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Re: Response to Richard

To: dcooper@paciolan.com
Subject: Re: Response to Richard
From: jay_welch@juno.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:06:49 -0500
Cc: andylit@covad.net, triumphs@autox.team.net, 6pack@autox.team.net
I don't really mind the "for sale" posts and I'm guessing that most list
members don't mind if someone posts occasionally with items for sale.  I
too will be selling many TR6 parts soon.

I have a thought.  Ask the lists with one post if anyone is interested in
TR6 parts now or in the future to send you an email.  Keep a "TR6 parts"
address book list and email them as status changes. You can then
interface with them one on one or as a group.  I parted out two Willys
Jeeps and am presently parting out a Jeep Cherokee.  I advertise on
various 4 x 4 web sites but then send status changes to a list that I
keep.  If someone responds that they are no longer interested, I simply
remove their address from the list.

Good luck,
Jay Welch, Abington MA
Secretary, "Cape Cod British Car Club" 
http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
1973 TR6 driver
1971 TR6 project


On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:39:31 -0800 "Dwayne Cooper" <dcooper@paciolan.com>
writes:
> Andrew:
> 
> The fact that your advertising on this list has been effective for 
> you does not make it right (telemarketers and spammers have a 
> success rate too).  The absolute worst thing that could happen is a 
> bunch of e-bay sellers sending "announcements" to this list.  Yes, I 
> can use the delete key, but I'd rather see the list stay the way it 
> is.
> 
> Dwayne
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew H. Litkowiak [mailto:andylit@covad.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:41 PM
> To: Triumph; TR6
> Subject: Response to Richard
> 
> 
> The text of my response seems to be getting stripped out of the 
> reply, so here
> it is fresh.
> 
> Richard,
> 
> If you go back and review, you will see that you are incorrect in 
> your timing.
> If had you looked at what was posted, you would have seen that I am 
> announcing
> new batches of items, not harping on the old.
> 
> I have pretty much limited myself to a single post per new batch of 
> items.
> 
> In anticipation of your next assumption, I am not running a Triumph 
> or parts
> business.  I am cleaning house in a big way, getting rid of my 
> friend's project
> and my own TR6 project. I'm also getting rid of 10 years of Land 
> Cruiser items.
> 
> In regards to your opinion that the number listers regularly 
> visiting ebay, I
> would disagree. There is a very simple reality involved here. When I 
> put my
> items up on Ebay, they tend to languish, with minimal hits and 
> minimal activity.
> 
> When I then make a list announcement, the activity spikes, as do the 
> number of
> bidders. Within minutes of the announcement, my inbox registers 
> several
> inquiries. The hit count goes up. Within a day, I may have as many 
> as 15-20
> interested list members asking questions.
> 
> That tells me that there are a substantial number of people who 
> need/want parts,
> but do not regularly visit ebay. (Note: since beginning composition 
> of this
> response, some items have been viewed by more than 30 unique 
> individuals. It
> would normally take 2 days for that to happen)
> 
> I have also found that ebay opponents usually seem to have little or 
> no
> objection to parts for sale if they are simply posted to the list. 
> I've never
> been able to figure that out.
> 
> I realize that some folks prefer not to see anything at all 
> announced about
> items for sale. Others welcome the news, especially those in need of 
> parts at a
> given moment.
> 
> I will not presume to speak for others on the list. I speak only for 
> myself.
> 
> I suggest you do what has worked so well for me and millions of 
> other list users
> around the world.
> 
> If you see a message header you don't like, hit the delete key.
> 
> Andy Litkowiak

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