Sounds like TRF. BTW I finally got a new TRF catalog in the mail yesterday
- very little if any changes from the 1988 version I have except for the
covers.
Reid
'79 Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: Childs, David [mailto:dchilds@epri.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 6:31 AM
To: 'tim@britishautoworks.com'
Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Help
I must agree!! Make it easy to order. I tend to pick up a catalog that has
the most information in it. I tend not to order from catalogs that don't
tell me what the item costs. I do not like remembering some reference
number and looking up the price in some table some where.
Good luck,
Dave C
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike.Hopkins@mis.magna-europa.com
[SMTP:Mike.Hopkins@mis.magna-europa.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:12 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Cc: tim@britishautoworks.com
Subject: Help
Saw your email on the auto.team.net and visited your web site and
even
though i'm in the UK and may never use your service if you want to
get the
company name out here are a few suggestions.
(1) Put a parts catalogue on line such as that at
www.rimmerbros.co.uk,
this is helpful for pictorial reference and if I want to order
parts
when I'm at work I dont have to have the part catalogue on my desk
(2) Put technical info on line such as Frequent Brit car problems,
questions and answers, especially anything to do with paint codes
and
where bump noises could come from, examples of this can be found at
www.vtr.org/maintain/index.html.
Next tell your boss that you are going to spend the whole day on the
net.
Once he comes off the ceiling tell him that you are going to put
links to
your web site in every Brit car website and that the money made from
new
customers will outweigh that days labour charge. (dont forget the
triumph
web ring)
Lets face it the site is a bit yawn yawn, if you get people looking
at your
site for the tech info they will go back when they want to buy
something.
Sites that interest me get put in my bookmark file and I often go
back,
sites that bore me I never go back to.
Here is an example, when I buy a spare part the two companies I buy
from
are Moss (www.mossint.co.uk) and Rimmer. I usually always ending up
buying
from Rimmers as their site helps me buy my product even though the
parts
maybe more expensive.
With this approach you may do more in spare parts but once your name
gets
out, mouth to mouth will take over and persons around your area will
start
to use the service side.
Hope this helps
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