Barrett-Jackson / Speed Channel E-Mail

[Xplantdad]

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This is really sad....Kwhizz at this moment is in Jamaica, warm weather , white sand beaches, beautiful golf courses, great food....and here he is posting on this crappy sight... Ken you need a intervention....

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You forgot the wireless internet on the beach?

[Xplantdad]

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Guy's it's a TV show........If you don't like it change the channel.....or better yet....get off your butt and head to AZ..Nobody has to put anything on TV...Thank them and move along....


Steve

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I agree with Steve...if 40 hours isn't enough for you then plop down your cold hard cash and come out for the week!

[Xplantdad]

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The bastard has been torturing me with pics daily

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Too bad this is a family site or the guys could have been looking at the ones Ken sent me on PM........... Oh well, their loss I guess.

Thanks for the pics!
Rick

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Hey, no fair!

[70 copo]

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LOL....I think his letter was silly. GM was also a sponsor of the event. There just weren't that many nice Camaro's there and the first Camaro was a poor example right down to the "Caution Fan" sticker and it's restamped incorrect engine.[ QUOTE ]


(Charile)

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Not silly at all. A perfect example came late on Sunday afternoon A '67 0-1 BB IPC comes to the block the BJ block announcer can be heard in the background telling the bidders how "rare" the car was.

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(Phil)

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You really think "Barrett Jackson has now apparently been tainted by auto industry politics and rivalries" ? You really think they have they had planned to not air the Pace car because of a polital slant against Camaro's ? They are trying to sell a ton of cars and they are covering it on National TV They have the commercial time slots locked in for when they have to break away for a commercial. The auction runs at a breakneck pace and never on it's wished for schedule. They have no clue as to what car will be going on the block when they go to commercial probably until maybe 1 minute before it is on the block and they sure aren't going to switch the run order or slow down the run to time it so there is a fair balance of brands. Speed channel has a million things to co-ordinate and worrying about covering all the brands on TV equally is something I bet they figure will happen naturally because of the large variety of cars. Maybe you haven't noticed but I'm kind of a Camaro guy also. There just weren't that many nice Camaro's. I have not heard of any people with nice Camaro's being turned down that tried to put them in the sale.

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Charlie

The issue is not BJ as an auction company. The issue "is" as admitted in the reply by Speed to the Camaro club on the very first page of this thread where (according to Camaro Billy) SPEED VP Rick Minor stated:

" There are many factors that go into the "placement" of comml breaks and frankly the "make" of vehicle comes way down the list........much of this is done on the fly and we react to block action so...."the best laid plans of mice and men".....frequently go out the window once we are on the air.... I'm sorry we did not provide the coverage of the cars you waited for and I assure you we will endeavor to move the manufacturer mix higher on the list when placing the breaks in future telecasts".

So in the third post of this thread I simply agree with the stated gripe of the Camaro club by offering one clear example which supports both the Camaro club's position and the stated reply of the Speed VP as the Speed VP clearly states what the telecast "was" and its "failings".


IMO...If the Camaro Club has a gripe they simply need to do the homework. First determine the televised run order of the cars and do a statistically based evaluation against the BJ auction lot as a whole. This data will show the types of cars present on the block and when the airing cut to commercial (or a special report) and will then by data alone tell the numbers and types of cars televised to the world.

With those statistics in hand the proper venue for the airing of this type of complaint is the companies that paid big $$ for commercial ad time. I would start with Hagerty and BMW.

In closing: If the perception is that Speed Channel presented an imbalanced telecast, then I say to the Camaro club -prove it. Prove it to the companies who paid dearly for commercial time and do it for the entire 40 hour airing.


Phil

[Eddie M.]

cool right on Ken