James, What I do know (and I am sure you and other long time DeLorean owners can agree on) is that after DMCH purchased the parts from KPAC the prices went WAY UP on just about any part I was familiar with at the time. This is the #2 thorn I have about DMCH, the cost of DeLorean ownership has gone UP. A- Reliable sources at the time of the sale said KPAC was looking to get well under 1 Million dollars for the entire inventory. The number was close to $600K. In preparation for your response, your correct this is just hearsay.. B- A lot of money was spent to build a new facility in Houston, then more money spent to move the parts from Ohio. Was this necessary? I don't think so, yet that cost is being passed on to EVERY DeLorean owner no matter who they buy their parts from. To a guy like me who knows a bit of history about the DeLorean "players", the whole process of the new facility and parts move looked like Stephen's way of getting revenge on Ed. In addition, if the goal is to turn the investment around then as with all sales businesses you want to keep items in stock for a short a time as possible. C- Yes, very true! But is this a blanket assumption when deciding the sale price of a part? We have read your posts talking about how there an over abundance of specific parts, so many that you could never sell them all. So, why not drop the price of those rarely used parts? Again, I do like the fact that DMCH is working to build new and improved parts. My comment/question was related to how those parts are chosen. I believe you answered that, so thank you. Marc --- James Espey <james@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <SNIP> > Marc continued: > > It's a shame that not only does DMCH keep > > the parts that only they have artificaly high, but > they also have to > > try and under cut any item the other vendors dont > buy from them. > > Who's to say that it's artificial? You have no idea: > > a) what we paid for the inventory > b) what it costs to warehouse and maintain the > inventory > c) what replacement costs will be when that > inventory is depleted > <SNIP> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1482387/R=0/SIG=16nnf7sqa/*http://ads.x10.com/?bHlhaG9vaG0xLmRhd =1055452445%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705126215:HM /A=1482387/R=1=1055452445%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S =1705126215:HM/A=1482387/R=2> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1482387/rand=196614796> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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