Re: AMG SLK STYLE Side Skirts for the crossfire
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
JRI,
Your point is taken and respected. Like I said – I don’t know all the agreements and details between you and Dan, until now I only heard one side of the story. I’m not here to take sides - but offer you my opinion and help.
If you own the rights to these side-skirts and Cliff (aka Dan) was just the test fitter, and nothing more – nothing less as you stated before, then I have a responsibility to you and the group (and forum members) to take my skirts back. I don’t want to go around anyone’s back and buy their product from someone else without their permission.
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I just want you to know that I will take your skirts back. PM me and I will give you my phone number and offer you my help. To me the greater good is with the forum members, not JRI, Dan or these skirts. I won’t take sides - but work towards a solution that can be acceptable to group.
I would just like to say again that I feel for what the forum members who participated in the group buy are going thru.
I returned the skirts; unopened.
I guess the lesson here is; beware of trusting “Forum Newbie’s” when making financial transactions or participating group buys on the forum or the internet.
Page 1 of this thread (post #5) shows that on 11/12/08 – trust was placed with CWSRT6 (aka Cliff) and his "people in LA" to write up the paperwork and begin development of the skirts. Planning had to have started before this date. You don’t just pull numbers together; you visit the factory, talk to the manager, estimate the project, workout timetables and financial arrangements before you can provide prices and delivery to members for a group buy project of this size..
The user profile for CWSRT6 shows Cliff had only joined the forum 17 day’s prior (10/27/08) to the start of the group buy. It would have been real tight to work these details out - even by CWSRT6’s first day on the forum. Things had to have been happening before then. Hummmm...
I would have a huge problem giving my trust and money to a 17 day “Newbie” from that standpoint alone.
Had someone taken the time to goggle this Newbie's (CWSRT6) phone number (805-341-1241) at the very beginning of this project to see if "Cliff" was legit; you would have been shocked!!!! To say the very least.
I realize its all water under the bridge now – I just hope it will provide some guidance in the future. It’s easy to get a big boner and all worked up over accessories for our wonderful cars. But we need to think with our heads and not our……
Last edited by BrianBrave; May 23, 2009 at 09:58 PM.