Miata Mailing List: July 1999, Message #74

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OK, Bob, you state to beware of this guy in your subject line but you never said
who it is.
Give us a name if you really want us to watch out for him.

Dave Young
90A  Red

BHotaling@aol.com wrote:

> I personally have no problem with someone purchasing products, in this case
> from a MiataNet vendor (Knobmeister), marking up the price and selling it on
> Ebay as this guy does.   That's buyer beware territory.
>
> I do have a problem with someone who attends a local Miata event, NOT as a
> salesman by his own words, and when asked about how to get an item he has on
> his car does not simply say,  "oh, $5 from Joe Portas"  but instead doesn't
> tell the individual where to get them but instead offers them for an inflated
> price over what Joe sells the item for.
>
> And I'm all for capitalism...but this is NOT an established vender, this is a
> person who took advantage of someone at a small gathering of miata folk over
> a weekend and of me when I communicated with him directly as the buyer's
> representative.  If he identifies himself as a vendor and pays the taxes that
> net sponsors do, that's a different story.
>
> Well, that's my opinion...and right now it's a low one of him... your mileage
> may vary.    Beware of who you're buying things from.   This guy twice had
> the opportunity to not charge the excess and simply say "hey, gett'm from
> Joe" but chose not to.
>
> I just can't believe that in the general spirit of miata comraderie and
> sharing that exists at a small gathering of club folk that this should
> happen.   Maybe I'm missing something.    And by the way, this is a fellow
> who is very ready to accept all the free advice he can get here on the net
> for over a year!
>
> bob
> Drive fast, don't crash and treat folks fairly at Miata meets!!

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