Et tu brute?
At 05:44 PM 12/20/2002, you wrote:
Tom,
Hell, Al doesn't need to go to Florida to try
that ploy. He does it everywhere, the man has no
shame:-).
Carl
--- tom wishon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CARL:
> Well the PGA Show still is the pre-eminent
> place to walk the aisles and
> see and touch all that is new for the coming
> season under one roof, so
> from that standpoint you get a pretty good
> feeling for what is supposed
> to be "hot" in any one golf year. And then you
> have the aspect of the
> guys like Al who also go to the show to see how
> many people will offer
> to buy him a beer!!
>
> Tom W
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> On Behalf Of Carl McKinley
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Production Differences
> for a buck and change
>
> Tom and all,
>
> Your statements make me wonder why so many PCS
> people are so adamit about the PGA
> show?????????
> Discussion for a different group!
>
> Carl
> --- tom wishon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Arnie:
> >
> > You might have noticed that in the past
> several
> > years, not that many of
> > the component companies do a booth at the
> > Orlando Show. Dynacraft and
> > GolfWorks both used to but dropped out a
> number
> > of years ago, and
> > Golfsmith never ever did exhibit at the PGA
> > Show. Reason being that
> > they all began to discover that there were
> just
> > not very many component
> > customers who made the trip to Orlando to
> > attend the show. Most of the
> > people who walk the show now are PGA Pros or
> > Off-Course Retail store
> > buyers and not very many of them make it a
> > habit to buy components. And
> > now with some of the big boys like PING and
> > Titleist dropping out of the
> > PGA Show, that says that even these guys see
> > that the high expense of
> > doing a booth and staffing it is just not
> worth
> > the investment. I
> > wonder sometimes myself what will be the
> future
> > of that show because for
> > the big OEM companies it is literally a half
> > million dollar expense to
> > do that show, when you add up the cost of
> their
> > super-booths along with
> > 40-50 employees' hotel, travel and meals.
> And
> > as PING and now Titleist
> > are saying publicly, they can spend that kind
> > of money in other ways to
> > realize a better return. So what's left are
> a
> > ton of little companies
> > who offer everything from belts to sunglasses
> > to pro shop cooking gear,
> > and who know no other way to try to attract
> > customers than to show up,
> > take 1-2 booths and hope that they land a few
> > customers. So to answer
> > your question - no, we won't be there - also,
> > late January is when we
> > have to be ready to go here to support the
> > mailing of our catalog on Feb
> > 1, and there is a LOT of training and work
> that
> > has to be done between
> > now and then to be ready.
> >
> >
> >
> > TOM W
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:49 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Production Differences
> > for a buck and change
> >
> >
> >
> > Will I be able to locate the Tom Wishon Golf
> > Booth at the upcoming PGA
> > Show?
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> Carl Mc Kinley, PCS Certified Class 'A'
> Clubmaker
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>
> P T Barnum is the patron saint of expensive
> club manufacturers.
>
>
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