Scotland Supercar Meets
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svracers said:
Also bills breakfast meet at st mirrens ground in paisley the first sunday of each month. I avoid tartan tarmac events now as they charge £8.50 per adult for a car meet at larkhall kart circuit! Im not the only one to no longer attend these events due to the greed involved
Call it as i see it andrew- you can roll your eyes as much as you want 
maybe you should have done some market research before charging that kind of money for a car meet! The pictures posted said it all- not alot of people went to the last event- the high price of attending is driving people away!
maybe you should have done some market research before charging that kind of money for a car meet! The pictures posted said it all- not alot of people went to the last event- the high price of attending is driving people away!Edited by svracers on Thursday 11th November 17:58
I agree s2red. I dont mind paying for a big car show or the scottish motorbike show but wont pay £8.50 for a car meet in a karting tracks carpark.. the world has gone mad! If you look at tartan tarmacs fb page you will see the angry reactions from punters. Thats what you call a pr disaster
svracers said:
Call it as i see it andrew- you can roll your eyes as much as you want maybe you should have done some market research before charging that kind of money for a car meet! The pictures posted said it all- not alot of people went to the last event- the high price of attending is driving people away!
As was answered on Facebook: maybe you should have done some market research before charging that kind of money for a car meet! The pictures posted said it all- not alot of people went to the last event- the high price of attending is driving people away!Edited by svracers on Thursday 11th November 17:58
1) we've been running events for 10+ years across many venues so we know what can and can't be done
2) you need the ability to ticket the event to limit numbers, as we found out at the Riverside Museum when getting 800+ cars and locking down the local roads
3) it's not actually costing £8.50 as that includes a drink + bacon roll
4) we did not want the price increase, our hand was forced, otherwise, we'd not have had an event. It needed to go ahead to demonstrate that price point is too high.
It's all very well having a car meet in a car park with no toilet facilities, a burger van and not charging anything, but it's not something we want to do.
If we can make it £2 to cover insurance etc then that would be perfect...
No problem well i wish you all the best but as ive said before i and many other people dont think its good value for money. I think personally tartan tarmac has made a huge mistake and overestimated what people are prepared to pay for a car meet. I see you are involved in online marketing... did you bother carrying out market research to ask what the attendees want and are prepared to pay?! I doubt it. Alot of people dont have the money especially during these times to pay that sort of money. Il let other people make up their mind about the reaction you got on your facebook page. Sadly you and the facebook poster get extremely defensive and resort to childish comments instead of actually listening to the car owners- no car owners attending = no car meet!!
Edited by svracers on Friday 12th November 12:23
Here’s the thing guys, the TT team have never been in this for the money, if we can cover some of our costs to run TT then that would be nice but we rarely do cover costs but we’re ok with that because we like doing TT and we get to do a lot of fun driving stuff because of it. There are 7 of us that run TT, we get £1 per ticket at Larkhall so if there are 400 tickets sold we get £400 and if we did pay ourselves anything, which we don’t, then we’d be able to make £57 whole quid a month, Wonder what I’d get in the classifieds for that?
Larkhall on the other hand are a business, it’s a good venue and to host us they have operating costs, £6.50 I think was a good balance, you’re not paying just to attend a meet you’re really paying in advance for breakfast but larkhall by selling tickets are ensuring that enough breakfasts are sold to make it worthwhile for them. This is not a big money enterprise and anyone that thinks it is is sadly deluded. As Andrew said we didn’t want to increase the price but it wasn’t the first time it was brought up so we didn’t really have a choice. We knew it would have an impact on the meet, we’re not daft but Larkhall now know where the limits are and they might tell us that it’s not worth it to them and to find another venue.
TT has been going since around 2014 and we’ve done a lot for the motoring community in Scotland so it really does piss us off to read the greed comments etc we’re all just car enthusiasts doing this because we enjoy it but there’s only so much s
t you can put up with before you decide it’s not worth it.
Larkhall on the other hand are a business, it’s a good venue and to host us they have operating costs, £6.50 I think was a good balance, you’re not paying just to attend a meet you’re really paying in advance for breakfast but larkhall by selling tickets are ensuring that enough breakfasts are sold to make it worthwhile for them. This is not a big money enterprise and anyone that thinks it is is sadly deluded. As Andrew said we didn’t want to increase the price but it wasn’t the first time it was brought up so we didn’t really have a choice. We knew it would have an impact on the meet, we’re not daft but Larkhall now know where the limits are and they might tell us that it’s not worth it to them and to find another venue.
TT has been going since around 2014 and we’ve done a lot for the motoring community in Scotland so it really does piss us off to read the greed comments etc we’re all just car enthusiasts doing this because we enjoy it but there’s only so much s
t you can put up with before you decide it’s not worth it.Edited by steelej on Friday 12th November 12:36
Edited by steelej on Friday 12th November 12:38
Edited by steelej on Friday 12th November 12:48
The whole making money part im sorry but tht is my opinion and im entitled to it best of luck for the future but you are now pricing alot of people out of going to your car meet.. If the venue you are using is charging people £8.50 each to attend a car park and have a roll and drink which lets face it will cost around £2-3 something isnt right. People arent stupid and wont pay that money for a car meet. Alright there are nice cars there but you pay less to go to a proper car show or for example the scottish motorbike show which has alot of separate attractions. Was any market research carried out by tartan tarmac to ask this question? I doubt it
It really doesn’t take a mathematical genius to work it out, I’ve been totally honest with you on what TT gets out of this, larkhall need staff to cover the meet, they need to buy in the food, they have VAT to cover, they’re not losing money but not making much either. We told them what would happen and now we know. What annoys me though is that you’ve obviously attended TT meets before and were happy to come and enjoy them when you were sure we all worked for absolutely nothing and no doubt you still spent the £5 or so that it’s always been for a roll and drink at our meets even back at the college days but now it’s just greed, so it’s fk you TT guys and thanks for nothing!!! I’ve been to a lot of shows over the years and the standard of cars at the TT meets has rivalled and even bettered many of them.
k you TT guys and thanks for nothing!!! I’ve been to a lot of shows over the years and the standard of cars at the TT meets has rivalled and even bettered many of them.Edited by steelej on Friday 12th November 13:39
svracers said:
The whole making money part im sorry but tht is my opinion and im entitled to it best of luck for the future but you are now pricing alot of people out of going to your car meet.. If the venue you are using is charging people £8.50 each to attend a car park and have a roll and drink which lets face it will cost around £2-3 something isnt right. People arent stupid and wont pay that money for a car meet. Alright there are nice cars there but you pay less to go to a proper car show or for example the scottish motorbike show which has alot of separate attractions. Was any market research carried out by tartan tarmac to ask this question? I doubt it
What if you don't want the roll and drink do you still have to hand over £8.50 for a car park meet?, surely not.Yes its £8.50 an entry. Im not slagging tartan tarmac off im simply giving constructive criticism- you need to listen to peoples concerns. There are great cars there ive already said that but there gets a stage that people are not comfortable paying that kind of money. There is no need to be defensive or anste- just take on board what people are saying to you. Cheers 
The meet will never be £8.50 again, we know that, it’s only been that price once and we as the TT team didn’t really have a choice in that, we all now know for certain there is a limit and £8.50 exceeds that, we actually didn’t even need to do any research to know what would happen and like I’ve said before Larkhall might turn round now and say it’s not worth it for them and we as the TT team will need to start all over again.
svracers said:
The whole making money part im sorry but tht is my opinion and im entitled to it best of luck for the future but you are now pricing alot of people out of going to your car meet.. If the venue you are using is charging people £8.50 each to attend a car park and have a roll and drink which lets face it will cost around £2-3 something isnt right. People arent stupid and wont pay that money for a car meet. Alright there are nice cars there but you pay less to go to a proper car show or for example the scottish motorbike show which has alot of separate attractions. Was any market research carried out by tartan tarmac to ask this question? I doubt it
What car event have you been to that charges less for parking +breakfast/food all in one price Anywhere I have been you pay for entry only which is more than a few quid(knockhill, ingilston, boness hillclimb etc) and then pay seperate over inflated prices if you want food from what ever takeaway van/cafe is on site. A bacon roll and a coffee will be at least £5 ime from these places.
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