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Just days after Allentown businessman Paul Eifler made a verbal agreement to buy some assets of A-Treat Bottling Co., there were already signs the deal was in trouble. Eifler’s team delivered a 10 percent deposit to the defunct century-old soda maker shortly after striking the April 21agreement with company President Tom Garvey. That check was never cashed or even accepted, Eifler said. “We don’t know what went wrong,” Eifler said. “We’re guessing just like everybody else.” Click here to read the article.