[Rhodes22-list] Re: public service announcement re used boats

[TN Rhodey]

Stan,

If I understand your email somone actually purchased a used boat from a 
private seller and had the nerve to complain to you! You are much more the 
gentleman than I ever could be.

Wally


>From: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: public service announcement re used boats
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:31:04 -0400
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: stan
>   To: rhodes22-lst at rhodes22.org
>   Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:15 AM
>   Subject: public service announcement re used boats
>
>
>       so sue me, I am blatantly touting the value of the recycling 
>process;  but do so as a pre-emptive service to future used boat buyers 
>lurking out there:
>
>
>   1.    Somehow the e-Bay boat that Brad was considering, ended up at GB, 
>at great gas cost to us.  Even the mast, the reason Brad wanted the boat, 
>is NG.  The boat is a mess, missing lots of parts and not worth recycling.
>
>   2.    A boat was recently offered on this list,  bypassing GB (seller 
>shall remain nameless).  It was purchased by a List reader (who shall 
>remain nameless) who also bypassed GB.  Now, even though our investments 
>laid the ground work for this transaction and even though we have in no way 
>been compensated for this transaction and even though we invested in making 
>the buyer pre-aware of the recycled boat advantages, we now receive a 
>letter bitterly complaining of a long list of things wrong with his 
>purchase. To quote a few of his out-of-context words,   "....I am not 
>exactly thrilled [with a Rhodes] right now ..."
>
>   I get the feeling we are not doing a good enough job explaining the 
>worth of recycled Rhodes and therefore boats are ending up with unearned 
>bum raps - sorry about how this kind of word of mouth handicapping can 
>affect your future return when it comes to selling your boats..
>
>   stan/gbi
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