MrNomad
Well Known Member
Doug, you said: Group Buy Policy Change
I've been torn on this issue for some time. On the one hand I'm more than happy to help people save some money (i.e. the no-fee, no-hassle policy in the classified section), but on the other it's difficult for me to allow non-advertisers on the site to use the high visibility of the VAF Forums to help sell large numbers of product. Example: The recent group buy of Icom radios moved (68) units I'm told - at $1,119 apiece. That comes to over $76,000 of product that Aircraft Spruce will move, due in part to promotion done in my forums. Aircraft Spruce doesn't advertise on the site (I've contacted them in the past). I allowed the group buy discussions to go on because I hadn't given the matter enough thought and didn't want to stop it once it had started. Again, I can see both sides, but now the financial future of my family almost completely depends on the VAF site - and I'm afraid that changes things.
So, from this point forward I'm only going to allow the group buy threads that reference companies that advertise on this site.
Letter I sent to Aircraft Spruce in response to your post:
Dear Jim Irwin, President of Aircraft Spruce:
During the last 14 months, I've spent $21,352 at Aircraft Spruce for products and parts to complete my RV9A. Spruce has been a good vendor, helpful, responsive, and competitive.
When I made my $10,000++ avionics purchase, I informed the RV community via Doug Reeves' website, www.vansairforce.com, that I got a good deal from Spruce.
Thousands of us rely upon Doug's website for information and tips that, quite literally, can be life saving. Doug provides this valuable service for a mere $25 per year and that's on the honor system. Aside from that, Doug says he relies upon advertising to keep this site alive.
Aircraft Spruce is conspicuously absent from the list of advertisers on www.vansairforce.com.
In my opinion, you need to demonstrate your support for the RV community by advertising your excellent company on Doug's excellent website.
Mr. Irwin, please give the matter your serious consideration.
Barry DiSimone
customer # -------
cc: Doug Reeve's website posting
I've been torn on this issue for some time. On the one hand I'm more than happy to help people save some money (i.e. the no-fee, no-hassle policy in the classified section), but on the other it's difficult for me to allow non-advertisers on the site to use the high visibility of the VAF Forums to help sell large numbers of product. Example: The recent group buy of Icom radios moved (68) units I'm told - at $1,119 apiece. That comes to over $76,000 of product that Aircraft Spruce will move, due in part to promotion done in my forums. Aircraft Spruce doesn't advertise on the site (I've contacted them in the past). I allowed the group buy discussions to go on because I hadn't given the matter enough thought and didn't want to stop it once it had started. Again, I can see both sides, but now the financial future of my family almost completely depends on the VAF site - and I'm afraid that changes things.
So, from this point forward I'm only going to allow the group buy threads that reference companies that advertise on this site.
Letter I sent to Aircraft Spruce in response to your post:
Dear Jim Irwin, President of Aircraft Spruce:
During the last 14 months, I've spent $21,352 at Aircraft Spruce for products and parts to complete my RV9A. Spruce has been a good vendor, helpful, responsive, and competitive.
When I made my $10,000++ avionics purchase, I informed the RV community via Doug Reeves' website, www.vansairforce.com, that I got a good deal from Spruce.
Thousands of us rely upon Doug's website for information and tips that, quite literally, can be life saving. Doug provides this valuable service for a mere $25 per year and that's on the honor system. Aside from that, Doug says he relies upon advertising to keep this site alive.
Aircraft Spruce is conspicuously absent from the list of advertisers on www.vansairforce.com.
In my opinion, you need to demonstrate your support for the RV community by advertising your excellent company on Doug's excellent website.
Mr. Irwin, please give the matter your serious consideration.
Barry DiSimone
customer # -------
cc: Doug Reeve's website posting