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

[Douglas Landaeta]

Ecru fronts here, or whatever is decidedly the best color replacement...

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On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Thomas Newcomer <tnewc at comcast.net> wrote:

> So is there gonna be a group by thread started? I'd be interested in a pair of Black fronts with rings plz
> Ultimats cost?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 20, 2010, at 7:22 PM, David Kase <dbkase at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PJM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Gentz,
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> Perhaps.
>>> Wylie Bean
>>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>>> 90 cq
>>> 91 90q20v
>>> 92 UrS4
>>> 08 Q7 3.6
>>> via BlackBerry
>>> ________________________________
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> Perhaps Lloyd Mats would be a good contact?
>>> http://www.lloydmats.com/index2.htm
>>> customerservice at lloydmats.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> If anyone knows the deal w/ what happened to make Lloyds stop producing the
>>> embroidered stuff please chime in.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----
>>> 
>>> 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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