Texas oil money being redistributed to the less fortunate. On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:36 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Anybody else notice on these Fakebook groups, usually the ones more > focused on 123s, it seems everyone and their dog is opening a Mercedes > “business”. Most of these kids have recently started in with the hobby and > now claim to be experts. There is even some kid in OK starting a business. > I thought about this myself 15-20 years ago when these cars were more > mainstream and parts were readily available, but I didn’t see a big > business in it unless you built up a huge client base and had been doing it > for many years. Seemed like too much work. Now days, unless you are someone > like Pierre, Jono, or Jaime with decades of experience and pushing a > premium product to people who can afford it, I don’t see it being a viable > business. These folks just one day deciding to do it, without a vast > collection of specialized tools, and years of experience. I’m doubting most > of these people have thought far enough ahead to even be insured. I mean, > all of the classic MB specific shops around here have retired with the last > one closing due to losing money. Seems like a fad to me. I had to laugh I > saw this one kid who started a business posts about going all over the > country picking up cars. Lives in the middle of nowhere west Texas and > drove to Florida to pickup some parts cars. Makes zero sense. No way it’s > worth going that far. It would take away time from supposedly working on > cars. Maybe these people are independently wealthy or something. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
