Hi John,
Just a thought. Maybe we need to take steps?? to protect
future group buys with manufacturers. Perhaps the DML home
page is the only place a group buy needs to be posted and
definitely for members only. I think we all need more input
from the DML collective minds. :)
GS -
John Neff <jndneff@texas.net> wrote:
> All,
> I fully understand how some of you have become upset with the fact that
> Mopar Performance has mandated Mike Leach to cancel the header group buy,
> but I think there is a little more to this than just greed on the part of
> Mopar. Though this is only my speculation, I suspect that Mopar shut the
> group buy down because Mike was selling the headers to us for less than the
> dealerships were paying for them. Mike agreed to make us a better deal on
> the headers than we could get from a dealer. He showed me what the dealers
> were paying for them and knocked a couple of bucks from that number. Now if
> you were a dealer and looked around the net to see who your competition was,
> you would be a little upset to see that the second return on a search for
> "Mopar Headers" through Yahoo was my web site (I have no idea how that
> happened!) which listed the fact that anyone could purchase the headers
> directly from the manufacturer for less than you as a dealer could. Again,
> this is just my speculation and I'm guessing here, but I suspect this is
> what has happened. Some dealer saw either my web site, or the group buy page
> on the DML home page and complained to Mopar Performance. Mopar then
> probably confirmed the complaint, and asked Mike to stop the program to
> protect it's dealers. Remember, Mike is making these headers under license
> for Mopar. Without this license, he will lose substantial business. As the
> person who setup the group purchase, I am sorry to see it come to an end.
> But, on the other hand, it has been running now for 11 months. That's not
> too shabby. Most companies want to keep a time frame of just a week or two
> on their programs. This allowed far more people to take advantage of the
> G.P. that would have been able to if it had been only run for even a month.
> Just my .02
>
> John
> 98 Dak 4X4 CC Sport, 5.2L, Auto, Mopar headers, F&B TB, DDBC
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