I'm fine Frank...not offended or felt picked on at all..
For most of us small time guys thats the only opportunity to network with some of the reps for some of these companies. I felt like it was the only way to "get my foot in the door" and even find out who to talk to about sponsorship. Sending random emails or making random phone calls usually gets you nowhere. Meeting face to face has much more impact. Theres no other place that I could do that.
I've always been a firm believer in "if you want something to happen, you have to go out and make it happen".Sometimes that means "pushing the envelope alittle", which I guess I did to some extent.
I personally tried to be very courteous and keep my conversation short and to the point and just make a quick contact, hand them my resume and get a name and a way to contact them to discuss the possibility more. I made it a point to not interfere with their business since I fully appreicate what SEMA is really meant to be for these companies.
I made a quick contact and then made sure I followed up with that contact after SEMA and I even waited until after PRI was over.
99% of the reps were great and seemed very eager and willing to talk about the project. Some did kinda brush me off as "thats fine, but lets discuss this some other time/place" and I was fine with that. ALot of time the reps were just sitting "zoning out" and seemed eager to discuss an actual car and not just selling a product. Yes that time costs $$ but if the guy is just standing there staring into space, whats the difference if he's talking to me or zoning out....the $$ clock is still running. Lets face it....there is alot of "down time" of doing nothng for alot of these reps.
I dont think I pissed anyone off or stepped on any toes...at least I hope I didnt.
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