Dot,
I have been trying to directly contact dealers in my area to have them pass along information about our "Atlanta Thunderbird Group" to their current and future Thunderbird owners. I have even stopped by dealerships with pre-printed flyers in hand and lots of them act like it's of no interest to them, so I bet that most of my flyers get tossed in the trash after I leave.
I spoke with a lady at the dealership where I bought my car, she promised to send me a list of their current and future Thunderbird owners (I got approval from the sales manager there to get the list from her) and, after 3 weeks I still don't have that list!
I feel that a lot of the dealers are just there to sell as many cars as they can, for as much as they can, putting forth as little effort as possible, disregarding any people like us that have a deep interest in specific specialty cars, such as our Thunderbird's. A lot of the dealers seem to move from dealership to dealership, almost month to month, so the loyalty and respect for customers never has a chance to materialize.
I was lucky enough to have a great dealer, that helped me with the deal on my Thunderbird. He gave me several of the Thunderbird items that you see people selling
on Ebay, including the Thunderbird video tape, double
CD package, lots of different kinds of brochures, etc. He even signed me up for the Thunderbird Collection, just before my car arrived in early December. He was a great dealer!
I do feel that a LOT of the dealers just don't care!