[Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??

[Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes]

Kirk, as always, you assume I am a complete idiot.  Do you know where I got
these cars?  Public auto auctions.  I suppose I could say that whole asking
questions first thing right back to you.

I already apologized to Al as apparently no one agrees with me.  So I am
wrong.

Mike Kopstain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
To: "Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes" <MidwestSHOspecialists@hotmail.com>;
<alfitz@alfitz.com>; "_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??


> 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
> > ----- 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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