Sponsership
02-29-2008, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Subrwho
I'm kicking around the idea of sponsoring some people myself, but wouldn't expect someone to pay ME to sponsor THEM?? That just sounds weird? I'd say you got took man.
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02-29-2008, 10:04 AM
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for someone who got sponsered, or Spawnsered, or even better, sponzored, by a company, you sure can't spell.
i sure hope you can drive better than you can spell... or is it shpell?
i sure hope you can drive better than you can spell... or is it shpell?
02-29-2008, 10:05 AM
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+++++++++++++++1
Originally Posted by 350z_racer05
I'm sponsored through SCP too, and it's a joke. You don't get crap for a discount, they inflate the suggested reatil price, add a discount and you get the same price as any other website, and the percentage left over comes out of the 10k, you still have to pay for %70+ of the product.
02-29-2008, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Subrwho
I'm kicking around the idea of sponsoring some people myself, but wouldn't expect someone to pay ME to sponsor THEM?? That just sounds weird? I'd say you got took man.
02-29-2008, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by track1z
Lets look at Downpipes$400 bills for 10 dollers worth of material.It just doesn't makes sense.I know cause my friend owns an exhaust shop. 2,000 dollers for true duels?ah nobitch. 400 bucks is material & labor.Lets not even talk about the turbo kits,what a ferking joke. 7,000 dollers for a max of 3,000 dollers worth of parts? ITS price qouging at its best.
02-29-2008, 01:10 PM
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ALMOST complete garbage
Originally Posted by dave079
The same can be said for most anything you buy. Look at shoes and clothes and the markup on them. You arent puttig into account the R&D, marketing, employee pay, etc that goes into the equation also.
Mark up is one thing & price gouging is what makes me sick.
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02-29-2008, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by _350Lee_
I'm sponsored by visa and mastercard. They let me buy whatever i want and let me pay them back for it every month.
My girls visa sponsors my insatiable need to mod...only she doesn't know. j/k No really.
02-29-2008, 05:06 PM
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Here is a great article on sponsorship and how to go about it from JTuned written by Nadine Toyoda.
http://www.jtuned.com/content/templa...=290&zoneid=16
Remember, sponsorships dosn't automatically mean free parts or goods. Very rarely do you get 100% sponsorship from a company. My sponsors are listed in my signature. I have not paid any of them a fee for their sponsorship. They have all provided heavily discounted parts or services. In turn, I essentially market their products for them.
The reason why they don't just sponsor a "blank canvas" is because they need to see some potential in you to be able to market their product.
I have gone about gaining sponsorship, not just to gain free or discounted parts, but to meet some industry people. People that I share a common bond of expressing creativeness through automobiles. Meeting these people has been more important than just the parts themselves. Good luck to the OP and unfortunately you learned the hard way.
http://www.jtuned.com/content/templa...=290&zoneid=16
Remember, sponsorships dosn't automatically mean free parts or goods. Very rarely do you get 100% sponsorship from a company. My sponsors are listed in my signature. I have not paid any of them a fee for their sponsorship. They have all provided heavily discounted parts or services. In turn, I essentially market their products for them.
The reason why they don't just sponsor a "blank canvas" is because they need to see some potential in you to be able to market their product.
I have gone about gaining sponsorship, not just to gain free or discounted parts, but to meet some industry people. People that I share a common bond of expressing creativeness through automobiles. Meeting these people has been more important than just the parts themselves. Good luck to the OP and unfortunately you learned the hard way.
02-29-2008, 05:16 PM
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To those that think being sponsored means, you didn't do it yourself, don't have an understanding of what it takes to be sponsored. In my case, my car was FI before I got a single sponsor. Not to mention that putting together a sponsorship proposal and making contacts in order to get sponsored takes more than just going to Volk and saying "hey sponsor me". I can not stress enough that sponsorships does not me FREE PARTS!!!!! I still paid for pretty much everything on my car. Not to mention, your car has to built to a certain point before a sponsor would even look at you.
Then again, sponsorships are not for everyone. It takes alot of dedication, commitment and leg work when you are finally sponsored.
Then again, sponsorships are not for everyone. It takes alot of dedication, commitment and leg work when you are finally sponsored.
That's all it takes.
