Nice well stated comment Steve.I personally always thought they were over priced, had nothing that was not out there from other venders. But I will add in the days before computers, they had really nice catalogues. Have done business with them before and never had a problem. As far as Layson's, I personally have never had any problem with them. Only issue was, I contacted them about a steering column bushing for my Satellite and they said they were outa stock but 2 days later I received a E mail that it was shipped. I called immediately and they stopped shipment and credited my credit card back. As far as the bushing went I got one from our web site, the machined poly plastic one which I think is better than stock anyway.
End of rambling. Ollie----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Charette" <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:10 AM Subject: RE: Paddock is done?
Being in the industry I can tell you that everybody is hurting - sales haveplummeted since 2007 and many companies were way, way out on the financial limb. It takes a lot of cash to develop new products and many in the industry were/are leveraged to the hilt. It's understandable as things are tight all over - when the average Johnny Lunchbucket finishes paying the bills, there's not much left over for carparts. It's the same if you own an old-car-related business, sales are off40-60% and after you pay the bills there's not much left for new product development, new equipment, advertising, etc. We've dropped all of our magazine advertising over the last two years just to cut cost and pinch every penny to make sure we survive the next 2-3 years. Owning a business doesn't mean you're rich. Some have other businessinterests that pay the bills, have a fully funded retirement, a spouse witha good job with benefits, or are independently wealthy. Many, including myself, have invested everything they have to keep the doors open, andsometimes it's just not enough. You'll be seeing less vendors each year atshows like the Classic Events or Mopar Nationals because of this and theeffect the internet has had on show trade. It's not that the vendors don't want to be there, or that they are "blowing off" the customers, it's simpleeconomics. If it costs $10K to go to a show and you don't bring home a profit, it's hard to justify the outlay as an advertising expense. Try to bear this in mind when you call a vendor and get automated responseor are directed to the internet - having somebody sit at the phone at a goodhourly rate plus 20% or so burden comes right off the bottom line. Quiteoften we are all making parts and just can't get to the phone when it rings.Just wanted to share the view from the other side - making Mopar parts isn'tlike making Chevy parts - we have a very limited niche market withcomparitively low volumes, so parts do cost more. Most of us do it becausewe love the cars and the people. This isn't an industry where you would invest money to make big returns. Rant mode off. SC -----Original Message----- From: David Bailey [mailto:bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:32 AM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx; mml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Paddock is done? Hello Bill, I read the same thing in MCG. Yes, the Paddock is closed. As I understand from MCG, the Paddock stopped their advertising in MCG a whileback like some other advertisers also did, 'presumably', because of the badeco crunch. MCG said, there was no indication at the time of any other problem. Later, MCG had an appointment arranged with them (probably to discuss / encourage continuing to advertise in their mag) but he / theynever showed for the appointment. I've heard this same scenario from others,like yourself, that tried to make contact / purchases with them but to no avail or explanation. Other than (understandably), a very sudden orcatastrophic life event issue, this seems to be a very unprofessional way toclose the door.To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx; mml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Paddock is done? Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:25:28 -0400 I read something in Mopar Action or MCG that the Paddock has closed it'sdoors?directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiationsAnything past the main page of their website yields this... " Thank you for visiting the Paddock We are temporarily unable to take calls or orders at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience." Anyone know what happened? 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