Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:19:45 EDT
Reply-To:     Blbachman@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Blaine Bachman <Blbachman@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: BYOP (Bring Your Own Parts)
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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I'm as much of a bargain hunter as the next person, but:

Do you stop by the supermarket and pick up hamburger patties, then drop by
McDonalds and ask them to cook them for you?

In other words, McDonalds brings prepared foods ready-to-eat to the
marketplace; it's not just a place where random food is cooked (Note: any
further mention of MickyD's in this thread is probably off-topic and bound to
unleash a flood of bombast - don't say I didn't warn you).

Likewise, an auto repair shop brings automotive repair and service to the
marketplace; its not just somewhere you go to purchase labor (try a "temp
service" for that).

I suggest that if y'all are gonna buy parts, learn how to turn a wrench so's
ya' can install them yerself.

1.  It's just business.
2.  If you believe it's not fair, check the competition.
3.  If there's no competition, then you're welcome to start your own business
along the lines you see fit
4.  If you make money hand over fist, then maybe you were right!
5.  If not, maybe you weren't!

That's just the American way (with apologies to our off-shore readers).

-Blaine (former paid mechanic - now practicing the craft as a hobby on a '91
Westfalia, '89 &'86 Golfs, '74 Thing, '73 SBug, and '72 411 2-door 4-speed
"The Big Project")