So my friend tells me last night that a buddy of his is doing a buy in with vortech and that all he needs is one person. I was told that i could get the SC at cost. Anyone know what price i would be looking at and if this would be a good deal? How does this kit compare to other SC's or even the Greddy TT kit? Thanks for the help!

 

Sounds too good to be true, but igor (owner of automotiveforums) was sponsored by them, so if anyone knows cost its him. He posts on here occasionally I think . . .

 

I read in a prior posting that the cost of the kit is between 2100-2400.

 

I was about to put that in my post earlier, but wasn't 100%.

 

2100-2400. SHIIT, count me in!

 

I believe dealer cost, which is different than manufacture cost is somewhere around $3800-4000, should depend on how many you buy. There is also a tuner kit, you should make sure he's not trying to sell you that one.

 

HAHA He IM'd me a few mins ago and told me 4800 for the satin blower and 5200 for the polished! LMAO I told him his friend was full of s***. He said "i'll see if i can get him to give u a better price" so i threw in "i think i'd eventually rather go TT instead but even if i did want the Vortech i wouldn't buy it from him since he thinks he's slick and $4800 is his 'cost'"! Thanks for all your input tho guys. Hope this story has been somewhat entertaining for you all!

 

4800 could very well be his cost......a single buy in with cortech does not get you their best pricing level

 

Our dealers who sell product at their cost.....

...doesn't make sense to me...

 

I dunno what to think of it honestly guys, oh well. I think i'll be saving for wheels next anyway.

 

ive seen a couple websites that sell the kit for about $4500 satin...so that couldnt be their cost. unless they are in the business of losing money on every sale.

 

It just goes to show that volume dictates the dealer's cost. Here's a funny scenario: I work for Sherwin-Williams (sales rep for residential industry) and S-W as a company owns Minwax (among several other brands). We have 3000 retail outlets, yet our cost for the Minwax brand is about the selling price at Lowes or Walmart . . .

Our parent distribution treats us just like anyone else. It's all about volume (and contract negotiation). Nevertheless, try to buy a product from a source close to the manufacturer. Jobbers and unauthorized dealers (who purchase from another distributor) only open the door for headache (research my TT install--lots of questions, lots of missing parts, and mismatching of essential equipment). All that to save a buck--bad idea.

Most authorized dealers will attempt to match pricing, so go that route. Sorry, got a little off topic

G

 

350g hit the nail on the head.

Just because person a sells it for 4500 does not mean person b can afford to sell it for that. I know we talked to Vortec about going directly a few months back and cost would have still been more than 4500 per kit..that was with a modest 2 kit buy in. Perhaps if we bought 20 kits, like some of their big dealers may, the price would drop significantly. Problem for us was the Z is the only application they offer that we cater to, as we are not a "one size fits all" sort of group.

Forced - makes sense to me though. They don't have the cash to do a buy in, so they let their customers do the buy in for them.

adam