DDMotorsports Going out of Business

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  1. M.Bonanni

    M.Bonanni New Member

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    This truly is hard for me to write, but DoubleDownMotorsports.com is officially going out of business. I started Double Down Motorsports back in 2007 as a time attack race team. In December of 2008, after losing my commercial real estate job to the economy I decided to try and make a living out of my passion for cars so I opened the online retail store at DoubleDownMotorsports.com. I have put everything I had into this new venture in an attempt to sustain it long enough to grow into an income producing company. Unfortunately things just did not pan out and a recent sudden turn of events has made it to where I cannot afford to keep it open any longer. It has been a dream of mine to own my own company within the automotive aftermarket industry and this past year has been truly exciting. Thank you to all of my customers who made my efforts worth while.

    At this time I will no longer be taking any new orders for anything that I do not have here with me in my standing inventory. For the items I do have in my inventory, I am offering incredible prices in an effort to clear off my shelves and re-coup some of the money I have invested. I will update this post in the near future with a link to my “going out of business sale.â€

    For those with existing orders on backordered items, you should have already gotten an email from me regarding the status of your order. If you have an existing backordered item with me and you did not receive an email, please let me know. I will be personally seeing your orders through until they are fulfilled.
     
  2. whaaaat! :(
    that really sucks man, i hope things work out better for you in the future.
    dont worry, im sure that when the economy bounces back you'll be able to re-start DDM again and, who knows, by then money may be flowing.

    btw, will the website be down also?
    or is it one of those things where you'll keep selling things at certain prices until everything is gone?
     
  3. M.Bonanni

    M.Bonanni New Member

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    Thanks man. I would LOVE to be able to have another go at DDMotorsports one of these days. Fingers crossed :).

    The website will remain up until my inventory is cleared out. Once that happens then it will re-direct you to my new race team website, BonanniMotorsports.com
     
  4. ZugZugMcD

    ZugZugMcD New Member

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    I hope things work out for you. Sad to see one of the good guys leave.
     
  5. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Haven't had the pleasure of doing business with ya but as a small business owner myself, I know how tough this must be for ya.. Best of luck to you for the future!
     
  6. Deviant

    Deviant Banned

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    Sorry to hear but kudos to you for at least trying to start up a business like this in this economy, most wouldn't have had the guts and motivation to try.
     
  7. BLUCOOPR

    BLUCOOPR New Member

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    Best of Luck in the Future!
     
  8. M.Bonanni

    M.Bonanni New Member

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    Thanks guys!

    Ken - Thanks for the kind words. I definitely knew I was taking a leap and actually all was going as expected. Although the business wasn't making a profit yet, I had planned for it not to make a profit until 2010. What I didn't plan for was a massive tax bill from the IRS due to a mistake (long story) on my old accountants part that drained my reserves I had set asside to keep DDM going for another ~8 months.
     
  9. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

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    Sorry to hear about this. Here's to the best of luck with the racing and a speedy return to what you enjoy.
     
  10. lotsie

    lotsie Club Coordinator

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    Sorry to hear about this, hope things work out for you in the future.

    Mark
     
  11. Tüls

    Tüls New Member

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    Bah, damn. I'm sorry this is happening, it's been a tough few years as we all know. I'll just echo what Nate said. :)

    "speedy return"
     
  12. Boxcars

    Boxcars New Member

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    sorry to hear ...
    i have your CAI and love it,
    best of luck in what you do next and hope you give the return a try in the future
    boxcars
     
  13. M.Bonanni

    M.Bonanni New Member

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    Wrong DDM :D

    DDMWorks, who makes your intake is still in business and doing strong. DDMotorsports is just a retailer. I don't make any parts myself, just sell other people's :).
     
  14. iwashmycar

    iwashmycar Active Member

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  15. Boxcars

    Boxcars New Member

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    My bad, sorry,
    still wish for a recovery
    boxcars
     

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