Re: [DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with a lot of this..  But still as the
question, what happens if Jerry Ryan decided to lower
his price to $25 each?  Now everyone who "invested" in
these switches is screwed versus the 5 people a year
who actually need one and pay the inflated $90 or $130
price?

The point of my post was to say that the folks at DMCH
may be better served to use the likelihood of remaking
the switches as a negotiating tool to buy the
remaining stock from Mr. Ryan.  300 switches will last
an awful long time, and the efforts to remake parts
can be used on things that are really "no longer
available".

Outside of that, I support any effort to remake parts.

BTW, that last paragraph makes you sound like a
Communist!  (Not that it is a bad thing)  LOL



--- therealdmcvegas <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The problem here is that you're not thinking ahead
> for the future. The
> demand right now may not be what you would consider
> high. But stretch
> that out over the long term into the upcomming
> years, and yes, the
> demand is indeed there.
> 
> I understand exactly what you're saying about supply
> and demand. But
> please understand my POV here. I don't want the
> demand to exceed the
> supply. I don't want people to gouge others on the
> price of rare
> parts, like I had to pay. So if it means I shell out
> a couple extra
> bucks to buy some parts that I might not even need,
> then so be it.
> 
> If me buying a couple of headlight switches helps to
> get that part
> back into production, and effectively devalue the
> stock of parts that
> people hoarded, then I'm all for it. I'm more than
> willing to do it
> now for the headlight switch, and in the future for
> other parts.
> 
> That and it sucks to drive around using jumper wires
> to get your
> headlights to turn on. I felt like friggin'
> Ernistine the operator
> everytime it got dark...
> 
> Been there, and done that on all fronts with not
> having an available,
> and crucial safety component, and then having to pay
> an outragous
> price for a replacement. To put it simply, Fuck
> doing anything like
> that ever again. I'll help get the part back into
> production, so that
> others don't have to go thru what I did.
> 
> And as far as supply and demand theory goes, it's
> abused way too often
> in our society by greedy, wicked people, who hide
> behind it like to
> avoid criticism. Housing prices are jacked up, so I
> still live in an
> apartment. Gasoline and insurance prices are jacked
> up, so my
> disposable income, and savings get tapped and
> suffer. And prescription
> drugs are so high, I'll most likely be eating dog
> food by the time I'm
> 70, just so I can afford to get whatever medication
> is available, that
> will keep me alive that much longer, to endure
> feeding someone immoral
> corporations profit margin. If we don't take a stand
> against the
> "supply and demand" pricing structure to stop the
> artificial inflation
> the value of goods, more than our children, our
> decendants will become
> permanent economic slaves. Or worse yet, we'll
> destroy our own
> economic structure, and thus our society. Becoming
> self-sufficient is
> the key. And we've a great opprotunity to make
> switches cheaply, and
> readily available to everyone here, independant of
> those who choose to
> extort our wallets under the guise of "Supply and
> Demand". I made that
> mistake of overpaying for that headlight switch, and
> won't do it again.
> 
> -Robert
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy
> <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I think it will be good if
> DMCH
> > has them remade.  But, if the demand is not there,
> > then it is what it is!  That is why DMCH took this
> > method with this part.  They did not ask us to
> > pre-order the dash/binnacle, or angle drive
> because
> > they know the demand is there...  and there is
> minimal
> > competition for these items.
> > 
> > * assuming the statement about Jerry Ryan is true
> *
> > 
> > How many switches has Jerry sold at his price? 
> How
> > many more would he have sold at $50 vs $90?  True,
> if
> > I needed one I would rather pay $50 instead of
> $130 or
> > $90, but those are the rules of supply and demand.
> > 
> > My point is, if the demand is not there then why
> make
> > the part?  DMCH (or any vendor) may be better
> served
> > buying ALL of Jerry's remaining stock for $40 each
> to
> > then resell to us at $50 each (Can't get 250
> > pre-orders, so 300 switches should last a while). 
> > With the threat of DMCH repaired to have them
> re-made,
> > Jerry must know that he will not be selling any
> more
> > switches at the inflated rate.  Jerry given the
> choice
> > to sell his remaining stock at $40 (or even less!)
> > each, or have them worthless in a few weeks when
> the
> > reproductions are made may be willing to sell
> them.
> > 
> > On the other hand, what is to stop Jerry from
> selling
> > them for $25 each after DMCH has them re-made? 
> Now
> > everyone that paid $40 (or $50) for the
> reproduction
> > got screwed (Not DMCH, because the risk was taken
> by
> > the people who pre-bought)...  Kind of like the
> people
> > who bought SSI for $250!
> > 
> > Let me repeat, The work DMCH has done in the past
> few
> > years to reproduce parts have been great.  I'd
> like to
> > see it continue.
> 
> 
> 
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