Just my $0.02 worth, but I can see where Jules is coming from, both in
his approach, and in the $5 for a catalog. If you won't shell out $5 for
the catalog, why should he think you're serious about buying stuff,
particularly things that by definition are not cheap? Secondly, he has
to be somewhat "gruff" when dealing over the phone, otherwise he is
running a free consulting business, and people phone him up for advice,
and then go to Wallmart to buy the part for the cheapest price they can
find. Also, running a small business he can ill afford to be yaking on
the phone all day to people who won't even pay $5 for the catalog (which
prob. answers a good many of the "first timers" questions).
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Rader [mailto:rlr@bbt.com]
Sent: May 14, 1998 10:31 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: MPI (Houston) ? ? ?
> If you guys don't stop talking bad about Jules, he's going
> to come ripping out of the ocean like that Godzilla preview
For the most part, the negative press that MPI is getting on the list
right now seems more or less on the mark. I have no problem with
somebody
running a mail order business out of their house, and Jules has shown a
good deal of expertise over the list in the past. However, my sole
dealing
with MPI was to shell out $5 for the catalog, which came after a
somewhat longer
wait than I expected. The catalog had a lot of interesting stuff, but
the prices
were out of the ballpark. I don't think I got my $5 worth just to find
that
out. I bought my Addco rear anti-swaybar at the local AutoZone and
saved at
least $60.
If you pay big speed shop prices, you should get friendly expertise
and
treatment to justify the money. Otherwise you may as well deal with the
lame but cheap Wal-Marts of performance parts like Summit and Jeg's.
Just my opinion,
Ron
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