Victory Owners Group

[Pop]

Originally Posted by saddlebag

Not to mention that part of your dues go to lobbying

ostensibly

Originally Posted by saddlebag

on our behalf.

Pardon the editorializing. Pop is of that single digit percentile that my AMA brethren once deemed persona non grata.

[saddlebag]

Originally Posted by Pop

Pardon the editorializing. Pop is of that single digit percentile that my AMA brethren once deemed persona non grata.

Still, I think we all benefit from the donations to their efforts. For instance, recently there are health insurance companies that were discriminating against motorcyclists and other people who submitted claims for injuries that occurred while engaging in "risky pastimes." AMA and other rider's organizations lobbied to overturn that loophole.

I'm pretty sure you'd still benefit from being insured if you sustained medically treated injuries from a bike wreck, no?

[SilentUnicorn]

Originally Posted by CrossRoads

Is that so?

According to paypal the money spent here on a subscription -goes to an offshore account.

From the paypal page:

Business Name:
VerticalScope Inc (The recipient of this payment is Non-U.S. - Verified)

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[CrossRoads]

Originally Posted by SilentUnicorn

According to paypal the money spent here on a subscription -goes to an offshore account.

From the paypal page:

Business Name:
VerticalScope Inc (The recipient of this payment is Non-U.S. - Verified)

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Forum's owned by Motorcycle.com, with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. Your optional subscription did not go offshore - it's still in America.

[SilentUnicorn]

Originally Posted by CrossRoads

Forum's owned by Motorcycle.com, with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. Your optional subscription did not go offshore - it's still in America.

and Motorcycle dot com is owned by verticalscope, with servers in California. Their Headquarters are in Toronto Canada. I must have missed the USA taking over Canada...

I just prefer to keep MY money in THIS country whenever possible. This is my option.

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[CrossRoads]

Originally Posted by SilentUnicorn

and Motorcycle dot com is owned by verticalscope, with servers in California. Their Headquarters are in Toronto Canada. I must have missed the USA taking over Canada...

I just prefer to keep MY money in THIS country whenever possible. This is my option.

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Next time, don't donate money if you don't like those you're donating to.

My offshore comment was more of a joke, as they're on the same continent with us, thus not offshore - since the joke didn't catch I ended up laughing by myself.

To me, Canada's the best neighbor we've ever had. Economically speaking, they buy our products, and don't flood the US with cheap, poor quality merchandise. It never bothers me to send money to a Canadian company. And as you said, if they're using servers located in California, that shows you where they spend their money.

I wish I owned the forum, so all the money came to me, here in the U.S.A.!

[OkieHoss]

yes canada is a good nieghbor..The only thing I hate is they think they have the only strong beer in the world..Geez I can get strong beer down here in Oklahoma..is 12 and 13 percent not strong enough..yes you have to buy it in the liquor store but so what...5-6 point is the average as well in the liquor store.

[Billyrides]

Victory sent me a "congratulations" letter when I bought my bike and a newsletter. That's all I have ever heard from them and I'm fine with that.