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Alloycars are real
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| WhiteBirchFarm |
01-15-2015 10:52 AM |
Any chance it was a disgruntled employee that started this in order to be found out and more negativity added to this company?
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| mrmustang |
01-15-2015 11:06 AM |
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Originally Posted by WhiteBirchFarm
(Post 1335256)
Any chance it was a disgruntled employee that started this in order to be found out and more negativity added to this company?
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No sir, this one is all on Ingo/Tom/Ozzie/Harriet/Jeff, direct from Ingo.
From two people Ingo directly spoke with at the show, his attitude there was just as abrupt when this site was mentioned as his posts were. Just as the overheard comment he made about "Stupid Americans" was heard.
Of course I did get it second hand, but the person I spoke with has no reason to lie about his/her interactions.
I'll leave it at that.
Bill S. |
| Bernica |
01-15-2015 12:17 PM |
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1335254)
Can you imagine business people like David Kirkham, Peter Portante (ERA), Lance Stander (Superformance), the new and/or old managers of SAI running their business in this manner?
Sad really.
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My Son is a Business Econ senior at UCLA and I actually showed him some of the threads. His only response was "what the heck is he doing?..he's toast!". He was amazed.:eek: |
| jayscobras |
01-15-2015 01:20 PM |
Raki!!!
Did someone say "raki". Not all of my brain cells have died. I remember a few raki moments. Great they were!
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| mrmustang |
01-15-2015 01:35 PM |
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Originally Posted by jayscobras
(Post 1335284)
Did someone say "raki". Not all of my brain cells have died. I remember a few raki moments. Great they were!
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If you remember a few moments, you did not drink enough Raki :D
Bill S. |
| RodKnock |
01-15-2015 01:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by mrmustang
(Post 1335290)
If you remember a few moments, you did not drink enough Raki :D
Bill S.
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Is this Club Cobra or Alcoholics Anonymous? :LOL: |
| mikeinatlanta |
01-15-2015 02:01 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1335293)
Is this Club Cobra or Alcoholics Anonymous? :LOL:
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Anonymous? NOTHING here is anonymous.:D |
| mrmustang |
01-15-2015 02:10 PM |
Hi, my name is mrmustang and I'm a cobraholic:D
Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1335293)
Is this Club Cobra or Alcoholics Anonymous? :LOL:
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No problems here, we just cleaned out the closet and "found"another box of various liqueurs we had packed away for the move. The bottle of Raki was the last one out of the box, told SWMBO that it's been a while, and decided to sit in front of the fire with a good book and sip away.
Bill S. |
| Mark IV |
01-15-2015 02:12 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeinatlanta
(Post 1335295)
Anonymous? NOTHING here is anonymous.:D
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I am not an alcoholic.....I am a drunk! Alcoholics go to meetings, drunks go to parties!:D |
| RodKnock |
01-15-2015 02:22 PM |
Well, you guys know the famous quote by one of the great educators of our time, Dean Vernon Werner: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
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| Bernica |
01-15-2015 02:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mark IV
(Post 1335299)
I am not an alcoholic.....I am a drunk! Alcoholics go to meetings, drunks go to parties!:D
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Like this? For the record, I did not take the pic and have no knowledge.
But it certainly makes a point! A mess to clean up when you wake up in the morning.:LOL:
Well, this thread has certainly gone to sh_t!:)
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...tnightever.jpg |
| twobjshelbys |
01-15-2015 02:57 PM |
So has anyone actually ever seen one of his recreation Porsches? I don't mean unsold bodies in a warehouse, but as a completed, painted vehicle registered and stored in someone's garage? Or are they vaporware too?
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| cycleguy55 |
01-15-2015 03:49 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1335254)
Can you imagine business people like David Kirkham, Peter Portante (ERA), Lance Stander (Superformance), the new and/or old managers of SAI running their business in this manner?
Seriously, I would personally be VERY troubled doing any business with Alloycars based upon their poorly managed entry into the alloy Cobra market. This whole series of events across all the Cobra forums would be an excellent case study for student in business school on how NOT to start a new business operation. Holy cow. :eek:
Besides the marketing blunders (e.g., using unauthorized photos, insulting potential customers, lying, etc.), the foundation of the business, the actual product that the business will supply to market, has been poorly R&D'ed (researched and developed). Sad really.
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Shysters and snake oil salesmen may well have been able to get away with marketing blunders in the past, but with ubiquitous access to the Internet, social media and forums such as CC, it's getting far more difficult to get away with that crap.
Open and honest dealings and transparency will do far more to build a business than shenanigans like we've seen - no matter how well done. |
| Bernica |
01-15-2015 04:07 PM |
I am not an engine builder, nor profess to be a car builder (I try), but I am a builder of buildings and have literally built a $250 million project on a hand shake. The lawyers didn't even finish the contract until we were almost finished and then we both agreed to put it in the files and not sign it.
Why is that? Because business is built on trust and reputation. It's all you have and should be treated as such and more important than a credit score, line of credit etc.
Hell, what do I know.:confused:
My 2 cents...
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| G-Pete |
01-15-2015 04:45 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by cycleguy55
(Post 1335335)
Open and honest dealings and transparency will do far more to build a business than shenanigans like we've seen - no matter how well done.
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That sums up pretty much my last two dozen posts in that matter.
And while we are on the subject alcohol, CHEERS! Nah, no Raki -- Hennessy and a Ashton #8!
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| mrmustang |
01-15-2015 05:04 PM |
I'm digging the P38 hanging on your ceiling. RC or static display?
Bill S.
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Originally Posted by G-Pete
(Post 1335351)
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| dallas_ |
01-15-2015 05:43 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmustang
(Post 1335356)
I'm digging the P38 hanging on your ceiling. RC or static display?
Bill S.
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That's a little baby plane. You should see the big ones he built. Pete's a man of many talents. |
For some damn reason, Bill, you're still posting on this thread. Really getting ready to make sure you can sleep in as long as you want since you'd have nothing to check here.
In any event...I left this open for another day so everyone could have a last shot. I see the one person I invited to provide an apology to the members chose not to...speaks volumes.
Jay...I recall our raki snorting sorties well. ;)
In any event...that's it.
Done.
finis
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