Re: [BaadAssGremlins] AMC Owners Participation

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I too am sorry to see the guy take a hosing on his magazine project. And
what is amazing as with all the people on the AMX flies where I heard
about it and at the national event he had his booth at that he could not
make his target of 200 subscribers. I never thought it would be a big
money maker but I didn't expect it to fold and to my amazement after
only one issue. All the bow hards cry about no magazine coverage and no
participation but wouldn't cough up 2 bucks for a magazine or bring
their car out to a show or cruise night. As soon as I get my grill back
in I plan on taking some nice photo's and sending them to each magazine
that has a readers rides section. Lets see how many if any print a
picture. Like I said I give up on getting other AMC'ers to participate
in things. It's their loss not mine. Even with my poor health I
participate. At the Ardsley show the weather was threatening, my back
was giving me fits and due to the weather I couldn't breath to well with
my emphazima but I still went, had a good time and was rewarded with a
trophy for all my hard work on the car. Eddie I commend you for still
trying after all these years to get more participation but I am now
convinced you are beating a dead horse. Sorry. 
"Doc"



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• From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:51:33 -0500

The biggest problem was out of all the damned people at the meet, he had a
booth setup and people would walk by and pick up a copy and try to walk off,
not realizing it was $2! I realize that will deprive someone of a Big Gulp
but still!

It is a reason I am adamant on trying to get people involved. Whether
posting a thought here or amxfiles.com or somewhere else, or joining a
local, regional or national club (you can print applications off my "links"
section) or just being the only lone AMCer at a cruise night in town.

A final though on the AMC Magazine that bit it. I honestly believe that
several bigger magazines from publishers like Peterson, Hemmings and others
saw a untapped market with this and decided to try to take a chance and put
a few more AMCs in their magazines, because of this folded magazine. So now
you have seen Hot Rod, Hot Rodding, Car craft, Hemmings Muscle, Cars &
Parts, Old Cars Weekly, Muscle Car Enthusiast increase a little AMC coverage
and even feature a AMC project car, or on the cover, or feature article, not
shoved back of the bus near penile enlargement ads, 3% mortgages and Joe
Weider kicking sand in bullie's face steroids. So maybe some good did come
from it, just hate to see AMCer bite that big a bullet.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@planethoustonamx.com
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www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Shadwick" <idahoamx@amcya.com>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] AMC Owners Participation

>I was a charter subscriber too....and I guess I was one of the lucky
> ones who got a refund....It was real sad that he could not
> get the 200 that he needed to make it go.........would have been a nice
> addition to the AMC hobby....
>
> Jim Shadwick
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> Eddie Stakes wrote:
>> Doc not everyone got a refund check. I understand the fellow who did that
>> magazine took a real bath also $6-$10K. Again, lack of support. The
>> biggest
>> problem was he was at the largest AMC event in history, and could not get
>> 200 (I believe that was the number he said) but could not get 200 people
>> to
>> subscribe out of over 10,000 attendees. He also mentioned that people
>> would
>> come by his booth, pick up a magazine and want to walk off, but he would
>> stop them, telling them it was $2, of whihc they would sit it back down,
>> and
>> walk off. How RM is that!
>> Eddie Stakes'
>> Planet Houston AMX
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@planethoustonamx.com
>> *email is currently HEAVY
>> Call if important*
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <AMC74HORNET@webtv.net>
>> To: <BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 4:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] AMC Owners Participation
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>>> Eddie I subscribed to that color AMC magazine and got one issue before
>>> it folded. It had a yellow 64 American on the cover. I was even more
>>> surprised to get a refund check in the mail for the unused part of the
>>> subscription. I also a long time subscriber to AIM.
>>> "Doc"
>>>
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