9LikesT.O.P. Racing "Photon" 1/10 EP Touring Car
02-23-2010, 04:17 PM
#3691
Tech Regular
iTrader: (1)
I really do not mean to sound rude, but Traxxas does something similar to this. And it is including a battery and charger with there vehicles. All this does is back stab dealers. Dealers dont sell batterys, chargers, loosing money that they need to stay in business.
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
, i want my free parts WOO HOO.Now tell me this, do the hobby stores cares about us when they`re gouging my eyes out with their exorbitant prices, nope.
02-23-2010, 04:21 PM
#3693
I really do not mean to sound rude, but Traxxas does something similar to this. And it is including a battery and charger with there vehicles. All this does is back stab dealers. Dealers dont sell batterys, chargers, loosing money that they need to stay in business.
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
You have some valid statements...BUT YOU ARE COMPLETELY MISSING OUR REASON. WE ARE HELPING THE HOBBY SHOPS, NOT HURTING THEM!!! We live in a global market place and it's sad but USA customers would rather save $10 and purchase kits from oversees online shops.
What we have done is add at no charge a $40 incentive in the form of a complete suspension set as an incentive for USA consumers to purchase form their LOCAL hobby shops or LOCAL online distributors instead of oversees retailers. When you do the math it's a hell of a better deal to purchase a USA KIT. This is completely out of TOP USA's pocket with no help form our corporate headquarters. We loose a little bit of our margin but in the long run it will help our USA retailers and us.
Hope I clarified this. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you completely misunderstood what we are doing and saying this type of thing is ending the hobby is completely the opposite.
Thanks,
EJ Evans
02-23-2010, 04:26 PM
#3694
I really do not mean to sound rude, but Traxxas does something similar to this. And it is including a battery and charger with there vehicles. All this does is back stab dealers. Dealers dont sell batterys, chargers, loosing money that they need to stay in business.
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
With track/hobby shops fighting to stay ahead with money these days, the last thing they need is to loose parts sales from the TOP car. This does not seem like a big deal to some, but with some hobby shops scraping past on pennies every month, if more companies start to do this we will see even more ends to LHS's. I dont mean to attack anybody personally, but this sort of thing may just be a end to the hobby.
Vent over.
-Mike
02-23-2010, 04:34 PM
#3695
The parts thing is cool though! I see EJ's point, and Owens. Its debatable
02-23-2010, 04:38 PM
#3696
Hi Mike,
You have some valid statements...BUT YOU ARE COMPLETELY MISSING OUR REASON. WE ARE HELPING THE HOBBY SHOPS, NOT HURTING THEM!!! We live in a global market place and it's sad but USA customers would rather save $10 and purchase kits from oversees online shops.
What we have done is add at no charge a $40 incentive in the form of a complete suspension set as an incentive for USA consumers to purchase form their LOCAL hobby shops or LOCAL online distributors instead of oversees retailers. When you do the math it's a hell of a better deal to purchase a USA KIT. This is completely out of TOP USA's pocket with no help form our corporate headquarters. We loose a little bit of our margin but in the long run it will help our USA retailers and us.
Hope I clarified this. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you completely misunderstood what we are doing and saying this type of thing is ending the hobby is completely the opposite.
Thanks,
EJ Evans
You have some valid statements...BUT YOU ARE COMPLETELY MISSING OUR REASON. WE ARE HELPING THE HOBBY SHOPS, NOT HURTING THEM!!! We live in a global market place and it's sad but USA customers would rather save $10 and purchase kits from oversees online shops.
What we have done is add at no charge a $40 incentive in the form of a complete suspension set as an incentive for USA consumers to purchase form their LOCAL hobby shops or LOCAL online distributors instead of oversees retailers. When you do the math it's a hell of a better deal to purchase a USA KIT. This is completely out of TOP USA's pocket with no help form our corporate headquarters. We loose a little bit of our margin but in the long run it will help our USA retailers and us.
Hope I clarified this. Sorry if I'm being harsh, but you completely misunderstood what we are doing and saying this type of thing is ending the hobby is completely the opposite.
Thanks,
EJ Evans
I can see where you guys are coming from. I work at very local hobby shop. A place that the only racing stuff that comes in the door, leaves in a vary small group of hand. I have a soft side for all hobby shops. So I hope you can understand where I am coming from.
Not a Photon, thats for sure..
02-23-2010, 04:51 PM
#3698
YEA! You know, you are a GREAT representative for TOP! Im gonna run out to my chosen online hobby shop a buy one RITE NOW
Why the personal attack? Come on man.. I don't even know you, dont rag on me or how I like to prep my cars. I made a clean, outsider view on what TOP is doing in a public forum.
If you have any other non productive items towards, PM or EMail me. I dont wanna cause forum drama.
-Mike
Why the personal attack? Come on man.. I don't even know you, dont rag on me or how I like to prep my cars. I made a clean, outsider view on what TOP is doing in a public forum.
If you have any other non productive items towards, PM or EMail me. I dont wanna cause forum drama.
-Mike
02-23-2010, 04:57 PM
#3699
Tech Regular
iTrader: (1)
What we have done is add at no charge a $40 incentive in the form of a complete suspension set as an incentive for USA consumers to purchase form their LOCAL hobby shops or LOCAL online distributors instead of oversees retailers. When you do the math it's a hell of a better deal to purchase a USA KIT. This is completely out of TOP USA's pocket with no help form our corporate headquarters. We loose a little bit of our margin but in the long run it will help our USA retailers and us.
EJ Evans
EJ Evans
One of the biggest concerns for a newly released chassis is spare parts support. This incentive really helps out as the supply pipeline gets filled up. I have noticed that the spares listing on Amain's site is now filling up. I was pretty concerned at first and had decided to wait for the spare parts situation to stabilize before taking the plunge. This incentive really helps!!!
THANK YOU TOP Racing USA !!!!!!
02-23-2010, 05:03 PM
#3700
Thanks for the reply EJ,
I can see where you guys are coming from. I work at very local hobby shop. A place that the only racing stuff that comes in the door, leaves in a vary small group of hand. I have a soft side for all hobby shops. So I hope you can understand where I am coming from.
I can see where you guys are coming from. I work at very local hobby shop. A place that the only racing stuff that comes in the door, leaves in a vary small group of hand. I have a soft side for all hobby shops. So I hope you can understand where I am coming from.
Just to reiterate: TOP USA is now adding a complete suspension set to all kits as an incentive for USA customers to purchase the kits locally instead of going to an oversees online shop.
02-23-2010, 05:08 PM
#3702
We've gone away from the small hole and went to the 3 hole (1.2mm) piston. I'm sure in some situations the 1.0mm hole may work better, but from the testing I've done the 1.2mm always seems to feel better.
02-23-2010, 05:17 PM
#3703
Another thing that may be getting overlooked is that this offer is available through hobby shops. TOP USA is not in business to sell direct. Sure you can order direct if your LHS chooses not to carry TOP stuff, but I believe only a very very small portion of the TOP stuff in the US has been a direct purchase.
I owned a LHS for nearly 10 years, and I can say without a doubt that TOP USA is probably the very last company that a LHS needs to worry about.
They are adding this additional product/value to these kits at their own expense and not charging the dealers a penny more! This means that people WILL purchase their kits locally from now on, rather than going outside our borders. You would be crazy not to.
I owned a LHS for nearly 10 years, and I can say without a doubt that TOP USA is probably the very last company that a LHS needs to worry about.
They are adding this additional product/value to these kits at their own expense and not charging the dealers a penny more! This means that people WILL purchase their kits locally from now on, rather than going outside our borders. You would be crazy not to.
02-23-2010, 05:44 PM
#3705
I would publicly like to say, after a PM with EJ himself, this will be great for the US market place as a whole. After gaining a bit more understanding, this looks like something that with bring USA sales of the Photon back to the USA market place.
I misunderstood initially. I figured that the car would cost dealers more, and loose more sales. (Traxxas
) But now, I see the light. 
-Mike Owen
I misunderstood initially. I figured that the car would cost dealers more, and loose more sales. (Traxxas
) But now, I see the light. -Mike Owen