the problem is that mom & pop are not being abandoned for 5x but for 5 cents. and you aren't even getting the nickel for the most part, but just getting confused on the bait and switch
and the issue is much bigger than money. it is more about destroying a fine way of life for a really crappy one. some people care more about the kind of world they live in than they do about the illusion of having another nickel. alas, most people don't. On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Peter T. Arnold <pm7...@comcast.net>wrote: > Theres a limit. > > 15 years ago I needed a starter for my kids POS Ford Escort. $150 Rebuilt > from local parts store, owed by a friend. Same friend had wanted to retire > and sell me the store. I read the writing on the wall, had no interest. > > I pulled starter, it was cooked. > > Local MotorMart sold me one for $29. > > My friend told me it was POS starter, maybe but it was warenteed "for Life" > which ended up being about 2 years. > > I cannot pay a X5 factor to support the little guy..... > > > -- > Pete Arnold > > This e-mail from Peter Arnold and any attachments to it are confidential to > the intended recipient and may also be uncensored. If you have received it > in error please consult your religious adviser. If you are not the > intended recipient, why have you read this far? Please do not staple, > spindle or otherwise mutilate this document, doing so may damage your > screen. All communications may be subject to interception or monitoring by > the men in black helicopters for security purposes. Please rely on your own > swine flu virus checking as the sender cannot accept any liability for any > damage arising from any bug or virus infection. > > Rick Knoble wrote: > >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Gary Hurst" <jabbahur...@gmail.com> >> >>> the consumer is now doing the exact same thing he did to destroy >>> downtown america to destroy the downtown small town component that really >>> made the internet so charming in earlier days. >>> >> >> IMHO, the destruction of mom and pop downtown shops was a top down deal, >> not bottom up. The solution is to shop local, meaning locally owned >> businesses, not corporate mega-chains. Here on this list, it means buying >> from Rusty (and you) for new parts and K'leb for used stuff. >> >> Rick >> Off to the farmers market this afternoon, to shop local >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090913/6a5467f8/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
