I harvested vendor emails from the club website and asked them if they would offer a discount to our club. We're giving them free advertising on our website under the listings that are under "parts sources", after all. These are the replies, and they will be going up on the website as soon as our hard-working club website volunteers can do so. Meanwhile, I thought that everyone would want to know in case they are about to spend money with these fine folks. Emblemagic, Leatherique, and Coker might be real gems, but please read on: ==== Superior (Water) Pump Exchange 2341 W. Cypress St. Phoenix, Arizona 85009 -2713 602-252-7308 Phone 602-252-7300 Fax EMAIL - autoh2o@xxxxxxx no website available Thank you for adding our name to your list of cooling system parts suppliers. We have been in business since 1944. We are a small family owned business and believe in building a quality product for a reasonable price. We rebuild water pumps only for all makes of cars and trucks and industrial equipment. All of our pumps come with a mounting gasket. We do offer discounts to old car enthusiasts. Just mention the Online Imperial Club and we will give 30% off list price for 1 to 9 pumps and for 10 or more pumps we give 50% off list price. Unfortunately we cannot offer a discount for specially built pumps such as some of the Chryslers from the 1920s era. Freight charges and applicable sales tax will be added. There is no discount on these charges. Again thank you for adding us to your list of vendors. Sharon === Dear Kenyon, Thank you for taking time to contact me. We do offer club discounts, however we require a quantity of 25 tires or more before any club can receive our wholesale pricing. That discount is usually 10-15 percent. If your club would like to set up an order, I would be more than happy to take care of them. Just let me know how we can help. Best Regards, Patrick Moates eSales & Marketing Coker Tire Co. 1-800-251-6336 423-265-6368 Ext. 254 patrickm@xxxxxxxxx Order Online at the NEW www.coker.com! -I have requested a discount immediately (have not heard back), as I have bought many tires from them myself, and the OIC community MUST be over 25 tires by now, so would suggest that we just list it and let them argue that they don’t have to give it when asked Awhile back when people on the IML were expressing their negative experiences with Coker in the past, I asked Patrick about their complaints-handling process and related to him that some were dissatisfied and vocal about it here. He was both very concerned about righting legitimate complaints and genuinely interested in defending Coker's reputation. He seemed a good sort, and dropping his name along with the "Online Imperial Club" could help at time of purchase. ==== Kenyon, Thank you for your e-mail. We will be happy to offer your club members a 10% discount for our services, and they need nothing more than to mention that they are members of The Online Imperial Club. Best regards, Jack Nu-Chrome Corp. === Hello, I am interested. I will consider your proposition. You may be interested to know that I have had a link to your club on my links pages for several years now. http://www.emblemagic.com/club__hobby.htm Emblemagic Co. P.O. Box 420 Grand River, Ohio 44045 (440) 209-0792 [9-5 est] http://www.emblemagic.com They didn't really commit to it, but maybe we could just say: “ASK ABOUT THE IMPERIAL CLUB DISCOUNT” ?? == Leatherique offers a serious discount - I lost the paper that I wrote it down on. I think it was 20% or better. They also mentioned that they routinely offer clubs a set of their product to be given away at club car-shows as prizes. Free. Sounds like the Anniston and Rhody-days folks could call them to have a booby prize for the nicest dry seats or something? Definitely the nicest people that I contacted. From: "von hager" amerrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:43:05 -0400 good morning kenyon, as a member of the chrysler 300 club i can understand completely your request. i will certainly work with your membership. best regards, bob hager www.american-restorations.com ===== Kenyon Wills http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page01.htm http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1964/Kenyon64/ http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1970/Kenyon1970/index.htm http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1973/Wills/index.htm