Andrew: I corresponded with him many years ago. It didn't take long to figure out I couldn't deal with him. Too bad, I'm sure he knows a lot. there's just something wrong there. One pill from being a normal, functional person. (Actually normal is overrated, but killing 20 million people is not the only way of getting the trains to run on time. EVEN a genius can figure that out.) Al Brase Andrew Fox wrote: >In my quest for ultimate van heater knowledge (a subject in which ive >really done my research) my father and I actually visited Mr. Mirvis to >talk about heaters at his home in NJ in the winter of 2002, after he was >booted off this list. I can tell you this, Mr. Mirvis is a nutjob and we >did not feel safe in his presence. Mr Mirvis expressed his bigotry >without hesitation declaring the superiority of all things german. He got >very upset at my father and I something as simple as parking on wrong side >of his driveway. He raised his voice at us several times for no good >reason. He offered to sell me a gasoline heater and the price was'nt too >bad (~500 refurbished by him) but I declined only because I could not do >business with this guy. As a person and as a vendor I recommend all of >you to stay away from this guy. > >Andrew Fox > > >On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, The Bus Depot wrote: > > > >>>the End all is Ark Mirvis "The Heaterman" in NJ, he's a >>>german technician who specializes in VW gas heaters, and has >>>a great new digital timer unit that is fairly well priced >>>(imo) http://members.aol.com/ARKMIRVIS/heaterman.html >>> >>> >> >>FWIW, Mr. Mirvis was booted off of the Vanagon list a few years ago by the >>moderator at that time, after posting a very unabashed pro-Nazi diatribe to >>the list. He enthusiastically applauded Adolph Hitler, expressing remorse >>that Germany is once again infested with "foreigners who shit and piss in >>the streets." It went on from there. I won't dignify it by quoting it >>directly, but if you feel compelled to read it, it's in the archives at >><http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9904D&L=vanagon&P=R24407> . >> >>After some of the off-topic rants here recently, I hesitated to mention >>this, but I think this crosses the line. Especially since Mirvis himself >>himself made it an issue by posting it to this list. It is a personal >>decision as to whether a person's views, no matter how bigoted they may be, >>affect your willingness to interact with that person or patronize his >>business. I hope that people will make up their own minds privately without >>feeling the need to turn this into another off-topic thread. But as someone >>who feels strongly about the issue of bigotry (see >>http://busdepot.com/help.jsp#DONATIONS), I felt compelled to briefly mention >>this. Jim, I deeply apologize if you feel that this post is inappropriate. >> >>- Ron Salmon >> The Bus Depot, Inc. >> www.busdepot.com >> (215) 234-VWVW >> >>_____________________________________________ >>Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT >> >> >> > > > |
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