Hyman Ltd

[Pizzi348]

Have a friend looking into a car at Hyman Ltd. Anyone with any experience with them?

 

[Shane]

Mark Hyman is probably one of the most knowledgeable people that I've met in the collector car business. His inventory speaks for itself. I've met him quite a few times here locally, he knows a lot about big Healeys. In fact, the first time that I met him, he told me about the history of my particular car before the members of the Healey Club here did.

BTW, this thread might get pulled. Due to liability reasons, this forum (as well as most forums) cannot publish negative comments on businesses. It's nothing personal, just a lot of money if BCF gets taken to court.

 

[Pizzi348]

Thanks for the info Shane.

Too bad about the thread getting pulled .. as this is one of things that makes forums so useful, is people sharing their experiences. At the same time, I do understand the liability of the whole thing.

Thanks again!

 

[Editor_Reid]

Regarding reports on businesses, there's nothing wrong with a recitation of facts, uncolored by emotion and characterizations. Unfortunately that is often difficult to do, especially when you feel that you have been treated unfairly.

Most - probably all, really - businesses want your business. That's the whole idea. They don't make money by making customers unhappy. So it's worth pausing to analyze what went wrong in a transaction before hurling insults and accusations.

And bear in mind that any time you have an unsatisfactory dealing with a business, you were part of that transaction and you may bear some responsibility for your own dissatisfaction. Businesses that routinely cheat customers or sell bad merchandise or maintain customer-averse policies do not usually last long. The "marketplace" takes care of that.

"Read the fine print" and "conduct due diligence" are always good advice when buying a car, but when emotion and enthusiasm crowd out thoughtfulness and attention to detail, things can go wrong, and this is not the place to vent.

RT
AH Forum Moderator

 

[Shane]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Thanks for clearing that up, Reid. My thought process isn't that clear until I've had my second cup of coffee each morning and I knew that I wasn't conveying it right. I see a lot of threads pulled on one of the racing forums that I belong to for this specific reason and it gets frustrating. Mainly because the information is valid but I (and most of the other members) don't want to have to sift through somebody's rant. It's much better here; Basil, you, and the other moderators have done a great job of keeping this forum "civil."

Now back to the thread...

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[glemon]

I don't have a lot do add, but after seeing his ads for years and being in St. Loius a few years back I toured his shop. He was not at all pushy, answered what questions I had, and had a very interesting assortment of cars.