<VV> "Savvy Marketing" / Disdain for.....

[shortle]

I also do not agree with your analysis Byron. It's called captalism. Unless of course Matt pulled a gun on this guy making him buy the wheels. And that would not surprise me either. Go get 'em Matt.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
Long live free enterprise


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Pitchford <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 5, 2010 7:44 PM
>To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> "Savvy Marketing" / Disdain for.....
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>On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> But what really set me off on this was the post below. I don't know you, Matt,
>> and probably never will, although I've appreciated many of your responses on
>> this forum. But to take advantage of someone "just starting out" for an
>> additional $385 over what you honestly believed the product to be worth is not
>> "market savvy," it's unscrupulous, and in my humble opinion, immoral. So if we
>> meet sometime at a convention, remind me to count my fingers when we part, if
>> I've been foolish enough to shake your hand.
>>
>> Byron Comp
>> '64 Monza Vert
>> Gainesville, FL
>>
>>
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>
>Byron, I respectfully disagree.
>
>The wheels weren't worth even $75 to a guy with an interest in Hondas,
>but were pure gold (and pure pleasure) to a man who had the vehicle to
>match them up with. The guy dickered on price and ultimately met
>Matt's negotiated offer because that's what they were worth to him. He
>could have walked away, and Matt would be calling himself a dumba$$
>under his breath the whole time he heaved those 28 lb anchors back
>into his car. That's the risk Matt took, and he was rewarded.
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