Flash Options

[Daunttless]

Oh yeah, shameless plug for you guys looking for "cheap" engines, I have yet to find another engine the same quality as the ones I'm importing for cheaper thru an importer. I am the direct importer of my engines and have various sources in Japan to assure quality. 2200+ shipping on my engines, and they're guaranteed. But whatever you want to do is fine. Enjoy your day.

[DEVIL_S13]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS COMPANY AND EBAY FOR LONG.. THE LOOPHOLE IS JUST TOO OBVIOUS. WELL, THEY'RE LIAR , NO DOUBT! BUT I GUESS, THEY ARE JUST A SMALL COMANY TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS IN NEGATIVE WAY. NOW, THEY KNOW WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER THEM, IF ALL THEIR PURPOSE IS TO DECEIVE ONLY A SINGLE BUYER HERE(OBVIOUSLY THEY REPUTATION WILL BE BLOWN AFTER THAT), IT'S NOT WORTH INVESTING ON THEIR NICE WEBSITE AND WASTING THEIR TIME TO RESPOND OUR EMAILS. SO I GUESS THEY JUST WANNA BUILD UP THEIR REPUTATION HERE, LOOKING FOR A BIG FISH COMING UP. REMEMBER, HIGH RISK, HIGH GAIN.LET ME PUT IN OTHER WAY, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY MORE AS THE WARRANTY, WHY DONT YOU BUY ONE FROM HEAVYTHROTTLE WHICH IS A LOT MORE RELIABLE? IF YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY NOW TO DO THE SWAP, YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE THE CHANCE OR JUST FORGET ABOUT IT. IF YOU DO, JUST SPEND MORE MONEY AS EVERY SR 240SX DRIVERS WHO LOVE THEIR CARS DO.

[issanni]

daunttless, you've got my business when it comes time for me to buy my engine in a couple months (Unless Alan can get me a better price;) )

-Joe-

[Daunttless]

Well, normally I would have suggested myself right away, but I"m trying to get away from that now as I"m just going to let my quality speak for itself. My business is almost launched and after that I won't need any shameless plugs, I'll have enough satisfied customers. : )

[ItzGenX]

same here! looks like you need to fill a warehouse full of sr's for us daunt :dogpile

[DEVIL_S13]

HEY DAUNTTLESS, LET ME KNOW TOO!

[pissedoffsol]

Damnit- why do you have to be in Iowa???

:*(

After I pick up my 240 (hopefully next week) I'm sure we will be in touch.

Do you do discounts? I mean- buying an sr20 swap with a bunch of options and a sylvia conversion all at once = $$$$$$$. Would you cut a deal on a big order like that?

I'm getting out of the honda sceene... and have a **** load of parts, swaps, and cars to get rid of- adn then, its buying time

Let me know.

[Daunttless]

As much as I would like to offer discounts, my standard prices are basically discounts unto themselves. Also, we have people coming from all over the country to our shop so being in Iowa isn't so bad, we're right in the middle of everything. It will also save you like 200 dollars shipping versus if we were in California. : ) Unless you're buying a LOT of stuff, and you'll have to talk to me offboards about that ( [email protected] or AIM: Daunttless ) its just not feasible. Also, its Silvia, not Sylvia. : ) Enjoy your day!

[pissedoffsol]

*Bites tongue*sorry about that typo..

I will be in touch as things get clsoer to happening- your prices seem more than fair, and if the quality is what you say it is, i wouldn't even mind spending a little more than other places...

Thanks

[Silviagirl79]

I am NOT FLASH OPTIONS. I find it rather funny you think i am. but basically I decided yesterday after discussing this with my husband to buy two sr20det front clips. One I'll keep for myself the other I am selling on ebay.

I'll let you all now how it turns out.

The company sounds legit by the way they gave me all there information including business license, address,tel., etc.

Laterz...

[issanni]

so I assume you're buying your clips from flash options...if you are let us know how it turns out.

joe

[Silviagirl79]

Dauntless...you probably purchase your engines from overseas for about 1600.00 and sell for 2200.00. Am I close?Buying DIRECTLY from the wholesaler..skips the distributor portion "you"..so no middleman equals cheaper price. You condemn this type of buying because you'd rather make a profit, am I right?

[Silviagirl79]

so I assume you're buying your clips from flash options...if you are let us know how it turns out.

joe

i wil post here what my results are with this co. but it wont be for another 3-4 weeks till I get my engine. I cant wait.They have a 3 mo. warranty.

[issanni]

May I ask how much you paid for the shipping? becuase they told me $330 to US port, $30-40 for tax, then ~$150 for shipping from port to my door.

[I H8 UR DSM]

ill give you my guarantee you dont get the motor in 3-4 weeks, : )

"Dauntless...you probably purchase your engines from overseas for about 1600.00 and sell for 2200.00. Am I close?Buying DIRECTLY from the wholesaler..skips the distributor portion "you"..so no middleman equals cheaper price. You condemn this type of buying because you'd rather make a profit, am I right?"

and thats just hilarious...the motors are about half what your stating the price in japan...

just a question...when you get your clip, and lets say for instance it has a blown turbo, or dented oil pan (which we all know is more than common when people try to buy directly from japan), what type of recourse do you have? do you think they care if an american is upset with them? do you think that our laws would carry over, and there would ever be any penalty or that they would even respond to you after you purchase a motor?

what was your final cost to get the clips to your front door?

what kind of service do they offer as far as helping with missing, broken parts? helping with install? service?

there is no way any of us condemn that type of buying to 'make a profit', thats just ignorant...the profit is made because of the work put into finding a quality motor, having someon in japan checking the motors, visually checking, running the cars, compression tests, etc etc....getting it to the port, shipping it, taxes, business expenses, blah blah.....motors are cheap, the markup to get it here is a lot...the profit made by the sellers isnt a lot....

yea, maybe ill get flamed back, but i think your missing what a lot of its about....if you want a cheap motor, ill put you in touch with someone over in japan, you can send them your money too, they will send you a motor.....good luck : )

you new to the scene?

[pissedoffsol]

there is no way any of us condemn that type of buying to 'make a profit', thats just ignorant...the profit is made because of the work put into finding a quality motor, having someon in japan checking the motors, visually checking, running the cars, compression tests, etc etc....getting it to the port, shipping it, taxes, business expenses, blah blah.....motors are cheap, the markup to get it here is a lot...the profit made by the sellers isnt a lot....

very true.:ylsuper

[I H8 UR DSM]

and im someone who has the recources to get motors shipped here, and have people over there to get motors, i understand the amount of time that goes into it, and cost etc...if i wanted to get 10 motors over here, and sell them i guess i could...i just know i'd end up loosing money in the long run, lol...and i dont think its worth it, lol....leave that to Daunttless : ) let him do that work, im happy with just a motor for me, f everyone else, lol.....id be happier honestly if no more SR's ever came to the US!!!!!

hehe

[chrispy]

man you guys can't be saying that daunttless ( 2 t's) is trying to rip off anybody. first of all he is a demi-god, and second if i had to go through half the stuff he has to i think i would have given it up along time ago.

[Silviagirl79]

May I ask how much you paid for the shipping? becuase they told me $330 to US port, $30-40 for tax, then ~$150 for shipping from port to my door.

Well the port I'm getting it imported to is Port Canaverl, FL. About 1.5 hours away from me, so I will pick it up myself. Just about 370 done deal for shipping. I paid 1970.00 per clip.

[Silviagirl79]

ill give you my guarantee you dont get the motor in 3-4 weeks, : )

what kind of service do they offer as far as helping with missing, broken parts? helping with install? service?

there is no way any of us condemn that type of buying to 'make a profit', thats just ignorant...the profit is made because of the work put into finding a quality motor, having someon in japan checking the motors, visually checking, running the cars, compression tests, etc etc....getting it to the port, shipping it, taxes, business expenses, blah blah.....motors are cheap, the markup to get it here is a lot...the profit made by the sellers isnt a lot....

yea, maybe ill get flamed back, but i think your missing what a lot of its about....if you want a cheap motor, ill put you in touch with someone over in japan, you can send them your money too, they will send you a motor.....good luck : )

you new to the scene?

I'll take you up on that offer. How much will it cost to get an engine from your japanese source? Sent to Port Canaveral, FL?

And yes I am new to the scene.

But...if no one has posted a complaint about this co Flash Options how do we know they aren't legit?

[I H8 UR DSM]

so how much did you end up saving? and does that amount of money equal the amount of stress/problems/uncertainty that you may encure....now that is the question....

its true you get what you pay for....and getting the 'cheapest' isnt always getting the best.....

im more than willing to pay a couple of hundred extra bucks to know im getting a quality engine, correct parts, great service, help with replacement, help with installing, and having the importer stateside, if i ever need anything or have a question.....

but thats just me...

i can remember many times i had to call jeff whether a weekend, or a night, and he was willing to help.....bad mafs with engine, he sent a new one the next day, without even waiting to get the original, the testimonials for the charachter of people of Adam (daunttless) Jeff holden, wayne (phase2), stature, speaks for itslef, and sometimes i definitly feel that you should deal with people in business that you trust, and know you are getting a good product from...stay away from doubt..

thats my 4 cents....would be 2 cents, but since its such good advice, im charging 4 cents this time....

im out.

jess

[Daunttless]

Dauntless...you probably purchase your engines from overseas for about 1600.00 and sell for 2200.00. Am I close?Buying DIRECTLY from the wholesaler..skips the distributor portion "you"..so no middleman equals cheaper price. You condemn this type of buying because you'd rather make a profit, am I right?

Well, I don't really NEEd to justify myself, but I suppose I will because it makes me happy, and maybe it will clear up some confusion for future members.

1) I don't buy from a wholesaler, I am the wholesaler. I have a number of different contacts in Japan, who purchase running vehicles on my behalf after test driving them and inspecting them, then they cut them up and send me whatever I want/need. There is no middleman, I am the source and the destination. I don't condemn this because they're out to make a profit, good for them, I really could care less if I have competition, it won't change my prices any, nor will it change my policies. I'll still send people to heavy throttle ( a competitor ) to buy all the parts that are damaged and missing, because I don't really want to deal with that.

2) If you told 5 people, and they all bought from Flash Options, and they told 5 people, and so on and so forth, it wouldn't be costing me any money. : )

3) I don't purchase engines as I mentioned before, I purchase cars. For that price, they aren't buying running cars and front halfing them. : )

4) My price includes a warranty thats basically all inclusive unless you drop your engine, beat it with a sledgehammer, or cruise around town at 10,000 RPMs in first gear. My price also includes technical support. My price includes the headache of getting everything into America, have you dealt with a customs officer before? Some are nice, some aren't. My price includes the cost of shipping the engine to me, so that I can personally verify that everything is ok. I don't presell nor do I sell engines that are sitting in port in Kuala Lampur waiting for a buyer, and then ship straight to them so that I can make more profit. If I wanted to make more profit I would just put my prices in line with Heavy Throttle, Unstable, etc. People pay that every day and don't complain, however I didn't want to charge people that much, I could, but I don't really see a reason to. I don't have a mortgage, a wife, kids, I don't even have a dog, which means I can afford to take less profit and still live. : ) Not that it really matters. Oh, also my cost also covers the cost of my time, my facilities, and Torry as soon as he gets moved up here. : )

5) Am I forgetting anything Jesse? I'm sure you'll pick this post apart.

6) Also, by buying an engine you've never seen, nor have any quality assurance on, nor that is even in America, you are a preseller, just the thing I avoid. As Jesse said, what happens when you sell that engine for a couple hundred dollars profit, and then its got broken and missing components. I know that Malaysia won't be replacing them, so what will you do? What will you do when that person is pissed off and filling fraud charges because you won't refund their money. Or, even better, what will you do with a broken, extra engine and a discredited name, assuming you do refund their money. You'll probably go to Heavy Throttle, pick up your replacement parts, possibly lose money in the hopes of recovering what you spent. Of course, on the flip side, everything might work out perfect for you, and I'm not begrudging you that. I"ve seen a lot of people ripped off, I don't comment on other peoples quality, if you'll note I didn't say flash options sucks and they're a rip off. I pointed out a few key things, and thats it. I don't comment on other peoples quality because theres no way for me to rightly do that as I have no control, nor no personal experience with it. So in all honesty, best of luck to you. If you do get ripped off, have the courtesy to tell us, so that other people don't meet the same fate. If it works great, go for it, start importing engines and make a killing. ; ) It truly doesn't matter to me. Good Luck!!

[I H8 UR DSM]

sorry, i may have instigated that....your right, there was no reason for you to respond, or 'dignify' yourself, i think the majority of us in the community know the deal, i just thought it would be good if you spelled it all out again for people, maybe it would help them understand..

im also not 'bashing' someone for buying something cheap, i just would rather someone not get fukked in the end....

like someone mentioned high risk sometimes gives the best returns....but it is high risk...who knows maybe you just got a great deal...my "ASSUMPTION" is that the clips your getting will not go smoothly as can be when swapping...only time will tell if i make an '***' of myself by assuming...we'll see : )

but we make assumptions sometimes based on what we have seen throughout the last couple of years in the world of importing motors....

if i lived in milasia, and sold a motor to someone in the us, honesly, id be putting that motor on the boat, and kissing it goodbye once i go tthe money, i would have NO concern over what the person thought, or what my reputation was over here...i know somene like adam or jeff take pride in providing a quality product, and having good things said....its not very often you will hear bad things said about HT or dauntt with the service they provide.

sorry dauntt...but thanks ; )again your right, i shouldnt of dragged that outta you, lol...thanks for the time : )

[Silviagirl79]

Dauntless you sell front clips for how much? 2200.00 plus shipping?

How much would it be total to ship to Orlando, FL.

Also give me a price for Fayetteville, NC

[I H8 UR DSM]

no offense, but i'd email him at his business address, i think its innapropriate for him to give out sales info on the board...

yes i am busting his balls, but i dont think any of us want that to become a trend, ya know...

i aint mad at ya, hehe

ps, shipping cost are usually 2-300$ anywhere in the US, afaik.

: )

[Daunttless]

Eh, I try to stay away from it as much as possible on the boards now that everything is about to go full swing. However, its 2200 + shipping, which will be between 200-300 dollars. I don't sell front clips, I strip the frame to save on shipping, but I include everything that was there, including AC and radiator when possible. Everything ot make the engine run is guaranteed, things like the AC, some cars have it, some cars don't. : ) I do what I can, its not guaranteed but if you want it and its in stock its yours obviously. Enjoy your day and feel free to email me any questions you have.

[ItzGenX]

nicely said guys *tearing up* :cwm27

[DEVIL_S13]

SILVIAGIRL, WHAT IS THE BUY IT NOW PRICE YOU LISTED ON EBAY? 2,299! SO $2,299-$1970=$329=TONS OF s*** TO DO AND WORRY ABOUT? BY THE WAY, I LOVE gamb|ing, LEMME SHOW A SIMPLE CALCULATION. AS U ARE NOT THE QUALITY OF CLIP, SO THE UNCERTAINTY IS ABOUT 50/50. THE MAX. YOU CAN MAKE IS $329IF YOU WIN. IF YOU GET A CRAP FROM EM', U LOSE $1,970(PER CLIP, AS YOU ARE BUYING 2 CLIPS)WHAT I THINK IS U ARE NOT A SMART INVESTOR. I'D RATHER PUT MY MONEY ON p0ker TABLE. YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY 2 CLIPS(ONE IS UR INVESTMENT) AND HUGH PLACE TO STORE THEM, WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE CHEAP MONEY YOU CAN MAKE? AGAIN, ANOTHER WARNING TO EBAYERS! NEVER BID ON MOTORS IF U DUNNO WHEN IT COMES AND WHAT THE QUALITY IS. THE SELLER MAY NOT EVEN KNOW!!!

[I H8 UR DSM]

damn man, i cant even read that without hearing you yell in my ear...please nixay on the capslock....

[Silviagirl79]

yeah calm down