OT: T.C.'s new girl friend......, Linda Vaughn Options

[URY914]

T.C. and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando today and T.C. was able to score with Miss Hurst Shifter, the one and only Linda Vaughn....

[carr914]

My friends that had the booth @ PRI ( that I get the passes for Paul & myself) talked about the big number of people coming up to them trying to sell them things.

PRI moved to Orlando a few years back from Indianapolis. Well this year Indy had a show the week before PRI. Vendors can't do both. Obviously Orlando is better than Indy this time of year, but the Industry is getting fragmented by this stuff, especially with the economy.

T.C.

[Maltese Falcon]

My friends that had the booth @ PRI ( that I get the passes for Paul & myself) talked about the big number of people coming up to them trying to sell them things.
T.C.

SEMA calls this type of show visitor a "Suitcaser", and their bylaws instruct security to escort them out of the show. The big problem is that there is no security watching over this tactic and it is therefore a very cheap way for people to sell their wares without buying an exhibit space. Not only does SEMA not enforce suitcasers, they will not enforce displayed products that are violating the Intellectual Property Rights ( copied designs) of their own members ! If you would see one of your copied-products on display, you would need to hire a Las Vegas lawyer and serve a court order from Nevada in your attempt to have the product removed . Not to mention all of the off-shore counterfeiters roaming the show, just there for the purpose of stealing product data. They even photograph the shipping boxes and product logos. PRI might be the next big hit that these sleazy types latch onto. The SEMA staff needs to wake up and take their industry show back, it's a dog and pony show--and nobody is watching the front door.
Marty