In my opninion there is.
To me, they represent everything that is wrong with selling to enthusiasts.
Their products are invariably direct copies of other people's work (ie
scorpion "extreme" suspension and the disc handbrake), they conduct their
business in what I consider to be, very shoddy practices. Ie they won't
publish prices and it's quite hard to get prices out of them.
They don't really know what they are talking about in the way of technical
details- mainly because they steal ideas off everyone else which they then
pass off as their own invention- they have never had to do any of their own
work. They ONLY care about making as much money as possible- they don't care
about delivering a great service and product- if you have watched the lon
Their whole sales ploy bears no relation to good products, but relies on
heavy advertising and marketing- mainly because the producst don't sell
themselves! They spend so much money with the mags that they get promoted
shamelessly and I just find that totally unpalatable.
I'm sorry to rant, but every time I, or my friends have dealt with them then
I have come away with a bad taste to my mouth. I'm good friends with Simon
Rafferty (the main man at X-eng in Horsham) and he got totally stiffed by
scorpion in a truly underhand and unprofessional manner, and to be honest,
since then I've been on a personal crusade against them!
Details here:
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=4300
and a wider discussion here:
http://www.devon4x4.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1252&postdays=0&postorder=asc&
start=0&sid=cde5118cd02b83b530462963c837d817
(I'm pugwash by the way no the forums- and yes I am a land rover convert! Am
using the LC for light off roading and towing!)
Anyway back to seat covers- is anyone else interested in seat covers?
-----Original Message-----
From: [Email address removed] [mailto:[Email address removed]] On
Behalf Of Benoit Bernard
Sent: 23 October 2007 13:21
To: [Email address removed]
Subject: Re: [ELCO] Seat Covers
Scapiron,
Hello James, is there some thing wrong with Scorpion?