Just bought the JDM NISMO OIL FILLER CAP for $30 shipped from him.

Can't wait to see other Nismo stuff from him.

 

eBay sucks, you are goign to end up with stuff like fake Apexi, or fake Tanabe equipment that's been floating around.

http://www.apexi-usa.com/news_special.asp

Booooo!

Plus call me dumb but I don't trust being Nismo stuff from someone with, "ImportKiller" in their username

 

Believe it or not, his stuff are real!!!! a lot of people, including myself, have bought from him before...

 

Haha oh ok, I do retail sales so I am anti eBay a lot of times

But I still don't think you could get me to buy from this guy, if he was a dealer then that's a differant story.

Haha maybe I'm just too paranoid because I know about all the junk that's floating around lol

 

I wonder if he still selling the exhaust?

 

Those were real. I have seen them.

 

That's another thing that sends up a red flag in my book. If he is only selling those small things, then I would have to assume fake. If he is selling other large Nismo parts such as exhausts or even things like headers, intakes, flywheels, etc.

The reason being, the smaller parts can EASILY be replicated and forged with Nismo decals, etc. Larger scale parts a little more difficult and most small fish don't go through all that effort to try and replicate those

EDIT: Sorry, I am playing deils advocate today haha. How can you guys tell if its real or not?

 

I haven't seem the small things, but all the details in the exhaust (like the Nismo embossing on the muffler) would be too hard to replicate at that low price. the welds are perfect, the packing sheets and packaging are definatly nismo. They are packed exactly the way nismo does it with the same high quality.

 

I know of this guys deal. Just buy them while you can before he gets caught lol

 

Nice domokun avatar

 

i know, that i why i am interested

 

I don't think he did anything wrong, just sold at slightly above cost instead of 100% mark up. That probably pissed off some of the vendors. I'm sure he just can't post in the marketplace anymore. I personally hope he sells more $600 Nismo exhausts. I want one.

 

lolz..like Auto R&D selling Vertex replica? go after them.

Just like i have hook up for authentic sunglass at almost cost, does that also mean the sunglass is FAKE? hahaah

 

He is selling $600 Nismo catbacks?

PN: 20100-RSZ35
MSRP: $1,200.00

Now if you ask me, who in their right mind sells the Nismo catback for $600 (50% off)? That's insane because even if they were on sale, they are worth more than that.

If the person was an authorized dealer, I am sure they would have to stick to MAP pricing (Minimum Advertised Pricing) and $600 is WAY below it. So what's that tell me? I doubt they are an authorized source for Nismo.

In the end, who knows, everything might be real! It's up to you to buy it and if you believe it's real, it probably is

I just despise eBay because people get a bunch of stuff from China/Japan, ***** it up on ebay all day long and hurt the legit USA venders. For me, even at wholesale, I can't compete with this guy at $600 for a Nismo exhaust, that's just insane

Remember people, eBay ****** hurt you, the consumer, in the long run as well because many Japanese companies are reluctant to create major distribution campains here in the USA because of all the fake stuff that floats around. In addition, eBay ****** drive down prices and making items that the company would take much pride in, LITERALLY worthless. Don't get me wrong I am a consumer as well as a retailer and I am all for competition and the US markets, but I just feel the method I described above is the WRONG way.

But, if you need to have that knockoff stuff or buy from eBay ******, do what you have to do

Haha now everyone knows my position about knockoffs and eBay

 

Haha I can't go after Auto R&D for selling fakes, that is up to them and their business model.

My friends at Vertex already know about them selling fakes, no one can truely do anything about it

I can tell you for a fact that the knockoffs are hurting Vertex Z sales though, I was talking numbers with them a few days ago, it sucks!

This is exactly why legit brands such as Car Make T&E (Vertex) may simply put, not exist in the USA in the future due to the fact that eBay ****** are putting the wrong kind of competition on the market.

 

Oh, and about the Sunglasses, nah... I was just trying to make a point earlier. I don't know that this guy's stuff is fake so if I blatently stated that earlier, don't take my word on it.

If you were selling those glasses to me for cost or near cost, I would have to raise my eyebrow and ask questions like, "What is wrong with them" or "Are they fake?"

I follow the motto, "If it's too good to be true, it probably is."

But as for this guy selling exhausts, $600 is rediculous


P.S. I know a little about your background so I wouldn't doubt your Sunglasses

 

Ebay is exclusive to the US???

 

No, eBay is not exclusive to the USA.

What I meant was many people who create knockoffs or ***** stuff out on eBay without sticking to MAP pricing (Minimum Advertised Pricing) hurt companies not only in the USA but overseas as well.

For example, Car Make T&E is from Japan, however they have a USA distribution center in Southern California. With the knockoff kits that are floating around for Vertex, it is hurting their sales of the Vertex Z Aero Kits and their bottom line. If a company is no longer meeting their bottom line, it is only a matter of time before they must move out of the USA market.

If Vertex moves out of the USA market, and consumers want authentic Vertex Aero, they will have to bring it in from overseas and pay a premium for it.

Maybe if they move out of the USA market, they will not have the money to continue coming to the USA to compete in D1GP (Ueno) and that would be a shame because Ueno is a great driver.

Bad!

 

For the record, an example of good competition would be innovation of a new product, forcing Vertex to either:

A) Lower prices to attract consumers from buying their product (benefit to consumers)
B) Innovation of a new product that theoretically should be better than the original (a Version-2 of the Vertex kit for our cars)

In either situation, the consumer benefits from the end results. Who benefits from short team cheap knockoffs and/or eBay ******? In the end, you save a few bucks but you are helping to drive legit organizations out of business.

 

they should do that long time ago. BTW, what is the mark up price for auto part? 2x or 3x? Don't count reseller.

For example, Brand name sunglass from Safilo (US distributor for all brand such as: Gucci, Fendi, GA, Katespade etc) suggest to mark up 2 times. Like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GUCCI-GG-1825-S-...QQcmdZViewItem

The invoice cost is $160. 2x mark up is $300 or $320 (price you will find in most optical store) However, if you have account with Safilo, you will get addition 20% off on the bill. Meaning this frame invoice cost only: $128. Ebay sell for $160 + $10 shipping =$170. They still make money. So for the Nismo exhaust sell for $600, i don't see the insane point. Chris bought his Nismo exhaust from Steven Creek Nissan for $800.

So from now on, whenever you go to your next eye exam, whatever the cost you see on the opthomic frame, divide that by 3. Sunglass, divide by 2. That is the invoice cost. Bargain from there. lolz