Re: ABS light

["Dr. Bob" <rmalinka@spec.net>]

Here, here - well spoken Khan!!
I agree with every word.


Dr. Bob


At 10:26 AM 1/25/00 -0800, you wrote:
>At 6:00 AM -0500 1/25/2000, JetTAFLiTe@aol.com wrote:
>>dr.bob/don
>>
>>i pretty sure most people are referring to the actual business place when
>>they say "stealership". at least i know i do. no offense to you because i
>>know you guys are only working there and really dont have much control over
>>what prices you can charge.  but lets be honest....its like being robbed
>>without a gun when you buy parts from a dealership....for example: $12.00 for
>>wiper refills (thats just the rubber...not the metal frame that holds the
>>rubber) when Pep Boys charges $2-3.00
>>
>>again...most, if not all, of us are not referring to the employees when we
>>say "stealership"
>
>This is bullshit, no matter how you slice it.
>
>If you don't like the dealership's prices, then DON'T BUY YOUR PARTS THERE.
>
>You have two options:
>
>1. Buy it
>2. Don't buy it.
>
>Nobody asked you to not buy it and then whine about the price.
>
>I hate whiny penny pinchers. Penny pinchers are fine. They are 
>thrifty perhaps. And people who can appreciate the value that a 
>dealership may offer are fine too. What drives me nuts are the people 
>who think that they have been "put out" by some company because of 
>the prices they charge, when they haven't actually even bought the 
>product, or received the service.
>
>Who are you to tell some business what they should charge? Our 
>economic system exists in such a manner that you get to vote with 
>your dollars. If you don't like the prices, buy it somewhere else, 
>but quit referring to American capitalism as "stealing" or a place of 
>business that charges what the market can bear as "stealership".
>
>You are simply exposing your wide chasm of economic ignorance when 
>you do. Go to Val-U-Car and buy your stinking blades. That is your 
>prerogative-- not to berate some business for charging what people 
>happily pay because they don't want to drive around to 12 different 
>places to get the lowest price.
>
>What I hate are crummy dealerships like Chaplin's in Bellevue, WA. 
>Compared to someone like Roger Jobs in Bellingham, WA, they suck. I'd 
>happily buy $12 wiper refills from Roger Jobs, but I wouldn't even 
>pay $1.99 at Chaplins, even if it means I have to drive 90 miles to 
>get my $12.00 blades.
>
>-Khan
>
>
>Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com
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