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Date:         Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:42:36 -0800
Reply-To:     mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: SYNCRO.ORG a Non-Profit?
Comments: To: sxs@concentric.net
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Hey! If you're making the big bucks I want some. I haven't done anything to earn them but that doesn't stop the government from getting some so I thought I'd ask.

Mike Wish I had a syncro, until I see the maintenance costs.

----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Schwenk <sxs@concentric.net> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:20 AM Subject: SYNCRO.ORG a Non-Profit?

> A recent e-mail from David Marshall at Fastforward at > least implied that SYNCRO.ORG was disingenuously > passing itself off as a non-profit entity and thus was > somehow deceiving people. > > SYNCRO.ORG does not claim anywhere on the site to be > non-profit, nor does it pretend to be. However, it's > primary mission clearly is not to generate "profits." > And no one can seriously or credibly claim that it is. > The site is a work of love for syncros and seeks to > help preserve the fleet!, link the owners, provide > technical resources and even entertainment. > > Currently, there are only three products that are sold > through the site. Custom springs, syncro shocks, and > an e-mail link to Derek Drew for info on getting a VC > from him. Two years ago, none of these products were > available anywhere in the US (except the dealer VCs at > $2000 or something absurd). It is entirely consistent > with the mission of SYNCRO.ORG to offer such > valuable/vital parts at low prices to syncro owners. > They help preserve the fleet, they make syncros perform > better and more fun, and they are not easy to find > elsewhere. > > More parts/accessories are going to be added to the > "Parts" page, but only to the extent consistent with > the over-all mission of SYNCRO.ORG, and only as an > adjunct to the site. It's primary mission and format > will remain unchanged. Besides, doesn't NPR sell > coffee mugs and other products to pay its > staff/operating costs so it can broadcast its content? > They even have some commercials now. And they're still > a non-profit. Would you rather have cheap VCs and > custom springs, or coffee mugs? > > steve > > > There are only 3 pages out of the scores of pages and > hundreds of links that make up syncro.org that are > "commercial." The "Parts" page, the "OME" page and the > "Coil Spring" page. >


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