Get over it Chris, this is =
nothing. Some guys
had no test of suffering in their life yet more than waiting a few =
weeks
for a junk to arrive in the mail. What a joke! There is a =
difference
in buying and selling. The exercise is not the same. I bet, =
after
the guy gets his stuff, he will have it in his garage for another three =
month
before he installs it.
The easiest part of the circle is the =
buying.
Write a check, put it in an envelope and walk out to the mail box. =
Done.
And he thinks it is just as easy to =
equal it on
your side.
The circle has been only switched =
on to turn
with that check. The real work of all involved has just =
begun. And
that I don't need to tell. We all know what that is, only we would =
like to
ignore, kind of "don't want to know about your troubles" thing. =
Who wants
to hear about your single handed struggle with removing parts,cleaning
them, finding boxes, making pretty packing, putting on the right =
address,
worrying if it is worth anything to you but knowing that you are doing =
the right
thing because these are rare and expensive items and the guys need it =
and you
keep them happy and they will love you for it, than drive to the UPS =
depot in
the middle of the night when the whole family is asleep already, snow or =
rainstorm, pay your bucks for shipping and hope that there is =
enough left
for yourself to make it worthwhile, but knowing that you are making a =
difference
and doing a service that only a few can and will for the love of the =
most
practical vehicle on the Planet. And you are sure that you are =
making
friends in the process.
And along comes a guy whose grandest =
suffering in
life was missing his money for a month and not getting the parts close =
to new
condition. He obviously did not grow up in Bolivia roasting =
friendly
unassuming dogs or dead mates, as Phaedra was describing. He does =
not have
to keep old buses in his yard to make a few bucks to buy a used pair of =
shoes at
the garage sale for the kids and still look like a guy who does =
well.
Hey we most of us know what it takes to =
do what you
do, only we never think about it the way it really is. In this =
instant
society we got used to 'pay, get and go'. We don't think of the =
farmers
making a few cents on an item that you buy for two bucks. We only =
see the
finished item. We don't see or even know about how it is done and =
what it
takes to get to me.
As you noticed the Honorable List has =
jumped to
your defense immediately even though they did not dispute the issue that =
was
brought up. You could not have had better reference than those =
letters
supporting your case. And those who did not write in and only were =
sitting
in their comfortable chair and read while you were wiggling yourself =
under a
badly jacked up van to remove a small item for a guy who is wandering =
what
happened to you, why his stuff is not on his porch yet, is looking at =
this issue
sympathetically in your favor and now understands just what it takes to =
do what
you are doing as opposed to what a well oiled organization does. =
Yours
maybe well oiled and well dirtied, but make sure, is well understood by
us. And subconsciously well respected, admired because we would =
not do it
for twice as much.
Also one has to understand that the =
List is made up
of people from "all walks of life", meaning some of us were roasting =
rats at one
time and other some of us just lost two million on the Tech stock on the =
Market
and can hardly make it on ten grand a month.
For some the loss of a hundred bucks =
will kill a
billion cells in his body for others it is just another loss in the =
process
of the makings of money.
All this what went on should make you =
stronger,
better, wiser, happier, make your sight clearer, bring you closer to our =
chest.
We did not follow your eye surgery =
closely.
We are sorry that you had to go through such a thing and hope that you =
are much
better now and will be back doing things for us.
We are guys like you are. We
understand.
So the winter is over boys, get back to =
work
now. Order.
With respect;Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 =
9:06
PM
Subject: Re: New Purchase =
(hopefully the
end of this nauseating thread)
In a =
message dated
5/9/01 11:31:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jhrodgers@charter.net =
writes:
Chris, I am sending you via surface mail another order. =
This
is for
another grab handle on the passenger side door =
post. MO is
enclosed in
the envelope.
Have deleted all the mail =
about good
guy/bad guy Chris. What a PITA, all
that
stuff
thanks, i appreciate it..
just doing =
this
for a little while longer till i get rid of most of my stuff. =
after
this experience, id soon just get rid of it all and be done with it. =
its not worth being permantntly branded like the way that guy did =
that to
me
over a $25 item because i forgot to put some damn sheetmetal =
screws in
the
box, and the delay from complications with my eye surgery. i =
couldnt
even
drive for 2 weeks. i feel like i gotta send a doctors =
note to
the vw van
list.
i dont do this for a living, but it =
does take
time. with the feedback i get,
it seems as most people just =
want to
complain. most people think that i run
some kind of shop or =
business, or
big vw junkyard or something. it aint like
that.. they =
think
and have nothing better to do with my time than cater to =
their
vanagon parts needs. .. Im not Busdepot or Vanagain with =
shiny new
parts, big websites and next day shipping. thats not me. =
there
are others
on the list who are also parting out vanagons, alot of =
people.
yes, i have
more vw van/bus related parts than the average =
person..
because i have a
place to store it, and its accumilated over the =
years.
you know, have space,
accumilate stuff. =
and so i
post it to the list , offering it to others who
may need it. i try =
my best
to get stuff out timely, but i dont have a UPS
pickup service =
who'll come
to my door everytime someone wants something. i
gotta drive 45 =
mins to the
UPS ditribution center. so i often get a few
things together =
to make
the trip worthwile. but i dont need all this. =
i
dont want it to get to the point where i go to a vw function and =
feel
ostracized (sp?) from other listmembers. all this sh*t in =
the past
few days
makes me sick, wondering why i dont just sell the 2 =
remaining vw's i own and
get a damn HONDA.
sorry, =
john, the
above wasnt directed at you, i am just venting.. =
chris