Well said man !

In the years I have been on the list I have literally lost count of the
number of times that individuals bag Ron and his band of merry men.  I get
the distinct impression that some persons believe it their right to spit out
their dummy ( bag, rubbish, put poo on ) someones efforts to try and provide
a service.

Well folks I also believe that you have a responsibility to be fair and open
minded about dealings with merchants.  To expect to the level of service
that some persons believe is their right is a little bit over the top.   I
think we can take Rons own advice ie ( "Go and patronise your local flaps or
even better the VW Dealer ")  I am sure that if you try to bag those
individuals you would be shown where the door is and told what to do with it
as well.

I find it interesting as Horace has deduced the original whinger wasn't even
home to accept the delivery.  Sorry if this is incorrect as I do not follow
these bitch sessions as closely as I should.  If that is indeed the case and
he wasn't even home,  then why were we saddled with this diatribe in the
first place.

Ok !  Enough is Enough.   I vote that we dismiss these petty complaints from
unrealistic individuals.  I vote that only genuine and actual cases of gross
neglect or imcompetence by any vendors be posted to the list.  I am fed up
with listening to cases of petty whinging from people with unrealistic
expectations.

To all of those who wish to flame me go right ahead as I have said before,
I know  where my delete button is situated.  Also to my many fans I
apologise now for spelling mistakes unfortunately I still have not been able
to  find the spell checker button.

Luv and Kisses to all

Ray Hunnam
Penrith Australia.

-----Original Message-----
From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, 3 November 1999 5:59
Subject: Re: More BusDepot woes The Rest of the story!!

>Well, Dave, here you are publicly blasting Bus Depot for "not responding,
>etc."  You feel like you deserve better service on a $200 order.  Seems
>they didn't respond for what really amounts to about one and a half
>business days, according to your postings.  Do I not deserve good service
>for a $15 order?
>
>There was no urgent time concern. It turns out you are off galavanting
>around the country in airliners and bitching from your hotel room in CT in
>some casino that your parts are not on your doorstep in AZ --  where your
>van sits.
>
>For crying out loud man, you weren't home anyway, and had no way to install
>your pop top seal and other.  You don't even have time to use the van, you
>said.   Whether your order is there a day or two earlier or later simply
>will not change the fact that you will not even be home.  There was no
>emergency, no pressing time constraints.  It is impossible for you to use
>the parts until your 3.5 day weekend, which has not arrived.  Why attack
>Bus Depot?
>
>Why come down so hard on Bus Depot for not responding for a couple of days?
> Bus Depot has to serve just a couple of more folks than yourself, one
>would imagine.  But now, you take it upon yourself to immediately publish
>negative comments to this list, and force people like myself to read this
crap.
>
>Dave, I'm sorry you feel so mistreated.  Perhaps you should try running a
>business yourself.  Perhaps you could give others a better quality customer
>service.
>
>For me, I think your slamming BD without reasonable cause is defamation.
>Ron Salmon should send you a bill for the damage you attempted to do to his
> business.  The guy works his butt off to make a living and still provide
>fair prices and great products.  As far as I know, all of our vendors on
>this list do the same.  I think your defamapost was uncalled for, and
>that's my opinion.
>
>Perhaps you can reflect on the seriousness of this situation from the hotel
>casino this evening.
>
>As you said, thanks for letting me vent too,
>
>HK Sawyer
>---------
>No affiliation with BD
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>At 06:36 AM 11/2/99 -0700, Dave Christensen wrote:
>>Actually I flew out here 5am last Friday.  I was hoping to have the parts
>>waiting for me back in Arizona for when I got back.  I got a 3.5 day
>>weekend at home this week!  YIPPIE!!!  Then its off to Austin Tx. to do
>>requirements analysis for a project we have up in Dallas--toying with the
>>idea of driving, but I think I can get my stuff done in 2 or 3
>>days--doesnt pay to drive, and after someone elses recient experience
>>meetinng Bambi on I-10 in Texas, I think i'll pass.  =)
>>
>>The stuff I ordered is minor stuff, a pop seal, manuals (YES YES YES!!!),
>>2nd battery kit, and trying to get one of those speedo/tach kits (dont
>>have time to salvage).  Like I said, just was looking forward to having
>>it all at home waiting for me so I can go play. Dont get a multiday
>>weekend too often, then again, weekends at home in general are few and
>>far between.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>Dave
>>---
>>David Christensen  (dchris@post.com or dave.christensen@dcicorp.com)
>>888-699-9336 (Pager)  6999336@skytel.com - 2-way email-pager gateway
>>
>>1999.5 VW Jetta TDI "Sydney"
>>1998 Diesel Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 "Matilda"
>>1982 Westy Diesel "Daisy"
>>1998 "Dog" 4-Paw-Drive Yellow Labrador Retriever--spoiled rotten--
>>"Faith"
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 08:38:56 -0500 "Horace K. Sawyer"
>><firestream@mindspring.com> writes:
>>> At 05:49 AM 11/2/99 -0700, Dave Christensen wrote:
>>> >Thanks to the list for tolerating me--taking this offline now that
>>> I have
>>> >heard back from them.
>>> >
>>> >-Dave
>>> >"Live from his hotel room, high above the Grand Pequot Tower at the
>>> >Foxwoods Casino in Connecuit"
>>> >(Oh the joys of trade show season....One day i'm home in Az, next
>>> sitting
>>> >behind a booth x-c...story of my life)
>>> --------------------------------
>>>
>>>       Dave, are you traveling in the van and need parts on an
>>> emergency basis?
>>> If so, I can understand your frustration!
>>>
>>>       HK
>>>
>