Well, they could tie their money up in parts gathering dust waiting for an occasional Vanagon geek like us to come by, or they could spend their money on stocking new things that will move quickly. What's a mother to do? Given the logic of today's business, that qualifies as a no-brainer. Charles '85 Westy At 09:30 PM 6/15/01 -0500, Terry Kay wrote: >Charles, > >This is the mentality of most all motorized vehicle dealerships >today-----cars, motorcycles, boats, you name it. >Go to a Honda, Harley, Moto Guzzi, whatever, motorcycle dealer, almost >any new car dealer, no body keeps big inventories of parts anymore, >because it's too damn expensive to keep the stuff laying around, and >with the computerized ordering systems they have today it usually is a >matter of a day to get the stuff( if it's at the local warehouse.) > >Forget customer convenience----thing of the past, regardless who's doing >it to who, and mostly it's the dealers who decided to spend their money >elsewhere, other than stock parts. > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | >||-(())----(())-| > > >Terry >74 Campmobile (Clementine) >85 GL >86 BMW 325 ES |
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