<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MAC:
"Ed, you are too cheap, experienced, old and wise to fall for programmer or supercharger." 
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Mac,
I once knew a guy who would go berzerk if someone called him an SOB. Took it as a personal insult to his sainted mother...
I never understood why he was so sensitive about some stranger calling him this. Someone who didn't know
him at all, let alone anything personal about his mother's character... I mean, you have to take comments in their appropriate context. Like your...
I am too cheap? Too experienced? Too old & wise?
Gee, Mac, I thought you were too smart to fall into the trap of presuming facts not in evidence. I know you posture as someone suffering from an elitist attitude and that you act as htough you believe that, for some unfathomable reason, you are superior to other people. I don't have a clue why you would be suffering from such delusions. I suppose it really doesn't even matter why?
I just purchased a piece of commercial real estate that I happened to believe is a truly great investment and bargain. But, during the closing, I took exception with a part of the final sales contract involving, $1,750. for the property's survey. The selling price was just a little over 2.3 million dollars --- but, the original agreement was that I was NOT responsible for the costs of the survey. Sure, it's just chump change. But, it is MY chump change... Is this an example of a "cheap" person?
After some of the remarks I have heard from various people on this forum about my questioning the pricing of the Predator programmer (see that thread) by the Granatelli folks... I was told that I was silly to worry about just $170 and how I was wasting a dollar to save a dime. This clearly demonstrated to me that SOME people on this forum are complete and utter idiots.
For example, when the H2 dealer informed me that he would remove my third row seat and credit me for $400. I stood up and was walking out of his office. Would I refuse to buy the Hummer because he was trying to refund $100 less than the invoice amount of the seat? Oh, you betcha... If I caught a pickpocket stealing a hundred dollar bill out of my pocket, I would get most upset too. If that makes me cheap, in your mind, then I feel sorry for you. Or, better yet, I would love to do business with you. Because if you don't care about a dollar, or five or ten or twenty dollars then why care about a hundred, or five hundred or a couple of thousand dollars.
The actual amount is NOT even important. It is simply and purely a matter of principle. The only thing that really differentiates one person and another are their stand on principals. Someone who will steal something small, but draw the line at say, grand theft auto --- is still a dishonest thief. Someone who will not worry about "chump change" simply has too much money and they should give me their execess funds.
You were partially right... I am old enough and wise enough to decide for myself about the value of goods and services without needing the blessings of somebody I don't even know. After doing research and learning enough basic information to make an informed decision --- I might in fact decide to buy a supercharger for my H2. Hopefully I won't need to ask the bank for a loan to cover the expense, or even check with my wife to see if she will give me permission to spend the money.
I only have the one son, a veteran of the first Iraqi war, and while I did already seek his opinion, I don't have to worry that I am squandering his inheritance on something frivolous, like the supercharger. I have a few bucks left...
Sure, I buy my Mobil1 at Wal-Mart in a five-quart container because I can save a buck or two. I buy the K&N oil filters by the dozen to get a better price. Is that the sign of a cheap person?
Spending over $60,000 for a Hummer H2 (with tax, tag and title) but trying to save a buck or two on oil and filters? Cheap? Hummmm.
Maybe you earned the money to buy your Hummer some other way. Me, I earned it legally, fair and square, and I believe that I have a healthy respect for the value of a DOLLAR. Heck, if you save up enough dollars --- you can even afford a H2 or even a supercharger for it.
Notice how many Lingenfelter H2's different folks on the forum have? If you pay close attention, you'll even see that many people have whipple chargers, MagnaChargers or other superchargers.... For you to then infer that these people are unwise seems pretty bold...
Hey Mac, maybe you could lend a good guy a few bucks for a supercharger?
Ed