knute

wanted a set of cragar S/S mags for my ute

so i rang up the "official" importers superformance for a price, $285 each trade, plus shipping

went my local mag retailer, he could source them for about $270 each, retail

so i rang superformance, told them that i could buy them retail for less than their wholesale ( i work in a tyre shop ) and was told " go ahead then, mate" in a very sarcastic manner

a bit of digging revealed AMERICAN REPUBLIC WHEELS, who could supply them for $185+gst+freight, $860 for the set, with new wheel studs and centre caps (at this stage, i had told them i worked for a tyre shop, but hadn't given them an ABN or works order, so i think anyone could negociate that price )

guess who got my pesos ???

Crunchy_NuT

when i was in the market for some drag tyres - i was after MT street radials and MT drag slicks - called up superformance and was shocked of the prices

ended up buying both pairs brand new off that marvellous website ebay - shows another customer not dealing with superformance

pvk308

there is a cragar importer and dealer in slacks creek on the southside i know he did the offset of a set of pursuit rims for me. Ah superformance they make autobahn look cheap

76lxhatch

I find it incredible how cheap all of those prices are. I've done some shopping around here and can't get genuine S/S Cragars for less than around the NZ$500 mark (each). Considering they're made in the US (and its cheap enough to ship other stuff here) that's really weird - I wonder if the suppliers you contacted have different methods of getting them hence the price differences?

pungent

As the saying goes. " Everybody is ripping you off you just gotta find the guy ripping you off the least.

An ebay advertiser saying he can do pacemaker extractors 30% of retail price. His price was $680 not delivered. VPW price $600 delivered and Ill gaurantee there still making good money. Makes you wonder how some people sleep at night.

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Can i just do one more burnout please.

knute

come over for a buying holiday 76, we'll save you heaps. not shopping at sedgedins are you ???

but byo, i nearly had a heart attack when i emmigrated from k1w1 and tried to maintain my social drinking habits