[AJD] My apologies to the List and Melanie

[Louis R Godena]

Hi folks;

I agree that is unfortunate that Dean allowed his feelings to become public. 
No one regrets this more than Dean himself, I am sure.   But, Dean is 
nothing if not honestly perceptive and is in fact one of the great assets of 
the antique John Deere list.  He has been of inestimable value to me, 
personally, and I thank him for it.

But, I want to say, too, that I frequentlly share his frustration at 
being -- let's be frank -- "ripped off" by high-toned but avaricious vendors 
who would put Shylock himself to shame.  I'm sure most of us have felt the 
same chill at being charged $50 for an air cleaner cup or upwards of $100 
for a shutter control rod assembly, manufactured in some third world country 
with sweatshop labor for probably no more than the price of a rickshaw 
ticket, together with the slow, snotty service and al the rest.   I am not 
talking about anyone specifically on the list.   Greg and Duane are the two 
I've dealt with commercially and they are both fine individuals.  Doing John 
Deere would be a joy indeed if these two were representative examples of 
commercial suppliers and mechanics.

We all know that they, alas, are not.

Louis Godena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] My apologies to the List and Melanie


> Dean Dean Dean....sigh.....
> Greg
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> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> PO Box 709
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
> 303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
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> On Fri Feb 11 20:01 , 'Dean VP' <deanvp at att.net> sent:
>
>>I have sent a message to the public ATIS JD list that was never intended 
>>to
>>be a public message and for that I apologize to the list and to Melanie. 
>>It
>>was intended to be a private message. I was greatly disturbed by the
>>messages that occurred today, on the list, and my intent was to release 
>>some
>>of that frustration privately. Well I messed up. There is no excuse. I
>>sincerely apologize to all parties.
>>
>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>
>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>storeroom door
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>>
>>www.deerelegacy.com
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>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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