Re: bombardier / johnyrude
Paved the way? To where? Bankruptcy and buy-out? Hello? The only thing that made Bombardier successful is Bombardier. Not Johnyrude. Bombardier is dealing with OMC's downfalls as we speak. In a few years there will be nothing about a Bombardier outboard that resembles what the old OMC made.<br /><br />Respect? What does respect have to do with changing times? You guys totally missed the point. Your personal views are clouding your business views. Respect? Remember I own a small business myself.<br /><br />omc frank, do you think Bombardier or the consumer wants to do business with this kind of a dealer relationship.......?<br /><br />"My mesage to bombardiere is lightem up or go away"<br /><br />"not dictate it with that big corporate heavy hand of yours !!!!" <br /><br />"hey bomb until we see johnson and evienrude tatoos on peoples arms you need to lighten up and forget about folowing in harleys footsteps"<br /><br />"bombardiere is more woried about a fresh coat of paint on the walls new floor tile than a master tech award" <br /><br />"i dont think they realy care about top shelf technitions"<br /><br />"this is just another exAmple of the bull crap they push on us"<br /><br />"being delt with by bombardier unfairly after being a loyal deticated dealer thru this all now to see these new policys witch at very least are creating a totaly unlevel playing field"<br /><br />"bombardiere needs to lighten up a bit there hard nosed attitude is at the very least! slowing down there recovery"<br /><br />With this attitude, why in the world would BombB want to cover your dealership's warranty claims and keep you around? And why would I want to buy one from you? And better yet, why do you even want to sell them? What exactly does Bombardier owe you for? And how have you earned your privilege to have and keep one of their dealerships? Exactly what have you contributed to help make Bombardier's Johnyrude successful, besides negativity? You did say outboards were your "way of life" didn't you? How have you secured this "way of life" with BombB....by slamming them? <br /><br />I have an idea for you. Buy Bombardier's Johnyrude division yourself and run it your way. You can cover warranty repairs for all discounted commercially sold motors exactly as those outboards purchased for personal use, and especially for those warranty repairs for competition tournament fisherman. You can give Power Boost Rebates to them all. And forget about 16 unit quotas. You can issue rebates for any dealer that sells just one outboard. That will really be an incentive for dealers to sell motors. And make sure every dealer carries inventory of a 10 hp powerhead, or at least have your company build an extra thousand of them in case they fail sometime on down the road. Don't worry about computers, CD's or palm pilots, you're steering away from fuel injection and going back to carbs like the old OMC, right? And give those mom and pop dealerships all the latitude in the world. Welcome them all. I see about 1,000 of them lined up right now that you're going to need to support and supply.<br /><br />Oh, and while your at it try to stay out of Bankruptcy and remember you have to compete with Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Merc, and the rest. Lastly, don't forget the customer.<br /><br />Unless you change your way of thinking and your attitude towards your outboard supplier, I think you're going to have a hard time omc frank. It has nothing to do with your abilities as a mechanic or small businessman. But understand....get on the train, or get out of the way. I didn't make those rules of the game, that's just the way they are whether good or bad.<br /><br />I'm over and out on this one.
Paved the way? To where? Bankruptcy and buy-out? Hello? The only thing that made Bombardier successful is Bombardier. Not Johnyrude. Bombardier is dealing with OMC's downfalls as we speak. In a few years there will be nothing about a Bombardier outboard that resembles what the old OMC made.<br /><br />Respect? What does respect have to do with changing times? You guys totally missed the point. Your personal views are clouding your business views. Respect? Remember I own a small business myself.<br /><br />omc frank, do you think Bombardier or the consumer wants to do business with this kind of a dealer relationship.......?<br /><br />"My mesage to bombardiere is lightem up or go away"<br /><br />"not dictate it with that big corporate heavy hand of yours !!!!" <br /><br />"hey bomb until we see johnson and evienrude tatoos on peoples arms you need to lighten up and forget about folowing in harleys footsteps"<br /><br />"bombardiere is more woried about a fresh coat of paint on the walls new floor tile than a master tech award" <br /><br />"i dont think they realy care about top shelf technitions"<br /><br />"this is just another exAmple of the bull crap they push on us"<br /><br />"being delt with by bombardier unfairly after being a loyal deticated dealer thru this all now to see these new policys witch at very least are creating a totaly unlevel playing field"<br /><br />"bombardiere needs to lighten up a bit there hard nosed attitude is at the very least! slowing down there recovery"<br /><br />With this attitude, why in the world would BombB want to cover your dealership's warranty claims and keep you around? And why would I want to buy one from you? And better yet, why do you even want to sell them? What exactly does Bombardier owe you for? And how have you earned your privilege to have and keep one of their dealerships? Exactly what have you contributed to help make Bombardier's Johnyrude successful, besides negativity? You did say outboards were your "way of life" didn't you? How have you secured this "way of life" with BombB....by slamming them? <br /><br />I have an idea for you. Buy Bombardier's Johnyrude division yourself and run it your way. You can cover warranty repairs for all discounted commercially sold motors exactly as those outboards purchased for personal use, and especially for those warranty repairs for competition tournament fisherman. You can give Power Boost Rebates to them all. And forget about 16 unit quotas. You can issue rebates for any dealer that sells just one outboard. That will really be an incentive for dealers to sell motors. And make sure every dealer carries inventory of a 10 hp powerhead, or at least have your company build an extra thousand of them in case they fail sometime on down the road. Don't worry about computers, CD's or palm pilots, you're steering away from fuel injection and going back to carbs like the old OMC, right? And give those mom and pop dealerships all the latitude in the world. Welcome them all. I see about 1,000 of them lined up right now that you're going to need to support and supply.<br /><br />Oh, and while your at it try to stay out of Bankruptcy and remember you have to compete with Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Merc, and the rest. Lastly, don't forget the customer.<br /><br />Unless you change your way of thinking and your attitude towards your outboard supplier, I think you're going to have a hard time omc frank. It has nothing to do with your abilities as a mechanic or small businessman. But understand....get on the train, or get out of the way. I didn't make those rules of the game, that's just the way they are whether good or bad.<br /><br />I'm over and out on this one.
