Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..

From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Mar 02 2004 - 06:43:09 PST


Thanks for the kind words, Bob. The check is in the mail. APB

----- Original Message -----
From: <rcakitty@verizon.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..

> 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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>
>
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