Funny, I didn't get any response like that from the factory. I told them
that I was looking at buying a just started project and had a couple of
questions. They answered my questions and told me to e-mail and fax them to
confirm when I'd done 'the deal'. I did that and received an e-mail in
response saying their records were updated! They'd previously told me that
when they updated the records, the next builder support bill would come to
me. No hard sell or anything! BTW, this was the UK office, so I don't know
if that makes any difference.
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Chris Cameron Europa #386
chris.cameron@ot.co.nz ZK-MYN
cell: +64 21 650 680
Life, don't talk to me about life ....(Marvin - HHGTTG)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: Kits For Sale
>
>
> I have just had an interesting email from someone else who like
> me is trying
> to sell their part finished Europa Kit and has found the same as me,
> something I find slightly disconcerting.
>
> I have had my almost complete stage one kit up for sale for
> almost 3 months
> now, in that time I have had some people who seem VERY interested
> in buying
> the kit, that is until they talk to the factory.
> I have always told potential buyers that they should talk to the
> factory, to
> see about the availability and prices of the next stages of the kit which
> obviously is always one of the questions asked.
> Everytime I have done this the potential buyer has come back to me saying
> that he was no longer interested, once because the factory had "..put him
> off buying someone elses work.." another time because they had offered the
> purchaser "a heavy discount" on a new kit.
> Now fairplay to Europa I know they are in the business of selling
> kits, but
> surely the figure they should be trying to increase is the total number of
> kits flying, not just the total number of kits sold, after all the wider
> that figure gets, the worse it looks for them!
>
> I could of course be being spun a line buy my potential purchasers but
> having just found out that another seller has experienced the same, I am
> very worried about the prospects of selling my part finished kit!
>
> How about Europa actually setting up a list of builders with kits
> for sale,
> and pointing perspective buyers our way if they want a head
> start. That way
> they are assisting not only us but themselves, after all my kit still
> requires stages 2,3,4 and engine and guess who will be getting all that
> money!
>
> I would be grateful of opinions from the list and Europa (Andy - if you
> could pass this on).
>
> regards
> Keith Tallent
> (Kit 221)
>
>
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