Below are pictures of the goodies that I received from Mini today for the purchase of my sweet little S:

 

Nice....I just might have to ask my MA about one! Have you already taken delivery on your Mini or is still on order?

 

I've had my S for a little over a month now.

 

Ah, ok. I'll wait to pester him then. It does look like a nice collection of essential non-essentials!

 

anyone know if you still get a goodie bag if you lease a mini? :-(

 

These come directly from MINI, not from your MA. As long as your information (name, address, etc...) is correct that gets sent in to MINI, then you should receive one.

 

I haven't got one and I got my MINI in April. :(

 

Wow that's cool got my mini in March and haven't recieved anything

 

It took 2 months for me to get mine. If it's any longer you might try calling MINIUSA to make sure they've got all the information correct.

 

Other than the pen, what is that "stuff"?

 

What does "MA" stand for? I assume you're all referring to the Mini dealership, but I can't figure out the acronym.

 

Motoring Advisor

Donna

 

There is a notebook to go with the pen. A couple "quick start" manuals to explain some of the FAQ's on the car. The long roll shown is a whole bunch of peel and stick words that can be stuck on the side windows to spell out phrases (they are static cling so they are re-useable). The stuff in the "TOP SECRET" folder is for the Mini ads that are in various magazines. Of course there is also the mouse pad that you can see in the one picture. And finally, though not pictured, there is also a little foam ball with the British flag on it for your antenna.

 

I thought it was "Mini Associate".

 

MA - Motoring Advisor
SA - Service Advisor

 

Me neither, also April delivery. Maybe we should start a thread and take a head count of all not receiving!

 

I bought a "Pre-owned" 2005 MCS and got a bag filled with Mini car care products, a Mini and Coop lunchbox, Mini playing cards, etc. Nice treatment I thought.

 

I got mine goodies yesterday as well; today marks 6 weeks of fun with my MINI.

 

I bought my MCS back in May of 05, and to this day still haven't received my welcome kit (that's basically what it is), and quite honestly, while some of the things look pretty cool, it would probably be just in the way and get thrown away after awhile.

 

I got my MCSa on May 17th and just got my goodie box in the mail today

If there weren't enough reasons to love owning a Mini, another reason just got delivered in the mail today

Hey, Bentley owners, where's your Adventure Field Kit? Put that in your pipe and smoke it

 

Not to sound ungrateful, but when I received my box I found most of the stuff to be useless. It is beautifully packaged and probably not cheap. I would rather have gotten something useful (or a credit toward MINI merchandise). A few weeks later I received a "MINI parking" stencil. Equally useless. I just don't get it -- obviously MINIUSA's target customer doesn't match a 50ish guy.

 

With both of my previous new cars, both Honda Civics, I didn't receive anything extra. Nada. Zilch.

That said, I didn't expect anything, either. Same with Mini, although the people on this forum and Mini2 spoiled it by announcing that Mini sent out goody boxes to new owners.

I don't think receiving something of value was the point. I took it more as welcome to the family, here's a few fun, quirky things. But if you think you're going to get rich on Ebay selling them, good luck, kind of package.

I mean, who still uses a mouse pad? That was so 1990s. My favorite piece remains the Union Jack antenna ball. I know, it's so 1960s. But I enjoyed the mini.com printing next to the hole, so that the person who steals it can go to the website and see what the fun is all about.

 

I'm using the mouse pad right now The pen and journal are nice, they're in the glove box just in case I need to jot something down. Even the antenna ball is cool but I'll never use it.
The last new car I bought was a Mazda 626 and they sent me a key ring and mini beach ball. I bought it through carsdirect.com and they sent me a very nice coffee travel mug and key ring.

 

i'm looking foward to the pen.
i still use a mouse pad cause i have a glass desk and optical mouse doen't not work on glass

 

One of my cats loves the antenna ball, I think it is under the couch now.