05-18-2004, 11:26 PM
My thoughts mirror Evan's.
In a business sense, you paid knowing about the possibility of getting rained out and therefore not getting your money's worth. This is not the fault of the SCCA and if probably even documented somewhere.
However, at that kind of entrant list and cost, there is no doubt that they are making big $$ off the event and should definitely give something in return. One thing about a business is that if you keep the customers happy, they keep coming back. If you screw them, say goodbye to them and thier money. If this SCCA group is smart, they'll give you free admission to the next one.
This is b/c it will incite you to talk to more people b/c you are performing for free at thier cost b/c of something that was out of thier control; that looks REALLY good for the SCCA and is hardly costing them anything in the long run, since that kind of publicity is what fills up registrations.
In a business sense, you paid knowing about the possibility of getting rained out and therefore not getting your money's worth. This is not the fault of the SCCA and if probably even documented somewhere.
However, at that kind of entrant list and cost, there is no doubt that they are making big $$ off the event and should definitely give something in return. One thing about a business is that if you keep the customers happy, they keep coming back. If you screw them, say goodbye to them and thier money. If this SCCA group is smart, they'll give you free admission to the next one.
This is b/c it will incite you to talk to more people b/c you are performing for free at thier cost b/c of something that was out of thier control; that looks REALLY good for the SCCA and is hardly costing them anything in the long run, since that kind of publicity is what fills up registrations.