Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Ferrari Classic Car Division

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

I am so sorry, I didn't mean to impugn or omit the possibility of  Euro-trash 
shitbox 208's needing certification to protect against  counterfeits, Ferrari 
Bubba!
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 11/6/2006 7:28:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JAshburne [at] aol.com writes:

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)