[ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] Edenton

[stan]

Ed,

It has been another wild day at GBI (ask Peter) so I welcome some diversion.
No offense but you have to sit here on the hill to get the picture before
you go down in the trenches, or you lose your way.

We have the product, we have the facilities, we have a great sales force in
the form of the List among which you and Rummy are outstanding examples, and
sales are not our problem.  Nor is Michael.  He has his problems and while
we asked to drop the deal of the day (and I thought it was until you pointed
out it is still there) we don't want to burden him unless necessary.  But
the fact is that we don't need to sell an old boat and then spend a lot of
time holding the buyer's hand thereafter to become profitable.

What you have to do to make this work is get us what we really need:
serious workers and semi-serious working capital.  Then you will be talking.
And then, when poor doctor Harris, who has been patiently waiting for over a
year, gets his beautiful new loaded Rhodes, we will be in a more receptive
state to sharpen the site.

You have, however. got me thinking about others making millions using the
web.  How about you getting me some healthy farmerettes and naked animals
sailing a Rhodes outside the 3 mile porn limit.  We will get a hole new
audience and some are bound to start asking, "what kind of a boat is that".

stan/gbi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
To: "Michael J Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
Cc: <wwrhodes at rhodes22.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: RE: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] Edenton


> Michael,
> If Stan does not want to post any special deals of the day, the
> deal of the day ought to be edited out of the site.  The big print
> saying he does not have a deal is a big turn off to anyone shopping
> around.  If you are selling, you are always dealing.
> A current showboat could always be priced out there, that is if
> new showboats are for sale.
> Doesn't Stan have a couple of Scows that he took as trade-ins?
> Put a price tag on one and make it the 'deal of the day'.  He used to
> have a couple of old Rhodes22 hulls lying around.  Now that he has
> scavenged what parts he needs, put one of those derelicts up there as a
> hobbyist project boat.  He is always complaining about GBI as being a
> non-profit organization.  To a distant observer, it seems he works hard
> at not making a profit.  Others are making millions using the Web.
> Maybe it is because Stan does not want to be bothered with that
> sort of calls.  Try putting Elton's name and phone number as the wheeler
> dealer.
>
>
> Ed K
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