VP MONEY

[Cindy_Ivey]

Did that $50.48 include sales tax?  Motor fuel tax? Hazmat insurance? Vendor fees which are around $150? Mileage to travel to VP to pick up the fuel? Mileage to carry the fuel to the track?  If you come to Augusta to pick buy the fuel it will be much cheaper than getting it at the track.  

What you are implying is that I am trying to cheat the racers.  You are sorely mistaken and shouldn't have made this personal.  I provide the racers a service that most can't.  It is very expensive to haul thousands of pounds of fuel to each race and there are few of us that do it while legally following all the federal guidelines.  I have spoken to 2 VP regional managers in the last hour about this fiasco and they are aware of what's going on.  They know what my prices as they are posted on my website.  If you have or had a problem with VP pricing you should have contacted the regional manager for where the problem happened as well as my regional manager.  You can get the numbers from VP's website.

[LMsports]

U4 does not retail for 50.48. Retail is now 56.70 I believe and we continue to sell it for 54.00. Perhaps the fuel you purchased was bought by your retailer 8 months ago and has been sitting since prices were less, who knows. I order enough VP that the semi delivers to my shop once a month. My product is always new and fresh and so are my bills. I pay whatever the latest price increase says I have to. The information that you are spreading is false and is not fair to your trackside vendors. If anyone is interested in knowing exactly what the costs are for fuel directly from VP feel free to call them direct. The number to the Terre Haute, IN office which is where I am based is 812-238-2084.

[GAMEDIC]

Porky... i should have known that was the Fat truck driver with a name like that ;D .. I  think the fat guy is saying that if a the vp truck is going to show up even though he can sell cheaper that he should at least only sell to the contracted riders at that price and match my price so that it doesn't make me look bad.. because tonay is right about that weekend and there was nothing i could do about it. I had to come so far and knew it was going to be a big weekend that i didn't even leave enough room for my own bike so that i could race. I did that to make sure i would have fuel for anyone that needed it. and when i got there the truck was there which i had no idea they were even going to come... nor did i know at what price they would be selling at.. not that it would matter because they were selling some cheaper than I pay for it myself.. and even the fuel that was sold a little less than i pay for it there is no way i could match that price.. if so someone would be giving me a ride home because i would not have been able to even pay for my gas to come. Not to mention the fact that i gave up racing that weekend so that i could make sure everyone would have their fuel. Now did the guy driving the truck do that?.. No he was paid to be there and it didn't matter how much he sold he got the same amount of money.. i didn't get  into this to get rich... but you can't expect me to go to every track and be there if you need anything and not make a little.. and that is about all i make...a little.. now.. you call that guy on the truck and tell him who you are and ask him a question about that weekend and see if he remembers who you are... now ..call me and ask me the same thing.. in some of your cases i can tell you what lap times you were running that weekend... .. ok enough said.. hey Tony.. off topic i need you to call me about something other than this i need to ask you something.. 706-936-1583

[porky]

First of all I am not making this personal, and yes being an owner operator in the trucking business I do know about hazmat insurance, highway fuel tax, road tax , and the cost of transportation. But at anytime have I stated anything false and can show proof . At Vir I purchased the fuel from THE VP person for the stated rates , actually he cut us an even better deal than stated, I am not being unfair to any vendor just stating what I know. Mr lm you are a very gracious person, Miss ivey sorry you're pissed. And I suppose the fuel could have been there for a few months suposedly, but I reckon he had to pay shipping, ins., and so-on also. But I do not lie, I do not tell untruths, and to get pissed because I brought up that my track vendor a friend of mine I pit with often lost sales, had people asking why, and the basic total embarrassment is just totally stupid. The prices I stated is what was paid, with receipt, and also the people that came back to get a refund because he was higher. I am not trying to say any of you cheat any racers , instead I respect all vendors as i said before, most vendors go out of there way to help racers, and to think that pisses me off. But none of it matters anyway, you think I'm out just to make you look bad instead of thinking about the guy thats out there working hard for you.  So if you could get your head out of the sky for one moment you could see my point, the fact that we are used to our track vendor and believing what he says, then when a vp truck rolls up  telling us totally different things, we then loose faith in who may be telling the truth.
          Just in closing MR lm I respect you very much, and Ive heard extremly great things that you have done for racers I aplaud you for this. And since Miss Ivey is so pissed now I guess I won't get sold anymore fuel, but I'll save money over contingency since in the southeast our fuel is $65, now thats personal.

[porky]

Give  me a  time  to call you greg ,after six would be good, I've got to get some permits on a load going out to texas next week. When I get back I'll give you a shout. Miss Ivey thinks I'm ditching her i guess , but thats not the situation, I just really felt bad for what happened, and nobody cares about you just that I think people that never get contingency should get the best price on fuel that they can. But any way peach  booze and bear candy, jammin on down asphault highway cruizin thru k-town 90 down.

[porky]

thanks greg see ya on the highway