[NCUC-EC] Refunds

[Mueller, Milton L]

Sorry, Sonigitu
Maybe I misunderstood you. My recollection is that you did not specifically tell me you had a dollar-denominated account. You gave me receipts that were denominated in Naira not dollars, but you told me that the dollar amount at that time was US$ 880. So when you asked to make sure you did not lose money from currency devaluation, I sent you $880 but had it converted to Naira. That was only 3 weeks ago that the money arrived in your account. Are you telling me that the Naira has fallen in value significantly over those 3 weeks? How am I supposed to know that?

No one is unfair to you, “unfair” implies deliberate mistreatment - there has just been a lot of confusion and complexity.

From: Sonigitu Ekpe [mailto:soekpe at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 9:11 AM
To: Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
Cc: Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>; ncuc-ec at lists.ncuc.org; Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Refunds


I am losing much more, the dollars as at today is 1 USD to NGN 335. I solicited you pay me in dollars and you accepted.  Why all the mix up now?

Please how do I resolve this, I gave you my dollars account number where the funds was to be transferred.

I went to Helsinki meeting and I sourced dollars from black market at a very expensive rate.

Is this a blessing or a curse? The EC said they will not support but shall only refund my previous expenses and had no questions on that, it wasn't my fault.

If you had paid me at the time I sent my invoice I shall never had worries.

I think someone is unfair to me no matter what.

On 10 Aug 2016 1:53 p.m., "Mueller, Milton L" <milton at gatech.edu<mailto:milton at gatech.edu>> wrote:
Yes I paid you the amount you spent in US dollars,  but had it converted to Naira on the way out. That way, you got local currency but didn't lose anything from the devaluation.

Milton L Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology

On Aug 10, 2016, at 08:28, Sonigitu Ekpe <soekpe at gmail.com<mailto:soekpe at gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear Prof.,

There is a mix up here.
The bank is claiming they received Naira not dollars.

Please can you confirm the instructions.

I had requested payment in dollars which you acknowledge due to rapid devaluation of the Naira.

Please clarify.

Sonigitu Ekpe

On 9 Aug 2016 10:31 a.m., "Sonigitu Ekpe" <soekpe at gmail.com<mailto:soekpe at gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear Prof,

Thank you for the detailed information.

I have followed up with the Bank to ensure the reversal of the deposit to the appropriate account.

The past weeks they claim not to have the fund. Why the sudden turn around to credit an account that was not reflected on the transactions.

They are trying to defraud me and I shall follow it with a legal advice.

Warm regards.

On 8 Aug 2016 9:45 p.m., "Mueller, Milton L" <milton at gatech.edu<mailto:milton at gatech.edu>> wrote:
Sonigitu
The bank has completed its investigation.
According to all three banks involved in the transaction, the money was credited to your account (ending in numbers 9625) on 13th July.
The reference number for the transaction is this, which you can use to follow up with your own bank:

QMVC160726056735

One issue that may have been the cause of confusion is that you seem to have two accounts, one denominated in US$ and the other in Nigerian Naira.
The account that was credited was the Nigerian Naira account. If you have been looking for the credit in your other account it will not be there.

Hope this resolves the matter

Regards,

Dr. Milton L Mueller
NCUC Treasurer and EC member




From: Sonigitu Ekpe [mailto:soekpe at gmail.com<mailto:soekpe at gmail.com>]
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2016 10:54 AM
To: Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu<mailto:milton at gatech.edu>>
Subject: RE: Refunds


Dear Prof.,

Greetings from Calabar, Nigeria.

I hope this email meets you well.

I am writing to find out updates on the funds transfer with your bank and my bank.

The struggle is just not exciting.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you.

Sonigitu Ekpe

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