From: rcakitty@verizon.net
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 21:21:33 PST
My G*D man, lighten up - - alot!! IF you HAD read APB's posts and comments for any length of time you would know him as I have come to as a person of both great knowledge and wit. And when he plugs his own products,he invariable labels them clearly as 'shameless'. If he is misleading ANYBODY, all I can say is G*D Bless them. Robert Anderson (in the Balmy Midwest)
>
> From: chance wolf <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
> Date: 2004/03/01 Mon AM 11:55:36 CST
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..
>
>
> > specified by TACOM for the Extended Service Program (ESP) that was the
> > source of the M35A3 series. It is also in use by National Guard and
> Reserve
> > units in most states. Thousands of our systems are currently in use by our
> > government, and those of our allies.
>
> I learned something. I've only seen one or two M35A3s, and never close
> enough to have a look at the steering components.
>
> > I am sorry that your friend's father's attempt to adapt a junkyard-found,
> > commercial application (of which there are literally hundreds) to a
> specific
> > military one resulted in a "nightmare". Had he contacted the factory, or
> > us, at Inter Agency Motor Pool, we would have been pleased to have gotten
> > him the appropriate M35-specific hardware and bracketry, assisted in the
> > adaptation, handed him his stuffed bear, tucked him in, and told him that
> > everything would be OK in the morning.
>
> Yeah. Believe it or not, a version of that very conversation took place, but
> unfortunately since this fellow is both an ardent home-machinist with more
> lathes than General Motors and 30 years of employment with Canada's biggest
> airlines - he thought he'd Don Quixote his way through it one angle at a
> time. Not my cup'o'tea, but...whatever pats your cat.
>
> > Please be assured that while I appreciate your (misguided) willingness to
> > advise our mutual friends on this forum, please also be assured that our
> > company policy relies on total truthfulness, and any hint of impropriety
> or
> > mistatements could mean the loss of not only business, but business
> > reputation, as well. Therefore, perhaps you would like to amend your
> remarks
> > publicly so that our potential customers are not misled, and so that our
> > business integrity does not suffer any damages.
>
> Now, here's where you have to be careful not to be perceived as bullying
> collectors. If there's anything I want clarification on from a vendor - I'm
> not going to hesitate to ask. Most companies I deal with do not interpret
> those questions as slights or "hints of impropriety", and as you're in a
> collectors' forum, you're going to get questions both informed and
> uninformed. If you're able to enlighten us all from position of greater
> knowledge, by all means please do - as that is both the purpose of the list
> and the nature of the hobby at large. Please don't sling veiled threats and
> suggest implied ulterior motives behind any of the above, because you're
> doing neither yourself nor this forum any favours.
>
> I'd also work on that whole..tact..thing, because it's somewhat inadvisable
> for a vendor to claim collectors are somehow "misguided" in sharing their
> own experiences with a vehicle type for the benefit of all with no profit
> motive either expressed or implied. I've done that for nearly 20 years.
> It's habit forming. If I'm wrong, I very much appreciate the correction
> because the next time someone asks I'll have better information. That too
> is the purpose of the hobby, and by extension, this very list.
>
> Business reputation has a great deal to do with product, honesty, integrity
> and truthfulness. I'm glad that those appear to be hallmarks of your own
> company. I would suggest perhaps "attitude" be next on the list when the
> subject of future directions comes up at your next AGM.
>
>
>
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