I really doubt anyone is getting "RICH"
I don't mind the posting of used parts myself,
I just wish they would list a price and where it would be shipping from,
because it really bothers me when you have to e-mail them back just to get a
price and where it is located.  So those of you listing parts, please
include a price and location...........

Peace,
Don GL
87 Syncro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONMARKETING.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Getting rich selling parts

> Probably a silly thing to do, but I want to clarify
> the meaning of my earlier out-of-character post -
> and based on the flames I've received it does need
> clarification...
>
> What I was trying to say, in a larger sense, is that
> this list is a community - imagine, if you will,
> that we are all friends and neighbors. Ron, Ken,
> David, etc. obviously profit from us, but in return
> they provide us with parts and service at a fair
> price. "Regular people" - Chris comes to mind because
> I have dealt with him, but there are others - who
> sell parts doubtless invest a lot of time in their
> enterprises - their prices are fair and their time
> has value - would you begrudge them making a profit?
> Not me.
>
> Who's left? People like you and me who might have a
> part here and there to get rid of now and then. I'd
> just hope that when you sell that part to a fellow
> list member, you'll sell it for what it's worth, not
> for what you might be able to get for it. Like if
> you were having a yard sale and had some piece of
> junk out there for $10. If your next door neighbor
> walked over and wanted it, what would you do? In my
> world, which might be different from yours, I'd just
> give it to him. He might turn around and give me 5
> bucks because that's what it's worth. Or he might
> return the favor months later in some other way.
> Do you see what I mean? If not, well whatever - I sure
> don't have to buy from you if I don't want to.
>
> The tone and the words from my post - "I don't want
> you here", etc. - were admittedly inappropriate.
> Complaining is in most cases counter-productive -
> I was under a bit of stress this AM and was hasty
> in clicking "send". My delete key works too, and
> that is almost always the correct response. Posting
> things for sale on this list is a valuable tool for
> uniting buyers and sellers and discouraging anyone
> from doing so is not right. My foul.
>
> Just in closing, though... do try "giving something
> away" if you haven't done so - I've been on both
> ends of that and either way it is a very rewarding
> experience. It doesn't have to be for free either,
> you know - you can pass along the good fortune of say,
> finding something valuable in the junkyard, getting
> it for a buck or two, realizing you don't need it,
> then selling it for a buck or two. Sure, you could
> have profited, but in merely passing it along, you've
> lost nothing materially but gained much spiritually.
>
> End of sermon. My intentions are good here. If you
> don't agree with me, I am not talking about y-o-u,
> so there is no need to respond with juvenile posts
> or angry p-mails, thank you.
>
> > Doug Fitz-Randolph
> > Freeport, ME
> > '90 Syncro
>