<VV> Repy to recent wiring harness prices post

[Jim Houston]

My Dad had a Hobby Shop when I was younger.  But, by the '60s he and the 
other two shops in town (both of which had been around since the '30s) 
had gone out of business.  Why?  Because modelers found out they could 
save a few bucks by buying big ticket items (such as engines) from mail 
order houses (distributors)....  they would buy the small stuff (props, 
glue) from the local dealer, but that wasn't enough to keep the local 
guys in business. It was partially the distributors fault, as they 
shouldn't compete with their dealers, but they did.  I see this as 
exactly the same thing -- save a few bucks by going directly to the 
manufacturer (who should refuse to sell retail)  and cut out the dealers 
and before long, there won't be any dealers! 

My .02 for what it's worth...

Jim Houston
Brandon, FL
'65 Monza Coupe
'66 Monza Coupe


Corvairs wrote:

> Thanks Cal, for  making this unanamous! I, and others, have been 
> pounding away on VV, Fastvair and other places about this for the past 
> year.  Whether a Corvair owner prefers one vendor or all of us - now 
> is the time for all good vair owners to come to the aid of thier 
> vendors!  Lon
> www.corvairunderground.com
>
> Clarks Corvair Parts Inc wrote:
>
>> We usually do not comment on VV, but a recent post about early dash 
>> harness
>> prices deserves a reply. The person stated that he could buy the 
>> early dash
>> harness direct from the manufacturer for $30 less than the next 
>> lowest vendor.
>> We assume he did not check Clarks prices, our current price is only 
>> $7 more on
>> a $295 harness, and if bought with 2 or 3 other harnesses under our 
>> multikit
>> pricing he could have saved another 2-4% over buying direct. However 
>> the few
>> dollars is not what is really the issue, the real issue is once again 
>> someone
>> on this list continues to address issues in a general way, which 
>> hurts all
>> vendors, since no one knows who he is really talking about or 
>> referring to,
>> and the fact that once again you a trying to take business away from the
>> vendors who support your hobby and mine. Have you noticed that there 
>> are fewer
>> and fewer Corvair suppliers and that you can find less and less 
>> locally. Are
>> your local auto stores putting time and money into repro parts to 
>> help keep
>> your cars running??  Corvair vendors work hard to keep parts 
>> available to keep
>> these cars rolling. The vendors deserve your support in order to 
>> continue to
>> supply you with the new repro parts, as more and more parts become
>> unavailable. If a few dollar savings on a $300 or more purchase means 
>> that you
>> do not support a Corvair supplier, We  are all in trouble!  Cal 
>> Clark, Clarks
>> Corvair Parts
>> Clarks Corvair Parts Inc
>> 400 Mohawk Trail
>> Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
>> 413-625-9776
>> 888-267-8247 24 Hr Order Machine
>> 413-625-8498 Fax
>> www.corvair.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all 
>> copyrights are the property
>> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
>> mailto:vv-help@corvair.org
>> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
>> http://www.corvair.org/
>> Post messages to: VirtualVairs@corvair.org
>> List info: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualvairs 
>> _______________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights 
> are the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
> mailto:vv-help@corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs@corvair.org
> List info: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualvairs 
> _______________________________________________