[RC] Fire Mt. Ride, not coming - Evelyn Allen/Patrick Allen
Hello
there, sorry for using this method but I can think of no other way to let my
clients know that we (Just For Horsin-Round) will not be coming to this ride.
I
have included an email from the manager of this ride. I always ask if I can
come to a ride, I never just show up. I have been to this ride before but with
permission from a different Ride Manager, Mike and Sue Benson..
I
realize that each Ride Manager has the say so for the contents of their ride
but in all the time I have been going to rides I have never been asked for a
fee to be there. I have given donations of product and gift certificates
willing, but I have never been asked for money. I have been asked by RM’s
for many things….Do you have a ……that I can borrow? If I have
it I always let it be used….me casa, su casa…I now have a bunch of
things with me always as I know there might be a need for them.. Because I stay
in camp I am asked many times where things are, how do I do this or that, can
you tell me, use of my cell phone. I have even loaned clothing to clients
without payment when there has been a need. I doubt anyone could say that our
being at a ride is a drain or a detriment to the event.
I
talked to Terry Wooley Howe about this situation as I was at a loss as to how
to respond and her answer was don’t go. She said “we” vendors
offer a service to the riders by being there….both to purchase new items
and to replace ones that have been left at home or break at the event.
I
also had a conversation with Tammy Robinson and she too had a request for the fee.
Tammy will be there at the ride but not selling. She will be there for the miles.
Tammy has done this ride for many, many years both as a vendor and a paying
entrant. She, like myself, finds this an unacceptable request.
I
understand about expenses….I have them too……and if you know
me at all you know that my prices are the most reasonable anywhere.
So
it is with sadness that I tell you I will not be at this ride. I, we, vendors
hope very much that this does not become the “suggested” norm for future
rides, as our presence and products could well be absent from them.
From: Nancy Burton [mailto:nanken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 09:39 To: Evelyn Allen/Patrick Allen Subject: RE: hello ride
Evelyn,
We welcome vendors to the ride.
It's always nice to see the latest and greatest products.
Just one thing. . . with expenses
for everything rising, plus we're trying to get water lines put in to our
ride site, we ask that you give us some monetary consideration for your set up
at the ride.
We've been told that $100 is the suggested
amount. Hope this is agreeable to you.
Hello Nancy. I am Evelyn Allen. I have the business, Just For Horsin-Round. I would like to come to
your ride and sell my products. I have been to this particular ride in the past
when Mike and Sue Benson put it on. We usually set up in the arena near
where the ride office is.
I am hoping you will
let us come. Please let me know as I have clients that are to pick up their
orders there if I can come. We have a small motorhome and I set my canopy up on
the outside of it.
