Rick (and all)

That's a fabulous idea!  In fact, today I registered ShellDealers.com  The
space could be dedicated to providing the most comprehensive resource for
information about professional shell dealers.  A possible feedback system may
be an option if dealers opt to participate.  I'm a webdesigner open to any
ideas about how this (non commercial) website may be of value to collectors
and dealers alike.

Full-time (tax-paying) shell dealers only?
Trade lists?
POR offerings from various dealers?
Feedback forum?

Open to any ideas / comments you may have.
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Regards,
Andre




Quoting "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>:

> David
>
> We need a system like they have on the E-Bay auctions, a clearing house for
> feedback so you can get both the pros and cons.
>
> Rick
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: David Kirsh [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:19:05 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: reliable
>
>
> Very good question--and if I was interested in buying shells from dealers,
> I'd want to know. However, I think we'd get a variety of comments that
> include valid complaints, somewhat exaggerated complaints, grossly
> exaggerated complaints, and unjustified complaints, probably without
> emphasizing the satisfactory aspects.
>
> It would take just one complaining customer out of 600 others to make a
> complaint seem like a major indictment of a particular dealer. Even after
> some kind of response is made, the doubt would stick. Sometimes a dealer's
> valid explanation might come days or weeks after his/her reputation has
> been sullied.
>
> Maybe we need a more objective system, sort of like a Shell Consumer's
> Report to do ratings of dealers.
>
> David Kirsh
>
> >
> >What if a dealer is a known Rip-off, shouldn't that be brought up so no one
> >else gets ripped off?
> >
> >Rick
>
>
> "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended
> from man." -- H. L. Mencken
>
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