This is a good idea, which Harley Davidson figured out years ago. With
each new Harley I have bought, I receive a free one year membership to the
Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.). This way, Harley can brag about how many
members they have in their owners group, with inflated numbers, thanks to
the free memberships.
-----Original Message-----
From: T. R. Householder [SMTP:trhouse@greenapple.com]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:33 AM
To: R. John Lye
Cc: spitlist@gte.net; fot@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Free club membership
John, Bills email send and reply lines are different.. Drop the (smtp.)
to reply....
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> At 08:56 PM 2/10/00 +0000, Bill Sohl wrote:
> >The fact
> >remains that a large number of USA owners (owners of
> >all kinds of marques) just are NOT joiners.
So here is how were going increase the club support web..
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Herein lies a precident......
In the begining TSOA mwmbership was a thing you got when you bought
your car..
Maybe the Clubs today can start a precident.
If a club member is buying or selling a car, then a 2 year member-
ship in a local and national Organization should be included in the
deal.
Yea!Yea!... your already a member....
Well ya duh..... Tell the seller you want 50 bucks off the price to
enlist some technical help.
So here is the line.....
"Well I'd like to take this off your hands.... mmmmm.. but I'm not
sure I can get the parts or figure out how that furin' thing works. If
you throw in that-tar manual and the badge you put in your pocket
(whike I was pullin in the driveway) and take Fifty bucks off fur me to
enlist in this here club my buddy told me about.... Then we got a deal."
To the other side.. when you sell the car to a non member or new
enthusiast..you can put them at ease with any of that "furin' thing"
apprehension stuff by simply saying...
"Don't worry I'll throw in a club membership so you can get all the
help you need."
(Don't forget to write the check)
T.R.
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