Hi Bruce and List, I am always trying to figure out where other members are
located. Not for any reason, just to get a sense of how popular our LBCs
are. I hope that if any LBC owner runs into car problems in my part of the
world they would call for help.
Doug 76B Ottawa Ontario Canada (area code 613)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Burrows <bburrows@webtv.net>
To: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: RE: '75 MGB for sale
>I'm not gonna pick on you personally here, John. I will not even
>reproduce your original post. Suffice it to say John has a nice MGB for
>sale. He wrote an ad and posted it to the list.
>
>But like _countless_ other MG ads I read, John's original ad did not
>indicate the _location_ of the car. This failure (in general, not
>John's in particular) is a pet peeve of mine. Probably like many others
>here I read "MG for sale" ads everywhere. All too often the seller does
>not mention a location. Frequently we are given only a telephone number
>and left to determine location for ourselves using the area code. Damn
>that is a nuisance! How can sellers not understand this??
>
>I am respectful some buyers will travel anywhere in the country to buy.
>Perhaps a few cast a worldwide net. But am I not correct that location
>is of critical importance to most buyers? Often we incorrectly ascribe
>our thoughts and beliefs to others. It just makes life easier, I guess.
>So perhaps I am just plain wrong, and most others are simply uncaring
>regarding the location of a prospective MG purchase. I would be
>curious to know.
>
>For myself I can't tell you how many juicy deals I have had to pass up
>because the seller was too far away. There is another thread running
>even as I write this which highlights the high cost of transporting
>heavy items over distance. Today's gasoline costs in the USA only add
>to this situation. Location of the car being sold relative to one's
>home base is important IMO.
>
>But I would be curious to know how other posters view distant purchases.
>How important an issue is it for you?
>
>Regardless of whether my personal feelings are on target or not, I
>implore sellers PLEASE to indicate the location of the car they wish to
>sell. It IS of key importance, at least to some of us.
>
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