[Shotimes] Re: (OT) How to avoid the pitfalls of pricing Former Porsche boss: There's no 'right price' for a car

[Dave Garber]

I don't think that you DO comprehend very well. If you did, you wouldn't be 
arguing with me or Ron about the merits of market pricing vs cost plus by 
'defending' the SHO. Did you even read the article??

By YOUR definition, the SHO wasn't priced high for what it offered. By 110k 
other peoples opinion, is wasn't priced high for what it offered. No shit. 
That wasn't the point of the article and that wasn't the point of our 
discussion. The point was, "what if the SHO had been priced, INITIALLY, at 
something closer to the cost of an up-model SHO". What would that have done 
for the car relative not only to it's ultimate sales number, but for it's 
longevity overall? It wasn't meant as an argument relative to the SHO's 
quality, nor was it a shot at the SHO as you asserted in one of your 
responses to Ron.

You seem to often argue with others, and Ron specifically, just to argue? If 
you had read the article and THEN read Ron's post, you would have seen that 
it wasn't a tear down of the SHO, but merely a speculative conversation 
about cost-plus, market pricing, etc. But instead of offering your 
speculation about whether this would have helped the SHO's longevity, it's 
sales numbers, etc, you chose to argue about whether the SHO is "worth the 
money" they asked for it and then accused Ron of insulting the SHO. And I'm 
quite sure that you will once again, with this post, make it yet another 
argument and put just the right twist on it to make yourself come across as 
'attacked' and of good grounding for a 'defensive' post.

I guess I should start responding with TSTR from here on out?


Dave Garber
Pittsburgh, PA
99 White, 93k




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "'Shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "'SHO Tech'" 
<techsho@topica.com>; "'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: (OT) How to avoid the pitfalls of pricing Former 
Porsche boss: There's no 'right price' for a car


> Dave,
>
> I comprehend just fine,  and about the a "cheaper SHO" selling better. 
> Come on, that is a given.  I have agreed (DUH) that a cheaper SHO would 
> have sold better, what item, if you reduce the price would NOT sell 
> better.
>
> What you and Ron apparently don't comprehend is that the SHO wasn't that 
> high priced for what it offered.  Compared to other special editions is 
> was quite a bargain based on how much more it was than the regular car, 
> and for what you got (80 more hp in 1989).
>
> Hopefully, after stating the obvious several times you will get my point 
> too.
>
> Don Mallinson