Riders not paying?!

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loftyair 10/19/2019 9:41am
10/19/2019 9:41am
If it was that pc rider, he's been going there for many years. A bit of entitlement maybe, should of just paid.
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Halfast816 10/19/2019 10:06am
10/19/2019 10:06am
Fine you want to sneak out and try to get away with it. Don’t act like a whiny little bitch when caught. Man up and pay the difference.
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jeffro503 10/19/2019 10:34am
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slipdog wrote:
Isn't he like 17yrs old?

I'm not defending what happened, just saying 17yr olds do dumb shit for dumb reasons because they are dumb asses...
Pretty much what Slip said. Kind of a shitty thing the kid did , but he's also a young kid. Not really an excuse , but Christ....kids do stupid stuff.

I know that the 4 years I ran an indoor track , I had near 3500 member's and it was hard to keep track of everyone , but I caught a few scammer's over the years. I had 4 guy's show up with one bike , put thr wrist band on the bike while they all took turns on the bike. They got a few motos in when I finally realized what was going on. I went and confronted them and their excuse was " I thought we only needed to pay for the bike entry , not the amount of people? "........I said " That's bullshit and you know it , pack your shit , get out and don't come back here ". We had all sorts of pricing structures set up for the guy who rode once a month , or for the guy who rode 4 x a week. Tell you one thing.....running a track for 4 years , you meet just about every type of person there is. Good and bad.
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Premix 10/19/2019 1:04pm
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Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
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mxb2 10/19/2019 1:07pm
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Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
Even lamer, the rider thinks they are entitled to ride free.
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Premix 10/19/2019 1:16pm
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mxb2 wrote:
Even lamer, the rider thinks they are entitled to ride free.
Would Chad or Eli have to pay?
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mxb2 10/19/2019 1:22pm
10/19/2019 1:22pm
mxb2 wrote:
Even lamer, the rider thinks they are entitled to ride free.
Premix wrote:
Would Chad or Eli have to pay?
He isnt them.. And trying to ride free, acting like a entitled dickhead doesnt help. Pay or go ride somewhere else.
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coastlinecascot 10/19/2019 1:23pm
10/19/2019 1:23pm
Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
Seeing factory riders at milestone is not rare.
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misterwaterfallin 10/19/2019 1:32pm
10/19/2019 1:32pm
misterwaterfallin wrote:
Fair point but tax write off doesn’t mean free for them
rohleder644 wrote:
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless. *totally not even...
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless.

*totally not even referencing this thread. Not saying anyone was saying that. Your comment just struck me.
Exactly, that’s why I point that out. As a small business owner it would be awesome if all write offs were fr, it it doesn’t work like that unfortunately
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rob162 10/19/2019 1:38pm
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Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
Allow me to explain why that anolgy is completely wrong.
Dick beater James shows up for a shoot around just to shoot around costs the YMCA nothing in way of maintenance. There is zero cost associated to that. So maybe next week DBJ brings another 10 Pros with him since its free YMCA again has zero cost for him coming there. Maybe even makes some cash cause now people show up and pay to be where DBJ is and to watch him.
Now
Tomac shows up to milestone rips on there track for free there is a cost to that in maintenance. So say they let eli ride for free and say hey rise as much as you want anytime it on us. Next week he brings AC and the pc team they all tear up the track that day that milestone now has to rebuild prep water. ECT ECT for free? No matter what with moto you have to pay pro or Joe. Now if you work somthing out with the track that's on them.
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ProKawi24 10/19/2019 1:39pm
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If it was Marchbanks that would make me very sad. Don't give me the excuse of him being young and dumb...he's a professional racer on an elite race team. Act like it. His results have already been a bit disappointing and if he doesn't get his shit together this upcoming season and produce podiums he may be searching for a 9-5 job before long.

It doesn't seem that we know for sure it was him and I really hope it wasn't. For someone to do that really shows their character or lack thereof.
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Looby321 10/19/2019 1:45pm
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Lmfao If Marchbanks said to me “do you know who I am?!”, I would literally laugh and say no.
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BUTWHY? 10/19/2019 1:45pm
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misterwaterfallin wrote:
Fair point but tax write off doesn’t mean free for them
rohleder644 wrote:
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless. *totally not even...
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless.

*totally not even referencing this thread. Not saying anyone was saying that. Your comment just struck me.
From a business stand point, it’s a good way to expense income. If a guy rides milestone 20-25 times a season, it can be very beneficial.
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t_baum88 10/19/2019 1:51pm
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Looby321 wrote:
Lmfao If Marchbanks said to me “do you know who I am?!”, I would literally laugh and say no.
Laughing “you all look the same to me bro where’s your fuckin wristband”
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cody41 10/19/2019 2:39pm
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cody41 wrote:
Who is Garret Marchbanks?
stremme12 wrote:
Considering his first name was never mentioned I'd say you know who he is.
It was a joke bro... playing along with comment in the post...
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captmoto 10/19/2019 4:05pm
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Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
YMCA should be have tax exempt status and doesn't need dozers and water trucks to operate. I'll bet their insurance is a hell of a lot cheaper too. Who ever it was has the BMOC type of entitlement going on. Wants to ride on a track that has restrictions and wants it for free. He's old enough to know better and should have been raised better than that.
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stremme12 10/19/2019 5:22pm
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cody41 wrote:
Who is Garret Marchbanks?
stremme12 wrote:
Considering his first name was never mentioned I'd say you know who he is.
cody41 wrote:
It was a joke bro... playing along with comment in the post...
It was a bad joke.......bro.
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seth505 10/19/2019 5:32pm
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Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
You have to have a pro license to ride the sx track. You think it's a sustainable business practice to build and maintain a supercross track and then let most of the riders ride for free and only charge Tapia and the deuce deuce to ride? LOL
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moscrop940 10/19/2019 11:52pm
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Premix wrote:
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar...
Why the hell would you charge a factory rider to come ride your track? That would be like the local YMCA charging Lebron a $5 dollar guest pass to go shoot around.

Lame as all get out to blow them out on social media like that.
Best of luck in 2020 Garrett
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crusher773 10/20/2019 12:31am
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Why the hell does it attract business? I don't give 2 shits where the "pros" are practicing. I'm going where I want to ride and at the most reasonable price. If you are going to the track to gargle the pros balls then just stick to the stands and be a fan boy.
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Adam89 10/20/2019 5:03am
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Looby321 wrote:
Lmfao If Marchbanks said to me “do you know who I am?!”, I would literally laugh and say no.
The funny thing is that you actually know who he is though lol there’s no need to try and be a hero on vital.

Regardless who it was everyone is over blowing this and to be fair if a factory rider isn’t allowed to ride milestones sx track it’s definitely safe to say it’s not going to have any effect on their career.
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KHI Guy 10/20/2019 8:23am
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It's no different that walking into a store, grabbing something off of the shelf, sticking it down your pants, and walking out the door with it.
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KHI Guy 10/20/2019 8:26am
10/20/2019 8:26am
rohleder644 wrote:
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless. *totally not even...
I love the “you can write that off” line. A tax write off is a 30% discount, not a freebie. People are clueless.

*totally not even referencing this thread. Not saying anyone was saying that. Your comment just struck me.
Your comment that "A tax write off is a 30% discount" isn't accurate either.
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ElliotB16 10/20/2019 8:32am
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So where do you draw the line on who pays and who doesn’t?
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Boomslang 10/20/2019 8:37am
10/20/2019 8:37am
ElliotB16 wrote:
So where do you draw the line on who pays and who doesn’t?
Everyone pays! The tracks need the revenue in order to remain open.
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Chris_Cooksey 10/20/2019 8:38am
10/20/2019 8:38am
Wow! I understand they are kids but once asked to pay the rider should have been apologetic and paid. If he was on my team I would make him go back pay, apologize and help with track prep or flag for an entire day. That’s what my pops would have done if I pulled some bullshit like that.
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mxb2 10/20/2019 8:40am
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ElliotB16 wrote:
So where do you draw the line on who pays and who doesn’t?
Boomslang wrote:
Everyone pays! The tracks need the revenue in order to remain open.
Bingo
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Chris_Cooksey 10/20/2019 8:42am
10/20/2019 8:42am
Also, unless someone is sure of the riders identity it’s not cool mentioning their name in this thread. Painting someone in this light on speculation is not fair and can still do serious damage to their reputation. IMO🤷🏼‍♂️
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Dtat720 10/20/2019 8:44am
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The problem with that, the track is built just for pro riders with a current license. So if you let pro's ride for free, it generates zero revenue for upkeep. You foot the bill. Plus, its Milestone. Nobody goes there to see a pro ride. Its a daily, very common occurrence at most all of the socal tracks. There is zero novelty to it.
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FWYT 10/20/2019 8:44am
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ElliotB16 wrote:
So where do you draw the line on who pays and who doesn’t?
Lap times! Line them up first thing in the morning and top three get the gate fee waived. Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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