Comments on: Motorsports Authentics reports 50m dollar loss, lays off 20 percent of staff

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:48:31 +0000

I have about 30 JOHN FORCE collectibles and my pic of JOHN’S car last year his parachutes are on the outside of the wing and my collectible has them on the inside which is ( a pain in the ass ) pardon me for saying. so let me no what you are goona do for 09 please.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:59:55 +0000

Fishy 69 :
God will be happy to know you have demoted him to SPAM IN A CAN status…

He has a point in that NASCAR does provide a prayer before the races and has done so long before you were around and nobody seems to mind that.

What has any of this to do the topic ???
Nothing I can see but when has that stopped you or me or any one else around here from expressing a off topic comment now and again…
POINT= show some respect for other ideas as we do yours.. If it keeps up then you can crap on them.

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:25:11 +0000

And what the heck does that have to do with this topic? You should take you SPAM and go someplace else.

By: Maturity

Maturity — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:15:43 +0000

To real8fan

Thanks a lot for your comment that I should leave my GOD nonsense at home. You know, that is where I do conduct my devotions. I thank you for reading my comments.
If one should throw a rock into a lorge crowd of people, the one hit would scream the loudest.
One remaining pleasant action of NASCAR is the prayer before the races. Hurts no one and intorduces, invokes the peace and protection of GOD. Many are grateful that NASCAR brings GOD into the racing business.
I will be thinking of you and remembering you. And. please be sure, this is not an angry response, just a peacefull reply.

Maturity

By: Real8Fan

Real8Fan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:39:58 +0000

MATURITY: Leave your GOD nonsense at home! You want to be a religious nut job, fine, but keep it to yourself!

By: KyleBst264

KyleBst264 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:56:42 +0000

As long as you have goofs like the current France family line up and their peers calling the shots, we’re gonna have problems.

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:31:35 +0000

Bob, never said it had every thing to do with it, just that it was part of the reason. Also its not just ISCs management, SMI is involved too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:31:18 +0000

Junior was blamed but as I recall his #88 die cast was selling like crazy! This company was cranking out the new #88 stuff since the announcement back in the summer. And those people in China needed a cost of living raise too. Rice goes up every 10 years (lol).

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:04:48 +0000

Let’s not forget that the real loss is in the 20% cut back..
That means that just before the holiday season 1 in every 5 people working for this company is now with out a job. The sad part is it could have been avoided if only ISC had better management.
Cut backs are a fact of life but they are especally hard at this time of year. If you work for a company that has it all togeather then count yourself as one of the lucky few.

“Fishy” Its hard to belive that you think material costs were to blame for a 45 million $$ write off…

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:42:46 +0000

MATURITY wrote:

NASCAR is going the way of Rome.

Does that mean that Brian is going to move into a little village inside Daytona Speedway….? l0l j/k

But also in relation to your post, what does god have to do with NASCAR?

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:41:17 +0000

Don’t worry, with all the new Jr merchandise they will make record amounts of money next year.

Also while I’m not 100% sure about this, but I bet this loss has something to do with the fact that the actual suplies used to make the Merch cost more, but the prices haven’t gone up.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:25:42 +0000

But didn’t this loss already get blamed on Dale Jr. because he changed teams ??

Maturity, I like your little Rome theory but wake up, ALL Business is “about the money”.
As a consumer I’m interested in what I will get for MY money that I spend at the track and for licensed products.
So I would say that it is not the money NASCAR makes it’s what they give back for it.
That means if the company is not making a profit and there customers are unhappy then it is bad management that is really the cause of the problem.
That can be fixed by France staying home and sipping a scotch and leaving the real management to the people that were trained to do it.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:23:07 +0000

This is what happens when your business model involves putting all its eggs in one basket!

By: gigolo george

gigolo george — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:21:35 +0000

Another fine business screwed up by the France family! Does it ever end?

By: MATURITY

MATURITY — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:09:10 +0000

NASCAR is going the way of Rome.
refuses to wake up and look at the real picture.
Ratings down, losing money in sales, losing overall market share. The
Reasons to a common sense person are obvious.
NASCAR has left it’s “roots”. It was in the historic past………GOD, country and racing in that order.
Now it is market share, ratings, market share, ratings, market share, ratings over and again, more accurately defined as money,money,money……..a cancer which will do great harm.
Did NASCAR worry about this as the racing giant was growing? Of course not.
NASCAR, it is suggested you remember “what brung you to the dance”. It was GOD, country, racing, and all the rest naturally followed.
I hold little hope that we will see any real change…………..so as Rome went so NASCAR will follow.

By: BFDracing

BFDracing — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:28:26 +0000

Funny I read a column on NASCAR.com about fans sick of NASCAR’s crap stopped buying NASCAR gear! Weird!

Fans not happy, not as much merchandise sold!
You do the math NASCAR!