[s-cars] Response from Carter @ AoA on mats

[David Kase]

If nothing else we at least have a Group Buy from Lloyds, logo or sans
logo...

Cheese

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Phil Mische <pmische at att.net> wrote:

> I’ll toss my hat in the ring for 2 sets – 1 platinum, one light tan.
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> PJM
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> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:
> s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of chris chambers
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:46 PM
> To: theringmeister at triad.rr.com; S-CAR list
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Response from Carter @ AoA on mats
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> Gentz,
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> I contacted Lloyds mats andwas forwarded to Alex who is quite informed on
> this
> subject.
>
> He informed me that essentially anything that has S4, S6, A4 etc including
> UrS4
> Audi claims as copyrighted.
> You can have a mat for a chevy labeled A4, but not one to go in an A4.
>
> They had a contract with VW, but lost that recently. Essentially Audi wants
> as
> much of the floor mat business
> as they can get and won't license any companies. Lloyd's used to make mats
> for
> Audi as OEM and when they
> lost that contract Audi also ceased the licensing agreement; however he
> stated
> that the generation of Audi management
> that made that decision is now gone.
>
> Alexbelieves that if we contact AoA through a club to have mats made for us
> (not resale) that Audi will approve it.
> If Audi provides us with written approval Lloyds will imprint anything we
> want
> on the mat, they still have the templates
> to make the mats (which you an order blank) and the Audi four ring logo;
> other
> logos would have a set up fee.
> IWe would have to order the mats directly through Lloyds not any retailer,
> they
> would do a custom run and have it completed
> in about 3 days.
>
> I have Alex's email address and phone number to contact him,
> Regards
> Chris
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> ________________________________
> From: Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>; S-CAR list
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 6:20:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Response from Carter @ AoA on mats
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> Perhaps.
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
> via BlackBerry
> ________________________________
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> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>; S-CAR list<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Response from Carter @ AoA on mats
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> Perhaps Lloyd Mats would be a good contact?
> http://www.lloydmats.com/index2.htm
> customerservice at lloydmats.com
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> ________________________________
> From: Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> To: S-CAR list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 5:20:12 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Response from Carter @ AoA on mats
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> If anyone knows the deal w/ what happened to make Lloyds stop producing the
> embroidered stuff please chime in.
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> Hello Mr Bean
>
> Tim Eaton forwarded me your email. The short answer to questions like this
> is
> that we really dont have any kind of Heritage department on this side of
> the
> ocean. It would be nice to develop a better support structure for vintage
> Audis
> but we dont have the people to do it right now.Do you have any details on
> the
> situation you mentioned with Lloyds? I dont know who would be in charge of
> that kind of thing around here. What were they producing? Who approached
> them
> about trademark infringement and when?
>
> Best regards,
> Carter Balkcom
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
> via BlackBerry
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