Vudoo closed the doors…
- Thread starter hafejd30
- Start date
Moving or not moving is not the problem, never was. Lots of companies move operations and do so quite successfully. The problem is two fold. First, they fired much of the core staff and left much of the core staff in Utah. Second, they totally cut off all customers, with lots of customers cash in their hands.
Buying a Vudoo, is not like going to the car dealer and signing a few papers and driving off with your new car, after giving a mere pittance of a down payment. It’s more like getting a new $80,000.00 truck and they won’t even start construction of your new truck until you give them at least $40,000.00.
And that is exactly the issue. To place an order for a Vudoo, they required at least a payment of 50% of the cost of the rifle before they started building your rifle.
So, with your serious cash invested, they go off line, disappear for months…..
It takes a lot of trust to put $1500.00 in someone else’s pocket in hopes that in 2 to 4 months, they will put a rifle in your hand for $1500.00 more.
Buying a Vudoo, is not like going to the car dealer and signing a few papers and driving off with your new car, after giving a mere pittance of a down payment. It’s more like getting a new $80,000.00 truck and they won’t even start construction of your new truck until you give them at least $40,000.00.
And that is exactly the issue. To place an order for a Vudoo, they required at least a payment of 50% of the cost of the rifle before they started building your rifle.
So, with your serious cash invested, they go off line, disappear for months…..
It takes a lot of trust to put $1500.00 in someone else’s pocket in hopes that in 2 to 4 months, they will put a rifle in your hand for $1500.00 more.
I’d put my kid in my three quarter ton pickup and tell him to have fun then let him near my John Deere. True story, he was too small to reach the clutch at six, so I’d tell him to put it in first great and het the started. The old Ford would start (double low gear) and he’d drive it all over the pasture. (In double low).
Having seen exactly what can happen with a tractor and equipment, this picture is the closest I ever let him get to it and it wasn’t running at the time. (And that John Deere was a marvel of safety compared to the 8N and 650 Ford tractors I owned.)
My son, also 6, hit me up about learning to drive the tractor the other day. He thinks he's hot stuff now that he gets to mow the yard on the zeroturn.
He gets to drive the tractor sitting in my lap, but it'll be a while before he gets to go it alone. I pretty much make him responsible for driving, but I'm in the seat. He's learning quick, and he's surprisingly good at it for his size. Kids learn quick.
I learned tractors at a young age myself. I was riding on one from the time I could walk. At 7 or 8, my grandfather made me move the tractor in position and roll him into the front end loader to carry him back to the house for practice should something happen to him while we were out doing whatever.
He passed when I was 12 and I inherited the tractor. At that point, I pretty much took over all work around the homestead that tractor was associated with, and the maintenance of the machine itself. Still have it today.
My son on the mower taking a water break. Mowing is hot thirsty work.
So now we have tractors and lawnmowers in here. Sorry. I'll try to keep it on the topic of strictly tractors from here on out.
Driven a f40 a fair bit.. my original Vudoo is nice..but let’s not jump the shark
I like the Ferris zero turn personally, but the wife likes her baby tractor
I've got an uncle that has a ferris. He likes it. Myself and my dad both had deere until here recently. Now dad has a bobcat. 38hp efi kawi, 72" cut, two speed transmission. Sucker does 20 mph lol.
so Ya ,Mike just confirmed my suspicion, but don't worry, I am walking him through the process
Don't get me wrong. I have and LOVE my Vudoo. It's just all the drama and what appears to be the decline of a once well respected brand swirling the drain. Kind of like Larue when he stopped taking his meds or Noveske when John died. The brand has lost its panache and there will be pre buyout Vudoo and post buy out Vudoo snobbery. Is it possible for them to recover? Yes, but it's going to take A LOT of work regaining the trust of the customer and building some very fine rifles. Returning to their roots and hiring a very good social media team would payout in spades. But I get the feeling it's more about the money and a quick payout than the love of the sport. Not to mention a very capable engineer stepping up and filling the void at this critical juncture.
You're incredibly fortunate. My 2nd favorite car ever made. How did you score the seat time?Driven a f40 a fair bit.. my original Vudoo is nice..but let’s not jump the shark
Used to go to some Ferrari club events and a good friend has a serious “stable”.
Over the years it became kind of a long weekend with girlfriends or wife a few times a year..so we’d swap cars at times for different legs of the ride or going to dinner.
Rented out line Rock and Watkins glen a bunch of times. Was surprisingly cheap back then.
One guy had a F50, which is the car of all cars. Only had a little seat time on a local road but that’s the pinochle of cars hands down.
F40 was as expected, absolute go cart with 500hp, half ass brakes and a lag/boost combo that wants to bite you lol..but the f50 just feels perfect.
I’d say the 40 is like a young pornstar and the 50 is a very expensive escort.
Maybe they can steal Hornady's marketing team.
Don't get me wrong. I have and LOVE my Vudoo. It's just all the drama and what appears to be the decline of a once well respected brand swirling the drain. Kind of like Larue when he stopped taking his meds or Noveske when John died. The brand has lost its panache and there will be pre buyout Vudoo and post buy out Vudoo snobbery. Is it possible for them to recover? Yes, but it's going to take A LOT of work regaining the trust of the customer and building some very fine rifles. Returning to their roots and hiring a very good social media team would payout in spades. But I get the feeling it's more about the money and a quick payout than the love of the sport. Not to mention a very capable engineer stepping up and filling the void at this critical juncture.
