Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:44:40 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Bus Depot Rant (specifically GM Bulley's Response)
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Jeeze Aristotle those guys loading luggage make about the same as a
skilled GM worker, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40m per year if they
have been there for ten years.
I've got to admit its a tough job but on the other hand my niece works
for Microsoft in the corporate support area and earns over $80,000.00 a
year.
She is an absolute nervous wreck, I'd say about five years and she'll
burn out.
Tough jobs aren't always low paying or demeaning; some are high pay and
cause premature death from stress and all types of related ????.
I've met truckers that earn over $100,000 a year and always talk about
quitting.
A lot of what makes a person financially successful is related to where
they use their income.
I ran my own construction company for 15 years and I now earn more money
renting out the land holdings and buildings that I built up than I ever
earned in the construction business.
People that work in warehouses often progress to owning their own
companies or have great success as they move up the employment ladder, it
is a good place to start.
Many of my general labor employees have become successful in their own
endeavors after leaving my company.
Its nearly impossible to find one of those complaining cattle ranchers in
Texas that doesn't have a new doolie truck and a new Cadillac. They all
tell me how they lost their ass in cattle and then go off to Alaska to
hunt mountain goats for a month.
As far as vendor bashing goes I appreciate the fact that there are
multiple sources for almost any part you need. Competition keeps the
prices down.
I've got no complaints about pricing from any of our list vendors.
I see back orders and out of stock as my only problem with the list
vendors. It simply takes several months to gather enough parts to tackle
an engine rebuild.
The part I replace most often are my motor mounts that take a real
beating in my off road treks.
If you ever wonder about your prices from a list vendor, make a list of
your numbers and go to this site:
http://www.importecparts.com/vwlist.html
Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia
On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:44:21 -0700 Aristotle Sagan
<killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
> Amen to that.
>
> I often look at the people putting bags on airplanes and think...
> damn,
> there are times THAT job looks great. You make a mistake and the
> problem is
> 3000 miles away before they figure it out.
>
> Then you fix a problem nobody has been able to fix in a couple
> months, the
> boss say, great job, next year I get a 7,000 dollar raise and I
> think, the
> college degree was worth it. And I suspect the guy putting bags on
> airplanes
> often thinks writing software for robotics might be a better way to
> make a
> living. Especially when it's 5 below zero and pouring snow.
>
> tim in san jose
>
>
> >From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
> >Reply-To: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Bus Depot Rant (specifically GM Bulley's Response)
> >Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:29:39 -0400
> >
> >Most of us had shit jobs at one point in life. I used to wash
> dishes to
> >pay the bills. I picked tobacco days, and emptied trash cans after
> hours
> >in an office building, too.
> >
> >I have nothing against folks who change oil, but it is essentially
> a
> >low-skill/low-pay job that after putting myself through college,
> and
> >starting a successful consulting business, I would prefer not to
> do.
> >
> >Developing business and guiding change since 1996,
> >
> >G. Matthew Bulley
> >Bulley-Hewlett
> >Marketing & Communications
> >Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
> >AIM = IExplain4u
> >Phone: +1.919.658.1278
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> Behalf
> >Of kevin obrien
> >Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 5:38 PM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Bus Depot Rant (specifically GM Bulley's Response)
> >
> >I'm sure all the people who DO change oil for a living
> >appreciate that one....
> >
> >--- "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
> ote:
> > > Folks--
> > >
> > > You've got to be fair to Ron and others in the
> > > service industry. The old
> > > adage "it's hard to find good help these days" is as
> > > true now as it was
> > > when Shakespeare or Plato or Cro-Magnon man wrote
> > > it. Turn over is
> > > unavoidably high, tempo of operations is typically
> > > harsh, and
> > > expectations are overly high for a system that is
> > > typically operating at
> > > full throttle.
> > >
> > > I think it is fair to feel frustrated, but Ron and
> > > other vendors on list
> > > have said many times "if you have a problem, let me
> > > know". It isn't
> > > fair, in my opinion, to skewer a business when the
> > > proprietor has no
> > > knowledge of the misdeed of his employees. If I got
> > > skewered publicly
> > > every time a BH writer makes a grammatical error, or
> > > a graphics person
> > > uses the wrong hue of green, I'd be changing oil for
> > > a living.
> > >
> > > Play nice.
> > >
> > > Developing business and guiding change since 1996,
> > >
> > > G. Matthew Bulley
> > > Bulley-Hewlett
> > > Marketing & Communications
> > > Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
> > > AIM = IExplain4u
> > > Phone: +1.919.658.1278
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List
> > > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> > > Of The Bus Depot
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 2:13 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Bus Depot Rant
> > >
> > > > Well I have had it with Bus Depot...
> > > >
> > > > Order#1 - received my mud guards with broken
> > > hardware, offered a
> > > > $25 in store credit. Sounded fair.
> > > >
> > > > Order#2 - Phone message : "What $25 in-store
> > > credit sir? We have
> > > > nothing on file about this...". eventually "sorry
> > > there was a mixup,
> > > > the $25 is now on file and ready for your NEXT
> > > order"
> > > >
> > > > Order#3 - Phone message: "What $25 in-store credit
> > > sir? We have
> > > > nothing on file about this..." AAAAAAAGHHH!!!
> > > Get organized Bus
> > > > Depot. I'm sure my $25 will not be applied to
> > > this order either...
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes it will. I will see to it. All you needed to
> > > do was email me
> > > directly.
> > >
> > > To say it once again, as I have offered many, many
> > > times before ....
> > >
> > > *************************************
> > > If you EVER have ANY problem with a Bus Depot
> > > order, or any comment, complaint, or suggestion,
> > > I want to hear about it. Please do not hesitate to
> > > email me PERSONALLY at ron@busdepot.com
> > > and I will make things right.
> > > ************************************
> > >
> > > This simple step will get any problem solved
> > > promptly, courteously, and
> > > with
> > > my apologies.
> > >
> > > Ranting won't.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Ron Salmon
> > > The Bus Depot, Inc.
> > > (215) 234-VWVW
> > > www.busdepot.com
> > >
> > > _____________________________________________
> > > Toll-Free for Orders by Part # 1-866-BUS-DEPOT
> >
> >
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