii ,justil‘ying lhc $ I SW! is 11x11 whal 4 soinclbing bappencd. I doii’l rcmitmher why I didn’t gel in
5 you’re asking? 5 on it. I think I gave up my spot lbr one 4 the guys in
6 Q. My yucstion is simple. I want IO know what 6 Minneapolis. Those guys arc serious al~c~ut tlleir riding.
7 your undcrsl~in~lin~ wiis as lo whctlicr you wcrc hciiig cliargcd 7 and OIIC guy was sl10rt.
8 freight nncl setup at Twin City I iarlcy-Davidson. 8 Q. I want lo call your alleiIlioI~ 10 lhe Id1 side
Y A. I don’t rtmcmhcr ;I discussion ahout il. 9 of IIIC &lc1111Km1.
0 Q, Did you cvcr ask ahou( it? IO A. Okay.
I A. I clon’( rciiicnihcr iI cvcr coming iIl>. I I Q. A1 tlic I~ollo~iI. you can’t SLZ il very well. hi11
2 0. And you I~ad paid soinc ~11n0u1~l rqxscnting I2 it q-pars 10 hc Kcceipl NUII~~LT 20705.
3 freight and .sclup over ancl dx~vc 111~ IMSKI’ price u( olhcr I3 A. I CUII’I veril’y tlm number.
4 dealers? I4 Q. Do you see t1u11 docI~nxmt I’m daring IO’!
5 A. Yes. I5 A. Yeah. on the left side of tlx copy you gave
6 (At this time Tcrranw: John Carter Deposition I 6 me, yes.
7 Exhibit Number 1 was marked for identification 17 Q. And do you see toward the bottom of that
8 by the Court Keporter.) 18 document it says $250 from invoid-Number 2306?
9 Q. Mr. Carter, I want to show you what’s been I9 A. Oh, okay. All right. That’s probably wbexc
.O marked as Deposition Exhibit Number I. I ask you to take a 20 it went.
,I look at that, plea... 21 Q Do you recognize that document?
:2 A. (Witness complies.) 22 A. I don’t remember it. I really don’t. But I
i3 Q. Do you recognize that document? And, in 23 wasn’t aware of other than the money that was charged on my
14 particular, I’d like you to pay attention to the right side 24 bikes tbat they bad done anything wrong on the other money.
15 of the document which at the bottom reflects that it’s 25 The down payments and moneys I gave I thought were always
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I Receipt Number 2306. I straight up.
2 A. Okay. 2 Q. It appears that your &posit originally placed
3 Q. Do you recognize that document? 3 on August 22, 1994, was being used for an additional bike
4 A. No, I don’t remember. I see the word 4 you’re being placed on the waiting list for on December
5 “Shriner” on there, so that must go back to ‘9 I. Oh, no, I 5 i4ti1, 1995‘~
6 had one on order, I guess, but I never took it. I was 6 A. Thal would have been the 1997 one that 1
7 involved in the ordering of -- I remember when they 7 finally ended up purchasing, 1 believe.
8 specifically beat Mike up pretty badly, and I don’t 8 (At this time Terrancekahn Carter Deposition
9 IUTI&XX if he finally got the order or if I went to 9 Exhibit Number 2 was marked for identification
0 Faribault, but I was somehow in on that. I even wrote a 10 by the Court Reporter.)
I 1 letter beeause I believed those m white Shrine bikes 11 Q. M&zt&,‘Iwanttoshowyouw@t’sbeen
12 they were going to supply and the Shriners didn’t yt I2 marked as Deposition Exhibit Number 2. Do you &ognize
13 them. Anyway, that’s all I can remember about that. I 13 that docuhent? ’
14 never did get a bike. 14 A. No, not particularly, but . it :.,.. looks -: l&e a 8,
I5 Q. Well, did you, in fact, place a deposit down 15 receipt for money. Okay. ”
16 for a Shriner-bike at that time?
17 A. Idon’t remember. It looksL&eIdid. And
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Q. You’ve w a chance to revi &
A. Yes.
document?
18 if I did, I don’t nmember getting it back. 18 Q. Does ii &zsh your recollection at all what
19 Q. Can you tell me why you would have been 19 it represents?
10 interested in a Shriner bike at that time? 20 A. ItappearstobethedepositIputononeof
II A. i liked the bikes. And you didn’t ask, but 21 the Standards that was refunded to me when I decided not to
22 the breakup between St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minneapolis 22 buy it.
23 has 24 Shrine hikes and St. Paul has two. And the other 23 Q. Would this be the bike that you were
24 guy didn’t iikc to ride par&s and therefore I didn’t ride 24 interested in huying with John Hammond’!
25 alone. That’s why WC didn’t ride parades. We had taikcd 25 A. Boh Hammond’?
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