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Old 23-02-2007, 06:39 AM   #21
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Comes as pictured! Well that's what I've been told byt he maker who supplied the pic.

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Old 01-03-2007, 08:45 PM   #22
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i got mine from ebay america, looks spitting image of the one in the pic.

paid A$38 total for it to my door. came with a machine knob as well.
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Old 01-03-2007, 08:51 PM   #23
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shhhhhh dont be telling us that :P

ur supost to say gee thats a good deal i wish mine was that cheap :P

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Old 01-03-2007, 08:58 PM   #24
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ha ha yeh sorry mate,

have you seen how much stuff is on ebay america for the protege5 (astina)?? got my cf bonnet off it, $830 to my door.
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Old 02-03-2007, 10:54 AM   #25
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ohhhhh welll i dont care...money is money
if i dont spend it on this id spend it on crap like lots of foood thatd feed me for 1hr
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Old 02-03-2007, 11:15 AM   #26
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well said and this way as aaron lives around the corner to me i dont have to bid or anythink it is hassel free i just drop him the money and then wait a while and presto i have a shortshifter
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Old 02-03-2007, 02:42 PM   #27
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is this still available
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Old 02-03-2007, 04:05 PM   #28
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last time i check aaron ordered in a few extras so u might be lucky :P
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Old 02-03-2007, 07:00 PM   #29
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haa yeah he ordered more than a few extras...
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Old 05-03-2007, 03:01 PM   #30
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You're all good mcwilly, Aaron will take care of it for you.

See you at Dorrigo *fingers crossed we'll be delivering to others as well by Dorrigo!*

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Old 05-03-2007, 08:11 PM   #31
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how hard are these to fit yourself? im hell keen for Dorrigo , im hoping i can make it. yea if im going to Dorrigo ill just pick it up then save postage etc im not in any rush for it atm as im trying to get a few other things done to the new car
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Old 05-03-2007, 08:19 PM   #32
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how hard are these to fit yourself? im hell keen for Dorrigo , im hoping i can make it. yea if im going to Dorrigo ill just pick it up then save postage etc im not in any rush for it atm as im trying to get a few other things done to the new car
Bring some jacks stands or ramps and we can do it there! It's easy as.
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Old 05-03-2007, 08:48 PM   #33
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ill need new bushes aswell unless i do them b4 hand. yea see wat happens i dont have either ramps or stands atm but might invest in some soon
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Bring some jacks stands or ramps and we can do it there! It's easy as.
hey so dan ur volentering to do play with our cars hey :P i got a long list of things u can do jks
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Old 06-03-2007, 01:38 PM   #36
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hahah skitz...he said he would already put flames on the front of your car what else can you ask for...

also aaron, whats the chances of gettin these before dorrigo?
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Old 08-03-2007, 07:05 AM   #37
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i got mine from ebay america, looks spitting image of the one in the pic.

paid A$38 total for it to my door. came with a machine knob as well.
Prior to this group-buy I tried to buy one for myself through eBay and got exactly no-where.

Sure the shifters were cheap (USD9.99 each) but the postage varied from the Stupid (USD40) to the plain crazy (USD100+). Yes there's some bargains around I'm sure but for the most part this ended up not being an option for me.

So I found a place that would sell these to us for about $65 landed here, if I bought 5 of them. This is what kicked off the Group-Buy.

Then I paid for a sample unit which never arrived, so I turned to tracking down one of the makers of these things and here we are now.

To clear up any confusion about this in terms of cost...

We're paying:
* Short shifter EX Factory
* Freight from China
* Import Duty (%15 IIRC)
* GST 10%
* Currency Transfer costs ($22 + roughly 1% exchange rate)
* Postage within Australia for each shifter except mine and Skitz's
* Subsidising the cost of the bushes slightly

So that's where the cash is going and I can assure you we're not getting a volume discount. We're ordering the bare minimum to make this happen.

So that's the story, and if you want to buy from eBay then that's cool, but I really think most people on the Group Buy have looked at eBay and gone "too much hassle" or "these guys really don't want to ship here" as such. In other words we're all smart enough to know that $75 delivered is a fair price and better than anything on eBay today (I've checked).

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Old 08-03-2007, 07:13 AM   #38
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Now to the other questions:
Yes they're still available, I can PM details over if you want.

The order has been paid for, and we're now in the production queue. This means that it should be about 2 weeks (that was our initial time quote) and they'll be here.

I will be mailing these out when they arrive and that will hopefully be before Dorrigo. The price factors in postage as I'm keen to ensure that everyone gets theirs as quickly as possible.

The main thread about these is over at FordLaser:
http://www.fordlaser.com/viewtopic.php?p=550075#550075

You're welcome to read through the whole thing any time, and it's where I'm maintaining the full list.

As I've posted over there, I'm sorry about it taking so long to get to this point, there's been a combo of delays in the past two weeks that have held things up in terms of getting the order in and paid for, but we are now in the hands of the Chinese and that emans we're at the mercy of our position in the production queue.

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Old 08-03-2007, 07:16 AM   #39
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ill need new bushes aswell unless i do them b4 hand. yea see wat happens i dont have either ramps or stands atm but might invest in some soon
I have one set of bushes here - and if you really really need them before the Group Buy bushes get out with the shifters I can send them to you early.

I bought them while I was waiting for the first shifter that never arrived.

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Old 08-03-2007, 03:35 PM   #40
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now i just have to loook at gettin a new knob cause mines ugly and then ill need a cover for it tooo
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