I've been having discussions with S-A-D, AND James from AutoXclusive to see if we can use them as a C-R-O-S-S-F-I-R-E store. The idea would be to let then Carry the merchandise or make it available for members to directly without having to organize group buys for every thing. They already have on-line stores and this would facilitate buying for us. I'd like them to carry accessories and XF gear such as shirts, jackets, hats, visors, blankets, bags coffee tumblers, and more. We have already paid for the digitizing of the art work, so that's one less thing to worry about. S_A_D is checking out what he can do, and James is very interested in doing this. He will be hooking up with S_A_D as he wants t-shirts for his business as well. Moderators, and Julian, I would recommend we place a direct Banner and link to the C-R-O-S-F-I-R-E Store at the top of our site for easy access, as well another direct member store for those members now producing products to sell. Can you consider this change? He wants to put a banner on his crossfire site for members to join the XFi club, and the forum.

Below is a copy an e-mail from James and me I thought I should share. He already has shipments coming from Germany he's placing on his XF site.


FROM James;
Hi Fernando,

AutoXclusive is definitely on the way.. I know I've been saying
this for nearly a year now ;o) We made a mistake by trying to
get too fancy, many technical issues with the template and
functionalities. We're scaling it back to something more similar
to our Korean parts sites, it will be up very soon.

In regards to the XF promo gear, please give me some dollar figures of
what we're looking at to jump start it. Also, can you find out from your
shirt guy how much he charges for 2 color print tees, I'm also looking to
have AutoX shirts produced. Or you can just give him my info and I'll work
it out with him. Do you already have the XF tees completed? If so I'd
like to purchase a few.

By the way, AutoX will have a banner for the forum on the homepage
regardless of what you guys decide to do with your advertisements. I'm all
for pushing new members your direction.

Talk to you later.
--
Best Regards,

James
AutoXclusive.com
KoreanAutoImports.com
CustomSorento.com
1-866-767-3686

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From FP
> Thanks, I really want those pieces for my shifter area. As are some forum
> members.
> We have a member"Shirt-A-Day", obviously sells shirts. I coordinated group
> buys for t-shirts and polos for the Crossfire, and XFi club. Now I'm
> interested in doing jackets, hats, visors, blankets, bags, coffee
> tumblers, and while I can coordinate a group buy, I think it would be
> easier to find a store that can resell them to us as we need them, and not
> depend entirely on group buys because once a group buy is over, it
> difficult for new members and members that were not interested at the time
> of the group buy. I checked into a couple of promotional companies and we
> don't have to order high volume, but it does reduce the price if we do. I
> thought I would offer this to you since you already have an on-line store,
> and are considering a XF site. You can add a section for XF gear. You
> don't have to carry an inventory if you don't want to, but we can just go
> to the your site and order what we want from you. If you want to promote
> items through the forum, than that may create discount opportunities for
> you and us.
> Let me know if I can help you getting this going. BTW, anything going on
> with your XF site? If it's not moving as fast as you want it to, can you
> sell through your Korean store?
> I'm trying to talk the Forum moderators to consider on-line stores to be
> included on the home page.
> Thanks
> Fernando
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>
> From: info@koreanautoimports.com
> To: "Fernando Martinez"
> Subject: RE: Crossfire/ emblems
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:51:55 -0400 (EDT)
>>Hi Fernando,
>>
>> My ID is James@autoxclusive. To be honest I haven't had much
>>time lately to logon, however if anyone wants to send PM's I'll
>>be sure to address them.
>>
>>In regards to Crossfire gear, I'd be glad to help you guys out.. I think
>>it's a great idea. Let me know the specifics and we'll work it out. I
>>would personally like all the above for myself.
>>
>>The Crossfire is going nowhere, I love it. We've just been completely
>>swamped lately otherwise I would have already posted pictures on the
>>forum. As soon as I have the wheels and parts mounted I'll post some
>>photos.
>>
>>Regarding the parts found on Quaces, our first shipment of these items is
>>scheduled to arrive mid to late July. I'll be sure to contact you as soon
>>as they arrive.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Best Regards,
>>
>>James
>>AutoXclusive.com
>>KoreanAutoImports.com
>>CustomSorento.com
>>1-866-767-3686