Soaring Community Consumer Warning

I'm all for multiple listings.

When I was in the market for my LAK-17a, I found the ad on Soaring Cafe.
Upon calling the seller, he told me that he'd removed the glider from the
market 6 months prior and thought all the ads had been taken down. I asked
him to keep my address should he change his mind, which he did. Had that ad
been taken down, I'd not have found my dream ship.

I'll keep my right/wrong opinions to myself on the main topic of this post,
but I agree with the original post concerning having the widest possible
dissemination of the advertisement.


"BobD" wrote in message
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Knocking Tim and his business in really not justified.

Actually, I've spent a fair amount of money with him and his business. When
I and my partner bought said glider for sale (12 years ago), we outfitted
the entire panel save the ASI with his products. Also bought a parachute,
Prandl probe and other accessories; over $5,000. Over the years, a few more
hundred dollars has been spent with W&W for support goods.

This is how you treat a customer? In running my business, I don't state
anything different than the original agreement. I placed my ad in good faith
and in understanding WHAT I READ on his webpage. There was no statement of
policies AGAINST placing your ad on another website. He implied 3 months
later that SoaringCafe stole or copied over the ad and it was my obligation
to take it down. In trying to understand his reason and explain that I
placed it, he hung up on me as I was being civil in the discussion.

Your right--he can do whatever he pleases, including throwing in other
policies after the deal. It's his business. I just hope you aren't given a
switch deal and hung up on while trying to resolve it. Being a consumer and
loyal to our community of glider owners and participants, I find using my
consumer rights is justifiable in a public forum for actions like this. Hope
you're not trying to sell a glider right now.