1998 C4S Silver/Classic Grey FS
06-17-2014, 03:15 PM
#7
Burning Brakes
so roughly an hour and a half to sell a nice condition C4S with 96k miles. Congrats on the sale. It's nice knowing that if I ever decide to sell mine someday (hopefully) it will be just as quick.
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06-17-2014, 04:53 PM
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It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
06-17-2014, 05:08 PM
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That may be true. My philosophy on buying and selling is probably not the same as everyone else.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
Loyalty, quality, trust, fairness...all words I fear will be missing from a future addition of Websters if things don't change.
Anyway...what's next? The Metallic Black one is gone too, isn't it? You gonna become a boost junkie now?
06-17-2014, 05:17 PM
#12
Burning Brakes
Working on lower margins may sound nice, but the fact is, it is often required to succeed if you offer no real differentiator. If you do offer a unique product and/or service and still decide to sell at a lower margin, you do youself and investors a disservice. Nothing wrong with maximizing productivity and profits.
06-17-2014, 09:04 PM
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That may be true. My philosophy on buying and selling is probably not the same as everyone else.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
06-17-2014, 09:29 PM
#14
That may be true. My philosophy on buying and selling is probably not the same as everyone else.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
It's a simple concept, put the maximum quality in and give the buyer a fair price. Treat the buyer exactly the same way I want to be treated when I make a purchase.
Sure I'll leave 'money on the table' as a seller at times and i'll overpay as a buyer other times but to me it's not about maximizing profit or getting something below market value.
In the past 12 years I rebuilt a manufacturing firm into a successful, profitable company. Just at a time when everyone was telling me manufacturing is dead in the USA. I studied the Japanese and Chinese models of manufacturing and realized that even though they could command a lot more money for their product they were happy with much lower margins. We can not only compete with our Asian counterparts domestically, but we can even go THERE and win business they already had with this ideology.
The philosophy of maximizing profits at any cost is the single biggest detriment to selling and manufacturing in my opinion. Too many businesses have closed their doors not because of lack of demand, but by lack of competitiveness and unwillingness to take less margin.
I'd rather make the sale and be happy with a lower margin then have to lay off workers and close plants.
such a refreshing philosophy.
06-17-2014, 09:36 PM
#15
As an audiophile, I can name you so many great American companies that failed the very own reason why they existed in the first place. Today market is full of impatient investors whose unrealistic expectation for ROI drove a lot of good companies to the ground. The traditional investors are long gone and the global economy open up to a lot of diversity in investors, especially those who are from the unstable environment so their long term commitments are rarely there. We have electronics selling for $27K/piece that cheaply made with poor quality. Somebody has to pay somewhere in the food chain.