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How to be pro banner thieves. Sad indeed.
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It would look nice in my garage tough

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Ruparrazzi - at your service. Yes, we yelled at them. Security nowhere close.
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Rupert X 6/10/2012 12:51pm
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Katoom72 wrote:
It would look nice in my garage tough
Dig it, I'm no Saint Bernard, but the family (pictured) that stole together - was the most pathetic.
crashnburn11 6/10/2012 12:53pm
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Those damn banners are fairly expensive to print too. That family is probably carrying off 300--500 dollars worth of banners
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It might not look quite as bad if they only had one but the three armfuls looks like greedy thievery. Sad
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4stroke4DWIN 6/10/2012 1:02pm
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That shit has been going on forever, BFD, Just a FYI I just had a 3'x10' banner printed up for my shop for $ 35.00...........
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carlosmacho 6/10/2012 1:11pm
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Mother nature (if you believe in that sort of thing) took a lot of banners at Thunder Valley, maybe Rupert could teach her not to do that..... just sayin'
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Hmmmm, BannerThieves.com is an available domain....
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Don't they just throw those things in the garbage after a race anyway?
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Rupert X 6/10/2012 1:52pm
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Don't they just throw those things in the garbage after a race anyway?
Nope. Transported around. You're looking at a LOT of $ resources, a length of track coverage might be $20 grand per

season, per sponsor. And , the banners themselves cost $.

It's simple thievery.
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4stroke4DWIN wrote:
That shit has been going on forever, BFD, Just a FYI I just had a 3'x10' banner printed up for my shop for $ 35.00...........
BFD? Ever hear of property rights?
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4stroke4DWIN wrote:
That shit has been going on forever, BFD, Just a FYI I just had a 3'x10' banner printed up for my shop for $ 35.00...........
bd wrote:
BFD? Ever hear of property rights?
Not to mention,they say "DO NOT STEAL THE TRACK BANNERS" over the intercom many times throughout the day.
I think security kicked some kids asses for stealing banners last year or so at Dilla.
I remember a thread with video of it on here last year.
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4stroke4DWIN wrote:
That shit has been going on forever, BFD, Just a FYI I just had a 3'x10' banner printed up for my shop for $ 35.00...........
bd wrote:
BFD? Ever hear of property rights?
FastEddy wrote:
Not to mention,they say[b] "[i]DO NOT STEAL THE TRACK BANNERS[/i]"[/b] over the intercom many times throughout the day. I think security kicked some kids asses for...
Not to mention,they say "DO NOT STEAL THE TRACK BANNERS" over the intercom many times throughout the day.
I think security kicked some kids asses for stealing banners last year or so at Dilla.
I remember a thread with video of it on here last year.
I remember.... those guards kinda got a bad rap. I say welcome to NY!
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100 % white trash
-espionage- 6/10/2012 2:29pm
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Here's a ideal..how about they sell them in pits along with the generic t-shirts. The merchandise they sell at the races is pathetic. They seriously need to look at NASCAR merchandising in the pits if they want to increase revenue.

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Here's a ideal..how about they sell them in pits along with the generic t-shirts. The merchandise they sell at the races is pathetic. They seriously need...
Here's a ideal..how about they sell them in pits along with the generic t-shirts. The merchandise they sell at the races is pathetic. They seriously need to look at NASCAR merchandising in the pits if they want to increase revenue.
Agreed. And OPEN up the pits. Let the Racers/ teams display and sell their wares.

Long, long overdue.
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4stroke4DWIN wrote:
That shit has been going on forever, BFD, Just a FYI I just had a 3'x10' banner printed up for my shop for $ 35.00...........
Should I swing by your shop and just take yours then? It only cost $35.......
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Hando 6/10/2012 2:46pm
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isnt banner stealing a tradition at the nationals?

i think it's in the MotoXXX 6 video and they show the fans storming the race after Redbud in 2001 or 2002 and they're just tearing all the banners down.
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MR. X wrote:
100 % white trash
Hey, hey!
Those are Vital members (likely) you are talking about.Evil
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Rupert X wrote:
Nope. Transported around. You're looking at a LOT of $ resources, a length of track coverage might be $20 grand per season, per sponsor. And...
Nope. Transported around. You're looking at a LOT of $ resources, a length of track coverage might be $20 grand per

season, per sponsor. And , the banners themselves cost $.

It's simple thievery.
This. Stealing is stealing.
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Rupert X 6/10/2012 3:18pm
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One of my fave pics from this weekend. Thank me later. In beer.
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great photos on the other thread Rup.........a great feel for what is High Point.........agree 100% on letting guys sell their stuff but alot of hair around it as Moto Tees holds all the cards at MX national merchandising....................great idea on selling banners!!
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carlosmacho wrote:
Mother nature (if you believe in that sort of thing) took a lot of banners at Thunder Valley, maybe Rupert could teach her not to do...
Mother nature (if you believe in that sort of thing) took a lot of banners at Thunder Valley, maybe Rupert could teach her not to do that..... just sayin'
Well that makes it OK then.
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Rupert X wrote:
How to be pro banner thieves. Sad indeed.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/06/10/HIGH_POINT_JUNE_2012_271_379571.JPG[/img]
How to be pro banner thieves. Sad indeed.
Maybe they were just helping to keep them from blowing away. Tongue
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wawazat 6/10/2012 3:53pm
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Maybe some of the more expensive banners are taken from round to round, but the ones that line the track and just left at the track. They staple those things to wooden stakes, they ain't paying anyone to remove staples and clean the banners.

Stealing is wrong, so not excuseing it.

I saw someone steal the M from the Monster sign at Glen Helen a few years ago. Dude had a screw gun lol
umagumadog 6/10/2012 3:58pm
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I'm sure nobody in this thread has ever taken anything that didn't belong to them.
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Sunhouse 6/10/2012 3:59pm
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If I win the lottery I´ll sponsor the nationals and have all the banners on the track bear my picture, and perhaps add something like "Alex is awesome". I will grace garage walls all across the US

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