From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 20:07:48 PDT
--- Gene Pantano <truks@cs.quik.com> wrote:
> Outstanding answer Joe... but - please post the mail
> you sent me to the list
> !!
> The reason I'm doing this is to show the guy who
> bought the 151A2 engine
> that "there are no guarantees"....We ALL take our
> chances.. Thanks
> again...Gene
++++++++++++
You're right! I've bought lots of Pigs-in-Pokes some
were good deals that I sold, some I still have!
We just can't guarantee this stuff, but we WILL tell
you all we know about it and won't intentionally stiff
anyone because we don't like having that done to us.
And we DO need repeat customers and good reputations.
Joe
>
> > Guarantee?
> >
> > Well, IF I could take it back to the original
> > manufacturer and pass the cost of repair on to
> them
> > because it was THEIR fault it broke, why, THEN I'd
> > guarantee it for YOU, too.
> >
> > BUT, we obviously can't do that, can we?
> >
> > Now, then, the guarantee that you get with
> anything
> > else is worth very little more thanthe paper its
> > written on so I'll be honest and tell you right up
> > front that there is NO guarantee on any of this
> stuff,
> > what yousee is what you get, as is, where is and I
> > have absolutely NO IDEA if it will work for what
> you
> > are going to do with it.
> >
> > How 'bout that?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --- Gene Pantano <truks@cs.quik.com> wrote:
> > > Hi ALL...
> > > It has been a while since there has been a
> "real"
> > > discussion on the
> > > "hobby"..
> > > Here is a good subject for everyone to get
> involved
> > > in....and say what you
> > > think.. This concerns some of the things we all
> sell
> > > and buy..and sometimes
> > > get "stuck" with..
> > > Mostly it involves common sense..and a bit of a
> > > gamblers mentality..
> > > Here is a true story....About a year ago..I sold
> an
> > > engine for a friend..it
> > > was a 151A2 engine...been rebuilt at BARSTOW for
> the
> > > Marines..and is one of
> > > the high output engines they had built -
> different
> > > cam and head...
> > > I can't remember what Jim sold it for.?/ $750 or
> > > $850...does not really
> > > matter..
> > > This engine had been from Barstow to the Rocky
> > > Mountain Marines at the old
> > > Ammunition Plant and Chemical Plant known as
> Rocky
> > > Mountain Arsenal..It had
> > > been over 20 years in inside and outside
> storage...
> > > I delivered it to the buyer...not an easy chore
> > > really..but..for another MV
> > > nut..no big deal. Months later, the guy mails me
> and
> > > says that there is a
> > > Birds nest in the cylinder.(and other problems
> from
> > > the animal living in
> > > there)... Okay...now what..? Then he says he
> wants
> > > $200 back for the work.??
> > > again..?? for what...?
> > > Of course, the seller - Jim --is he responsible
> for
> > > this.?? Not in my
> > > opinion....
> > > Am I..?? Not in my lifetime...!!
> > > Well..-- behold !! Today, I find out that the
> > > transmission in my HMMWV may
> > > need to be rebuilt..this costs over $1000... I
> > > bought this engine and
> > > transmission from a dealer here in Colorado. Now
> -
> > > the shoe is on the other
> > > foot.!! Do I go to the dealer and say I want the
> > > money for rebuilding the
> > > transmission..and I paid a damsite more than
> $850
> > > for the unit..it cost me
> > > $3500...
> > > Heck NO....I don't say a word to the guy the
> unit
> > > was purchased from. He did
> > > not cause whatever is wrong.. it is a Government
> > > Surplus unit - like the
> > > 151A2 engine. We all take our chances with this
> old
> > > cr..I mean stuff..
> > > Suck it up and go on is what I say..and what I
> have
> > > always done for the last
> > > 50 years.....
> > > What is the consensus of opinion on this
> guys..say
> > > your piece !!
> > > Carry on..Gene
> > >
> > >
> > >
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