Their response:

From… Audi UK Customer Services

Subject: AU-2014/05-027795

Dear Mr Sargent

Thank you for your recent email regarding a donation for your raffle.

As you can imagine, Audi receives a large number of requests for a wide variety of very worthwhile projects.

Currently we have existing commitments to a number of sponsorship and charitable programmes and our focus is on maximising the opportunities that these present. For this reason, I am unable to provide you with assistance.

However, I would suggest contacting your local Audi Centre who may be able to assist you with your request. Your local Audi Centre can be found by visiting our website www.audi.co.uk.

I would like to wish you the best of luck with your raffle and thank you again for your interest in Audi.

Kind regards


Ashley Sorrell
Customer Relations Advisor
Audi UK
T 0800 699 888
E Customer.Services@audi.co.uk


Safe to say I'll be sticking with BMW or Porsche again for my next car.

Looks very familiar:tuttut:

"Dear Mr Gracie

Thank you for your recent email.

As you can imagine, Audi receives a large number of requests for a wide variety of projects.

Currently we have existing commitments to a number of sponsorship and charitable programmes and our focus is on maximising the
opportunities that these present. For this reason, I am unable to provide you with assistance.

However, I would suggest contacting your local Audi Centre who may be able to assist you with your request for sponsorship. Your
local Audi Centre can be found by visiting our website www.audi.co.uk.

I would like to wish you the best of luck with your event and thank you again for your interest in Audi.

Kind regards


Sarah Lacey
Customer Relations Advisor"

My local dealership couldnt even be bothered to reply:rolleyes:

When I emailed them, I also asked about arranging a test drive of a D4 S8 as I might be considering trading in the M3 for one - this part of my email seems to have been totally overlooked by them.

Any PR bod in their right mind might have spotted this as an opportunity to not only offer a test drive, but to offer it for the meet weekend allowing another 25 8 owners to look one over.

Never mind

The emails probably don't even reach a real person. Filtered and answered by a "droid". :ROFL:

You mean Sarah Lacey isnt a real person!! :( And I thought that Sarg and Brian had got off to cracking start with her. She passed the Turing test for me!! :ROFL:

The problem, Dezzy, is that we are not CUSTOMERS of theirs. We buy second hand cars from others and so, as has been said before somewhere on here, they feel that they owe us no loyalty. Despite the fact that we are the best advert they have. People dont keep and cosset cars that are a heap of sh!t. They do that for good cars. :cool:

looks realish....

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.l.lacey?fref=ts

I've just sent an email to Audi UK MD, Andre Konsbruck, explaining what I think of their PR :tuttut:

You're right David, although most of us have been customers at some point i imagine albeit not shopping for new cars but maybe some parts. It's not like anyone was asking for an A1 or anything just a pen off a desk or similar.

Thats a billiant name for a guy working in the car industry Kons, he probably works along side Mr Krooks and Mr Feef :ROFL:

At least the Sarg and Brian got a reply. I emailed them a week ago giving them details of the meet and that we would also be having a charity raffle for Prostrate Cancer (something I feel strongly about), and still haven't had a response.

Guys, sorry, I've only just come across this thread (and Jim's PM).

Leave it with me and I'll make sure that a prize is arranged for the raffle, one thing I can't promise is what this is likely to be, and with month end being so busy for us, it will be June until I can really do anything.

When is the prize needed for?

I'll be sure to check this thread, but feel free to contact me on my mobile/e-mail. I did loose a lot of my numbers so please pop your name at the end of the text so I know who it is.

Hope all are well. +++