Got this off the IML, figured since Rosen occasionally
dabbles in other MoPar stuff as well I should send
this.
Never dealt with the man personally but from all I
have heard he sure sounds like a wacko.
--------- Forwarded Message ---------
> DATE: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:44:35
> From: Papa Tony <xxltony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Multiple recipients of list mailing-list
> <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The following is forwarded from somebody who ran
> into our website's warning about Johnny Rosen AFTER
> dealing with him personally. He was kind enough to
> add his own experience that we can all learn from:
>
> ---
>
> From: Daniel Bode <daniel.bode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Johnny Rosen
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I decided not to scan the letters from J. Rosen but
> to retype them here so everybody can read and learn.
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> In late 1997 I was looking for several parts for my
> '71 Imperial, especially headlamp doors.
> I don't remember where I ran across Johnny Rosen's
> address. It must have been in an older American car
> magazine I found here in Germany.
>
> I called him and and he said he had what I need and
> that he would send me pictures. I was surprised by
> his accent and his friendly attitude which I falsely
> interpreted as competence and his commitment to
> customer satisfaction. However, he was not the only
> one I contacted about my parts needs.
>
> When I finally received his pictures, I was
impressed
> by his elaborate stationery. He had also included a
> professionally printed form titled "Quotation". What
> really surprised me was his price of $125.00 for one
> headlamp cover and $500.00 for one '59 Chrysler
> remote control outside rearview mirror which I
> enquired about for a friend.
> Only two weeks later I got the grille doors for 1/10
> the price in South Carolina. I returned the pictures
> to Mr. Rosen and wrote in friendly words that I had
> also contacted other parts sources and that I had
> found the parts somewhere else much cheaper. That
> probably set him off.
>
> I received a letter dated 5-2-98, also typed with
> his typewriter, that goes like this (he loves
> capitals and also underlined many words):
>
> "Now do me a great favor! STOP WASTING MY PRECIOUS,
> IRREPLACABLE TIME! Never ask me for a price quote
> until, and unless, you have scoured the entire world
> and all fifty states for whatever it is that you,
> or your buddies want, or would like to have, or
need,
> or think you want.
>
> "I DO NOT COMPETE WITH ANYBODY ELSE. I PRIDE MYSELF
> ON BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE SON OF A BITCH ON THIS
> PLANET. THE WORLD IS FULL OF CHEAP BASTARDS - BUT
> THERE IS ONLY ONE "MOST EXPENSIVE SON-OF-A-BITCH"
> AND THAT GUY IS ME, AND I LOVE MY POSITION AT THE
TOP
> OF THE HEAP! Remember that I get out of bed every
> morning determined to make as much money with as
> little effort as possible. I AM NOT A CHARITABLE
> INSTITUTION. NO WAY! I will always be the most
> expensive bastard anywhere - and my prices are ONLY
> going to go up, even HIGHER; they will never come
> down. So the next time you think you want something,
> do NOT ask me for a price quote UNTIL you are
> desperate, and ready to pay MY prices! I cater to
> the desperate.
>
> "Yet another reason I am so pricey - I'm DETERMINED
> to bring back some of that Marshall Aid money that
we
> so stupidly squandered on all those UNGRATEFUL
> Europeans after WWII !"
>
> I mailed him a reply in which I suggested that he
> had new stationery printed which emphasizes his
> business strategy to scare off the non-desperate up
> front. I also recommended a regular blood pressure
> check.
>
> This letter was returned to me in the original
> envelope, which had been opened and resealed with
> tape. The letter itself had been modified with a
> 2" x 6" stamp in red ink that reads "BULLSHIT!". The
> envelope is marked with "refused/return to sender".
> The recipient's address is pasted over with a
sticker
> that reads in typewriter capitals, "CREMATED AT
> AUSCHWITZ! NO LONGER AT THIS ADDRESS! RETURN TO
> SENDER IN NAZI GERMANY ABER ZEHR SCHNELL". Is that
> bad taste, or what?
>
> What do we learn from all this?
> a) I am convinced that M. Rosen wrote nothing but
> the truth. His words may sound ironic to you, but I
> bet it isn't meant that way.
> b) He is (or pretends to be) a Jew and thinks it's
> funny to make this kind of remarks. It's hard to
> imagine him visiting the synagogue wearing the
> blue swimming shorts and the pink pair as a
yarmulke.
>
> So, learn about his failsafe business plan in his
own
> words and decide for yourself if you want to buy
from
> him. I also dare to doubt that he knows Imperials by
> heart like he tries to imply, otherwise he hadn't
> asked me whether mine was a LeBaron (there are only
> LeBaron models from 1971 on).
>
> Daniel
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