Some of know Claude better than that. While I agree that the vendors use these "donations" to save a few dollars on their taxes, I do not think that is the primary motivation for their support. It is just a nice (small) bonus. The point of my original post was to say that I think our vendors realize that what is best for Delorean owners (in the long run) will be what is best for them and their business. In that mindset, I was curious as to why it seems like many DeLorean owners who find their way to the vendors out of need (to keep their car running) are not well informed about the local clubs.... Because it has been demonstrated that people that participate in the clubs are more likely to use and maintain their cars. My comments were supposed to appeal to the BUSINESS aspect of our vendors. That is, increasing membership in the clubs will help your bottom line.... Even if that means they need to donate more items to the club for those HUGE tax incentives to offset the additional profits :) --- outatime81 <outatime81@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > > I think it's all in how you read his post......I > didn't take Claude's > comment of "not out of the goodness of their heart" > as a slam. <SNIP> > Tom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/