[AJD] My apologies to the List and Melanie

[Frank]

Spencer:
your point is well taken .......
however another point is that for some reason there are dealers that will 
try to not allow the very thing you are saying........
they would not want anyone else to built it cheaper and just as well 
built......in other words they want the corner on the market and have been 
getting away with it!

I do agree I want a good product (value) and ......original and refurbished 
are that but it can be done in more ways that it takes to skin a cat.......


value and price have everything to do with it.........if I don't get the 
value at my price I will find a way to do it better AND cheaper!!

Frank

gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [AJD] My apologies to the List and Melanie


> Being an experienced businessman in addition to software engineer, I have
> to weigh in on this because there is a very important business axiom
> relevant here:  Capitalism, AS IT IS PRACTICED TODAY IN AMERICA, does not
> generate success in the BEST product (very common misconception), it will
> generate success in the LEAST EXPENSIVE product because the vast majority
> of buyers know price but they don't know value.   When a commodity is for
> sale, price is OK, otherwise, price is only part of the story.  But very
> few understand that and that is why there are WalMarts and Chinese tractor
> parts and very bad manual reprints.  I am absolutely sure Greg will give 
> an
> Amen to this.  We all know this is true just from our roles of consumers
> where we have all been guilty of shopping price instead of value.
>
> In every business I have played a role in senior management in, we try to
> sell what people should have, but then we have to make sure we have a bare
> bones, poor quality, Chinese equivalent product or service for the people
> that shop price.  Seriously reflect on this and you will see why no one
> will prevail in this discussion.  It is the age old price versus value
> discussion  My favorite business saying that I have had on my office walls
> in the past:
>
> Lots of cheap cheese in a mousetrap but very few happy mice.
>
> PS:  I don't mean to pick on the Chinese.   Their quality is improving but
> the stereotype still holds currency in todays society so I am using it.
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
>
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