Last time I checked, the mark-up on parts for our LBC's was over 50%.
Lawyers bill their Legal Assistant's time at full rate ($150 to $200 per
hour) and pay them $20 per hour. McDonnalds pays under 11 cents for a 32oz.
drink and retails it for $1.29. Water is free out of the frigging ground
for gods sake, and sells for a dollar for 16 oz. Heck, even the s**t out of
the back of a cow is sold to fertilize gardens. Please. Car sales is one
of the most regulated, investigated, researched, competitive businesses out
there. Dealers spend 4 to 5 MILLION dollars to build a facility, and then
tie up an average of $30 million in inventory. They have a right to a
profit. While I have great empathy for the vicitims of Floyd, it will only
be a few months before all those flooded cars start winding up for sale on
the open market. An honest, profitable dealership will have nothing to do
with a flood recovered vehicle. But your average Joe Shmoe will be out
ripping off his neighbor. So who again is the scum sucker?
David Riker
74 Midget
78 Midget
63 Falcon
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>
To: David Riker <davidr@sunset.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: MSRP (no LBC content)
> Two examples of lousy scum-sucking salespeople and tactics do do make it
> morally or ethically right. If that were so, then the price gouging,
greedy
> SOB's who took advantage of the victims of Floyd would surely be your
> hero's... a true example of the free enterprise system at it's best
(*NOT*)!
>
> Richard Shipman
> Just trying to earn an honest buck, and expecting to get treated fairly by
> others.
>
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