Debadging a 2016 Classic

[ondaroadagin]

O.P. please re-read Kevin's last tag/quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, and don''t diguise the cool, good, shiney travelers you are...and hey! Being genuine is good leadership practice for your employees.

[Foiled Again]

I'm retiring from owning a small business - in 3 more Days...
Free at last, Free at last! Great God Almighty, Free at last!

Aside from that, my partner went nearly insane about 15 years ago when I bought a Lexus. Same reason as your wife. I made a simple and true announcement - It's used. Well pre-owned, Lexus owners don't have "used" car's do they?

It really IS highly unlikely anyone will make a huge fuss, but you can always say you bought it as a repossessed trailer for about 60% off - then tell horrible stories about how it looked like a cow had given birth on the mattress and how your wife had to scrub grease out of the kitchen walls floor, stove and cabinets for a week.

Of course if you don't rub their noses in it, they'll probably never notice you have one. (Or - and I've never told this to anyone - I brought mine to our office parking lot one time, and one of my operators said, "Gee Paula How many horses do you carry in that trailer?" The look on my face must have been alarming (see Paula have a stroke?) but the guy had never seen an Airstream and tought it was really a horse trailer.

THAT was depressing in a way, but you know unless one of your people are deeply into the RV world they may have no idea what "Airstream" means and why or if it's all that.

Paula

[davidrrand]

Congratulations Paula! Enjoy. I am retiring this coming Friday from 38 years in industrial filtration and couldn't be happier.

[tjdonahoe]

If my employer is paying a fair( to both parties) wage, one wouldn't care....

[J. Morgan]

There are people who will care no matter what, but it is not necessary to care that they care....


Superat stultitia.

[Rocinante]

One of my favorite irritating remarks when somebody tells me they want something unreasonable, "Hey, keep doing that. It's good to want things."

Then I duck and run.

[rmkrum]

My usual response, to "What did it cost?, " if I'm feeling charitable, is to say, "It's paid for..."

Otherwise, "More than you can afford..."

But never tell any price...😇 that info is a NYDB.

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[runnersg]

Please don't devalue something you own (by de-badging it) in an effort to keep others from making assumptions about your spending habits. It's a self inflicted wound.

[dkottum]

In small town America those in business buy only a new car that is the same model as the last one, and the same color. They don't build a new house they remodel the old one, on the inside. They don't buy fancy RV's, they buy a remote lake or mountain retreat so no one knows.

Usually this is not because of employees, no workers in town get paid well, it's because the locals avoid using their business thinking they're making too much money. "Who does he think he is anyway." They head to Walmart or Home Depot so life is fair.

Buy the Classic, store it out of town, and never drive down Main Street with it in tow.

[crispyboy]

As long as you provide good leadership, a decent wage and don't be a snob - most won't care what you buy. I don't get mad at others, I get more mad at myself for not figuring out how to make the big bucks......

[SteveSueMac]

I don't know if this part is true - but many years ago, I worked with a woman whose husband was a VP in the same company (we were pee-ons). She told me at her annual review, our boss commented on the new Jag and Porsche she and her husband purchased that year and - according to her - that was the reason she didn't get a raise that year. If that were true, obviously, that would be none of the boss' business - and how she and her VP husband manage their investments should have no bearing on a merit increase.

Fast forward - today I'm the VP. A woman who works on my team (reporting to someone who reports to me directly) has a massive 5th wheel that's worth more than my AS and it's none of my business - though we love to compare notes on fun camping sites...

Similarly, my boss' boss owns several homes and probably makes 10x what I do and deserves every penny of it - and probably has 100x more stress than I do to boot. Equally - this is none of my business. Though he frequently asks me how things are with the "Gulfstream" 😀

The theme here is that none of this is anyone's business. Except for 2 souls out of 7 billion on the planet, there's always someone with more and someone with less than you. It is what it is. Go camping, don't deface your camper, be a good person to everyone and enjoy life.

[WestieHouse]

Originally Posted by Clozzzer

There is more to my story lol. My wife doesn't like to be to flashy. She think my employees will google the value of the trailer and want a raise. Seriously, she thinks like this.

The badges are held on by two rivets that could be easily drilled out. Unfortunately to rivet holes would be left behind. That's why I thought about have a custom badge made, made with my business logo or last name. Use the same airstream style , but change it up a bit.

Walmart has a good stock of supplies for rv's. Maybe they have a Walmart badge you could place over the badge using duct tape?

[BAB]

Oscar Wilde: "Cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing." You are here on earth only once...enjoy every single minute of it without the guilt of "what will people think," "am I worth it?" or all kinds of other bromides that really don't matter. Life is too short...

[Al Boondy]

Wrap some crime scene tape around it. The price of the airstream will probably never be discussed.

[Wingeezer]

Hardly seems worth worrying about IMHO !

Most people probably know a lot less than you imagine about different Airstream models - and even if they do know the different models, do they care?

Its just a trailer! Not that big a deal, The average motorhome costs a whole lot more and there sure are a pile of them running around out there that sell for much much more than the most expensive Airstreams!

Brian.

[Jaxon]

Originally Posted by Al Boondy

Wrap some crime scene tape around it. The price of the airstream will probably never be discussed.

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...And put some of those bullet hole decals around the door... "Hey guys, you won't believe the deal I got on this one...".
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