I don't think anyone should ever sell a spot for more than face value. I like your thread, and hope you find a spot:thumb:
That was the thought i had when i saw the original post. While it would be really shitty, i wouldnt put it past some people to see that as a potential money making scheme. Especially at places like Barber or Road Atlanta. But maybe not, because it would be a whole lot of risk and not much return. At the most you might make an extra $20-$50 per slot. I dont think there are many people that would be like "I will give you $1000 for those spots!". And then if they buy 5-10 slots, but the event doesn't sell out, they just lost a bunch of money which would more than offset any gains they made from previous events. Im sure the STT login/sign-up process has ways of preventing such activities.
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I started getting some serious instruction about 2yrs ago. We basically revamped my riding style completely. Everything from body positioning, to incorporating a lot of trail braking, to lines, to how I approach a corner, so on and so forth. In the beginning, everything felt mechanical. It took several weekends for it to become muscle memory and for everything to "flow".
We would never allow someone to buy multiple spots for the purpose of re-selling. We only allow you to buy a spot for yourself - if you decide to sell that spot, you are certainly at liberty to sell it for whatever amount you deem appropriate, and then we have to be notified of the transfer. t
Well damn. There goes my plans of buying every Barber slot for 2014...and then being able to retire after selling them.
I hope Trevor doesn't mind this suggestion (don't think he will): just show up. I certainly believe it when he says the event is sold out, BUT, Someone could break down and never even make the event. Someone could crash out on Saturday opening up a spot for Sunday. Or fall ill, or decide they'd rather try basket weaving. You never know.
I don't mind the suggestion at all - and at the popular events, that get sold out, we do see this - the, ahem... ambulance chasers if you will...... but...... If people come to registration, expecting us to magically fit them in to the event... they're going to find they don't get very far. As we all know, the last few years the economy has sucked..... hard. This has had an effect on any business that lives off expendable income... and trackdays are entirely that. What's resulted is days that don't sell out, and customers get used to being able to sign up a few days in advance, watch the weather, or sign up trackside. I can remember when Barber opened - I was a customer of STT, living in Wisconsin... and we would make plans for the March Barber STT event, or the October Barber STT event..... the March event would SELL OUT the first week of January..... the October event would SELL OUT in July. Even when I was lucky enough to be asked to be a northern coach..... I would pay to come to the southern Barber events. I do believe that as the economy improves, we will see events sell out further in advance. Consider the fact that I was a customer at one point and that I made plans well in advance to make sure I had a trackday spot for an event that I really wanted. To be blunt - your lack of planning is not my problem. I would keep an eye on the "for sale" section - there are always one or two people that need to sell spots because something has come up. Be warned though.... these in demand Barber spots will go in hours.... if not minutes, of being posted. t