Familiar Shelby story?

[dynoroom]

Originally Posted by Jamo

Lineslinger...one in the same POS. Became GM at Unique after leaving Vegas. Don't know if he's still there, but the tracks in the mud seem similar.

I want to say.... nevermind, it's a neverending story.

[lineslinger]

Originally Posted by dynoroom

I want to say.... nevermind, it's a neverending story.

Mike,
I watched a "never ending story" with my kids, you have a different version?

[dynoroom]

Originally Posted by lineslinger

Mike,
I watched a "never ending story" with my kids, you have a different version?

Well, all I'll add is after ten years at Shelby it's a story you hear and see over & over. The names change but the issues are the same.

[lineslinger]

Originally Posted by dynoroom

Well, all I'll add is after ten years at Shelby it's a story you hear and see over & over. The names change but the issues are the same.

Sorry to hear that,
I crossed them off of my short list in their early days, seems my instincts were not completely wrong.
I was in Vegas for business and floating the Colorado river with my son a while back, apparently talking to a potential customer and his kid, much less showing said customer a car or the facility was something the person on the other end of the phone couldn't be bothered with.
I keep hearing things are different and improving, this latest issue doesn't help.

[Excaliber]

Brent F. was going to ship something to me for my son, signed by Shelby. My boy was really excited, were still waiting. Tough to do that to a kid.

I see your point though Allan, not wanting to pile on the guy, just making a report.

[Tim Brewer]

I do like the Eleanor Mustang concept, but it not anything Shelby, never was, never will. I don't care if it's in the regestry,its was just annother way for Ol Shell to skim some cash on the Eleanor fad, (for which he had nothing to do with) and just a way for Unique to increase sales and to sort of officiate their cars. So I guess if Shelby does remove his authentication, the same newer cars won't be able to be in the registry? This is all a prime example why the cars should not ever been in the registry.
Just my opinion, don't beat me up too bad

[Excaliber]

I see the registry as properly keeping up to date on 'all things' Shelby. But like a lot of todays 'records' (baseball comes to mind) some things need a little asterik and a footnote to get the proper context.

Eleanor needs a HUGE asterik.

[lineslinger]

Russ, obviously any decent licensing attorney is not going to construct an agreement with a gaping hole such as leaving the licensor liable monetarily, I get that part. You make some good points as well, and maybe certain points of judgment are too harsh, a reputation has a long memory, but consider this....

While class action law suits are being formed and submitted, while an entire website is set up dedicated to the existing and continuing problems, while page upon page of customer complaints are being logged, while photos of low end components and work are being posted, all of this over at least a two year period, no action was taken regarding the licensing of the Shelby name. It remained intact.

Surley there was an awareness of these problems, yet a conscious "look the other way" continued and so did the collecting of licensing fees, all the while a lot of people are getting screwed in the process.

I have licensed one my company's names and affiliated patents before and when I got wind of the poor quality product being marketed I canceled the agreement. I sacrificed a healthy amount of licensing fee's, but I didn't want my reputation or company's name associated with the product being introduced.

Maybe I am addressing a point of business philosophy here as much as anything else, this is not a new scenario, similar issues about the same company have been hammered around in here before.
With that I am gonna let this one go, I got my opinion out there which is all I really wanted to do.