Re: obx lsds...
 

---- if the price break is worth it and I have a guranteed group of like 15 buyers, I'd drop 5k on that.

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5k of lsd's you should make some alright change thats for sure

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word, it would be around 15-16 diffs for $5000.

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Well, I'll look at things from Stevemode's perspective since he has a business. I'd assume $5k buys me 20-25 diffs. So I get a group buy at $320 shipped(since OBX does drop shipping now according to them) and sell 16 at reduced rate. Now I'm already free and clear, got a free diff, and could burn the diffs if I wanted to and it wouldn't matter. Then take the other 9 diffs and sell them for whatever price I want as again, I've already broken even and gotten a free diff out of the deal.

Honestly, I wouldn't absolutely suggest doing this, but I guarantee OBX will sell you 10-15 diffs if you are a legit business because they expect if you do 10-15 diffs in one shot, you will do it again and even if you don't they still sold 10-15 diffs. It would be a different story if they were $5 items but near $400 diffs, 10-15 is a pretty solid order. And again, Steve would get a free diff and get to help out his bros on HMT.

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dude if they give me 25 lsds for 5k, I'll drive up to sac and pay for it in person.

however, I'm doubtful that I could get 25 lsds for 5k. :-\

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You'd be surprised what wholesalers will do. I know of a few that as long as you spend $5k a year you're good to go. Others are more particular. $360 shipped you know the guy is at least making a few bucks on the damn things so figure he is buying them for at most $250 which is 20 LSDs and that's at a relatively shitty profit margin based on the fact you are buying $5k worth of product. Typically in retail you want to make 2x your money but on something like this, 1.5x your money isn't terrible. So basically $5k should buy you at least 20 LSDs.

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That is not the case in the cdm world

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well ----, what wholesellers do you know that I'll be all set with 5k? I wouldn't mind buying into other things.

in my experiences, making 2x is far fetched unless you are a dollar store [most stuff there only costs about 20-35 cents]. The H-T guy is making a few bucks, but I doubt he's making close to a hunderd per item and I doubt he's buying 20 at a time. He's more than likely having them drop shipped one at a time. It's easier/better to make less per unit and not have to stock them or ship them. It's like making money with no intial investment [buyer pays you, you pay supplier, supplier ships].

Even at 250, it's a rather crappy return [at least on HMT]. 340 shipped is too much, so probably expecting 300 shipped. Subtract 15-20 for shipping, 10 for PayPal fees and you are left with making 20-25 a unit. Not factoring the fact if you buy it legitimately with a seller's permit and document it legally you would have to pay taxes on it if sold/shipped in the state you are established in.

Better question I suppose is, what is HMT expecting to pay for one?

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Free :P If i could buy a GSR OBX for under $400 from a HMT sponsor id buy it.

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I did this once a long time ago with traction bars.. My parents have a business that we could sign up to be a dealer, we've sold other performance stuff in the past...and have been talking about doing it again.

normally in a parts dept. you want to make atleast 42% mark up.. which is around 30% gross.. and then handling is normally 17% of that... but if I can just get a free lsd out of this I'm down. I'll get to work on this tomorrow.

1. me
2.88dx (2?)
3.stealthmode
4.SDRAWKCAB
5.AgentMurdoc?
6.Teg2Boo
7.Zeniceguycrx ?
8.onlyflash944 (2?)

thats 10 possible..