<VV> First Class Pain-Classifieds

[Mark Corbin]

Same thing happened with #5999. Hal even put it in Hemmings. There it at
lest attracted the attention of a Chicago ponycar collector (whom I had to
outbid).

Might I suggest to just eliminate the classifieds as a permanent page, and
have a flier mailed first class (at additional cost) to those who want it,
and posted via email to those with email addresses? Then the CC can be
non-time-sensitive, and nobody will whine (yea, like THAT will ever happen)
about it being "late".

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> First Class Pain-Classifieds
>
> On a historical note, does anybody remember an ad that ran in our 
> classifieds and no one called about the car for sale. This was back in 
> the mid 80s. No early birds jumped on it. The ad paraphrased read:
>
> 1960 Corvair Monza Show Car. In family since new. Needs work. $1000. 
> Kentucky.
>
>
> Yep, nobody jumped the gun and bought this piece of automotive history 
> even though it was published for all our members to see. I guess the 
> sellers needed a better writer. I could be wrong on price, maybe it was 
> more.
>
> The car?
>
> The Super Monza!
>
> Our local club put two and three together to get seven and a member 
> worked for Reynolds Metals and remembered stories of the car. We had the 
> Reynolds family donate the car to us.
>
> Details of the story in some back issue of the Communique.
>
> Just goes to show getting the ad first doesn't mean you'll read it.
>
> Or understand it....
>
> Frank DuVal
>