<VV> Frustration with Clark's Corvair

[Tony Underwood]

At 04:15 PM 1/26/2010, John Kepler wrote:

>Am I expecting to much from Clarks?  I would hate to see how Clark's would
>deal with a difficult modification!
>
>Frustrated from 'down under'
>
>
>Gee....expecting a non-standard, custom part at an "Off-the-shelf" price!
>Yeah...you're expecting too much.  Sorry you folks in Oz have to drive on
>the wrong side of the road!
>
>BTW...what the hell makes you think what you want isn't a "difficult
>modification"?




...isn't this a bit harsh?


If it had been me, I'd have been wondering why a custom carpet 
wouldn't have been available as well.   Wasn't the request made with 
allowances of plenty of lead time?


There can't be that many middlemen between the guy who slices a 
length of automotive carpet off a roll to make a Corvair part, and 
the fellow in MA who stuffs it into a box for shipping.    If a 
contractor is so arbitrary that they can't be bothered to respond 
positively to a request by Clark's to make a carpet without the pad 
attached, it's simply unfortunate and a bit of an example of how 
customer service has dwindled to a trickle in today's domestic 
manufacturing for niche items like carpet specifically made for a 
40-50 year old car.

...unless that carpet is coming from China... ;)

Clarks might not be at fault here and may be getting a bad rap, if 
it's the contractor who can't be bothered to make a custom 
piece.     Seems that the flak needs to be fired off in that 
direction and maybe not at Clark's.    Where I work, we supply odd 
things to customers in the construction business and we'll go out of 
our way to do custom work to keep a customer happy.   Of course we 
don't have a lot of middlemen....



Maybe the resident Aussie needs a proxy here stateside to work in his 
best interests to see if something can't be worked out.    It would 
make a great human interest "see what we can do" piece for the back 
pages of a Clark's catalog, regarding a custom carpet made for a 
Corvair from "dahyun undeah".  (tongue in cheek talk-funny reference 
)  Probably a likely candidate for a Communique article for that 
matter...  if it's timed right and it's a slow month and the 
Communique is a bit light on tech articles.   The right greasing of 
the wheels of progress and a bit of attention in the direction of the 
right person might turn this into a satisfactory situation that might 
be good for everyone.




tony..