This missive is in response to krhack- While I can certainly empathize with your frustration, it is simply not fair to take it out on the new (old) owner. It was not her businees that "did you wrong,' it was the other owners that owe you. They were the ones that sold you a bogus gift certificate. The new (old) owner was just the lease holder on the building who was faced with paying off a large debt, or going back in business to recover the good will that she previously had. To blame the new owner for your problem is like buying a set of tires form a tire store, when that store goes out of business, a different tire store move in, and expecting the new store to honor the guarantee of the last store. Same building, but different owners. Go after the old owners, not the new.
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