John,
Your advice is excellent. I hope Kai responds, either publicly, in private
with me, or through an intermediary. I am fully open to the possibility
that I have in some way offended him or acted improperly, and I am eager to
learn more. I will also allow that there a range of possible misfortunes
that may have befallen him that would quite reasonably allow him to post
auctions on eBay yet not correspond with me. If this is the case, I have
done him a disservice by even mentioning the matter on this forum, and I
look forward to hearing the explanation and providing a full and sincere
apology to all concerned. But the silence has been deafening; over 10 weeks
without a response. Please believe me when I say I am now choosing between
various "last resorts" in order to give Kai every opportunity and yet to
preserve my own dwindling resources. I did not air this matter on the
Forums without due deliberation, and I am very grateful for the response. I
have about 30 emails to respond to tonight, and I apologize to anyone who
got a response from my spam filter.
Cheers, Tom Marincic
P.S. If you's like to get to know me better, please visit
www.triumphowners.com/735 to read more about my TR6's story.
> [Original Message]
> From: John Macartney <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
> To: Tomislav Marincic <tomislav.marincic@earthlink.net>; 6pack
<6pack@autox.team.net>; triumphs list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: 9/27/2007 3:47:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Wishbone Classics on eBay
>
> Tom Marincic wrote:
>
> > I've left phone messages on Kai's cell phone and business number. I've
> > contacted him via eBay, where he is apparently active. He will not
contact
> > me. I've reviewed all our old emails, where he clearly states the
engine
> > should be done in May, and later July. I see no evidence of any
> > disagreement in the old correspondence. Kai: why me?
>
> It's very saddening to read messages like this on any email list and I'm
> sure Tom must have thought long and hard before posting his first note. I
> guess some people might be inclined to take Tom's comments at face value
and
> act according to their whim? However, Mr. Radicke is, I believe, running
his
> own business and I would have thought he might want to reply? After all,
in
> this competitive world, can we afford to lose business and let our
customers
> bad-mouth us - whether they have cause to or not?
>
> Perhaps Mr. Radicke has overlooked the fact that there are two sides to
> every story and while he may choose not to discuss specific customer
> relations difficulties in public, a continuing silence on his part for
> whatever reason is not really to his commercial advantage. Maybe he'd
like
> to respond to Tom Marincic's observations without making his reply public
> and then Tom can tell us all that the problems are resolved?
>
> For the record, I've never met either of these people and probably never
> will.
>
> Jonmac
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