Re: [VintageLambo] Re: Fwd: Factory Registry

....not to mention the fact that I, for one, just can"t STAND the official website. Glen"s site is full featured and easy to navigate. God only knows how the Lambo webmaster will muck up their version of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: ">docmirror To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:34 PM Subject: [VintageLambo] Re: Fwd: Factory Registry Well, I might as well wiegh in. First, well said all of you. Is is a kind and noble thing that we show due defference to Glen for putting together such a nice site. I know I use it regulary for exactly what a registry is designed for. It haleped me make an informedpurchase decision and I still spend time there regularly. Next, Like most other I find it clearly disingenious that the factory start a registry without consulting the de facto, if not de jure bible already in existence. And to do it in conjunction with the 40th anniversary as a "spontanious" event, is clearly self-serving and profit oriented (even though it says "free" in the press release, I suspect that a fee of some kind is coming down the pike). It"s my guess, purely from out of the air, that more than %50 percent of new Lambo buyers have owned a Lambo before. Why would the factory make so many potential customer angry? What a poor business model this shows. As a buying force, this is just the kind of high-handed posturing that would lead me to a different marque, New Maserati? Ferrari? Bentley? Finally, guess who has the power to make or break this factory sponsored "Objet"? That"s right, you do. As REV so well said, lets see who starts fawning over the factory registry in a vain attempt to promote/differentiate their particular "best of" vehicle. As for me, well, I"ve never been big on joining things. Even the US Army TOLD me I was going to be the best that I could be. So, you read it here first. I will not be participating in the factory registry, or consider buying another of this marque, or use the factory repair service unless and until the contribution from Glen is recognised and promoted appropriately. I sent Mr Giorgio an email to this effect, and scolded him for such a poor business model that disenfranchises such a wide spectrum of potential customers. I urge all of you to rise up and take a stand. "We"re mad as hell, and we"re not going to take it anymore!" Vinceramos! (did I overdo it a bit....) Doc