clophill supercars 19th july

[boxsternoob56]

what the Fly is shut?

[70proof]

boxsternoob56 said:

what the Fly is shut?

not shut, unfortunately unkeen to open for the meets.

[boxsternoob56]

oh...

[andrew]

70proof said:

not shut, unfortunately unkeen to open for the meets.

why aren't the fly bothered anymore ?
just odd to turn away publicity and potential business

[AndrewD]

andrew said:

why aren't the fly bothered anymore ?
just odd to turn away publicity and potential business

You've been to every meet.
Join the dots

[lanan]

AndrewD said:

andrew said:

why aren't the fly bothered anymore ?
just odd to turn away publicity and potential business

You've been to every meet.
Join the dots

[andrew]

lanan said:

AndrewD said:

andrew said:

why aren't the fly bothered anymore ?
just odd to turn away publicity and potential business

You've been to every meet.
Join the dots

don't encourage him !

[JB052]

My understanding is that the 'Fly' was opened up for the meeting by one of the managers who was a car enthusiast. He has since moved on to pastures new and no one else has the same enthusiasm to open early on a Sunday morning.

[70proof]

JB052 said:

My understanding is that the 'Fly' was opened up for the meeting by one of the managers who was a car enthusiast. He has since moved on to pastures new and no one else has the same enthusiasm to open early on a Sunday morning.

This, and they have a good flow of business from the new nearby centreparks... So marketing priority has changed.

[lanan]

I wish that I was making so much money that I didn't need any more

[matt7208]

As disappointing as it is, I think we should remember the good times and find somewhere new!

[feef]

lanan said:

I wish that I was making so much money that I didn't need any more

The assumption is that the costs of opening up, paying staff and overheads was offset by the business it brought in, it's not like the staff and utilities providers were providing their services for free, it may not have been profitable enough to maintain it without the dedication of the relevant manager

[Spindoctor]

feef said:

The assumption is that the costs of opening up, paying staff and overheads was offset by the business it brought in, it's not like the staff and utilities providers were providing their services for free, it may not have been profitable enough to maintain it without the dedication of the relevant manager

Exactly that. Whenever I've been to the Fly meets there's been a good - sometimes huge - turnout but relatively few people were spending money in the establishment. Basically we got a free meeting space and all they got was to open up early and admire some fab machines (what more could anyone want...). They could have done more to encourage people to spend, but maybe we could have done a bit more to honour our side of the bargain.