Yeah, I finally got the catalog too. Now if I could get a pricing guide to
go with it. That should only take 6 to 18 months.
Patrick
At 08:50 AM 4/15/99 -0700, Simmons, Reid W wrote:
>
>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
>
>
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL
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