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Re: [RC] Just For Horsin' Around - Lynne GlazerI'll tell you why--our endurance vendors are mostly small fry and provide a needed service to our riders. It's not like you can run to the Circle K for a pair of splint boots. JFHR's prices are super low, I bought a pair of double polar fleece tights at Warners for $36.So I chose to support their service to our sport. With a remote location I would think you'd be doubly happy to have the vendors there. Also I really wanted to encourage vendors to come because it enhanced the "party atmosphere", and to me endurance rides were always about having fun with like-minded folks and about profit, just about breaking even. Do you pay a farrier to be there in case of need? A fee to show up? I always did, and then the rider paid for whatever services were rendered. It was optional of course to have a farrier since EBs and other hoof protection can be carried, and it enhanced the "services" the ride offered--and I feel the vendor presence did the same thing. YMMV of course, Lynne On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Barbara McCrary wrote: We've had vendors in the past and we charged them $75 for a high- profile location at our ride. I did this because another ride in our area did it and I just followed their policy. I'm trying to understand why charging a vendor fee is not an acceptable idea. At the AERC convention, vendors have to pay a fair sum for the opportunity to sell their products, so why is it so onerous to charge a small sum for that opportunity at a ride? Maybe $100 is a bit steep, but I never had any vendor complain about paying $75 nor refuse to come because of it. Someone please educate me. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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