Karl,
I agree that $40 is way too high to pay to show a car, and completely out of
line. However before driving 3 1/2 hours to a show I would find out ahead of
time what the charges were and decide then whether I wanted to go. Most shows
will promote weeks ahead of time with some kind of flyer or ad.
I too have a problem with paying to show a car to others who also pay to see it.
As for paying to see a show, I think that a $10 to $15 admission charge is fair
if it is a legit show with lots of extras and lots of cars. I have been involved
with organizing shows and know there is a lot of work involved as well as
expenses. We may have been lucky but we have always met the budget with
admission charges and selling swap spaces - never charging exhibitors to show
their cars. We figure that they have forked out enough $$ on their cars
already!!
Brian
D500s in Mich
Tuff Shift wrote:
> I need the opinions of the club members on this, please.
>
> Saturday I drove 3 1/2 hours in my 61 300G from Des Moines to the Chrysler
> Classic car show in Kansas City Missouri Saturday only to find out they
> expected me to fork out 40 bucks just for the "priviledge" of allowing them
> to charge spectators 10 bucks to look at it.
>
> I became so incensed at what seemed to be an exhorbitant fee for a "car
> show", I told the lady it just wasn't gonna happen and I turned around and
> made the 3 1/2 hr journey back to Des Moines.
>
> As you can tell, I don't get out to such events often with the 300, though I
> loved the drive and the attention from the general masses who enjoyed ogling
> my big black batmobile for free along the boulevard. Was I acting
> unreasonable by leaving that show, or is this the expected "fee" for showing
> ones car off at a car show?
>
> Karl
> <61 300G>
> <64 Fury>
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