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Originally Posted by special-K
I apologize to all for this distraction. I could ignore but I promise this is it for me. I don't require people to agree with my views and realize there will always be two sides to every fence. I tried offering a short post expressing my feelings on this matter, then was quoted by someone not comfortable with others having a different view... apparently
Dave, I can agree to disagree. I feel there is no need for help selling old GM Trucks which is based on my own actual experiences. As seen through the posts of others here, there are drawbacks with selling on consignment just as with dealing with the sale yourself. I know I trust myself more than I do someone who wants to make money off of me. And it takes time to deal with arranging a consignment as well. Personally, I'd rather deal with buyers than a salesman.
I'm not here to defame anyone and I know myself well enough to know what issues I have. I only used the words I chose after you mentioned twice that you don't like to talk to strangers, which to me is anti-social. How do you meet new people?
As I said I have made a living through dealing with the general public for 36 years. I respond to requests for my services, present the cost/proposal, execute the work to their various requirements, and collect payment on services that carry no set price, which has given me what I feel is a better more varied experience dealing with the public than ringing up purchases with set prices that the customer has already chosen to buy.
As I promised... Done.
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I'm glad to hear you're so kind and easy to get along with. If that's the case, and that's -ACTUALLY- how you claim to operate, then you owe me an apology for saying that the fact I don't enjoy meeting strangers in parking lots to sell things means I have social "issues".
There are about 200 pages of the DSM-IV psychiatric manual dedicated to such social issues but I do not actually suffer from any of them, as far as I know [or at least not the antisocial stuff, I'm sure we're all in that book somewhere].
You said it, so you should own own it. Instead of telling me how glowingly you've dealt with the public for 36 years, pay attention to how you dealt with me. It was inappropriate.
As for dealing with people, I grew up in retail, as a clerk in a hardware store, from infancy to adulthood. That means I actually do know how to interact with strangers. And if someone had an opinion about a product or service we sold, I wouldn't tell them "Well, then I guess you have
issues."
Don't puff out your chest at me because you're outraged someone dared to call you on your behavior. Own your post. Apologize or double-down.
You've also called me anti-social in your retort. I have a wife, four kids, 36 employees, 2 close life-long-friends and about 8 "buddies" whom I see several of each week. So again, disagnosing me as anti-social is rude and inaccurate.
In fact, if you go back through my posts, you'll find I have met board members in public and at my home to GIVE AWAY parts many times, including complete toppers, wheels tires, windshields and more.
The fact I don't want to sell anything doesn't give you the right to make any bold proclamations about my personality, thanks, so I'd appreciate if you just apologized this time and refrained from doing it in your posts with me (or anyone) going forward. Note how I have objected to your treatment of me witout making a SINGLE claim about you or insulting you. It's not that hard.
Talk about trucks, not their drivers, and you'll be fine.