[DMCForum] Re: DMCH in latest issue of Forbes...

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

Ok, so let's put this all into a nutshell here, Marc. You're saying 
that DMCH is doing something unscurpulous by creating the Milineum 
contest? In order to potentially sell stacks of parts sitting around, 
they have decided to create a competition which encourages people to 
buy parts from them, in order to compete. Is this all?

Certainly I agree that concours competitions are a double-edged 
sword. The idea is to have a vehicle which represents what the 
factory intended to produce at the time of competing vehicles exact 
production/completion date. However, not even the manufacturers 
always adhere to their own standards when it comes to production line 
practices. So the debate rages on of what a car should have been, 
versus what was actually physicly produced. Hence the fight between 
whose better: Someone who rebuilt a car to exact specification, or 
someone who owns a non-conforming factory vehicle, but is a true 
survivor?

But that's not what you're really arguing here.

You make it sound (and this is important Marc, because you prefer to 
insinuate something, rather to make a written commitment, as some 
sort of loophole to weasle your way out of things) as though DMCH has 
stated that in order to compete in their competetion, you MUST buy 
parts from them. And that forcing people to buy parts from them is 
the true meaning of the competetion. Which is WRONG on ALL counts!

Before this, there was NO conforming competetion. There was only the 
DOA, and what they *interpreted* to be original. And if I'm wrong 
here, please point it out where, but the DMCH Councours event is 
based upon factory documentation that specifies what changes occured 
to vehicles, and at what time. That is what concours is about. Now, 
if someone has a surviving car that conforms, then they just simply 
dust it off, and enter it in to compete. Which is something that has 
happened before.

But in all of this, were are the ill intentions behind DMCH's purpose 
for this contest? I doubt that Steven Wynn is toasting his huge 
profit off that $15 entry fee. And while the manual does layout the 
rules for cars and owners abide by, no where does it say that 
ANYTHING has to be purchased by DMCH, or even any of the sponsoring 
vendors. Sure if you need to purchase conforming parts, they are 
readily available from DMCH. But purchasing them FROM DMCH is not 
required.

Yes DMCH has a shitload of parts that they need to sell off. The 
motivation of anyone who owns a business is of course profit. DMCH is 
no different. Yes, everyone is in agreement that DMCH has a goal of 
selling more parts to people, and does so via various means of 
encouragement. Could be a parts kit or package. Could be a 
competetive activity for people to participate in. It could even be 
lower prices than their competetion. But these are incentives to 
encourage people to buy from them. NOT to *FORCE* them, as you keep 
insinuating. And that is what I, and other are arguing with you.

Now you say that perhaps my interpretation of your words is wrong. 
Which is quite possible, since you keep refusing to say anything 
direct. However, I just can't believe that. Not because of pride, but 
rather the fact that lots of other random people who read your same 
words, are taking away the same message that I am. You have a beef 
with DMCH. Sure, there certainly seems to have been a problem with 
the door struts. Something that did need to be brought out into the 
open, and discussed. However, it's hard to take ANYTHING you say at 
face value when you keep crying wolf all the time, and consistantly 
lay blame on everyone else for *misinterpreting* your words, as a way 
to weasle out of having to take responsability for what you said.

Marc, because all of your comments about DMCH are consistantly in a 
negative tone, it appears as though you don't like DMCH. What your 
reasoning is, I don't know. But it appears to everyone else that you 
don't like them. And when you repeatedly post these negative comments 
over and over again, it also appears that you may in fact have an 
agenda of crusading against them. Of course you won't commit to 
actually saying any of this...

-Robert

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