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04-12-2003, 11:48 PM
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im looking into buying a buggy perferably the GS Storm, Mugen MBX, or OFNA hyper 7, but im tight on cash and looking for an online grey market where they sell any of thoes buggies.... or just any suggestions you guys have about thoes buggies like wich one is best for the cost if you dont want to post just email me at [email protected] thanks!!
04-13-2003, 12:28 AM
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Mugen MBX-XR Works is 439 and really the #2 chassis aside from the top of the line Kyosho Kani2. I own one and am very satisfified, havent broke a single thing yet.
04-13-2003, 01:12 AM
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the grey market is like when you buy a car at the hobby shop the hobby shop bought it from a middle man who buys it from the distributor who gets it from the factorys and when your buy it from the distributor thats called the grey market because its not illigal like the black market PROCESS: factory-->distributor-->hobbyshop-->you--->crash........ and when you buy it from the grey market its ALOT cheaper and since buggies=$$$ im looking for a good discount but not like used goods Ebay discount
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now he has lost me. to my understanding that is just the same as goin into the lhs and buying it over the counter. correct me if i am wrong here
04-13-2003, 01:20 AM
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uhhhh ok its like this you buy it before all the taxes, hobby shop add ons, and shipping teriffs are added on to the price so its alot cheaper like ordering straight from the factory
04-13-2003, 01:45 AM
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ya thats a sweet paint job on that buggy you put up... for that last post i know what you mean because there high end buggys ive pretty much ruled out the hyper 7 because of a past exprence with a not so competitive touring car.... but im favoring the GS storm i saw it today at the LHS and AWWW does it look sweet
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you need the right hookup, for mugen go with tim long, for ofna, go with paul coleman or tim bump, for gs go with garen hobian i'm sure i'm butchering garen name (sorry), if you're an a main driver at national events these are the people to seek out. if not fly to hong kong, taiwan, or singapore, with the sars virus it should be cheep
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In the 1:1 auto world, we refer to "grey market" as products bought overseas, brought to the US, and sold below US retail prices.
For example, if you went to Hong Kong and bought a handful of GReddy blow-off valves for $150/each, and brought them to the US and sold them at say $200/each, while the current US retail proce is about $250, you are dealing in a "grey" market. Its called "grey" because it isn't quite illegal, you didn't break any laws, but you are circumventing the company's dealer channel, and in doing so undercutting what the retailers can sell them for.
For example, if you went to Hong Kong and bought a handful of GReddy blow-off valves for $150/each, and brought them to the US and sold them at say $200/each, while the current US retail proce is about $250, you are dealing in a "grey" market. Its called "grey" because it isn't quite illegal, you didn't break any laws, but you are circumventing the company's dealer channel, and in doing so undercutting what the retailers can sell them for.
