Miata Mailing List: August 1997, Message #4
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From: 	griffin@mlode.com (Dennis Griffin)

Subject: Re: Miata.Net support

Date: 	Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:30:06 +0000



Neil:

	(Soon-to-be) congradulations, and (Soon-to-be) welcome..

	Dennis & Am Fear Gorm...







Neil wrote:

> 

> Well, howdy everyone :)

> 

> I guess a quick introduction is in order.  I'm Neil, a soon-to-be (fingers

> crossed!) owner of a nice, shiny red '91 Miata. I live in Eugene, Oregon.

> 

> First off, thanks for the *awesome* resources available at miata.net. I read

> someone's post about... "If they'd created a Capri.net, I would've bought

> that, instead!".  True.  If it weren't for the depth and breadth of the

> respurces on the net (and mostly at miata.net), I'd never think of buying

> this car.

> 

> Now then, on to the subject at hand.

> 

> Everyone is talking about ways to support miata.net. "Let the vendors pay

> for <xxx>, and give us a discount." Or, "Let users subscribe for $xxx a

> month."  At the moment, neither of these solutions appear to be working for

> anyone on the net (except for porn sites).

> 

> Has anybody thought about approaching Mazda?

> 

> If so, stop reading, reply to me privately, and remind me that step one of a

> newbie's readings should be to read archives :)

> 

> If not, read on...

> 

> A partnership with Mazda seems plausible...

> 

> 1) Mazda retains core audience & customer support with little monetary support.

> 2) Miata.net remains free, and remains the property of whomever owns it now.

> 3) It costs vendors nothing... although, any articles that say "Buy from

> <this guy>, and never from " may have to disappear.

> 4) The wealth of info compiled on Miata.net has to be worth quite a bit (not

> to mention the website address). The volume of users on this mailing list is

> testament to that.

> 5) Say: marketing surveys. (big companies love that stuff)

> 

> Okay, so, it has some pluses. But it's another solution; perhaps the current

> Mazda website could simply mirror or host miata.net, hmm?

> 

> More thoughts for the ether. :)

> 

> Regards,

> Neil

> 

> '91 Red, Stock, many miles (soon-to-be, I hope!)

> Eugene, Oregon USA

> 

> --

> Neil      <nahal@earthlink.net>

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