Alloycars are real

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

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.

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.

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]

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.

My 2 cents...

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by cycleguy55

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.

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!

[mrmustang]

I'm digging the P38 hanging on your ceiling. RC or static display?

Bill S.

Originally Posted by G-Pete

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!

[dallas_]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I'm digging the P38 hanging on your ceiling. RC or static display?

Bill S.

That's a little baby plane. You should see the big ones he built. Pete's a man of many talents.