Hey all, I just received an email from Marty @ MSDSinc. He's offering 10% off your purchase of MSDS headers between 8/1/05 - 8/10/05. You can place your orders as soon a 7/25/05. These headers are far superior to gutting the precats. The headers come with an MSDS y-pipe, O2 MIL's, and all hardware.
www.msdsinc.com Mark
Sweet! I would jump on it right away, only kinda tight pocketed right now and ...um.. yeah... already got em
Bleh, was hoping for a larger % off
Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Bleh, was hoping for a larger % off
Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I don't recall MSDS ever doing anything way over 10%. The last group buy that I posted for Marty was the buddy-system buy, where you'd get 22% off of 2 sets, so 11% off each. You're still getting a good deal at 10% off, so pony up some cash and get in on this!
Mark
I'm in BUT not right this second.
tempting, have to see if the money is there, but maybe it should just be a birthday gift to myself ...
Give me acess to your bank account and ill pony up cash for a couple sets
Hahaa, you might be able to find enough money in my bank account to pay for one primary on one bank of the headers.
Mark
Burly man w/ girly voice: "Red leather bustier, costs 1500 dollars, but its not like I paid for it 'girly laugh'"
Are you a victim of identity theft!?!
sigh, if only i were a criminal lol
Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Burly man w/ girly voice: "Red leather bustier, costs 1500 dollars, but its not like I paid for it 'girly laugh'"
Are you a victim of identity theft!?!
sigh, if only i were a criminal lol
Oh indeed, suddenly my car would get a few thousand $$ worth of upgrades
Too bad it'd be so easy for them to track down the trail of CSVT parts after all, it's not a common car lol
Poor timing for me. I'm working on getting my 3L project underway. I have to see how much I'll have left. But for everyone else, jump on this deal...your dumb if you have the money and don't get them.
Can you just get the headers seperate?\
Mike
I'm really not sure. You might want to call Marty up and ask. I would say that if he were to sell them seperate, you'd only save yourself I think $40.00, and I think that will void your warranty, as using the headers with any other y-pipe, or with true duals voids it. Again, give Marty a call, he's a great guy to deal with.
Mark
Originally posted by posthuman63t:
Poor timing for me. I'm working on getting my 3L project underway. I have to see how much I'll have left. But for everyone else, jump on this deal...your dumb if you have the money and don't get them.
You might as well get the headers too. You've got the engine out of the car so now's the time to do it.
And uh, don't count on having anything left. 3L projects = $$. But its worth it so go ahead and rack up the debt.
BUMP!!
Mark
does this deal include shipping?
does it include ceramic coating?
do we just contact them directly?
Pay the $40 for the Y-pipe and you can sell it for $80 in the classifieds, it'll cover the shipping costs.
I bought a set in the last group buy and Marty was easy to deal with.
Originally posted by svt4stv:
does this deal include shipping?
does it include ceramic coating?
do we just contact them directly?
I'm really not heading this group buy, only relaying the message from an email I received from Marty. He's an awesome guy with great customer service. Just give him a call and he'll explain all of your options.
Mark
Oh man, if only I had the dough for this I would jump on it like a bum on a quarter.
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Bleh, was hoping for a larger % off
Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I don't recall MSDS ever doing anything way over 10%. The last group buy that I posted for Marty was the buddy-system buy, where you'd get 22% off of 2 sets, so 11% off each. You're still getting a good deal at 10% off, so pony up some cash and get in on this!
Mark
Where'd you learn math?
22% off of 2 is NOT 11% off each... it is 22% off each.
example:
$100 each
($100+$100)=$200, 22% off $200 is $156, or $78 for each
22% off $100 is also $78
11% off $100 would be $89
So basically this buy is less than half the discount of the last one.
And yes, I am an accountant...
Originally posted by SoundQ SVT:
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Bleh, was hoping for a larger % off
Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I don't recall MSDS ever doing anything way over 10%. The last group buy that I posted for Marty was the buddy-system buy, where you'd get 22% off of 2 sets, so 11% off each. You're still getting a good deal at 10% off, so pony up some cash and get in on this!
Mark
Where'd you learn math?
22% off of 2 is NOT 11% off each... it is 22% off each.
example:
$100 each
($100+$100)=$200, 22% off $200 is $156, or $78 for each
22% off $100 is also $78
11% off $100 would be $89
So basically this buy is less than half the discount of the last one.
And yes, I am an accountant...
Woops, bad wording on my part! The last group buy was "buy one set of headers, receive 22% off the second set." So in essence, it was 11% off of each set of headers. I'm not an "accountant", but I work in "accounting". I was ummmm..... rushed...... yeah, that's it!
Mark
Originally posted by SoundQ SVT:
Where'd you learn math?
22% off of 2 is NOT 11% off each... it is 22% off each.
example:
$100 each
($100+$100)=$200, 22% off $200 is $156, or $78 for each
22% off $100 is also $78
11% off $100 would be $89
So basically this buy is less than half the discount of the last one.
And yes, I am an accountant...
Whoa.....
Don't get me wrong here, and the MSDS headers are a great product, but isn't it odd that the headers for the contour/mystique/escape/cougar/tribute are $660 for the set.
The most expensive headers I saw for Porsche was $540.
Maybe if our headers were priced more in line with ALL the other headers they offer, they would sell more of them. I doubt there are more Porsche 928's on the road than the combination of all the contour/mystique/escape/cougar/tribute's out there.
OK, maybe the contour/mystique/escape/cougar/tribute's are not an enthusiast car like a 928, but the tooling has been done to make these things. Drop the price already and see how many more will be sold. What would you rather sell if you were MSDS- 1 set of headers at $660 or 3 sets at $350 ($1150)
Just a thought.
I don't know much about the Porsche 928, but is that a V6 or a straight 6? If it's a V6, does it use a y-pipe? How much R&D had to go into their design compared to the tight fitting Ford 2.5L V6 in the Contour/Mystique/Cougar? How much more material do our headers take compared to the Porsche 928? How many people are going to purchase these headers compared to other platforms? These are all things taken into consideration when pricing an item. Say it costs MSDS $200 per set to make me a set of headers & y-pipe. I buy them for $660.00 and they make $440.00 off of me. So there's 2 of us that buy and they made $880.00. Sell them for $350.00 and sell them to 3 people. That's $150.00 profit per person X 3 = $450 profit. The fact of the matter is, they stepped up and made us a product, put in the R&D, so they can pretty much charge accordingly.
Mark
I'm agreeing with you 100%. The concept here is that the R&D has already been done for our cars, and 5 other matching platforms, 3 of which are still in production(not including the Mazda 6).
Porsche stopped production on the 928's in the early 90's I believe, as well as the 944's, and in the 80's for the 924's and 1976 for the 914/6's, yet all the headers are cheaper than ours. By the way, the 928 is a rwd V8 and I'm sure equal to or more R&D went into those headers than ours.
It is wonderful of MSDS to do this for us. My statement only reflects that the price of headers for our engines, which are still in production, is not in line with the average cost of the rest of their header offerings. Not to mention, the amount of contours/mystiques/cougars/escapes/tributes/6's on the road far exceeds the number of porsches on the same roads.
Now, taking your figures from above for production costs vs. profit, but we must consider possible opportunities in the form of Duratec vehicles on the road and Porsches on the road. Say there are conservatively 1,000,000 duratec vehicles on the road and .005% of them are potential buyers. That is 5000 realistic possible buyers. Now, say there are 40,000 porsches on the road and since porsches are more apt to be tuned, we say .05% of thse cars are potential buyers, that would be 2000 realistic potential buyers. Doing the math based on your numbers:
Duratec- 5000 cars x $200 production cost = $1,000,000
Duratec- 5000 cars x $350 retail = $1,750,000
Duratec profit = $750,000
Porsche- 2000 cars x $200 production cost = $400,000
Porsche- 2000 cars x $350 retail = $700,000
Porsche profit = $300,000
Actuals for both duratec and porsche are most likely way, way less, but there is clearly way more potential to lower the retail price for a platform which is still in production and way more units on the road.
But again, I am appreciative that such a high quality header is availble, just wish the price was in line and if they were cheaper, many more people would buy them.
Just my .02
You could just buy the Weapon Crap headers who stole Marty's design and sell them for the price your asking for ;-)
Doh
Nah, I'm actually going to pay the $660 for the quality unit.
I said unit!!!
With that said, I know I'm going to get: Well why are you complaining?
Answer: I don't know, I made an observation about pricing and commented on it.
Oh well, I'm still getting the better unit. There I go again....unit on the brain. Uh, I gotta go now.
I think it may have a little bit to do with the fact that Marty is a Porsche owner, and he just hooks his fellow Porsche owners up. All I can think of now?
Mark
I talked to marty today becuase i ordered a set of the headers and he said for anyone who is intersted in the headers to call him because the deadline for the discount is running out but if your going to be a couple days late let him know and hell still give you the discount.
"all the load the traffic will bear"
That is the philosophy. As long as people are buying why drop the price? The cost to manufacture is much lower now that he has finished the design and sold them for a few years, so now it's profit time. Can't blame him really.
Second, the weaponR headers are not bad. Maybe stolen but not bad. The metal is at least equal to the MSDS in structural integrity and it is at least some version of stainless that will resist corrosion better and longer than coated mild steel.
So don't go bringing them up in this group buy. The minor deficiencies that they do have are more than made up for by the stainless steel, better y-pipe and 50% lower cost than MSDS.
All that being said, 11% each isn't much of a savings.
Buy the MSDS headers from SHOShop if they are still in business and selling them. You only pay $550 if you don't need a y-pipe.
Originally posted by warmonger:
As long as people are buying why drop the price?
That is my point I guess. If the price was lower, there would be many more sets sold.
And- the R&D has been done already so dropping the price now would only increase sales.
I would be interested in finding out how many sets have been sold and how many Weapon R sets have been sold. If the MSDS sets were within 50-75 of the Weapon -R's then no one would buy them. They would get the GOOD MSDS set and then MSDS would not have to worry about knock offs eating into their sales because there would not be any. Simple economics.
Some of us appreciate AMERICAN companies making products for us in AMERICA. I also like the fact that MSDS took the time to consider us(sort of like Morette is right now), and made us a product that nobody else really does(SHM Headers are no longer produced). It wasn't too difficult for Weapon R to come in and make a replica of MSDS's design, was it? How many people will be talking crap about Morette in 2 years when some foreign company steals their design, and sells their product for $200.00/set?
Mark
I think you are missing my point.
When I get headers, it will be the MSDS, period! Regardless of price. I would not support a lesser product, period. Quality is key.
My only reference to dropping the price was to be more consistent with their other sets they offer. I posted this BEFORE I found out that they come CERAMIC COATED ($180), so if you add that to the, say Porsche headers, the price is relatively the same.
The reason I referenced dropping the price compared to Weapon R's is to take sales AWAY from Weapon-R if the did copy the design etc.
I AM NOT BASHING MARTY OR MSDS. I MADE AN OBSERVATION ON PRICE, THATS ALL. SORRY FOR BEING OBSERVANT.
It's all good. I see your point. I wish I could speak for Marty on that, as it does appear that they are the most expensive headers he sells. I'm sure there is some reasoning behind that, and I'd be willing to bet, that will be addressed in the somewhat near future.
Mark
I actually received an e-mail from Marty. He is very nice and I really appreciate his taking the time to e-mail me back. I can only imagine the frustrations on his end with combating knock off, overseas imitations of his products and fully understand the costs involved for R&D etc. I do know they would sell more of the headers if the price was lower and it would have a direct impact on the lesser knock off companies. Maybe he would be interested in selling just the headers sans y-pipe and MIL eliminators for those of us who would like just headers.
Anyways, good chatting and again, I was never trying to stir anything up.
IIRC -40 off the price for without the ypipe....
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Some of us appreciate AMERICAN companies making products for us in AMERICA. I also like the fact that MSDS took the time to consider us(sort of like Morette is right now), and made us a product that nobody else really does(SHM Headers are no longer produced). It wasn't too difficult for Weapon R to come in and make a replica of MSDS's design, was it? How many people will be talking crap about Morette in 2 years when some foreign company steals their design, and sells their product for $200.00/set?
Mark
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Do you remember when Sylvania TV's used to be made in America? I do. Their motto: "The Sylvania Superset. The most expensive television in America; but it's worth it!"
I literally remember this motto from when I was really little, 5 or 6 years old.
Want to know how many TV's are made in USA now? NONE. It was NONE by the late 80's.
Quality, patriotism, whatever. It always takes a back seat to price as long as they function and quality is even somewhat similar.
Hey, I can say this because I put $600 into Marty's pocket back in the day. I needed another set of headers to experiment with and cut up and a cheaper set was just what the doctor ordered.
I will be the first to tell you that they are NOT identical replicas although they are very similar.
I can think of many things that were invented here and copied in Japan. Any of you boycot buying cameras these days?
Tom, you're looking at it "almost" one sided. My point wasn't that I ONLY buy American made products. I guess that I do have a sense of patriotism when I'm given the option to buy American made vs. a foreign made product. In this case, it's a no brainer, as Weapon R didn't really do much to come up with their own product. Oh well, enough about that. This is a group buy for God's sake! Let it be that!
Mark
What did I do here. Sorry for the controvesy everyone. I'll refrain from any opinionated comments from here on out.
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Tom, you're looking at it "almost" one sided. My point wasn't that I ONLY buy American made products. I guess that I do have a sense of patriotism when I'm given the option to buy American made vs. a foreign made product. In this case, it's a no brainer, as Weapon R didn't really do much to come up with their own product. Oh well, enough about that. This is a group buy for God's sake! Let it be that!
Mark
You're right.
My bad...
<see and you guys have actually heard me say sorry...indirectly>