Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Ferrari Classic Car Division

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

We can only hope for the day that the counterfeiters start churning out  
copies of 400i and Mondial Ferraris.  Then it might be worth the money and  
effort 
to get certification.  Until then, the uneconomic prices that our  beloved 
steeds trade for is more than enough protection against  counterfeits.
 
John
 
In a message dated 11/6/2006 5:36:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dnt [at] dock.net writes:

LS has a  good point (again) and sez "It will offer uneducated and impatient 
buyers  piece of mind. It's a sign of changing times I guess...why do the 
work,  when someone else will do it for you?"

ORrrrrr - Classiche is just  another product.

Not too long ago, the little old car maker in  Marenello sat down with a 
bunch of folks and asked - how can we make more  money?  The answer was - 
sell logo stickers and coffee cups and  shirts and hats and jackets - and 
forbid everyone else.  Not to long  after that, the income stream from that 
adventure outstripped the vehicle  sales income.

Actually, they took a lesson from the little old car firm  in Stuttgart with 
the other prancing horse who came to the conclusion  their logo could, 
should, maybe, might, make some extra money.  Lo  and behold - anything 
aftermarket with the logo PORSCHE dried up UNLESS it  had the factory 
blessing and lo and behold they made/are making a  bundle.  Did you know that 
Ferrari now forbids the dealership network  to sell certain goodies UNLESS 
they have purchased the proper  shelving?  Yeah, the steel stuff to put the 
goodies on.  My  my.

As I read about the Ferrari Classiche division - they can either  rebuild 
your car to factory specs AND/or certify your car as it now is to  what it 
really is.  Even some chatter that to compete in big name  shows thou shalt 
have said (trumpets braying) official Certificate.   Oh goody - another 
$3,000 just so I can show at Pebble.

But is it  because people are lazy and uneducated or do they really know the  
questions to ask?  Twenty years ago, "chicken coupe" Gull Wings, 212  Inters 
and flogged race cars with pop riveted flares were resurrected but  the 
downside was showing up at a concours with two cars and the same  serial 
number.  heh heh

So is it lazy and dumb or does society  simply demand more - ?

At one time Tiffany & Co would simply cert  their diamonds as to caret weight 
and cut and clarity and color was  defined as River, Double River or Triple 
River (what ever that means  today) - - and of course their name on the 
receipt.  That was  enough.  Now they supply a GIA diamond grading report 
along with  their personal cert in a nice leather binder.  Along with their 
nifty  robins egg blue lunch bag.

So again - is it laziness or are their just  better counterfeiters out there 
and since no one is an expert in  everything, the public is simply scared and 
more demanding.  That's  education enough.  We are not as gullible.

Just some thoughts - I  could be wrong.

DOUG
(Excuse me please while I go hang my Van Gogh I  got at a Princess Cruise 
auction for $9,000 - they said it as real and  gave me their cert of 
authentication - and who need provenance any way -  heh heh)