Whats up with our vendors
I used to own a lancer. I traded it on an EVO. Iwas going to buy alot from RRm for my Lancer until i was talking to them about partial sponsorships to get the word on them out. this is what I heard back....
OUr budget for sponsorships is spoken for for the year. We usually only
sponsor cars that are magazine type cars too. Sorry. RRM
On Aug 2, 2005, at 6:37 PM
To me thats them knocking the Lancer. # of items bought from RRM, 0. # of items i will ever buy from them 0. If they were the last mod shop on earth id stop. now thats my 2 cents. i saved the email i heard back from them on. and this is what my lancer looked like.....guess they didnt like it much lol.to me RRM =
OUr budget for sponsorships is spoken for for the year. We usually only
sponsor cars that are magazine type cars too. Sorry. RRM
On Aug 2, 2005, at 6:37 PM
To me thats them knocking the Lancer. # of items bought from RRM, 0. # of items i will ever buy from them 0. If they were the last mod shop on earth id stop. now thats my 2 cents. i saved the email i heard back from them on. and this is what my lancer looked like.....guess they didnt like it much lol.to me RRM =
i gave them the same proposal i gave to AEM, i lost out to an rx7 at AEM, figured they would like some good advertising return in the area on there products. had alot more under the hood btw. you do see what the first 3 letters of the word assumption spell and your assumption made you one. sry to say but dont knock me personally or ill do same to you.
I totally agree. People are just looking for hand outs these days. Is there any purpose to this thread any longer? It seems that there is nothing new to add to this topic. Furthermore, with one exception I think that we are all on the same page with things.
i gave them the same proposal i gave to AEM, i lost out to an rx7 at AEM, figured they would like some good advertising return in the area on there products. had alot more under the hood btw. you do see what the first 3 letters of the word assumption spell and your assumption made you one. sry to say but dont knock me personally or ill do same to you.
What shows have you participated in? In what classes have you won? Are you winning races? Are you, aside from your car, famous?
Why should anyone sponsor someone who doesn't do the aformentioned. And besides an exhaust, tinted windows, some rims and possibly a drop what makes you so special that a shop should sponsor you?
And that RX-7 most likely beat you because the RX-7 is a better car in every measurable way as far as recognition in the car world. Your Lancer doens't hold it's own against even a stock RX-7.
This thread has just gone past any point and straight to silly.
i gave them the same proposal i gave to AEM, i lost out to an rx7 at AEM, figured they would like some good advertising return in the area on there products. had alot more under the hood btw. you do see what the first 3 letters of the word assumption spell and your assumption made you one. sry to say but dont knock me personally or ill do same to you.
So I asumed you were mostly stock, you didn't do nor have you done anything to make me think otherwise. Were the local autocross champ? Were you breakin records at the drag strip? Were you walking away from every show with significan trophies? Sponsorships are not handed out based on personal desire but merit, for every person who is sponsored, there are another 20 people in the wings who work their asses off to try to get one. You can't hold a company responsible because they didn't sponsor what is essentially just another average car with average mods driven by an average person.
People really need to look up what a sponsorship actually is and why companies do it. I don't expect Subaru to sponsor me as a racer simply because I bought their car or have a desire to be a rally driver, I have to prove myself to be a capable competitor and, more importantly, a wise investment on their part.
People really need to look up what a sponsorship actually is and why companies do it. I don't expect Subaru to sponsor me as a racer simply because I bought their car or have a desire to be a rally driver, I have to prove myself to be a capable competitor and, more importantly, a wise investment on their part.
Who are you? Indeed!
Ok idk what the topic of this thread is. So far its between overpriced products to being sponsored to fast food maybe even fast food sponsorship. 
If this thread doesn't stick to the topic at hand mods just close it please.
At this rate might as well move it to off-topic forum
If this thread doesn't stick to the topic at hand mods just close it please.
At this rate might as well move it to off-topic forum
Odd enough, but they should abide by the rules that we have too.... i hope 
Trying to go back on topic. What kind of sales are you guys looking for the vendors to do? Some simple like 10 dollars off or like a straight out 50% off? It's kind of vague what we're trying to aim at. They come on the forums every now and then so maybe they might listen to us and see where we can find a middle ground or negotiate a sale for that matter.
Trying to go back on topic. What kind of sales are you guys looking for the vendors to do? Some simple like 10 dollars off or like a straight out 50% off? It's kind of vague what we're trying to aim at. They come on the forums every now and then so maybe they might listen to us and see where we can find a middle ground or negotiate a sale for that matter.
Last edited by sXericerider; May 13, 2008 at 04:43 PM.
Lol well the thread essentially started as a "why do vendors charge X?" thread but after someone suggested that because RRM did not sponsor their average car, they were a bad company, it led to explaining what a sponsorship and why a company (like McDonalds) does not simply hand them out to people who buy their products.
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Odd enough, but they should abide by the rules that we have too.... i hope
Trying to go back on topic. What kind of sales are you guys looking for the vendors to do? Some simple like 10 dollars off or like a straight out 50% off? It's kind of vague what we're trying to aim at. They come on the forums every now and then so maybe they might listen to us and see where we can find a middle ground or negotiate a sale for that matter.
Trying to go back on topic. What kind of sales are you guys looking for the vendors to do? Some simple like 10 dollars off or like a straight out 50% off? It's kind of vague what we're trying to aim at. They come on the forums every now and then so maybe they might listen to us and see where we can find a middle ground or negotiate a sale for that matter.
Maybe for first time customers every other month, and returning customers on the between months.
Sounds like a pretty good idea. Especially if somebody were to order the whole catalog at once. Might not make a big difference on individual products, but might also increase multiple item sales.
Or knock 20-25% off and give the 'fend for yourself' approach to customer service on these sales.
Anything would be better than full price at this point. Gas is expensive enough, most of us are already having to cut back on other things to keep the tank full. Why make mods that bad too?
People really need to look up what a sponsorship actually is and why companies do it. I don't expect Subaru to sponsor me as a racer simply because I bought their car or have a desire to be a rally driver, I have to prove myself to be a capable competitor and, more importantly, a wise investment on their part.
I just had to hop in and offer this link up about that same topic.http://og-made.com/archives/1915