SCHUMACHER MINI PINS job lots??

[ScottyDogWoof]

as above.. I'm after tyres only for 1/10th buggy.. Yellow or blue front and rear. NEW!!

Scott

[Southwell]

Contact Mark at MK Racing, he can order you in Schumacher tyres in bulk orders.

[ScottyDogWoof]

cheap tho??

[Mike Hudson]

Ring them up and find out!!!

[Doomanic]

Originally Posted by ScottyDogWoof

cheap tho??

Schumacher do not offer bulk discounts on tyres, so any saving is coming directly out the retailers profits.

With possibly the worst profit margins in the retail sector it is not unreasonable for shops to demand a little customer loyalty before cutting their own throats.

[ScottyDogWoof]

Yes i know this but times are tuff and the cost of tyres havent gone down...although tyres for my real car have dropped schumacher continue to charge well over 7quid per pr.! SO being a place of information traffic i thought i'd ask if any one has any new ones unwanted..? Is that such a bad thing to do?!

[Jony P]

If you ever need Ballistic Buggy Mini-Pins (pink or Greens) i have a job lot (all new)

If it's just a few then £3.50 (pr) + Postage but i'm sure we can do something for job lots

Kind Regards
Jonathan

[ScottyDogWoof]

you got any pics?? are they hard or soft??

[Jez]

Originally Posted by ScottyDogWoof

Yes i know this but times are tuff and the cost of tyres havent gone down...although tyres for my real car have dropped schumacher continue to charge well over 7quid per pr.! SO being a place of information traffic i thought i'd ask if any one has any new ones unwanted..? Is that such a bad thing to do?!

you willing to part with cash before delivery?ta jez.

[ScottyDogWoof]

how'd you mean

[benknight13]

when i get a bulk with other people i pay £5.60 for rears and £5.40 front.
work out very cheap.
thanks
ben

[Darren Boyle]

Ben you may of done up until recently mate but probably not any more (unless your supplier is insane ) since although the public only get to see that Schuey tyres are £7.99 rear and £7.49 front "suggested" what they dont get to see is that Schumacher have just moved the trade price up to the shops and left the RRP where it is, hence reducing the shop margin quite severely .

I suspect all this has been done so that the public applaud Schumacher for keeping prices down, but will they applaud them as much when the local shops all go broke and close down becasue they are not making enough money to survive..........

[ben]

Originally Posted by DMS Racing

but will they applaud them as much when the local shops all go broke and close down becasue they are not making enough money to survive..........

Bit of a bold comment darren... you dont make that much on tires anyway do you? It's not as if you just sell tires though.. lol

[Col]

But even the poeple that don't break anything buy tires. They are the on;y thing a shop can nearly guarantee to sell

[Doomanic]

Originally Posted by DMS Racing

but will they applaud them as much when the local shops all go broke and close down becasue they are not making enough money to survive..........

Been there, done that.

If no one buys tyres, they don't buy wheels, they don't buy inserts, they don't buy glue.
I did the national circuit for 8 years and initially, 75% of my business trackside was tyres and related items. That dropped off once shops decided that making 10p per pair was better than nothing and started price gouging but doing nothing to support racers trackside.

The desire to race on the cheap is in danger of killing off the hobby as more shops decide it just isn't worth the effort.

[Darren Boyle]

Just to add, Schumacher have slashed their margins on almost EVERYTHING, not just the tyres Ben!!! This thread was about tyres, so I used these as an example only, but as Dom has rightly said, tyres are a very "large" part of a race shops turnover, with many shops this forms a huge part of their profits.

There are lots of shops going under or very close to it at present and the first to moan will always be the racers once they have gone.

[benknight13]

hi
sorry i maybe wrong then
I know about 3 mounths ago i ordered about £400.00 off tires and thats the price i got them at but may be differnt now.
thanks
ben

[ScottyDogWoof]

hey look guys i was after stuff people had bought and not used not buy new from shops. Thought it would be helpfull for people that dont like pins but still had some new one's about!! or just gave up.. I had loads of rally x stuff new in packets after i gave up. I wont get what i paid for them...didnt plan to but i just didnt need it...Would have been helpfull knowing there was some one out there willing to part for cash...just like me waiting to buy now!

grrr. Why so seroius!!

Scotty