<VV> "Savvy Marketing" or opportunity knocking ?

[Charles Lee]

Sometimes taking a chance pays off, and sometimes it doesn't ?

It paid off for me a long while back, at a Corvair meet.

A guy walked up to a group of us and said "I have some wire wheels for sale 
... " and I jumped in and said, "I'll take them" without even asking how 
much, since the guy didn't seem to know anything about Corvairs.

I always felt like I took advantage of the guy, but he got the $50 he wanted 
without a hassle, and I got a full set of KH wheels in great shape with 
5-lug adapters (custom filled for 4-3/4" GM).

I guess we could have talked him up on the price but that didn't happen, and 
I don't think any of the other Corvair guys would have either.

The adapters are on Don Schneider's "Black Widow Corsa" last seen in Florida 
I think.  He had a duplicate Corsa convert in white, too, but he was a 
collector, not really a Corvair guy if I remember correctly.  He spent a lot 
of money on those cars.  I wonder where they are now ?

Charlie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Jay Pitchford" <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>; "Virtual Vairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> "Savvy Marketing" / Disdain for.....


>I also do not agree with your analysis Byron. It's called captalism. Unless 
>of course Matt pulled a gun on this guy making him buy the wheels. And that 
>would not surprise me either. Go get 'em Matt.
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
> Long live free enterprise
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Jay Pitchford <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Sep 5, 2010 7:44 PM
>>To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Subject: Re: <VV> "Savvy Marketing" / Disdain for.....
>>
>>On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But what really set me off on this was the post below. I don't know you, 
>>> Matt,
>>> and probably never will, although I've appreciated many of your 
>>> responses on
>>> this forum. But to take advantage of someone "just starting out" for an
>>> additional $385 over what you honestly believed the product to be worth 
>>> is not
>>> "market savvy," it's unscrupulous, and in my humble opinion, immoral. So 
>>> if we
>>> meet sometime at a convention, remind me to count my fingers when we 
>>> part, if
>>> I've been foolish enough to shake your hand.
>>>
>>> Byron Comp
>>> '64 Monza Vert
>>> Gainesville, FL