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Re: fintail [kipk]

by andre1969 on Wed Aug 13 08:16:48 PDT 2008

Near winters end a local store had marked down their Genuine "Levi" jackets from $68 to $20. Snatched that puppy up and was a proud camper. Got home and discovered the "We were the first, We are the American Tradition" (according to the tag) Genuine Levi jacket was made in China. Yep, right there on the inside sewn in label. Can't tell any differences in the two brands except for the tiny red tag on the Levi pocket. I bet they don't last as long nowadays, either. I bought a Levi's denim jacket back in 11th grade. Must have been late 1986 or early 1987. I remember even back then it was 50 bucks. That sucker lasted, though. Eventually the elbows wore out, and I cut the sleeves off and made a vest out of it. I think I still have it packed away somewhere. It was getting a bit frayed around the collar too, but that just gave it a "vintage" look.

Re: fintail [fintail]

by kipk on Wed Aug 13 06:58:27 PDT 2008

>"I think most Americans would buy everything at Wal-Mart and send more money to China if given the chance. There's no thought of a future in so many people. " I suspect there are a good deal of parts on the Big 3 vehicles that are "foreign" made, and installed by UAW workers. Last fall I wanted a "Levi" brand denim jacket. But at the local stores, including Kohls and a "High End" store, they were in the $60 to $70 range. A bit high for my blood. Ended up with a "Wrangler" brand from Wal*Mart. Got it home and started removing the tags and discovered it was made in Bangladesh. Near winters end a local store had marked down their Genuine "Levi" jackets from $68 to $20. Snatched that puppy up and was a proud camper. Got home and discovered the "We were the first, We are the American Tradition" (according to the tag) Genuine Levi jacket was made in China. Yep, right there on the inside sewn in label. Can't tell any differences in the two brands except for the tiny red tag on the Levi pocket. Three days ago "Car Quest" ordered, for me, a pair of 350 Chevy OEM type exhaust manifolds for my 78 Chevy Van. I got them and they fit perfectly. "Made in China". Doesn't seem to much matter where we shop, an overwhelming amount of the stuff we purchase is made outside the USA.. I suspect there are a good deal of parts on the Big 3 vehicles that are "foreign" made, and installed by UAW workers. I wonder if that employee really cares, or refuses to install them for that reason. Now that Big 3 and UAW are working to get wages and hopefully CEO and management salaries to a more realistic level, maybe they can improve parts quality. The employees just might be proud to have a job and work diligently to keep it. I truly miss having a new Chevy or Pontiac in my garage, as I did from 1960-1987. However, I didn't abandon them, they abandoned me. Kip

Price is plus tax, title, registration, and $299.00 processing fee.

by mackabee on Wed Jul 23 14:25:40 PDT 2008

It's funny you should ask! Once in band camp, I was walking down a grassy knoll.. oops! Wrong story! :blush: When I got into the car biz I started at a domestic store. The one with the shiny black bow on the emblem. Everything you may have heard of in regards to the car biz happened here. Customers would lie to, and customers would lie too! ;) So the store decided to have a "Slasher" sale to drum up some business. They run an ad in the local rag advertising hundreds of new and clean pre-owned vehicles. It read something like this: "Attention Happy Roads! Due to the tremendous response to our new car tent sale, we have hundreds of pre-owned low mileage vehicles we took in on trade.! Honda, Lexus, Acura, Toyota, Nissan, you name it we have it! The deals will be so good you may have to camp out overnight for this even. We have vehicles starting at $299.00* Please stop by our location at 231234 Military Road and fill out a registration form to ensure you get to pick the best of the crop. We'll seee you heeeeere!" Me and a buddy of mine called Buddy read the announcement in disbelief. "Tremendous response to our new car tent sale?" both of us said it in unity,, and laughed. Later that day we were instructed on what to do to prepare for the grand sale. We where supposed to fill out some registration cards which looked like innocent registration cards. Name, number, address, place of employment, monthly income, etc,etc,,,;) The first victim,, I mean customer of the day came in looking for an Acura Legend for $299.00. We told her that car would not be in until Sunday and asked if she had another choice. "Yeah, a Lexus would be fine too." So you can imagine how the rest of the day went. We had hundreds of people come in to "register" to get a chance at that mystical $299.00* vehicle. Next day was a Saturday and I was anxiously waiting for a phone call from someone that wanted to hire me to sell at their dealer group. I had a customer that I was getting nowhere with when the phone rings and the receptionist tells me I have a call. "This is Mack, how can I help?" I asked. "Mack! this is Richi Cardone. How are you?" he asked. "I'm working a deal right now, how about you?" I reply. "How would you like to start working for us monday morning?" he asks. "I would be delighted!!" I respond. I get up and get one of the other salespeople and tell him: "Here you, finish this up will ya?" I tell him. "Where are you going?" he asks. "I'm going to a better dealership and a better product. I can't stand this place anymore with all their lies and deceit. And that's just the customers. Management is a different story." I grabbed my jacket and headed out to my car. Monday morning I called my buddy Buddy to find out how their "Slasher" sale had gone. "Oh man, you should be happy you left this weekend. It's was a total disaster and a madhouse. You know those "registration" forms they made us fill out?" he asks. "Yeah, what about them?" I ask intrigued. "Those were actually mini=credit apps." he says. "Jack was in the back office pulling those people's credit." he tells me. ."No EXCREMENT!" I respond in disbelief. "Yep, that's what he was doing all the time. And that's not all. The best is yet to come" he tells me. "The sale actually began on Sunday. All the people that registered came in and they were given a balloon to tie around their wrist. The balloons were color coded. Green balloon+credit, can buy anything they want. Yellow balloon, So so but still good buyers. And the last one was a red balloon meaning those people had horrible credit, bankruptcy, and lots of late payments" he continued. So you can guess all the saleman were after the customers with green balloons." he finished. "Wow. Unbelievable. So did they sell many cars?" I asked. "Not really, maybe 5 the whole weekend. I had a customer come up to me for help. She had a red balloon and said no one would help her" he replied. "And how about you? did you sell anything?" I asked. "No, I'm doing lot patrol now. Like it better too, and no long hours." The End. :shades: * price is plus tax, title, registration, and $299.00 processing fee. Only one at this price. See store representative for additional information.

Re: on another note [british_rover]

by qbrozen on Tue Jun 24 08:19:34 PDT 2008

He had bright yellow or red jackets and helmets with reflective strips on them and reflective tape an just about everything. He had brightly colored bikes too for the most part. He swears up and down that all the bright colored clothing actually attracted people to run into him. After a few years of several near hits and one pretty bad accident he went the other way to completely low vis gear and swears he has less near hits and close calls. I suspect that has something to do with what driving instructors always tell people "your hands tend to go where your eyes are looking." So your buddy was drawing everybody's attention and they were inadvertently steering in his direction.

Re: on another note [lilengineerboy]

by british_rover on Mon Jun 23 16:28:33 PDT 2008

You do have to be careful, "cages" don't see you, you have to be defensive and pay attention all the time. Awareness and training do a lot to offset the risk. Yup you have to ride like you are invisible and everyone else on the road is out to kill you. We had an interesting discussion on one of my other forums about high vis vs. low vis riding apparel and/or bike. One of the guys on there who has been riding for over 20 years used to be hardcore about high vis apparel. He had bright yellow or red jackets and helmets with reflective strips on them and reflective tape an just about everything. He had brightly colored bikes too for the most part. He swears up and down that all the bright colored clothing actually attracted people to run into him. After a few years of several near hits and one pretty bad accident he went the other way to completely low vis gear and swears he has less near hits and close calls. I don't know if I agree with him but it works for him. In his opinion if people ignore fire trucks with all the flashing lights and sirens there is no way a motorcycle rider can ever be bright enough to get their attention.

Re: Let's get back on topic..Story time [jmonroe]

by richard64 on Fri Jun 13 13:26:01 PDT 2008

I have a good idea for a book. We'll take all of the posts for the last three years and divide them into chapters---each chapter named for one of the regular posters here. Each chapter will open with a brief one page biography of the poster, followed by his "rant and rave" posts. A brief positive or negative critique will follow each post---done by our two wonderful Hosts. In the back of the book, we will have a glossary of terms and acronyms used in the posts. This will really educate the reader. You will market the book as the only negotiable priced book ever sold. MSRP for the book will begin at $29.95 with an invoice of $9.95. Like "Mop and Glow", we'll add a fancy book jacket, a lovely bookmark, and a CD of the book for an extra $15.95. We will accept trade-ins of old books---only if they are car related. Salesmen will be on hand to "test drive" or read portions of the book to the customers. A "service department" will be maintained to answer questions about the posts in the book. The book will have a limited warranty covering the book jacket, book cover, and worn pages. There will be a yearly depreciation on the book of $5.00 per year. The "Parts Department" will replace book bindings, book marks, CD's, etc. for a nominal fee of $10.95. The design of the book jacket is as follows: Our two illustrious Hosts surrounded by all of the regular posters, standing in front of a child's red pedal car. After the initial sales of the book to the public, it will then be sold to universities for use in their Psychology 101 classes---as a study on abnormal psychology. Then it will be sold to the English departments---as a study in new language patterns. Each poster will serve as a visiting consultant to tell students about their individual chapters---at a rate of $1,000 per hour plus expenses. Greenpea will be in much demand by the English departments, and jmonroe will be in much demand by the Consumer Finance departments. Mack will be needed by the Public Service departments, and Joel will be invited to appear before the ROTC classes. Oldfarmer can talk to the transportation departments, and Moo will do presentations before the political science classes regarding diplomacy issues. Isellhondas will be needed to promote the book before car manufacturers, and snakeweassel will convince accountants that the book could be a tax deduction under the right circumstances. Everyone will have a job to do. I will not proof the book. It will serve the public better in its raw, natural, colorful state. A portion of the profits will be donated to the charity called TROUAB---The Rehabilitation Of Uneducated Automobile Buyers. (I really should make better use of my Friday afternoon. :sick: ) Richard