X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:01:27 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.tsnci.com ([65.78.205.250] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1342682 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:46:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.78.205.250; envelope-from=WeinsweigD@tsnci.com Received: from TSNC_DOM-MTA by mail.tsnci.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:49:31 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.4 X-Original-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:49:00 -0400 From: "Dr. Weinsweig" X-Original-To: , Subject: respect of the owner Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline i posted this last week but did not see it apear so i'm reposting it. hi all- largely i am a lurker planning for final inspection and first flight in = propjet n750dw very shortly. however when someone demeans an honest = businessman like joe b who to the best of his ability stands behind what = he sells i find it necessary to share one of my personal experiences = dealing with joe and lancair. i made the decision early on in the building process (attended the 2 week = buildshop at lancair over the labor day flyin in 2001) to buy everything = possible related to my propjet from lancair. i felt that this would help = keep lancair flourishing financially(and i've spent a lot!) and i would = have the right to gripe if things didn't go as planned. thus i ordered a remanufactured walter engine from joe b. it arrived = basically on schedule but it obviously had been damaged in shipment. the = cannister was damaged from the inside out with visible damage to the = engine. as one of my friends who has been helping with body work said = "one of the fork lift monkeys" obviously dropped this $100k+ shipment. = for some unknown reason the ins co agreed it had been damaged but declined = to make it right. walter was not overly helpful-they wanted to just make = repairs to my "0" time remanufactured engine as opposed to remanufacturing = it again and i just didn't feel comfortable with this. joe stepped to the = plate and made a couple of propositions to me. it was not an ideal = circumstance for any of us especially since none of us were at fault but = ultimately joe made it right by me. ultimately i ended putting out a few = more bucks but i have a brand new "0" time engine which is going to be = better in the long run. joe did what he needed to do-stood behind what he = sells and mediated the situation to a mutually satisfactory conclusion. yes it is true that on occasion lancair's left brain may not be in = concordance with it's right cortex or things may be delayed longer than = expected but overall my experience with lancair has been very positive. = joe seems to want to make things run as smooth as possible. i can say unequivocally that on the very few occasions that i had to get = joe b involved he made sure the problem was solved fairly. most importantly, joe b is NOT a liar but rather a smart, fair and honest = man who happens to be a lawyer and loves aviation and is obviously = committed to do what he can to sell and support the best kitplanes for a = long time to come! i believe it behooves the entire lancair community to = support him in this endeavor. lastly, may i suggest that if someone has a legitimate gripe, take it to = joe b before venting publicly. the odds are high that he'll make sure the = problem is solved. with best regards, david weinsweig =20