Griot's in Tacoma Moving

I stopped off at Griot`s in Tacoma the other day to buy a few things, and one of the guys there mentioned that they`re moving to a location near the Tacoma Mall. Apparently, they`re creating a headquarters that will house a retail outlet and a car museum. They also plan on doing car shows there periodically.



Griot`s is hosting a buy one, get one free kart racing day at PGP raceway in Kent. I believe the date is November 8th: www.PACIFICGP.com



Video of kart racing at PGP: YouTube - Pacific Grand Prix ,Kent WA - Round #1 Rental Kart Racing

I wish they`d ship from that location. Why are so few places on the west coast?

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Originally Posted by zmanz

I wish they`d ship from that location. Why are so few places on the west coast?

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That`s the same thing I say...

Got $5,000.00? Thats what it takes to be a Griots dealer........

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Originally Posted by a.k.a. Patrick

Got $5,000.00? Thats what it takes to be a Griots dealer........

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You have to pay them to deal their own products?!

$5,000.00 buy in........Now whos doin who the favor?

I think Menzerna was only a grand years ago........

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Originally Posted by Danase

You have to pay them to deal their own products?!

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Well, a comparison to Zymol comes to mind :think:

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Originally Posted by Danase

You have to pay them to deal their own products?!

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That does seem like they are a bit full of themselves. Probably there to keep everyone from wanting to be a dealer just to sell a couple bottles a month. It would seem more reasonable though to have a required amount of product for your first stocking order from them. I wouldn`t mind cherry picking a few of their top products to sell (I actually manage a car item related website which ships enough every day that adding a couple dozen more boxes a day wouldn`t faze us) but wouldn`t want to have to stock the entire line or pay that much upfront for the privilege.

Anyone been down to the new Griot`s location in Tacoma?

new location wont be up and running for a few weeks iirc....I was down at the current location a couple of weeks ago.

I`ve been to the new headquarters a couple times (in fact, I was just there today)- very nice facility!

That`d be kinda like a trip to the candy store, huh?

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Originally Posted by zmanz

I wish they`d ship from that location. Why are so few places on the west coast?

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Too many sunny, rainless days on the west coast (well a bulk of the coast, AKA California). Who needs to detail when you can drive for weeks without seeing rain. :p

$5000 buy in? Does that mean you buy $5000 in inventory up front?