Convoy up to Pistonfest
Discussion
looks like ph can't even cancel a piss-up in a field : tickets still on sale !
http://www.1st-tickets.co.uk/ph/enquiriespf14
http://www.1st-tickets.co.uk/ph/enquiriespf14
Especially rubbish, given that on Wed 11th June it was stated by @Eybic "As of 2 days ago, we have committed to the venue. The event WILL be going ahead whether it's with 50 or 300 people"
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Honestly at this point I won't take anything from 'modern PH towers' seriously unless it's backed by the stamp of Sir Ted himself (backing up / taking PH back)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Honestly at this point I won't take anything from 'modern PH towers' seriously unless it's backed by the stamp of Sir Ted himself (backing up / taking PH back)
[report] [news] 17:07
It is with great regret that due to low ticket sales we have made the difficult decision to cancel PistonFest 2014. Events like PistonFest are intended to be fun and appealing to our community, but also prove a challenge in getting the right level of content vs. the cost of tickets. Clearly we got it wrong with PistonFest. But hey, nobody is perfect We’ve got plenty of other ideas for events that we’ll continue to work on in the background and we’re looking forward to getting some feedback from the community in due course and bringing lots of exciting events to life in the future.
The good news is that Sunday Services continue to be a smash hit, and the one that was scheduled to happen the day after PistonFest is still going ahead and already has over 600 cars signed up. Furthermore, most of the activities, guests and goodies that were arranged for PistonFest have been transferred over to the Sunday so it’s set to be a fantastic day. There are still some places so to add your name to the list, click here.
So, this mega-sunday-service will benefit from:
Catering to provide you with some much needed Sunday morning food (bacon) and a van supplying some lovely refreshments including gourmet coffee.
Dunlop are still offering goodies, including the chance to win a set of tyres for your car
Caterham will still be holding their wheel change challenge with some great prizes for the fastest time.
Autoglym will also be there with some goodie bags, valeting demos and also offering a fantastic prize to the winner of the show and shine to go to their lab and have your car cleaned to a professional standard, they’ll even show you how to do it so you’ll have no excuse for not having an immaculate car in the middle of winter.
There’s no reason not to sign up to this Sunday Service as you’ll be getting lots of goodies and as ever it is completely FREE. We look forward to seeing you there.
eybic and the PH team.
It is with great regret that due to low ticket sales we have made the difficult decision to cancel PistonFest 2014. Events like PistonFest are intended to be fun and appealing to our community, but also prove a challenge in getting the right level of content vs. the cost of tickets. Clearly we got it wrong with PistonFest. But hey, nobody is perfect We’ve got plenty of other ideas for events that we’ll continue to work on in the background and we’re looking forward to getting some feedback from the community in due course and bringing lots of exciting events to life in the future.
The good news is that Sunday Services continue to be a smash hit, and the one that was scheduled to happen the day after PistonFest is still going ahead and already has over 600 cars signed up. Furthermore, most of the activities, guests and goodies that were arranged for PistonFest have been transferred over to the Sunday so it’s set to be a fantastic day. There are still some places so to add your name to the list, click here.
So, this mega-sunday-service will benefit from:
Catering to provide you with some much needed Sunday morning food (bacon) and a van supplying some lovely refreshments including gourmet coffee.
Dunlop are still offering goodies, including the chance to win a set of tyres for your car
Caterham will still be holding their wheel change challenge with some great prizes for the fastest time.
Autoglym will also be there with some goodie bags, valeting demos and also offering a fantastic prize to the winner of the show and shine to go to their lab and have your car cleaned to a professional standard, they’ll even show you how to do it so you’ll have no excuse for not having an immaculate car in the middle of winter.
There’s no reason not to sign up to this Sunday Service as you’ll be getting lots of goodies and as ever it is completely FREE. We look forward to seeing you there.
eybic and the PH team.
I think that perhaps Haymarket have overestimated the value of Pistonheads as a brand - that's two BTaP's and a Pistonfest that they have had to cancel due to a colossal lack of interest. I know that LM camping usually sells out but I think it would do anyway as PH isn't the main focus - the race is.
Granted - the classifieds are also popular but that's about it really. They don't make any money from the forums (do they?), so what else is there?
Time for a serious rethink at PH Towers as to which direction it goes?
Granted - the classifieds are also popular but that's about it really. They don't make any money from the forums (do they?), so what else is there?
Time for a serious rethink at PH Towers as to which direction it goes?
pincher said:
I think that perhaps Haymarket have overestimated the value of Pistonheads as a brand - that's two BTaP's and a Pistonfest that they have had to cancel due to a colossal lack of interest. I know that LM camping usually sells out but I think it would do anyway as PH isn't the main focus - the race is.
Granted - the classifieds are also popular but that's about it really. They don't make any money from the forums (do they?), so what else is there?
Time for a serious rethink at PH Towers as to which direction it goes?
Get rid of ALL the over the top adverts would be a start. I've just about had enough in the Classifieds whilst scrolling having an advert follow me down the page. ..... Bloody annoyingGranted - the classifieds are also popular but that's about it really. They don't make any money from the forums (do they?), so what else is there?
Time for a serious rethink at PH Towers as to which direction it goes?
And whatever happened to 'Speed Matters' Did someone complain about it?
To be fair, there should be no need to pay for the forums. Many many fora are run quite successfully and profitably with such measures. There are other options...
I'm genuinely gutted for PH that it has come to this, I didn't want it to fail. However pretty much from the outset that appeared to be its destiny. Shame.
My tips for next year...
1) early planning
2) a committed 'line up' from the outset. None of this suck it and see approach.
3) reasonable costs that must also be perceived as reasonable too
4) proper, full on, timely staff/forum engagement
I get the impression that the visible staffers were utterly committed to this, however haymarket may have been more tentative resulting in what appears to have been a half baked concept. I hope that along with btap, lessons can be learnt for the future planning...
I'm genuinely gutted for PH that it has come to this, I didn't want it to fail. However pretty much from the outset that appeared to be its destiny. Shame.
My tips for next year...
1) early planning
2) a committed 'line up' from the outset. None of this suck it and see approach.
3) reasonable costs that must also be perceived as reasonable too
4) proper, full on, timely staff/forum engagement
I get the impression that the visible staffers were utterly committed to this, however haymarket may have been more tentative resulting in what appears to have been a half baked concept. I hope that along with btap, lessons can be learnt for the future planning...
To be fair, there should be no need to pay for the forums. Many many fora are run quite successfully and profitably with such measures. There are other options...
I'm genuinely gutted for PH that it has come to this, I didn't want it to fail. However pretty much from the outset that appeared to be its destiny. Shame.
My tips for next year...
1) early planning
2) a committed 'line up' from the outset. None of this suck it and see approach.
3) reasonable costs that must also be perceived as reasonable too
4) proper, full on, timely staff/forum engagement
I get the impression that the visible staffers were utterly committed to this, however haymarket may have been more tentative resulting in what appears to have been a half baked concept. I hope that along with btap, lessons can be learnt for the future planning...
I'm genuinely gutted for PH that it has come to this, I didn't want it to fail. However pretty much from the outset that appeared to be its destiny. Shame.
My tips for next year...
1) early planning
2) a committed 'line up' from the outset. None of this suck it and see approach.
3) reasonable costs that must also be perceived as reasonable too
4) proper, full on, timely staff/forum engagement
I get the impression that the visible staffers were utterly committed to this, however haymarket may have been more tentative resulting in what appears to have been a half baked concept. I hope that along with btap, lessons can be learnt for the future planning...
tvrforever said:
Especially rubbish, given that on Wed 11th June it was stated by @Eybic "As of 2 days ago, we have committed to the venue. The event WILL be going ahead whether it's with 50 or 300 people"
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Honestly at this point I won't take anything from 'modern PH towers' seriously unless it's backed by the stamp of Sir Ted himself (backing up / taking PH back)
Totally agree.http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Honestly at this point I won't take anything from 'modern PH towers' seriously unless it's backed by the stamp of Sir Ted himself (backing up / taking PH back)
Utter bks again from Haymarket. How are they handling refunds?
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