Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:34:58 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
Subject: Re: Bying/Selling on the list & morons
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Hey Moron! That ain't how you spell "buying"!! :-)
On the other hand, I concur entirely. j
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Bying/Selling on the list & morons
> --- Don Williams <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU> wrote:
> > Points out something that I've thought many, many times. The best place
in
> > the world to sell your Vanagon is the listserve and the worst place in
the
> > world to buy a Vanagon is the list serve. I love you people dearly, but
> > anyone who would pay $31,000 for a 20 year old vehicle is a moron.
> > Don
>
> OK!!!! Them's fight'n words!! I'm a MORON with a Ph.D. in Corporate
Finance and I am about to
> spend about that much money (on a different van), and I can tell you that
it's NOT about the
> money. It's about getting a vehicle that will meet one's
wants/wishes/desires/ego etc. Many of
> these vans are collector's items if properly maintained and cared for.
Maybe your 'thing' is art
> and you're willing to pay 3 million on a Monet painting. Maybe your thing
is junk food and your
> willing to pay $3.00 on a big-mac. Whatever you spend your money on is
NOT what I may choose to
> spend my money on, but to call me (or anyone) a "moron" is to NOT
understand personal preferences
> (personal utility functions), & to NOT understand "different strokes for
different folks". What
> makes ME happy is MY business. Many folks would believe us ALL "morons"
for paying even a nickle
> for any Vanagon on the planet. For a person writing from a .edu address,
name calling over
> differences in person preferences really does indicate that, perhaps,
you're having a bad day and,
> perhaps, decided to take your frustration out on the "morons" who don't
mind paying whatever it
> takes to get th e right vehicle for the right job.
>
> I have on many occasions suggested that we should ALL be HAPPY that vans
sell for great sums of
> money, as that sets the benchmark for our vans when they sell. I, for
one, hope that the van
> sells for every one of the $31,000, as next year I hope to be selling my
1991 syncro westy. When
> you go to sell your van, will you not ask for the "moon and the stars"?
>
> A case could be made that the seller is the 'moron' for selling such a
nice van at such a
> 'reasonable' price.
>
> I took the liberty of adding a subject line, as some 'moron' sent an email
to the list without a
> subject line. (I'm trying to be funny here). My rant for your rant.
Malcolm
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