<VV> How sad... The seller with a backyard full of parts has had an overnight change of heart.

[Ron]

Chances are that in the end he won't want to do the required large amount of 
work to remove the stuff and he'll welcome your labor to clean the field up. 
Scrap dealers don't come out and clean up fields.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe West" <joew at diveaz.com>
To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: <VV> How sad... The seller with a backyard full of parts has had an 
overnight change of heart.


> All,
>
> Before heading out to go pick up a trailer load of parts, I called the
> gentleman and told him I was on my way over, and gave him an overview of 
> the
> parts I'd be picking out (if I could find them).  I also re-iterated what 
> he
> told me yesterday; $100 for a trailer load.
>
> The long and short of the conversation that followed is that he told me; 
> "it
> was a slip of the tongue" and that he didn't mean I could bring a trailer
> over and take stuff away. What he "meant" to say is that I could take
> whatever "I" need and he would charge me accordingly.  Then he proceeded 
> to
> tell me that he would sell me a set of 64 heads for $300.
>
> The final blow... When I told him that what I really wanted to do was save
> all these parts from the scrap yard and get them to people who need them 
> was
> when he said (and I quote):
>
> "I'd rather see these parts go to the scrap yard than to sell them cheap"
>
> He proceeded to go into a long diatribe about how cheap Corvair owners 
> are,
> and how for 30 years he's had to deal with low cost parts and cheap owners
> who nickel and dime him for everything.  He said "A Corvette air cleaner
> will sell for $400 or more, and Corvair people want a Corvair air cleaner
> for $30"  He bemoaned that selling Corvair parts cheap just continued to
> devalue our cars and that he would rather scrap parts and take them out of
> the market to raise the price of corvair parts than he would sell them to
> people who need them cheap.
>
> I ended up telling him to call me after he has sold all of the valuable
> parts, and I'd be happy to go through whatever he has left to save it from
> the scrap yard.
>
> I'm extremely disappointed that he changed his mind after telling me to 
> take
> what I wanted.  He honestly believes that his backyard full of old parts
> that have been languishing in the Arizona sun for who knows how many years
> are worth a small fortune.  He'd be happy to partner with me if I wanted 
> to
> take the parts, sell them, and give him a cut of the sales.
>
> Well gang... I tried.  Another Corvair guy who doesn't understand why his
> Corvair parts don't sell for what Corvette parts sell for.  Someone who
> would rather destroy parts and send them to the scrap yard rather than put
> them in the hands of people who could use them.
>
> I'm not sure if I'm angry because he lied to me, angry because he will 
> scrap
> some very nice parts that people may need, or angry because I would have
> enjoyed finding cool stuff for some people in the group and now I won't 
> have
> that chance.
>
> Anyway... It just goes to show you the kind of people around these days.
> I apologize for wasting people's time asking for what you needed.  If this
> guy calls me back, I'll keep your list of requests and see if I can find
> anything.  This person must move in two months... So I guess we'll see 
> what
> happens.
>
> Joe West
>
>
>
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