[Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??

[Kirk Doucette]

Tats because we buy them from auctions that are closed to the public.. You
would NEVER see the cars that Al or myself get until someone finds them in
your local scrap yard.

Every business decision has a reason and before jumping on someone that is
helping the ENTIRE community you should ask some questions.

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:00 PM
To: alfitz@alfitz.com; _SHOTIMES II
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??

Sorry Al, I must have jumped the gun on the green Plus.

If it truly is scrap dealers and such that you are competing with, then more
power to you, but that hasn't been my experience.  Before I fix and made
parts for these cars, I parted them out.  I never lost one to a scrap dealer
or a yard.  I just think that the line has to be drwan somewhere whether you
are an enthusiast or a businessman, because I personally don't think an
enthusiast could do what you do.  That's why I stopped.

This is just personal opinion though.  Obviously my opinion isn't hurting
your business as it seems very strong lately and I do appreciate having a
place to get parts from when I need them.

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <alfitz@alfitz.com>
To: "_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "Midwest SHO Specialists
SHOtimes" <MidwestSHOspecialists@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??


> Mike, I just have to respond to this email.
>
> YOU SAID:
>   If you
> > can't sell them don't buy them.  Let someone else enjoy the SHO for the
> > first time.
>
> I buy these SHOs all over the country and the people I am competing with
> when I buy them are not kids looking for a SHO, but with scrap iron
dealers
> who are looking for iron. They don't give a shit about the rare SHO+
> spoiler, or the 3.0 YAMAHA engine, or the rod shifter, or the fiberglass
> hood. To them, it's just 'iron weight', or useless fiberglass scrap. Most
> salvage yards won't buy a car older than 6-8 years old, which leaves me
and
> the scrap dealers. I buy these cars from facilities that the general
public
> is not allowed, so the chances of these SHOs going to an enthusiast is
VERY
> small. How many GEN Is have you seen at a salvage yard? They get shredded
or
> crushed.
>
> YOU SAID:
> > I don't want to sound mean, but something about having 50 SHOs on hand
and
> > very few for sale scares me.  I haven't sent you hate mail, nor would I,
> but
> > I can definetly see where those people are coming from.
>
> Better that I have some complete SHOs for sale and lots of parts, than
> having them shredded or crushed.
>
> YOU SAID:
> > See, now I'm sorry, but this particular car I asked you about.  I wanted
> it,
> > but I didn't want to bid on it and drive the price up for you so I let
it
> > go.  By just not bidding on it at all, someone who wanted to fix up a
rare
> > car of which there are only 700 (in that color) could have had it for
what
> > you paid and the car would have never been in danger of being stripped.
>
> The SHO you wanted, the green SHO+ in Colorado, is not the car I have. I
> never bought that car in Colorado. Further, I don't 'crush' or 'shred' my
> SHOs. Of all the SHOs I've owner, only one of them went to the crusher,
and
> there was absolutely nothing left of it.
>
> I guess I just can't win, if I sell parts, people think I'm a cannibal and
> if I sell them whole, they think I'm gouging. This is FUN!
>
> Al Fitzgerald
> alfitz@alfitz.com
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