Coolguy949 Makes AUTOWEEK this week. :)
Mar 27, 2003, 10:15 PM
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Coolguy949 Makes AUTOWEEK this week. :)
Anyone get their issue today? It doesn't have the exact correct link, but it states that there is a thread "boycott these dealers" on this website.... i think their link was forums/evolutionm.net/
they just forgot the part about "Evo General".
in the same issue is that Yummy 2003 Cobra Autofile.
they just forgot the part about "Evo General".
in the same issue is that Yummy 2003 Cobra Autofile.
Mar 27, 2003, 10:24 PM
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HAHAH, you guys are great! I saw that this morning and had to rub my eyes a couple of times to beleive it.
And, as a celebration.......I've added about 10 more dealers to the list LOL.
Here's the link:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=09655754
And, as a celebration.......I've added about 10 more dealers to the list LOL.
Here's the link:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=09655754
finally we get noticed by a magazine. 
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Reward those that sell at MSRP and stick it to those that mark it up
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Mar 27, 2003, 10:50 PM
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Here's an email I just sent to AutoWeek:
to: mfloyd@crain.com
Dear Mike,
My name is Rob Lescaille, AKA 'Coolguy949' in the evolutionm.net forums. On behalf of myself and rest of the members at evolutionm.net, I was to thank you for featuring our boycott thread on your web site. About a month ago I was so disgusted with the dealer mark-ups I decided that something needed to be done. My friend Dino (AKA 'drmosh') and I discussed starting a boycott thread and see how people would respond. Now looking back, I can say that the response to this boycott is much greater than I ever anticipated. I get several emails per day thanking me for starting the list and/or emails with new dealers to add/remove from the list. When I went to a local dealer here in Southern California, the salesman mentioned a "stupid boycott" going on when he was trying to justify the markup, telling me how Mercedes S600's are marked-up and no one complains. Well, a 8% mark-up isn't much to complain about vs.. say a 50% and as bad as a 100% mark-up (Santa Monica Mitsu $28,000!!) at CA Mitsu dealers.
Word of our boycott has made its way to other forums including the NASIOC and i-club.net Subaru STi boards, where they have started their own dealer mark-up threads hoping to thwart dealer attempts to gouge customers on the upcoming and very popular Subaru WRX STi. Due to the price mark-ups here in CA, I may be forced to buy my EVO outside of California where dealers are not marking-up (e.g.. Arlington, TX and Kansas City, Missouri). However, a lot of members, including myself, are hoping with the release of the STi and the fact that the economy is in a rut, Mitsu dealers will no longer be able to sell them over MSRP and will need to unload them fast.
So again, I want to thank you guys at AW for helping us spread the word on this boycott. There are a lot of people like me in here that are waiting for MSRP with no added accessories or mark-ups. Your magazine is very well known and will really help us with this boycott. Thanks again and let me know if you need anything!
Sincerely,
Rob Lescaille
to: mfloyd@crain.com
Dear Mike,
My name is Rob Lescaille, AKA 'Coolguy949' in the evolutionm.net forums. On behalf of myself and rest of the members at evolutionm.net, I was to thank you for featuring our boycott thread on your web site. About a month ago I was so disgusted with the dealer mark-ups I decided that something needed to be done. My friend Dino (AKA 'drmosh') and I discussed starting a boycott thread and see how people would respond. Now looking back, I can say that the response to this boycott is much greater than I ever anticipated. I get several emails per day thanking me for starting the list and/or emails with new dealers to add/remove from the list. When I went to a local dealer here in Southern California, the salesman mentioned a "stupid boycott" going on when he was trying to justify the markup, telling me how Mercedes S600's are marked-up and no one complains. Well, a 8% mark-up isn't much to complain about vs.. say a 50% and as bad as a 100% mark-up (Santa Monica Mitsu $28,000!!) at CA Mitsu dealers.
Word of our boycott has made its way to other forums including the NASIOC and i-club.net Subaru STi boards, where they have started their own dealer mark-up threads hoping to thwart dealer attempts to gouge customers on the upcoming and very popular Subaru WRX STi. Due to the price mark-ups here in CA, I may be forced to buy my EVO outside of California where dealers are not marking-up (e.g.. Arlington, TX and Kansas City, Missouri). However, a lot of members, including myself, are hoping with the release of the STi and the fact that the economy is in a rut, Mitsu dealers will no longer be able to sell them over MSRP and will need to unload them fast.
So again, I want to thank you guys at AW for helping us spread the word on this boycott. There are a lot of people like me in here that are waiting for MSRP with no added accessories or mark-ups. Your magazine is very well known and will really help us with this boycott. Thanks again and let me know if you need anything!
Sincerely,
Rob Lescaille
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Mar 27, 2003, 10:59 PM
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Originally posted by Coolguy949
HAHAH, you guys are great! I saw that this morning and had to rub my eyes a couple of times to beleive it.
And, as a celebration.......I've added about 10 more dealers to the list LOL.
Here's the link:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=09655754
HAHAH, you guys are great! I saw that this morning and had to rub my eyes a couple of times to beleive it.
And, as a celebration.......I've added about 10 more dealers to the list LOL.
Here's the link:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=09655754
It sure feels like a victory for all Evo fans who are trying to get a decent price!
I was glad to support you then, and Even prouder to congratulate you on this leap forward in getting our voices heard!!
Nice going!
Mar 27, 2003, 11:03 PM
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You know what else is cool!! It's was on the FRONT PAGE with a pic of the evo when you went to www.autoweek.com today!! Now it's a link off the to the right "Potential Mitsubishi EVO buyers revolt over dealer mark-ups".
