No-Food-A-Palooza?

Converse48

Converse48

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Just received an e-mail from Clark's Landing re: this weekend's Aquapalooza stating: "Please plan on bringing your own food and refreshments." Huh :smt017

What's up with that?
 
Gary:

This might the perfect place for you to bring all 'dem soup cans... :grin:...could even yield a profit...... :thumbsup:
 
From the advertising link.

Invite anyone you know with a boat!
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OK....so anyone that owns a boat can show up. Great. :thumbsup:

I almost went to the one in Savannah last year. Glad I did not go, it was nothing more than a sales event. :smt009
 
Really dumb. How much could food and drinks cost compared to the advertising budget of Clarks Landing/Sea Ray/Brunswick.

When I owned a new Beneteau (yes a sailboat :smt101 ), they threw great parties for their owners, and yes I even bought a second new Beneteau. Not due directly to the parties of course, but it's all a matter of building an ongoing relationship with customers.

Oh well... we have cancelled our plans to be there. I can hear lame bands anytime I want at Watermans!

P.S. let me beat you to it: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :smt089
 
Well....I only signed up because I figure I could get 2 T-shirts out of it. :grin: As far as food goes.. if you are out with your family, you should plan on providing for them. Do you think Sea Ray will flip the bill for 25,000 guest? And what about all the non Sea Ray people? Maybe get a shirt that reads..." My friends went to the SR party and all I got was a lousy T-shirt". Go fly your CSR burgee instead.
 
Bridog said:
if you are out with your family, you should plan on providing for them.
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I wish I had thought of that :grin: :grin: :grin:
I do try to occasionally provide a crumb or two for those freeloaders.

Go fly your CSR burgee instead.
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I only wish I could... :smt043
 
prodigalson said:
I can hear lame bands anytime I want at Watermans!

P.S. let me beat you to it: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :smt089
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I’ve heard the Reggae Band they have scheduled. Every song they do sounds like Bob Marley’s “Jammin†– they just change the words.
 
Brian, are you chiding us for wishing for a few free hot dogs and cokes? :smt021 You know we all paid extra for our boats just so we could hang out and commiserate about how expensive our boats were while SR picks up the tab on 3 day old buns and burn hot dogs. :smt043

Not to mention their marketing department takes advantage of us with cheap tee shirts in last years styles to make us think we got something for nothing. :smt101
 
prodigalson said:
Bridog said:
if you are out with your family, you should plan on providing for them.
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I wish I had thought of that :grin: :grin: :grin:
I do try to occasionally provide a crumb or two for those freeloaders.

Go fly your CSR burgee instead.
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I only wish I could... :smt043
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:lol: and then... what's next.. Sea Ray should provide everyone with a PFD?
 
Bridog said:
:lol: and then... what's next.. Sea Ray should provide everyone with a PFD?
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They already did that, my boat came with eight!

Look, I could care less about a few pucks and sticks and some warm, flat soda. From a marketing perspective I feel that this is a lost opportunity for Sea Ray. The most difficult part in any promotional campaign is reaching the customer. When your customer (or future customers known as "non-Sea Ray people") bring themselves to you, even 25,000 people times $10 can be cost effective compared to what Sea Ray/Brunswick spends on other less effective forms of advertising.

That's all I'm saying...

Plus, I was mainly in it for the t-shirts too.
 
STIHLBOLTS said:
Brian, are you chiding us for wishing for a few free hot dogs and cokes? :smt021 You know we all paid extra for our boats just so we could hang out and commiserate about how expensive our boats were while SR picks up the tab on 3 day old buns and burn hot dogs. :smt043

Not to mention their marketing department takes advantage of us with cheap tee shirts in last years styles to make us think we got something for nothing. :smt101
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That's great Richard but I was thinking of something more incredible...at least to Sea Ray standard's......Take all that money your spending for Aquapalooza and.......... get ready for this............................ PUT SOME REAL HORNS ON YOUR CRUISERS!!!! Just a thought.
 
Ummm, getting back to the (un?)party.... :smt018

I had the same reaction as Tim, but then went back and looked at the email I posted in the BIH thread and saw that from the start they've been saying it's a Bring Your Own. Guess I just ASSumed if they were giving a party they would provide refreshments. I too think it's a great marketing opportunity missed.

Right now we're still planning to go, though.....unless we want to organize our own 'Palooza at Fairlee, Still Pond, or......

We'll bring hot dogs :smt043 .

Jeff
 
Jeff - Organize your own is the best idea! :thumbsup:


Brian - Horns were always optional. :smt043 But there is nothing like a Sea Ray horn, all our friends can say, "There goes another Sea Ray" :smt043

And since I have to bring my own, it's Black Angus Burgers for me! :thumbsup: On a grill a great friend provided. :wink:
 
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