Bill,
As noted in my previous e-mail to the list, I agree that finding a freshly
rebuilt trans/rebuilt O/D combo for $600 sounds too good to be true.
But if I may, I think the real objection that some might have is how you are
using the list as a "fee-free" auction for your own benefit, by pitting list
members against themselves, as if they were on eBay (as when you said "high
bid is currently $400"). In other words, yes, you're offering your stuff to
the list, but it doesn't appear that you're providing any real benefit to
anyone other than yourself, since it costs you nothing to conduct your own,
personal auction before a large crowd of interested parties.
In short, you ain't doing the list members any favors in this instance.
Now, if you simply listed the price you wish to reasonably receive for the
combo ("first $450 plus shipping takes it"), then I don't see how anyone could
object, unless MJB simply doesn't wish for people to advertise items for sale
on the lists, which I don't believe is an issue.
I didn't get my tit in a wringer when you announced that you were selling your
Triumph to buy an MG. Hell, I used to own an MGA, too. Big deal. But to
discount the intense rivalry between the marques and to underestimate the
loyalty of Triumph owners probably set you off on the wrong foot from the
get-go.
BTW, I really don't care about what you're doing now, but I think you deserve
to know why some may take a hostile stance towards what you are doing, even if
you can't put it together for yourself.
Enjoy your new MG and good luck unloading all your other stuff. Personally,
if I were you, I'd either list prices for everything on the list and whatever
doesn't sell, throw it on eBay, OR simply throw it on eBay. Once upon a time
I had a free auction site for Triumph owners like you to list items for
bidding for free, but nobody used it so I shut it down. Eh!
Take care,
Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
'68 Spitfire Mk3 frame off, bare metal project, aka "Mrs. Jones"
'70 GT6+ "Accidental", eventual restoration project
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Gunshannon
To: spitfires
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Transmission and overdrive from a 79 (oops, 80) Spitfire
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, jon paschke wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: Transmission and overdrive from a 79 (oops, 80) Spitfire
>
>
> > > Current high bid stands at $400.
> > >
> > > bill
> > >
> > ========================================================
> > I have to think some owners are rather bad shoppers, this is a used
junk
> > yard tranny & O/D, and they are available brand new rebuilt with a good
> > warranty for a little over $600.00. "FT"
>
Where?? Tranny and OD from VB is over $1500. Rebuilt from Rimmer is
$645 with a exchange surcharge of 217$ for a total of $862 if you don't
have one to return and that doesn't include shipping and duties from
England. Moss doesn't list one at all.
And we won't even go into the etiquette (or lack thereof) in posting
private email to a mailing list!!
bill
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