On Wednesday 07 September 2005 3:13 pm, Shawn wrote: > I was in Memory Express today and they informed me that they no longer > offer CLUG members a discount. This was news to me, and I let them know > that I'm the guy who should really know these things...
That's too bad, I had hoped this would work out for them and us. > So, a phone call was made to one of the owners to confirm this. So, > effective immediately, we no longer get a discount. They say the margins > just aren't there anymore. This was the main reason why the discount was so small in the first place. I had hoped that once members started purchasing stuff from them, they could see how much our members were affecting their bottom line. Perhaps they did but in a negative way. I always tried to plug them as a sponsor at meetings so they got at least that much advertising out of us. > We may do something with them in the future, but they want us to come up > with a proposal and submit it to them. The exec will put this right at the > top of our priority list.... maybe... maybe not.... :) I hope that this does not end up as a backlash against Memory Express. They were not obligated to give us any discount and it was a damn nice thing they did. I hope that those that were able to take advantage of the discount will let Memory Express know how much it was appreciated. This is one of those "burning bridges" things. If this results in negative sentiment about MemX, then I think it would be safe to say that they won't ever deal with us again. However, if we are able to pitch this the right way with enough incentive to do it, maybe we can swing something in the future. Something like a group purchase of some hot ticket hardware item. Anyway, I thought this needed to be said. Our sponsors don't get much from us except patronage. The more we can do this the more sales they can make off us. It irks me that some people believe that these discounts are owed to them. It was always meant as a bonus for our Tier 2 members. And I know that some of our sponsors have no regard for Tier level at all, if you mention CLUG they will give a discount regardless. That's a really nice thing that they do. Don't take them for granted... -- Jarrod Major 4556 EFA8 EC69 7C54 EE33 C881 2C7C 0E10 2439 231E
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