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Christ · 09-20-2013, 05:37 PM

I used to be able to get those engines MUCH cheaper than that... I had started importing pallets of them at one point based on apparent demand, and a bunch of people ended up forfeiting their deposits on them because they apparently decided they weren't as interested as they'd initially thought.

My price on them was $1100 picked up or $1400 shipped anywhere in the US with 50% down [$550] and the rest due within 2 weeks of me getting the engines on the pallet. I didn't lose any money on what I bought, but I'll be derned if I do something like that again.

09-20-2013, 05:37 PM	#118 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I used to be able to get those engines MUCH cheaper than that... I had started importing pallets of them at one point based on apparent demand, and a bunch of people ended up forfeiting their deposits on them because they apparently decided they weren't as interested as they'd initially thought. My price on them was $1100 picked up or $1400 shipped anywhere in the US with 50% down [$550] and the rest due within 2 weeks of me getting the engines on the pallet. I didn't lose any money on what I bought, but I'll be derned if I do something like that again. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"