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Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:39 pm Post subject:
Brians Mystery Car |
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Some time ago Brian posted a pic of a 1920s car and asked what it
was, guy standing in front, head on view.Touring with oval rear window.
I sent a letter to Hemmings Classic Cars with a copy of the car and a
self addressed post card. Have not heard from
them. Nice people.
Dan
Milw
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Leon Rowell
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Brians Mystery Car |
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<on soapbox> I e-Mailed a company that specializes in Graham/Graham
Paige car parts to see if they could help me identify a glove box lock I
have. Nary a peep back from them. Seems like they would at least have
the courtesy to say "sorry we don't have the time to help you" or "Screw
off" or something. I guess I expect too much.... I know I have answered
a lot of off the wall questions generated from stuff I sell on ebay and
I don't mind a bit. <off soap box>
Leon Rowell
LAIKA1@webtv.net wrote:
| Quote: | Some time ago Brian posted a pic of a 1920s car and asked what it
was, guy standing in front, head on view.Touring with oval rear window.
I sent a letter to Hemmings Classic Cars with a copy of the car and a
self addressed post card. Have not heard from
them. Nice people.
Dan
Milw
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Rabbit
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Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:
Re: Brians Mystery Car |
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| Quote: | on soapbox> I e-Mailed a company that specializes in Graham/Graham
Paige car parts to see if they could help me identify a glove box lock I
have. Nary a peep back from them. Seems like they would at least have the
courtesy to say "sorry we don't have the time to help you" or "Screw off"
or something. I guess I expect too much.... I know I have answered a lot
of off the wall questions generated from stuff I sell on ebay and I don't
mind a bit. <off soap box
Leon Rowell
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Yabbutt -- it isn't always the case, but I'll come to the defense of
companies in a number of situations. I worked a lot of years in service
departments. On an average day we'd get five phone calls from backyard
mechanics, wanting to talk to the shop foreman for advice on the repairs
they were doing on their cars. Some days it was a dozen.
It doesn't sound like much to take ten minutes to answer, but that's
anywhere from about an hour to an hour and a half minimum, unpaid and with
little hope of generating future income for the shop -- and there are only
eight working hours in the day. Sometimes it isn't that they don't want to
help you, but you're the 25th person that day to ask a question and they
might not even have the time to say "sorry".
Off soapbox now,
Rabbit
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:41 am Post subject:
Re: Brians Mystery Car |
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The thing is that I sent them a self addressed post card with boxes
drawn on the back, like so:
¤ We don't know what it is.
¤ We think its a __________
¤ We know its a __________
All they had to do was check a box and put the card in the out box.....
Below is a test of my ability to cut and paste a URL.
http://www.valenticlassics.com/CARS/1935_FORD.htm
Dan
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