Is Chuck @ Rotary Extreme going out of business?
05-02-06, 07:44 AM
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Take care Chuck. I bought alot from you over the years, and you were a great vendor with top notch products. I can see why you are leaving though, it's probably hard to make a living making parts for cars in the US that are at least 11 years old 
05-02-06, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
I'm assuming you build motors? If so, you are in a different boat than an FD parts seller. There will be an endless revolving door of new owners to incorrectly mod their FDs, pop or overheat the motor, sell it after 'x' times this happens, and then the endless cycle begins again.
An FD specialty shop can only sell a finite number of front bumpers, vmounts, toe links etc. There are only so many FDs around (we'll soon find that out thanks to uscmatt), and that number continues to shrink due to the idiot kids that buy them and promptly crash them. Some may be resurrected, but those aftermarket parts are still on the car. They may get taken off and sold, but they have to installed on an FD somewhere.
Bottom line, the FD aftermarket parts market is definitely drying up. It makes sense, it's been 11 years since the last new FD rolled off the assembly line......
An FD specialty shop can only sell a finite number of front bumpers, vmounts, toe links etc. There are only so many FDs around (we'll soon find that out thanks to uscmatt), and that number continues to shrink due to the idiot kids that buy them and promptly crash them. Some may be resurrected, but those aftermarket parts are still on the car. They may get taken off and sold, but they have to installed on an FD somewhere.
Bottom line, the FD aftermarket parts market is definitely drying up. It makes sense, it's been 11 years since the last new FD rolled off the assembly line......
05-02-06, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboTagTeam
BtW- Nothing is cheap to ship to canada. Doesn't your mail get delivered by a park ranger on a horse????
Also, I am sad to see RE go..
05-02-06, 03:06 PM
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Best of luck with whatever comes next Chuck Had the monster v-mount on for a few weeks now, it's nice to see positive boost at 2k rpm (last time I saw that the car was sequential) don't know if I'll get a chance to dyno it before you move on but the butt dyno indicates a noticeable improvement on the Greddy SMIC I had before. A pleasure to deal with, if only the same could be said of Paypal and Bax 
Had the monster v-mount on for a few weeks now, it's nice to see positive boost at 2k rpm (last time I saw that the car was sequential) don't know if I'll get a chance to dyno it before you move on but the butt dyno indicates a noticeable improvement on the Greddy SMIC I had before. A pleasure to deal with, if only the same could be said of Paypal and Bax
05-02-06, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Robertio
Best of luck with whatever comes next Chuck Had the monster v-mount on for a few weeks now, it's nice to see positive boost at 2k rpm (last time I saw that the car was sequential) don't know if I'll get a chance to dyno it before you move on but the butt dyno indicates a noticeable improvement on the Greddy SMIC I had before. A pleasure to deal with, if only the same could be said of Paypal and Bax
Had the monster v-mount on for a few weeks now, it's nice to see positive boost at 2k rpm (last time I saw that the car was sequential) don't know if I'll get a chance to dyno it before you move on but the butt dyno indicates a noticeable improvement on the Greddy SMIC I had before. A pleasure to deal with, if only the same could be said of Paypal and Bax Lucky!
05-02-06, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rotaryextreme
Did you buy one or what's the story?
Anything that goes by freight, we ship freight collect unless it's requested by the customer. We don't charge freight in advance because we DO NOT make money on shipping. Freight cost is a lot right now. Don't blame us. We don't run a freight company if they charge you $600. That money dose not go into my pocket. All the stuff shipped by freight can be tracked either by phone or online and they are insured. Why wouldn't us insure it since you are paying for it and paying to the freight company directly?
Anyway, I can't satsify 100% of the customers out there even though I am trying. If you did purchase one and you weren't happy, I am sorry aobut it.
Chuck
Anything that goes by freight, we ship freight collect unless it's requested by the customer. We don't charge freight in advance because we DO NOT make money on shipping. Freight cost is a lot right now. Don't blame us. We don't run a freight company if they charge you $600. That money dose not go into my pocket. All the stuff shipped by freight can be tracked either by phone or online and they are insured. Why wouldn't us insure it since you are paying for it and paying to the freight company directly?
Anyway, I can't satsify 100% of the customers out there even though I am trying. If you did purchase one and you weren't happy, I am sorry aobut it.
Chuck
Sorry to hear Chuck If I had known I would have ordered more..
Don
FD will be running soon.
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05-02-06, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dradon03
That is just a stupid comment to make. Not to burst your bubble but Canada is decades ahead of the U.S Economically and Socially.
05-03-06, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by weaklink
especially if those bumpers don't fit correctly.
Originally Posted by SiKoPaThX
perhaps one solution would be expanding the shop to some more cars.
05-03-06, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by tekno62
I thought chuck was born with a cig in his mouth..
but he got too burned out in berkley 
so he moved on to cigs 
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