DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #225
     



From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay.laughton@itron.com>

Subject: Re: POCA store moves...

Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 11:00:18 -0700



At 13:20 04/28/97 -0400, MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:

>Asa Jay,

>

>Be advised, the POCA club store is in the process of moving from Arizona to

>New York, where POCA $$$$$ dude Bob Reid will be handling the store as well

>for the forseeable future.

>

>While sales were certainly decent, I suspect we didn't 'run out' of anything.

> We had LOTS of inventory.

>

>Wait a week or two for UPS to catch up to him, then give him a call.

>

>Most other chapters have stores as well, and sell all sorts of neat t-shirts

>and other things; too bad they don't have advertisements made up.  Ya really

>gotta come to Vegas to get the Good Stuff!

>

>Mike



To all,



Well, through a rather convoluted series of events, I finally made it to

Vegas.  My planes were seriosly delayed Sunday evening and I didn't get in

until early Monday morning, around 12:30.  Monday's work came and went, and

by about 4:30 I was at the Union Plaza cruising the parking lot looking for

"leftovers".  To my elated surprise, I found one Orange L-model parked on

the lower level right next to the door.



So I went inside and managed to find Kent Snyder and his wife still there.

They were finishing up packaging the POCA store along with Bob.



I have to give my heartfelt thanks to all three for temporarily opening the

store for me that Monday evening.  They even went to the trouble of hooking

up the card reader so I could make my purchase via credit card.  I must

have talked with them for over an hour and really felt like one of the

family by the time I left.  I am really sorry I missed the show but I was

still able to see at least one Pantera before I left.  The hospitality I

was afforded was greater than any other car club I have been affiliated

with and that was after the events had taken place, the participants were

gone and the whole place vacated.  I really appreciated the opportunity to

chat with you folks for the limited amount of time I had.  I really look

forward to next year.  And I even managed to get a cocktail from Kevin

before leaving the hotel, thank you for the tip Kent.



To Dave and Linda Adler specifically,



I recieved your voice-mail message last week but have been unable to

respond until now.  I had National Guard duties for 4 days after getting

home from Vegas on Friday.  Anyway,  I'm very interested in finding out

what the PI store has after that little bit of sly marketing you left on my

phone : )  Linda's voice was so sexy I wanted to rush right out and buy

everything.  On another note, I was pleasantly welcomed home with the

latest PI issue.  Very well done very well worth it, thank you very much

again and keep up the good work.  BTW, are you still coming to Washington

this summer?



I'm glad I joined PI and POCA.  The people are great and the advice is

fantastic.  I'm well on my way to really knowing what kind of Pantera I

want when I get ready to purchase.



Asa Jay



Asa Jay Laughton

7? Pantera - Two year goal to aquisition

71 Mustang Mach I - Looks Fast, Goes Fast, 72 Mustang Convertible - Topless

Fun in the Sun

87 Jeep Cherokee - Tows the boat