Rally in our "own Valley

[randydupree]

internet sales are good,but,when you sell stuff to coach builders like
newel,BB,royal coach its good to be at a show as tech support for them. thats
the important thing,supporting your products.. randydupree93wb in fl
----- Original Message -----
From: ronmarabito2002
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own Valley


Randy:

I agree with much of what you say. Much of the fall off of
vendor support could be coming from the fact that, they sell more
merchandise via web-sites than they do from attending shows. A
whole lot cheaper, I might add.

I too cannot see the value as I've tried to convey. I can afford
it, but I just won't pay the fare.

Thanks for contributing your point of view.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, dallas, TX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, randydupree
wrote:
> ron.as a vendor at FMCA for many years i watched the price of
vending go up each and every event.it was way too high to break
even,back when i first started showing my wares at fmca
conventions.i wrote letters to fmca,a chapter for vendors was
started,all to try to keep the cost down so we could continue to
vend at there conventions.the cost continuded to go up and i stopped
working at the fmca conventions.their feelings were that they sold
out all the space at every show,so why keep the cost down?there was
always someone else waiting for my spot if i didnt want it.i know of
several other manufacture's that don't attend for the same
reason,too much money! i guess that the people at BB think that 500
bucks is not very much money for someone that owns a bird.too me,its
not the amount of money,its what you get for the money.and the riv
is not worth $500 to me,and i really think BB will not get that its
too much money until we don't show up there..randydupree93wb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ronmarabito2002
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:25 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own Valley
>
>
> It wouldn't serve any usefull purpose to alienate ourselves from
> Wanderlodge. We have nothing to gain by doing this. We need to
> simply make Management understand that: It's not worth it and
they
> need to re-think their pricing and where the value is.
>
> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
> Moderator
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Mark Garber

> wrote:
> > How about a banner saying Blue Bird Beatniks or Blue Bird
Brats
> leading into the campground?
> >
> > Mark, 80FC35 in PA with the Blue Bird Beatnik paint scheme
from
> the factory.
> >
> >
> > randydupree wrote:
> > trailer trash?(VBG!) haha! randydupree 93wb in fl
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike Hohnstein
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own Valley
> >
> >
> > Pretty simple, don't go where your aren't wanted. If 500
bucks
> tightens your back side, the powers that be are getting the
desired
> effect. I suspect it's like that at Indio and other high end
> destinations. Some people like to hang with peers of a like net
> worth level. Or something. Nothing wrong with bein' trailer
trash.
> > Mike Hohnstein
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: George Lowry
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own
Valley
> >
> >
> > I don't know how many of the forum members are also
members of
> the
> > FMCA Bluebird Chapter but I am beginning to have concerns.
It
> appears
> > that the Chapter is allowing Bluebird to run things. Costs
for
> all the
> > rallies are WAY out of line for what the costs are in
other
> chapters.
> > It appears that Bluebird/ bluebird chapter is trying to
price
> out the
> > lower income folks. Is it for snobs only?
> >
> > We just has a rally in another chapter at Cal Expo, one of
the
> better
> > parks around Sacramento ant the total cost for the
largest,
> best site
> > including the meals only came to $80. True there was some
> volunteer
> > work. I am certain that Bluebirders aren't afraid to get
> their hands
> > dirty if necessary.
> >
> > Last year I inquired as to why Bluebird was charging $250
for
> a three
> > day rally when FMCA international rallies are only $99.
And
> the FMCA
> > rallies include three nights of name entertainment. The
> response was
> > the cost of meals. They said that they figured $25 per
meal
> per
> > person. Now I have been living in a much higher cost of
living
> area
> > (CA) and the last catered meal we had cost only $17 per
person
> > including gratuity and tax, and included four kinds of
meat,
> four
> > different kinds of beans, and other items including
drinks.
> Everyone
> > had more food than they could eat.
> >
> > On top of this, the Bluebird Chapter has decided to
> drastically
> > increase their dues this year. We have come to the
decision
> that
> > Bluebird doesn't want us as members nor do they want us to
> upgrade to
> > a newer coach.
> >
> > We currently belong to six different chapters. Bluebird
has
> > consistently been the most expensive by a factor of 3 - 5.
I
> was under
> > the impression that Bluebird was helping the Bluebird
Chapter
> with
> > some of their expenses as an advertising expense. It more
> appears
> > that their old customers are being used as a method of
added
> income to
> > feed corporate greed. Perhaps I have just been around
> organized
> > rallies for two long.
> >
> > If there is anyone on the forum that is an officer of the
> Bluebird
> > Chapter, I would appreciate their input.
> >
> > George Lowry
> > '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale)
> > Spearfish, SD
> >
> >
> >
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