Launched a new Maserati Literature site

We had been preparing for this for a while now but finally launched it last night:

www.HouseOfTheTrident.com

As the name suggests, it specializes in Maseratiabilia and it is still a long way from being as elaborate as ************.com but we'll be adding interesting items over time.

Pesonally, I consider the 1949 brochure the current highlight, see scan below.

Enjoy browsing the site and of course the same discount applies as at our Ferrari sites, just don't forget to mention your Fchat ID in the comments box when you place an order.
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Go and find me 5 then....

 

We'll see. Maybe I'll still have it in 10 years from now, maybe it's gone tomorrow.

Especially warranty booklets are tricky things to find. None of my personal cars has its original booklet and those cars are a LOT more common than Maserati's. I would probably pay 3 x what I'm asking for this one for the original booklets for one of my cars.

Blanks are scarcer but bear less "history". Finding the one that belonged to "your" car is... uh... well for me me it would be a feast.

I read in a thread here on Fchat about somebody who saw the Maserati paperweight at a dealership at nearly $ 300.00. We sell the same paperweight at US$ 119.99 and that's with free shipping.

Oddly enough there was an enormous rush on these a couple of days ago and they are sold out now.

So are we unreasonably priced? I don't think so.

Yes, of course, there are other sources, good ol' trustworthy ebay with its millions of sellers which are never a reason for yet another thread on ebays scams here at Fchat (sarcasm...) and not to forget the local gypsy market of course but also tons of legitimate and trustworthy sellers.

If searching (sometimes for ages) for an article, squeezing every penny of the price and taking risks with unknown sellers is part of your "buying experience", then there is no need to come to us.

We provide a service whereby we roam both the real and the virtual world for items that fit into our programs, take risks (shipping damage, suppliers not delivering what we paid for etc, just like any other business) and offer this to our clientele through a simple and reliable interface. There is no taking risks for our customers with shady sellers, searching for ages etc.

The strange thing is that few people seem to mind to pay a premium of several 1000's of $ over marketprice when they buy a used car from a reputable dealer but as soon as it comes to literature, tools and other nitty gritty stuff for the car, some people seem to find every penny too much.

Luckily, there are enough people who understand the principle (and those are definitely not "uneducated consumers") and use our services (read shops) as a reliable source for the items that they need / want / collect.

Demand from that latter group of customers continuously exceeds the supply of quality vintage items and many items that we source never make it onto the websites as there are waiting lists for them.

I have never believe in being "the cheapest" as a way of long term survival for a company.

We sell a lot of F1 clothing and related regalia. In 2000, a new webshop sprung up, promoting itself as being the cheapest in the field of F1... wow... did that scare me? Yes, it did... what if this guy would REALLY be able to source his stuff way cheaper than we did? He was selling at ridiculously low prices, sometimes even lower than our buying price.

Now we are some 5 years down the road... We have again doubled our sales and the remnants of "the cheapest" can be found on www.F1Bargains.com...

So... in all... are we the cheapest source on earth? No, of course not. Do we supply quality items that are not readily available, at a justified price and in a reliable way? Yes, I sincerely believe so.