Date:         Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:31:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sorry about the error on 1.9l intake boot
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More appropriate for bone-picking.com or maybe axe-grinding.org.

Jim



>
> I guess this boils down to the definitions of honesty and knowledge.
> Is it
> honest or knowledgeable to represent merchandise from a certain
> country and
> have the merchandise be from somewhere else?  Is it forthright and
> upstanding to
> take an order for an item which is not in stock and then note it as
> backordered on the shipping slip with no promise of a delivery date?
> Is it cool to send
> a part which, after first checking with the honest and knowledgeable
> merchant
> on one's own dime, proves not to fit the application?  Is it really a
> service
> to us to use this list to advertise a passe electronic trinket which
> one can
> buy directly for far less?  Is it honest to tell a guy AFTER he takes
> delivery
> of an exhaust system from you that he needs an acetylene torch to
> install it?
>
> I see no reason here to have Diogenes snuff out his lantern.
>
> Honestly, don't deceive yourself, Vanagon parts are everywhere.  If
> you don't
> have an independent VW parts house or a NAPA store in your town, you
> can get
> Vanagon parts from numerous other sources quickly, correctly packaged
> and
> often times over a toll-free phone number with free shipping to boot.
>
> George
>