HA HA

I also sent the gentle-man a note mentioning the bus Depot price and his
lack of bids..

[ I think Matthew and Ron's impression was right on.... ]

[he is also probably Ron's customer...!]

here's the guy's response -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hello-

          You may not have taken notice, but I have sold 4 of these in the
past 7 weeks. $100 PROFIT PER TENT!!!!  I LOVE JEALOUSY!!!!

Just FYI

Justin
>>>>>>>>>>>>

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:52 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Side Tent on EBay

i contated the seller and told the guy his price was way too high and
directed him to TBD.  He emailed back "You jealous SOB."

nice, eh.

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, The Bus Depot wrote:

> > There's a "brand new" side tent up on E-bay, no bids yet and
> > the buy it now price is $350
> > it looks identical to this one: http://199.217.241.240/tent.JPG that
> Ron sells at
> > the Bus Depot for $199.99 --- presumably also "Brand New".
> > No wonder there are no bids ---- (and no wonder I don't think much of
> ebay).
>
>
> Pretty funny. Yes, it's the same tent I sell, but for almost twice my
> price. Lots of questionable stuff in his listing, too. For example, he
> claims to have bought two but only needed one, so it's "brand new -
> except that he assembled it to take the pictures." Why, if he already
> has another one just like it that he is using, did he have to open up
> and assemble this "brand new" one to take pictures of it?  Also he
> claims it fit Eurovans, which it does not without a drip rail adapter.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
>
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