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Sealevel · May 19th, 2002, 07:27 AM

Baron shot themselves in the foot early, when they were so hard up for cash they sold both Cooper S demos a week after the March rollout. This left nothing for customers to see, they were apparently expected to order an S without even sitting in one, never mind a test drive. Salt was poured in the open wound when one of those MINIs then showed up on eBay almost immediately with a $28,000 reserve price. You might say all this caused a wee bit of doubt about Baron's commitment to customer service.

May 19th, 2002, 07:27 AM	#4
Sealevel MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Local Time: 05:07 PM Posts: 281 Offline	Baron shot themselves in the foot early, when they were so hard up for cash they sold both Cooper S demos a week after the March rollout. This left nothing for customers to see, they were apparently expected to order an S without even sitting in one, never mind a test drive. Salt was poured in the open wound when one of those MINIs then showed up on eBay almost immediately with a $28,000 reserve price. You might say all this caused a wee bit of doubt about Baron's commitment to customer service. Steve Cooper S: Pure silver/black, Premium, Sport, Black leatherette, 17" R90, 4/19 build, 5/24 delivery.