Bob,
If you would READ the messages instead of the subject line you might
realize that mine was not a "TRF Bashing" message!
Joe
Bob Kramer wrote:
>
> What are we doing on this list? We have no right to continue this bashing.
> Vote with your checkbook, share the horror stories, but don't beat it to
> death. A newbie coming on this list might very well leave with the
> impression that TRF is a dishonest operation, because a few horror stories
> are being repeated endlessly. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I
> might add that we never hear the other sides of these stories. I'm certain
> cash flow is an issue, but there are often extenuating circumstances. TRF
> has let their enthusiasm get ahead of sound business practices and inventory
> control. TRF wants to be everyone's LBC company, and they are suffering the
> losses in sales volumes that result from what we might see as poor
> decisions. When I go to my favorite grocery store, and they have no milk, I
> complain and go elsewhere. I return to my favorite store many more times,
> but if they are always out of milk, my favorite store changes. Eventually,
> management wakes up and smells the roses, when business drops. Some times
> they can recover and sometimes they can't. Sears was on the brink not that
> long ago, and now I find myself back there again. In TRF's defense, it's
> harder to smell the roses when your busy trying to survive, and tied up in a
> dream. I think they have finally been awakened and are restructuring the
> dreams. If dzus' cost $16.95, so be it. Hold them accountable for their
> screw-ups, but let it go after that. HNY
>
> Bob Kramer
> 8006 Bernard Street
> Leander, TX 78641
> rgk@flash.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> To: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
> Cc: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>; Bill Gunshannon
> <bill@cs.uofs.edu>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: The Roadster Factory demise
>
> >
> >
> >
> > George Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > If TRF goes bankrupt, Charles may have no control over what happens to
> the
> > > tooling.It gets sold by the people liquidating the company.
> > > I've been involved in a bankruptcy where the tooling was sold as scrap,
> even
> > > though there were offers to buy it.
> >
> >
> > So, maybe the answer is, "If TRF files for Bankruptcy, we should all
> > pool our resources and buy it issuing shares to the contributors
> > according to how much they chip in!" Then we would have to elect a
> > board of directors, a president and .... Oh well, it was a thought!
> >
> > Happy new year!
> >
> > Jo Curry
> >
> > --
> > "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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