Re: Reasonable Prices and my position on it.

["Joseph M. Shaw, II" <MikeIIDC@domain.elided>]

John Fleck wrote:
> 
> RE:
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 03:54:56 GMT
> From: bobb@domain.elided (Bob Blair)
> Subject: Questions
> 
> On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Dirk Kolnsberg <kolnsberg@domain.elided>
> wrote about looking for a winch bumper.
> 
> Take a look at http:\\www.metalward.com the web site for Jim Guld's
> Metalward company.  He builds great Scout bumpers.
> 
> Bob
> 77 Scout II
> LIOR  <--- Long Island Off Road,
>            whose new President is Jim (Metalward) Guld
> 
> REPLY:
> Yes Bob,
> 
>         Jim does built some great bumpers but i believe his prices are too high
> for the average enthusiast.
> 
> One of the reasons I started B.C.B. was to offer my talents to the
> digesters as well as 4x4 enthusiast. I noticed there needs were not being
> met and they had product ideas that they wanted but no one manufactured.
> Thats where I took my love affair with I.H. and started up a business.
> 
>         My company believes in bringing customers quality products at reasonable
> prices to further the interest of the hobbie. That is not to say that we
> (the vendors and merchants) should not profit. If that were the case we
> could not stay in business. I am fully in support of small business
> manufacturing and retailing new and inventive products for the industry.
> However there needs to be some point of "Fair and Reasonable" as far as a
> markup for profit.
> 
>         My company Back Country Binders manufactures similar bumper designs as
> well as your custom designs at a fair and reasonable price. I approact the
> business angle of being a supplier of aftermarket accessories as well as
> fabricating products by giving the utmost in Customer satisfaction and
> letting you be involved in the design and decisions of your "Brainstorm
> idea of a bumper or whatever else". I think you the customer are #1 because
> without you there is no business, word of mouth advertising,
> recomendations, and repeat business.
> 
> So in conclusion I say give me a call or e-mail and see what I have to offer.
> 
> Thanks everyone for letting me tell you all my goals and mission of BCB.
> 
> John Fleck
> Back Country Binders
> 
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Fleck-

I apologize, but I must finally level with you.  Some of us out here
have discussed you and have formed an opinion of you.  We have,
fortunately, one opinion of you as a digest member, and one opinion as a
businessman.  You tend to push your business a bit too much on the
digest.  The digest is to be comletely personal, but you alwYS refer
people to your business.  Your prices are very reasonable, but there is
a web-ring  for businesses, and everyone should handle this from now
on.  Keep me in touch!

Michael