Re: [CR]Re: Classic Bikes New Owner

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From: "Donald Dundee" <rebour@hotmail.com>
To: moos@penn.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Classic Bikes New Owner
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:16:04 -0500


Typical Etherton style. if you go the Classic Bikes web page you can email Martin directly (he owns the web page).

ken


>From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
>To: Donald Dundee <rebour@hotmail.com>
>CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Classic Bikes New Owner
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:40:56 -0500
>
>Anyone have an email for Martin? I had agreed to buy a Bates from Ray and
>had
>gone to a lot of trouble to arrange a wire transfer in £ as he demanded,
>only to
>have him renege, saying he needed to arrange for US product liability
>insurance. I hope Martin bought the Bates rights also and will be a little
>more
>eager to actually make a sale.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Moos
>
>Donald Dundee wrote:
>
> > For those of you who are not aware of it, Ray Etherton has sold his
>business
> > (Classic Bikes) to a new proprietor, Martin Coopland. This is a blessing
>to
> > me. Having done business with Ray for many years I have to admit that it
>was
> > usually a frustrating experience. ray would often list items for sale
>and
> > then take months to consummate a deal, only to fess up in the end saying
> > something to the effect of "well, i had to search for your items".
>Bottom
> > line is that he never did have items that he published on his periodical
> > list, but used it as an oportunity to find a broad range of interested
> > enthusiasts. Hardly a "straight up" guy.
> >
> > It was never so simple as identify-component-on-list-PAY-SHIP_RECEIVE.
>No,
> > Ray was always in a state of frustration. It was rare to catch him in a
> > relaxed mood and enquire about something without fear of getting your
>head
> > chewed off.
> >
> > He did have some good deals over the years, I'll say that much. And
>Martin
> > Coopland will (hopefully) listen to his customers and provide a much
>better
> > service. Let's hope he doesn't do EBay (as he told me he won't for a
>couple
> > of years anyways).
> >
> > Martin can be reached at 011 44 1324 559571. Take note of this number.
> > Classic bikes has been a great resource for me and it can only improve.
>I'm
> > not sure what happend to teh Bates name, which Ray owned.
> >
> > Ken Denny
> > boston
> >
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