Unreliable German products! (NAC)

[Ed Birch]

Greetings everyone......

Several days ago, I posted a message about my German-made Krups coffee
maker's malfunction after 20 years of service.

It was in fun, of course and several persons wrote to me about their
experiences with German products which seems to keep of working, decade
after decade.

However, I did receive this message from some........very old fart who takes
issue with humor....I guess.

This public posting may be in poor e-mail etiquette, for that I offer an
apology, but i ask--what is the problem with having some fun and making some
jokes about the products we use??

From: ***********
To: "Ed Birch" <edwbirch at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: Unreliable German products! (NAC)


> My problem is an attitude of people like you.   This is a reason we as a
> nation are in such a trouble.
> Bad attitude, stupid jokes, nonsense comments - it all could be excused as
> just joking or so, but think
> about it:  whatever the excuse there must be some underlying reason making
> people to act this way.
> And this is what worries me.
> I've made some right decisions in my investments and could care less
whether
> gas is $1.79, $1.99 or
> $2.99 per galon.  Cars could cost $20k, $30k, or even $50k on average for
> me, it doesn't matter.
> I will survive.  But I can see that it would hurt most of the people and
> that is why I care.
> You guys act like nothing matters to you and how long do you want to have
> the older generation to carry
> the load while making silly jokes and remarks about life???
> Just a thougt.   And you don't have to be my boy to worry me!
> Still some regards.

> > To: "Ed Birch" <edwbirch at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 2:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: Unreliable German products! (NAC)

> > How long would you see the replacement parts available on the
> market?
> > Also some things are less expensive to replace then to fix!!
> > Having parts available for too long increases costs inventory
> related.
> > That will only increase costs of recent product on the market for
> > somebody
> > has to pay for the storage, transport and others.
> > Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it one day.
> > And - if you have such complains - don't buy german anymore.
> > I won't buy german, french or russian.
> > We can only speak with our feet after all.  If everybody boycoted
 > their
> > product they would quickly become our friends again, believe me.
> > They have too much to loose in trade with the US - that would change
> > their attitude.  If we don't respect out business how can we expect
> > others
> > to respect us?
> > Regards,   .