Originally Posted by
Ginge
Raj you need to be careful here, this will either make or break your business, just because performance trim have gone out of business for now doesn't mean they won't be back under another name. Those molds are worth so much money that they cant afford not to go back into business or sell the molds to someone who will then start producing items enmasse that you wouldn't be able to compete with.
I'm not meaning to sound negative but you come across as a decent chap, i just don't want to see shit go bad for you.
Ginge
Hello Ginge,
thanks for the advice, im pretty confident Autoflock Motorsport is able to hold its own regardless of the competition, at the mo there are only small parts in the pipeline, we are mainly concerntrating on the jap and french stuff as we have had a close look an the market and feel we can bring some good products to the table and be competative.
In the ford scene it is mainly about interest over business, I myself have made some great friends on here and ALL of the compsite work we have done and are working on are from friends asking for parts, my personal attitude is to make a part, price it on materials and timetaken and then see how it gets on regardless of what the company down the road is doing.
If someone wants a part doing and we think its worthwhile having a go then we will, we can only say to the customer yes or no about having a go in the first place.
Performance trim seemed to have had the ford scene and the vag scene pretty much cornered off which is why we have not really pushed anything in those areas, I just thought it might be worthwhile asking Jimbo to ask around for any other ideas of what people may want, I mean there is less money in developing parts for older cars as there is new, so I thought maybe people would welcome a company such as ourselves trying to develop some new products?
Anyway early days yet so we will just start with a few things from the silver fox's sporn when he arrives next week and see how we get on.
And dont worry about this making or breaking autoflock, if we cannot make a product to a standard we see fit for market then it doesnt go out the door, and if someone else starts producing the same product then its up to the consumer to choose, all we can say is we have done our best. There is always going to be competition, its how you deal with customers and the standard of products which ensures your place within the market place.
I have yet to se any other firm illustrate with photo diaries the process of what they do, people know exactly what they get for their hard earned cash when they come to us.
Christ thats another epicly long post. Sorry for anyone not interested in this