This is the official Group Buy thread for 2nd gen Mazda Protege carbon fiber hoods -- years '95 to '98.
The manufacturer of the hoods is PureSports, a company located in San Diego, California. Our admin knows the guys and has vouched for them. If you trust Dave, then you need not worry about getting jipped. Moreover, many club members live in California (myself included). If need be, we could actually visit the shop. Unlike Aleksey's group buy (Hong Kong's Topmix), this one stays entirely in the US, and if the deal goes sour we have US law as our ally.
The details of the group buy are as follows:
Original thread for background information: linky
We need 10 people as the bare minimum to have CF hoods made for us. In the above referenced thread we managed to list 12 people who were interested in the hood at one point or another. 10 of those vouched to commit to the GB.
The hoods are priced at $404 each. This includes $375.00 for the hood itself, $12.00 to cover PayPal fees, and $17.00 for our admin to rent a U-haul truck, pickup the hoods, check for damage, ensure packaging is sufficient, and ship off to the respective owners. Local pick-up is also an option. In such a case the $17 fee will be waived.
Each one of you will be required to make a deposit in the amount of $125.
This deposit is not refundable unless:
a) The group buy does not go through.
b) You find another person to take your place.
Shipping will be freight COD and you will pay when you receive the hood.
Our admin will do his best to find us the most affordable shipping rates.
Here's a list of the 10 people who commited to the group buy. The order of the people in the list is the order of the distribution of the hoods.
1. beetle_orange
2. loganss
3. JZProwler
4. Intruder
5. Prototender
6. Shaun32390
7. 95pro
8. sanblaster1
9. lowpro98
10. goodorange
The $125 non-refundable deposit is due now.
I expect each one of you guys to send payment within a reasonable amount of time (1-2 weeks from today -- let's say by the 1st of August).
Send payment to:
Martin Pentchev
PayPal: martin2110 AT hotmail.com (spam protection.. replace AT with @ and remove spaces).
If you do not have paypal, you can send me a money order, or even a personal check. However, I URGE you to send it by registered/insured mail. If you send MO the PayPal fee does not apply to you. Send me a PM and I will provide a mailing address.
On the cutoff date (August 1st 2005) a check will be written and mailed to Seth @ PureSports in San Diego. If ALL deposits are handed in prior to August 1st, the check will be mailed within 48 hours of the last deposit.
We were previously told that production of the hoods will begin towards the end of the year - November or December. It is projected that we will have the hoods ready for Christmas. I believe that is the ABSOLUTE deadline. This is not set in stone, and I hope that we can have them much sooner than that. Again, the sooner we send payment to the manufacturer the sooner we'll get our hoods.
Prototender (Sam) will provide a hood for the mold from which all our hoods will be made. As previously stated he is entitled to a $100 discount.
The rest of your payemnts are due before the hood can be shipped. I strongly encourage everyone to start sending monthly payments so that you're gonna be set by the time the hoods are ready.
That is all. Post here if you have any questions and they will be addressed.
The manufacturer of the hoods is PureSports, a company located in San Diego, California. Our admin knows the guys and has vouched for them. If you trust Dave, then you need not worry about getting jipped. Moreover, many club members live in California (myself included). If need be, we could actually visit the shop. Unlike Aleksey's group buy (Hong Kong's Topmix), this one stays entirely in the US, and if the deal goes sour we have US law as our ally.
The details of the group buy are as follows:
Original thread for background information: linky
We need 10 people as the bare minimum to have CF hoods made for us. In the above referenced thread we managed to list 12 people who were interested in the hood at one point or another. 10 of those vouched to commit to the GB.
The hoods are priced at $404 each. This includes $375.00 for the hood itself, $12.00 to cover PayPal fees, and $17.00 for our admin to rent a U-haul truck, pickup the hoods, check for damage, ensure packaging is sufficient, and ship off to the respective owners. Local pick-up is also an option. In such a case the $17 fee will be waived.
Each one of you will be required to make a deposit in the amount of $125.
This deposit is not refundable unless:
a) The group buy does not go through.
b) You find another person to take your place.
Shipping will be freight COD and you will pay when you receive the hood.
Our admin will do his best to find us the most affordable shipping rates.
Here's a list of the 10 people who commited to the group buy. The order of the people in the list is the order of the distribution of the hoods.
1. beetle_orange
2. loganss
3. JZProwler
4. Intruder
5. Prototender
6. Shaun32390
7. 95pro
8. sanblaster1
9. lowpro98
10. goodorange
The $125 non-refundable deposit is due now.
I expect each one of you guys to send payment within a reasonable amount of time (1-2 weeks from today -- let's say by the 1st of August).
Send payment to:
Martin Pentchev
PayPal: martin2110 AT hotmail.com (spam protection.. replace AT with @ and remove spaces).
If you do not have paypal, you can send me a money order, or even a personal check. However, I URGE you to send it by registered/insured mail. If you send MO the PayPal fee does not apply to you. Send me a PM and I will provide a mailing address.
On the cutoff date (August 1st 2005) a check will be written and mailed to Seth @ PureSports in San Diego. If ALL deposits are handed in prior to August 1st, the check will be mailed within 48 hours of the last deposit.
We were previously told that production of the hoods will begin towards the end of the year - November or December. It is projected that we will have the hoods ready for Christmas. I believe that is the ABSOLUTE deadline. This is not set in stone, and I hope that we can have them much sooner than that. Again, the sooner we send payment to the manufacturer the sooner we'll get our hoods.
Prototender (Sam) will provide a hood for the mold from which all our hoods will be made. As previously stated he is entitled to a $100 discount.
The rest of your payemnts are due before the hood can be shipped. I strongly encourage everyone to start sending monthly payments so that you're gonna be set by the time the hoods are ready.
That is all. Post here if you have any questions and they will be addressed.
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