[Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer

[BJ8Healeys]

All of the registries and contact information for the registrars are listed
in Healey Marque.  Of course, not everyone is a member of AHCA and receives
the magazine.  As for the BJ8 Registry, I try as much as possible to
publicize the registry in as many ways as possible, including participating
on this list and on the British Car Forum, having links to the BJ8 Registry
hosted on several Healey-related websites, etc.  I think a lot of owners
have little idea what a registry is and does -- or they think they do and
they are wrong; and even if they are aware of them they don't make the
effort to contact the registrar to find out what the registry can do for
them.

I gave a presentation about the BJ8 Registry at Enclave last summer, but
that was sort of preaching to the choir.  It was the people who didn't
attend that needed to hear the message.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  USA

 

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Sims
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 12:51 PM
To: 'Randy Hicks'; 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer

 

BUT, if they have no idea that the registries exist - newbies to the marque,
for example -- then we are back to square one.

 

John Sims

Aberdeen, NJ

 

www.healey6.com

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randy
Hicks
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 2:04 PM
To: Healey List
Subject: [Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer

 

Oh, they are out there. I saw a 100M (from CA) for sale on eBay a few years
ago - non numbers matching and non standard trim.

 

Several months later the same car showed up for sale by a dealer in Palm
Beach, FL. Now the trim had been re-done and it was a numbers matching car.
???!!!!  Dealer refused to answer my emails and I finally got him by phone.

 

Bottom line, IT WAS HIS CAR AND HE COULD DO WHATEVER HE WANTED WITH THE
NUMBERS!  He also stated that I should never call him again!  :-)  

 

If buyers do not contact registries, they have nobody to blame.

 

Randy

AHCA 100 Registrar

 

 

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