My TRF Winter Sale book just got here today (TX).
Bob Kramer
rgk@flash.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: "Mackay, Steve" <steve.mackay@analog.com>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: TRF
> Hi,
>
> It's not just you, but it's always good to keep things in perspective.
> We've all probably called _any_ of the vendors at one time or another and
> they didn't have the part(s) we need right then in stock.
>
> I just want to point out two things:
>
> 1. the disclaimer at the beginning of the TRF WInter Parts Sale (Part 1)
> 2002 indicates that most of the specials listed in that catalog are more
> or less closeouts... once they're gone, they're gone.
>
> 2. If you are like me, you didn't get the publication dated 22-Jan-2002
> until this weekend past - close to two weeks after the start date of the
> sale. This has the effect of giving others that live closer to TRF (in the
> US postal sense) an advantage. THis is especially true on certain items
> that have a low unit count on the shelf.
>
> WHile you are certainly free to express yourself with regard to your
> dissapointment, I urge you to reconsider.
>
> Many is the time that I call for parts and they are not in stock - BUT -
> the sales folks tell me that they are expecting the parts in three weeks
> or whatever, I back order the parts and many times they arrive at my house
> before the suspected shipment date.
>
> TRF having items out of stock is hardly comparable to Enron (in financial
> terms), even though I'm sure that TRF wouldn't mind having a fraction of
> the cashflow that Enron would have had prior to the whole bankruptcy
> thing.
>
> Issuing my now annual response to this situation: please recall that even
> when TR6's were new that backorders were the norm and not the exception.
> I'm not kidding when I say that parts availability is actually way better
> now than it was then. The reality is that we have to plan for some repairs
> on our cars and if things don't pan out (parts wise), there are still
> several vendors that can fill in the gaps and if even that does not work,
> it's very likely that with a little ingenuity we can get our cars at least
> to a drivable state.
>
> regards,
> rml
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