From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Nov 17 2004 - 17:58:36 PST
Hey Mike,
Thats real easy for you to say, "go get a digital camera and post a few
pictures on the list" lol I wouldn't have the least problem in going out
and buying a digital camera but who is going to explain to stupid me as to
why it will only take about three pictures and the batteries are dead as a
doornail? and if I did manage to take a few pictures who is gonna show me
how to get them so you can view them?
I love this electronic world but I'm having a helluva time trying to learn
how to do some of this stuff.
My wife bought a digital at wallyworld and is only able to take a coupla
flicks, then batteries dead, then she went and bought a charger and now she
tells me she can take pictures inside but can't figure out how to do it on
the outside in the light. All this time I thought I was of average
intelligence but now I don't know. She is the one I have depended on to do
most of the computer stuff so you may understand why I'am reluctant to even
try it.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S. Nichols" <m.s.nichols@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: [MV] Vendors, flames, BS and Caveat Emptor
> Hello from Atlanta GA 30306. Whilst restoring my MV a M151A2 that seems
to
> need just about everything, I have had the not so unique experience of
> meeting and dealing with fellow hobbyists who also sell MV parts. Most
are
> good guys who stand behind what they sell, and want buyers to be
satisfied
> with their purchase. Every so often, however, I come across someone who
has
> something for sale, and they apparently have no clue as to what good open
> fair dealings should be like. Case in point: buying anything sight
unseen
> over the web that is advertised to be in "NOS" or "remanufactured"
> condition. Both of these descriptions do not include rusty, dented, used,
> missing parts or damaged as part of their definition. Yet, I am amazed
how
> often I have seen items on EBay, with the picture showing one thing, and
the
> description stating "NOS in the crate"or "Depot remanufactured", telling
me
> something else.
>
> Coleman's Surplus has NOS M151 hard top kits for $350.00. They have been
> stored outside in Pa. for 12 years, and the shipping crates are
"weathered".
> They guarantee that the kits inside are perfect. Would you buy a kit from
> them and expect it to be weathered or perfect? Would you want a picture
of
> the representative inside contents of such a weathered crate, or would you
> take it on faith that all is NOS inside the mystery box? Before you
answer,
> keep in mind that truck shipping on the hardtop kit is $500.00 plus or
> minus.
>
> I have tried on several occasions to buy MV related items from folks on
this
> list, but before my money hits the table, I require a picture or two or
> three to see what it is that I am buying. As you can imagine, some
> vendors will not take and post a picture for folks to look at. It is
their
> Constitutional right if they do not want to. They also do not have to,
> because too many of us will buy on faith that the item is not rusty, worn
> out or other than how it is being hawked on the list. Although I have not
> traded with Wayne Harris in Baxley GA, he seems to be a very straight up
and
> fair person in his descriptions of items for sale and posts good
pictures
> of whatever he is selling. As such, I have seen only excellent feedback
> about him on the list .
>
> My proposal to list buyers? Ask for and get pictures from the seller
before
> you buy. If they do not have a camera, or if the dog ate their camera,
keep
> this in mind before mailing a money order. I would wager that most
vendors
> do not buy their wares sight unseen. This means they visually inspect in
> person or by picture what they buy before they purchase. They know what
> they are buying and what they are selling. Pictures tell a great deal to
> support a vendor's honest claims, or to show who is blowing smoke.
>
> My proposal to sellers? Hey guys, spend a few bucks at Wal-Mart or the PX
> and get a digital camera. Then, put a picture or two up on the list of
what
> you are selling, and coordinate your descriptions of condition of what you
> are selling with the picture that you post. Also, you will save yourself
> time and money by posting pictures, rather than pmailing back all us tire
> kickers with a jpeg attachment.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth, fellow MV'ers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Nichols
> Member GA MVPA
>
>
>
>
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