And Hargrove gets huffy in return. In retrospect, I should have taken the opportunity to insult him some more.
Dear Dr. Pedro:
I know full well what a PhD is, I simply wanted to know what you received your doctorate in.
Are you an engineer? A philosopher? A surgeon? A proctologist?
Simply, if I am going to involve myself with such a huge transaction, I would like to know more about the man on the other end of things. As well, it doesn't look very auspicious when twice in two emails, you accuse me of not taking this seriously. By Marx's beard! How am I to convince you of my dedication to this? You asked for me to reply, and I did. You asked me for my banking and personal information and I gave it.
Dr. Pedro, you are being unreasonable. Come now, we should be as comrades in this adventure.
Hargrove
Marxist Detective