For all of these hoods we would need payment within 2 week time frame once we start the group buy. Especially on the hoods with a larger quantity of people ordering them as this is clearing every manufacturers inventory completely out.

These prices are a one time, as low as possible group buy. We spent the past week on the phone with manufacturers trying to get these special prices for you guys . We cannot hold the quantities or pricing very long . If you don't have the money now i would beg and borrow to get the money immediately . Especially as tax season is here , many people outside these forums will also be ordering these hoods so the availability will become scarce once again and there will be a extended waiting period for the manufacturers to get these back in stock . SO ACT ASAP!!!!!!

This GROUP BUY WILL RUN TILL JAN 22nd at 12 pm ...after that its over ...all payments must be received by that time . The orders will ship out immediately after the group buy ends if the minimum requirements are reached for the hoods group buy. If the number isn't reached we will provide you with the extended price offer based upon what number may be reached on that particular hood. If you choose to not go through with the hood at that time you will then be refunded the full amount. All hoods are to be shipped to a BUSINESS ADDRESS!!!!
You can check out our website for pictures of each hood.. http://www.cobalt-addiction.com/exterior.htm then select hood/trunk section
Payments will be made by these buy it now buttons associated with each hood , or by sending a money order made payable to:
Audio XTC Inc.
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SS CARBON FIBER HOOD - normally $579.99 + $160.00 shipping (in USA)
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************Made to Order - 2-3 week delay***************
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SS CF HOOD PAYMENTS :
1) RollermanDan
2) Cadetlax13

RK CF HOOD PAYMENTS:
1)Toolshedamerica
2) dv_platinum

Invader 2 HOOD PAMENTS:
1)Grey_aussie

I just called you guys to try and see if I could buy with credit card instead of doing PayPal. Not verfied...and what does it mean by business address, so that means it can't be shipped to my house?

Wow, this is dangerous! AHAHAH, I fear my credit card around me right now. Hopefully things straighten out near the end of the month. So many things I want right now, and so little money.

I just called you guys to try and see if I could buy with credit card instead of doing PayPal. Not verfied...and what does it mean by business address, so that means it can't be shipped to my house?

Shipping to your house address would be extra , normally all bodykit and hood orders should go to a business address because they normally come in a tractor trailer for delivery from mon- friday from 9am - 5pm . The shipping companies give reduced rates for business addresses because they know someone will be there to accept the package, and they can deliver with a tractor trailer without worrying about small side roads. Also helps eliminate scandalous activity since it is being delivered to a business address and signed.
Paypal accepts all credit cards and is an online credit card processing company. If it is a problem then you would have to send a money order or bank check.

SS style hood bought! Can't wait, now everyone else hurry up so we can get 10!

i sent a pm too, but i want the vented extractor in fibreglass.
gimme gimme gimme!

i sent a pm too, but i want the vented extractor in fibreglass.
gimme gimme gimme!

What vented extractor are you talking about . This is only a Carbon fiber hood group buy , unless you can get atleast 5 people together for the same hood you want we can then get some pricing together , but let me know what hood your talking about.

still thinking about that rk sport hood, it would deplete a chunk of my turbo fund if i do this...

ill be ordering this as soon as i can confirm the use of a business adress

wootzors!

Well since you only really ship to a business address I'm out!!! Your loss, but I'm in IRAQ right now and don't have the means to find a business address so since every other company sends things to my house I'll go with them.....sorry for the bad attitude but I just found out my tour here has been extended for 5 months!!!!! and I'm extreamly pissed off and this stupid shipping quote's just for business address is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

well thn, how much for the carbon one, ill just paint all or most of it....you know the style i want...
you have it on your website. extractor, i dont see it on the gruop buy paypal deal thingys

im gonna try and get the funds asap for the rk sport hood......

Damn, what happened to all the people who wanted the SS style hood?

$190 USD for shipping to Canada.......and that isn't even going to come to my door?? Sweet Jesus.........For $190 someone better bring it to my house, install it, and wash my car when their done.

$190 USD for shipping to Canada.......and that isn't even going to come to my door?? Sweet Jesus.........For $190 someone better bring it to my house, install it, and wash my car when their done.


LOL funny shit right there!

190 is a great deal for a carton that size, for that distance. remember, we in canada get boned on USA parts, with taxes and duty. a little more shipping wont kill you to have a cool lookin car. as far as an address, get it shipped to where you work. or a warehouse closeby to you.....

thanks but..i dont think my moms school or pizza hut would be too happy about getting a hood in out of nowhere!! lol

pizza hut gets loads from bodyjobs all the time, (3 or 5 tons), whats the big deal as long as your not drooling over it instead of working. i let my employees get stuff sent here....

the business address wouldn't be to hard for me to do. However trying to come up with around 650 for the hood within 10 days i a little harsh. I know most people were thinking of using their tax returns to pay for these. With the short deadline I would assume you won't be getting a lot of orders. Unless the cut off date is extended...I'm out

i want all things im buying to be here and installed by the time the snow is gone. i wont wait til feb/march to buy a hood.

im getting the rk sport hood let me just figure out a way to get it sent to a business and come up with a 100 or so more dollars....I wasnt expecting on spending money for a little bit but damn i cant pass this up

Well the problem with the short deadline is there is not many of these hoods in the country and we are offering unbelievable prices on these. HENCE A GROUP BUY. YOU ALL ASKED FOR IT , AND HERE IT IS.
We can only guarantee these hoods for these dates because there Are other companies wanting to buy them at full price from the manufacturers and the manufacturers ofcourse want to sell them as fast as possible so new shipments can come in . If the manufacturer can make more money they will take the full price offer much faster than a discounted group buy offer.
Group buy on all these carbon parts from all different manufacturers is not easy and we spent alot of time securing these items and these prices. We can't just buy 30 carbon fiber hoods and wait 3 months for everyone to get money and then half the people back out anyway. Hence the quick moving group buy ... most people don't want to wait 1 month before they get the item they are paying for and want for the upcoming shows.
GROUP BUY NORMALLY IS : BUY IN BULK , GET UNBELIEVABLE PRICE...
You guys asked for this and we brought it to life . In a month there will probably be no hoods left to do this bulk buy as we have people buying them at normal price on the website because they don't want to wait for 10 people to pay and we offer the lowest hood prices for the cobalt currently online normally.
Its not like places that have 100 items in stock and they want to blow them out as quickly as possible , this group buy is already on a very rare item , CARBON FIBER , of which there isn't many hoods in the US because of the CARBON FIBER SHORTAGE.
ALSO WE CAN SHIP TO A RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS!!!!! SHIPPING WOULD BE THE ORIGINAL $160.00 usd then as the shipping companies charge extra for residential shipping. ALSO shipping to CANADA on hoods is normally $250.00 from the US. Most peopel get the hoods shipped to there own or a parents business address. Even a neighbor or a local business near there house. Its all about saving money and securing the package and most people are not home during the times a hood would be delivered.

These hoods are all ready to ship!!! This group buy will probably never happen again for another 9 months to a year because of the rarity of the carbon fiber hoods. All the other group buys are small discounted items that we can offer for those same prices at any time for a group buy that people wish . THIS IS A RARE GROUP BUY OPPORTUNITY ON ITEMS IN STOCK READY TO SHIP OUT....NO NEED TO WAIT FOR THE ITEMS TO BE MADE OR SHIPPED FROM OVERSEAS.

hey cobalt-addiction i was wondering if you accept two types of payments.... Say 500 dollars on the debit card and like 300 to 400 on the credit card??

Reason im saying this i can prolly come up with the 825 dollars for the rk sport hood but i really dont feel like it and was just wondering if you all would allow that over a simple phone call and i would give you my numbers for both cards??

I appreciate it when you answer me back
Max

you need to pay them with paypal. and they take a cc, not debit. but you can transfer from your bank acct , to a paypal acct, then transfer to them for the buy. such a pain, paypal is.....IMHO

Do you always yell at your customers? Sheesh.

That's not yelling lol...its just caps

That's not yelling lol...its just caps to get the point across and importance

So if we were to get one shipped to a home or whatnot, how much extra are we talking and would we have to 100% be there to sign or is that dependant on the shipping company, im interested just curious how much more it will be to ship to the house...

and donna or whoever speaks for cobalt-addiction i can get the money just let me know if i really need to get paypal or if there is another way to do it...

If not then let me know how to sign my debit card and credit card up for a paypal account and i will have the order to u no longer than the 20th....Im making some hard sacrafices to get this so hopefully it will be worth it....

If you can answer this as soon as possible as to im still tryin to figure out my money situation and how im going to be able to do this... Im just hoping you dont depend on a customer to pay with 1 credit card on such a price as the rk sport ram air hood

Thank you in advance

you can use 2 cards linked to your acct, and pay to their email address in 2 payments

so how do i sign up for paypal?? and how do i get two credit cards linked into 1 paypal account and then tell them how much to take that certain amount out of my credit card

....well i just got in accident so count me in.....

i want the invader2.

do i pay know or later?

get a personal paypal acct. then you link bank accounts and credit cards to your name.
careful that your name, and address match your cc. i had to go thru this mess this afternoon, dammit paypal. it wouldnt work for me cause i had an existing personal acct, and i tried to load money from my company cc to my acct to pay with, it wouldnt work.

paid :)

Lets get in there guys. Theres alot of you out there who were signed up and interested :)
lets jump on this while its available!

That's not yelling lol...its just caps to get the point across and importance

Oh I see, I interpreted that as yelling, others might too..
Ryan

ok well why dont we get back to the point with this thread. CA is goin out of thier way to do YOU a faver and people are complaining about a the end date of the group buy.. ya it was a little early i agree. but CA is right on saying about the CF shortage and their bein a limited # of hoods......IF YOU DONT WANT TO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS GROUP BUY DONT BOTHER TO POST. on a side note i should be makin my purchase in the next few days here. and thanx CA....................

SS hood paid for :twothumbs

i will be making my purchase here soon i just need to figure out my tight money issues and i will have me a hood....Hey cobalt-addiction...any pricing difference on shipping to my house??

also are these hoods already clear coated or am i going to have to get it clear coated??

SS hood paid for :twothumbs

There, we go, that's more like it. Any more SS hood people?

ok big question

how would you guys handle shipping to germany???

they are gel coated. i believe. similar to a boat coating. maybe clear it a few years down the road to get rid of any scratches. then it would be polishable. gelcoat is very paintable too.

Has anyone purchased the OEM double sided one?

http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42234

check that thread to see how all this started.
it will give you an idea of who was interested in what hoods.

....im still trying to figure out why RK sport charges so much more for their hoods vs. the other ones :-(

ok i paid for my rk sport hood today....

....im still trying to figure out why RK sport charges so much more for their hoods vs. the other ones :-(


its a functional ram air hood....i think is why.........

ok im in for the rk sport hood, so how do i sign up? On my paypal account it says my home address and i think it forces me to send it there. how can i get it sent to a business address? As soon as i know these answers then my rk sport hood will be paid for. thanks.

ok im in for the rk sport hood, so how do i sign up? On my paypal account it says my home address and i think it forces me to send it there. how can i get it sent to a business address? As soon as i know these answers then my rk sport hood will be paid for. thanks.

somwhere in ur paypal account you can add a gift address. thats what i do when i use my girlfriends paypal account and i wanna have the stuff shipped to my shop.....

Wheres those 24 people. lets jump on this deal!!

cool, so you can just use a gift address on paypal, then this should work good

dammit, im still having trouble with this business address but ill order as soon as i get the address

A question...I have heard there is a risk with CF hoods....

I have heard stock metal hoods are designed to fold and crumple in the event of an accident. However, CF hoods would tend to remain a contiguous piece, and can act like a blade coming throug your windshield in the event of a head on accident....

If so...I don't think I would want the CF hood.....

Others may feel the risk is slight. However, nowadays its the other driver you have to worry about...who might not be a citizen....and therefore may not have a drivers license or insurance....

i agree, actually take it to a new level. get a cf hood, and take the bus , that way it wont kill you, and still look pretty....

A question...I have heard there is a risk with CF hoods....

I have heard stock metal hoods are designed to fold and crumple in the event of an accident. However, CF hoods would tend to remain a contiguous piece, and can act like a blade coming throug your windshield in the event of a head on accident....

If so...I don't think I would want the CF hood.....

Others may feel the risk is slight. However, nowadays its the other driver you have to worry about...who might not be a citizen....and therefore may not have a drivers license or insurance....


this is not true, it would crack. carbon fiber is strong but the forces of a wreck would surely break it.

this is not true, it would crack. carbon fiber is strong but the forces of a wreck would surely break it.

ya it would crack for sure....trust me i have smashed one on a old car of mine...

how would shipping to germany be handled?

rk sport hood has been paid for but only question is my installer said we should put hood pins in but i dont really like them so i said i wanna try it without them, is this gonna be safe?

woot celica!

lets get those hoods ordered!!!

(im curious about the hood pins thing too)

Kenny I'l let you know Friday when I stop in.... might be interested in this.. since CF goes so good with black

yeah im pretty exited about this hood, i used up some of my turbo account to get it but thats hahns fault for taking so long so i thought id treat myself with a new car goody, but i still hope someone knows about the hood pin thing. cuz if i need them then i need to order those too now.

i recomend running hoods pins. from my previous experence the latchs dont last long...i have always run hood pins with every CF hood ive had...

also with the scoop in the rk sport is there gonna be a problem with water getting in?

Ok can anyone suggest a good place to buy hood pins?

Bump! Buy more invaders!!!

SS CF HOOD PAYMENTS :
1) RollermanDan
2) Cadetlax13

RK CF HOOD PAYMENTS:
1)Toolshedamerica
2) dv_platinum

Invader 2 HOOD PAMENTS:
1)Grey_aussie

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every manufacturer recommends hood pins for safety. The hoods do latch and hold with stock latches. The hood pins are up to you , some people like them , some do not. Many peopele will try it without at first and if they feel it in necessary then add them later. We will have buy it nows on the website for hood pins as there are many different options depending on taste probably by tomorrow afternoon.

Shipping to a residential address will be $160.00 usd in the US. You must be there to sign for the package and check for damages that might have occured during shipping. THEY WILL NOT BE LEFT WITHOUT SIGNATURE!!!!.

sry I forgot to include my ss.net name. Grey_aussie is me :)

cobalt addiction, you dont recommend pins for a fibreglass hood do you?

Come on people buy some SS hoods....You know you want to...

^I'm with him, what happened to all those people that wanted to buy them?

thought 24 ppl had the cash.......

we had 24 people...though some were hoping to use tax money....but most were ready to buy (or so they said)

Im hoping people are just sorting out delivery and getting the cash together.

SS CF HOOD PAYMENTS :
1) RollermanDan
2) Cadetlax13

RK CF HOOD PAYMENTS:
1)Toolshedamerica
2) dv_platinum = celicacobalt

Invader 2 HOOD PAMENTS:
1)Grey_aussie



well, im still undecided about hood pins since i prefer the look without them but we will see, come on people, buy those rk sport hoods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RK CF HOOD PAYMENTS:
1)Toolshedamerica
2) dv_platinum




toolshedamerica is me. i used my boss's paypal account and cc card to order...

So, cobalt addiction... the general consensus is that people dont have enough time to get the money together before the 22nd, and since me and tsaperformace already paid for our 2 hoods where do we stand if no one else orders?

you can always order at their posted web price. i just think you wont get the same deal.
not that im speaking for them....
i paid full retail. what-a drag, being an automotive company and all.....can you tell i really liked the hood?

If the number isn't reached we will provide you with the extended price offer based upon what number may be reached on that particular hood. If you choose to not go through with the hood at that time you will then be refunded the full amount.


thats what he said on the first post but hell i scraped to get the money for this and hell i hope i dont gotta come up with anymore...

comon you guys. there was 24 people all gung ho to get this shit, I get a big list together and CA steps up and makes us a deal....
"And now its quite as a church up in this muthafucka"


buy yer damn hoods!

well im not coming up with any more money so if this falls thru then i guess no hood for me...

if you are waiting for tax money put it on credit until you get your $$$ these are great prices...

putting it on a CC isnt a bad idea.
just pay it off when you get your tax return. there shouldnt be any interest on it either if you get the money within the month and pay the CC company

i will be purchasing my ss tonight sorry for the delay

But the whole thing is, there are multiple hoods there to buy so it is going to be harder to hit the Number of people needed for the group buy on a particular hood. For example there are 15 people and 1 hood to choose from so either u buy it or not. Now there are 5 hoods to choose from and 15 people and now its gona be harder to hit the goal for the GB on each hood.
"If the number isn't reached we will provide you with the extended price offer based upon what number may be reached on that particular hood."
What would the extended price be? I must be missing something....

later

Just order the SS hood and then we can be closer to 10 and then once we hit 10 then we can worry about the other hoods.....hahaha :twothumbs

Just order the SS hood and then we can be closer to 10 and then once we hit 10 then we can worry about the other hoods.....hahaha :twothumbs

lol its tempting but also annoying since u dont know if 10 people are going to buy... and what is the extended price?

later

damn well since where only getting to the 22nd which i didnt think this would only be til then im out i thought we would have more time i think this gb was done a little wierd oh well thanks anomous for getting it going for all, spend my money elsewere i guess now:)

damn well since where only getting to the 22nd which i didnt think this would only be til then im out i thought we would have more time i think this gb was done a little wierd oh well thanks anomous for getting it going for all, spend my money elsewere i guess now:)

I think most of us were looking to spend our tax rebates on the stuff. I wont get my w-2 until January 31st.. which blows....

As far as the CC thing, some of us dont have a $1,000 spending limit or higher due to bad credit or no credit in my case, I only have $750. anyways...

later

exactly. Everyone was hoping to have this gb around tax return time. CA says to use a credit card for now but frankly some of us either don't have one, the limit isn't high enough to cover it, and or its maxed out. I think that CA should've noticed that in the interest thread and setup their suppliers so that the deal could've been offered around then. I will be extremely surprised it the gb reached the number of buyers required by the ending date of the 22nd. Especially with the point someone mentioned of trying to get a large number for every type that is being offered

I'm gonna have to wait something came up so I can't right yet. Sorry

well im not coming up with any more money so if this falls thru then i guess no hood for me...

so if he doesnt come up with more green that leaves just me for the rk sport hood. and im not paying full price so then no hood for me either...

THIS IS FOR CA TO ANSWER: i wanted to add this as a side note. i used a buiness paypal account to pay for my hood. and if you refund the money back to the paypal account im gonna get charged a % to get the money back. so are you gonna pay my % so i get the full amount back. i do want other stuff of ur site so maybe we can work something out for other parts here if the hood thing falls thru...

well... i just went to the cobalt addiction site to look at the hood deals. does anyone have the SS style hood with functioning dirt collector? just curious if the added air-flow is worth all the extra dirt in the engine compartment. by the way cobalt addiction, you guys need to re-read some of your hood ads. that first hood ad i couldnt tell if you are selling hoods or heads or what the hell it does. you might wanna re-word it.

seems like alot of questions are being avoided...

he just hasnt gotten a chance to get on the board to reply to anything not avoiding anything.
i cant answer this stuff because kennys dealing with the manufacturers.
just give him a second to respond ...he doesnt sit on the forums all day like i do. lol

No questions are being avoided.
All the questions that have even remotely been stated have been answered throughout this thread previosly , but i will re- answer them more clearly.
1) Why is there such a short tiem limit ?
answer: CARBON FIBER IS ON SHORTAGE IN THE WORLD CURRENTLY. MOST OF THESE HOODS BEING OFFERED ARE MADE OVERSEAS AND ARE IN LIMITED QUANITITY. OUT OF EVERY CARBON FIBER HOOD MADE FOR THE COBALT , THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 30 HOODS TOTAL CURRENTLY IN THE USA.

2) Why is there liKE 5 hoods to choose from instead of one ?
answer: THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS ASKED FOR IT , THE FORUM USERS REQUESTED A BUY ON ALL THE HOODS SO WE PROVIDED IT BASED UPON ALL THE HOODS.

3)Why can't the group buy run longer?
answer: MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY NOW AND WAIT 2 MONTHS FOR THERE HOOD TO COME IN. ALSO PEOPLE REALIZE THIS IS LIKE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME DEAL ON MOST OF THESE HOODS AND THEY ARE JUMPING ON IT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE HOW RARE THE CF HOODS ARE . WE ALSO CANNOT GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE ANY HOODS LEFT IN THE USA IN A MONTH OR 2 BECAUSE THIS GROUP BUY IS CLEARING MOST MANUFACTURERS INVENTORY COMPLETELY OUT. SO EVEN IF YOU WANT TO BUY A HOOD AT FULL PRICE IN A MONTH , YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO COME IN FROM OVERSEAS WHICH CAN TAKE MONTHS.

4) Why is this group buy so weird?
answer : NORMALLY THIS IS HOW GROUP BUYS ARE SET UP . PEOPLE ASK FOR A PRODUCT , THEN A VENDOR GETS TOGETHER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND THEN GETS A PRICE QUOTE BASED UPON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED. THERE IS ALWAYS A TIME FRAME BASED UPON WHAT THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE IN STOCK AND WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO GET. THAT WAY ALSO THE PEOPEL WHO PAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE GROUP BUY ARENT WAITING 2 MONTHS TO GET THERE PRODUCT WHEN THE FINAL 10TH PERSON PAYS FOR IT LAST MINUTE.

5) What hapens if there is not enough hoods sold to make the minimum
answer:WE WILL OFFER YOU AN EXTENDED PRICE BASED UPON HOW MANY HOODS ARE SOLD. WE CANNOT OFFER THE SAME PRICES AS THE GROUP BUY BECUASE THE MANUFACTURERS SET THESE MINIMUM NUMBERS AS PRICE BREAKS. IF THERE ARE ONLY 2 SOLD , WE DO NOT MAKE THE PRICE BREAK FOR 5 THAT THE MANUFACTURERS REQUESTED SO WE HAVE TO SELL IT FOR WHATEVER THE NEW PRICE THE MANUFACTURER DECIDES BASED ON BUYING 2 AT A TIME INSTEAD OF 5.

6) What is a group buy ?
answer: REAL GROUP BUYS ARE ONCE IN A LIFETIME PRICES FOR AN ITEM BASED ON BUYING IT IN BULK AND GETTING SPECIAL PRICES FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO PASS ALONG TO THE CUSTOMER. THESE ARE NORMALLY BELOW DEALER COST PRICING BECAUSE OF BUYING IT SPECIAL FOR A GROUP BUY. IT IS THE TIME IN YOUR LIFE TO GET THE MONEY TOGETHER AND ACT UPON THE SPECIAL DEAL BECAUSE IT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME.

**These hoods are clearing out of stock even without this group buy as many people will pay full price just to have the hoods as soon as possible for the up coming show season. The only hoods that can probably have a group buy in a month will be the SS CF hoods just because we have 18 of them in stock . But that is no guarantee!!! All these hoods are a RARE item and are LIMITED IN QUANTITY!!!!! I cannot stress that enough!!!!!!!
I would get a loan from the parents from your tax return money , sell some used parts you may have sitting around , get a credit card ...whatever! If you miss out on this group buy there probably will not be another one for a long time as there just isnt that many hoods in the US to offer this special any other time!!!!!! It has to happen during this time frame because in a month or 2 there won't be anymore left !!!!!
Believe me if i could do it for 2 months i would , BUT THERE ISNT THAT MANY HOODS, This is clearing out everyones inventory . Each day that goes by there are less hoods available as there are many normal people all over the US buying them that don't know about a group buy and i can only hold these numbers for so long . It isnt our business , it is the manufacturers...if they can sell them at full price instead of discounted they will because its more money in there pocket.
If you can do it and want a CF hood now is the tiem to do it !! IF you can't do it then you can't do it ......that's life ....but don't make us out to be the bad guys because we came through with a once in a lifetime deal to help you guys out. We are just tryign to help the community with what they asked for and this is the only way it can happen for these prices .
IF people want it really bad they will make it happen ....maybe we can do a deposit on the hoods ...say $150.00 non-refundable deposit to hold your hood , but balance must be paid by a certain time period. That would be about the only other solution as we would have to front the rest of the money for your hood and have it sit here and wait till payment is made. Then if payment isnt made we have atleast covered our butt and it will guarantee that the people really do want the hood instead of just saying they do and will never buy it anyway. Let me know what you guys think ?

so if he doesnt come up with more green that leaves just me for the rk sport hood. and im not paying full price so then no hood for me either...

THIS IS FOR CA TO ANSWER: i wanted to add this as a side note. i used a buiness paypal account to pay for my hood. and if you refund the money back to the paypal account im gonna get charged a % to get the money back. so are you gonna pay my % so i get the full amount back. i do want other stuff of ur site so maybe we can work something out for other parts here if the hood thing falls thru...

Paypal refunds the full amount back , they do not remove a fee for using the service if you do a full refund within 45 days.

I think the deposit option is a good idea. Would you need to have that by monday the 22nd? Also when you need the remaining balance by?

Hey sorry for the delay on orderin... i still need to verify my paypal account so i can actually purchase something larger than 500.... They said it would take two to three days so im hoping it will be before the gb ends.

Thanks for the answers and updates CA. The deposit thing is more than reasonable on your part. im sure the guys wanting to scrape the cash together will appreciate the oppertunity to jump on this great deal!!

This sucks, I have money in hand and want the SS hood bad. If it weren't for the $500-$800 shipping I'd be on this, but I just can't justify payin more for shipping than I'm payin for the hood. :thumbsdow

i like the deposit idea for those who dont have all the cash right now. that a good deal...i paid for my hood in full and if the 5 people isnt reached for the rk sport hood then atleast i know CA will hold it for me till i get the say 50-80 bux to finish paying for it.....

my fibreglass hood was 430, and the shipping is 250. duty and gst will cost aboutanother 125, then there is brokerage.... yadda yadda, oh, then i get to paint it. total? it should cost me 3-4 times the raw cost of the hood to get it done and on the car. living in canada sucks trying to make a cool car.......
oh, and the mighty currency conversion. bah.

Just had one more question. The deposit is non refundable, if the number isnt met you said we would probably end up having to pay more? Is there anyway that we can get our money back if the number is let than the min or possibly use it as credit towards a different purchase?

So how would this deposit work? Would we send u $150 Paypal to your account stating what hood we want? Then send u the rest of the money via Paypal at a later date. I doubt u can go through the site using the shopping cart and only pay $150.... get what im saying?

later

hey cobalt addiction if your allowing a deposit just let me know how much i can come up with maybe 400 dollars right now so if you can hold one for me with that price i will def. be in it.... I just cant come up with that large of a lump sum and i cant use my credit car as it is full....Neway i appreciate it if you let me know how much exactly your willing to hold it for me and how i would make the payments to u

i bet this would have gained more interest if CA would have done a deposit thing in the beginning.......cmon folks get this otu to everybody asap....CA see if you can send out a mass PM stating that you will do a depsite of xxx.xx $$$ cause i want mine in a bad way...

ok im happy to hear all the responses and the 150.00 deposit is a great idea now i think the gb will start moving.

my fibreglass hood was 430, and the shipping is 250. duty and gst will cost aboutanother 125, then there is brokerage.... yadda yadda, oh, then i get to paint it. total? it should cost me 3-4 times the raw cost of the hood to get it done and on the car. living in canada sucks trying to make a cool car.......
oh, and the mighty currency conversion. bah.

I feel your pain, living in Germany although nice, sucks when I try to buy stuff over here. Shipping on these hoods is between $500-800 cause UPS and DHL will only ship via Air Frieght. :thumbsdow

nah this is all messed up , non refunable deposit of $150 is alot to lose if the # isnt met? and people who pay right away are gonna have to wait til the # is met anyway so they have to wait either way so why not just extend the time that way you know people will have the money and be able to pay, since the time is cut so short now you got people dropping out like flies and the # on some of them orders will not be met. im out this is becomeing a nightmare for a simple hood order thanks anyway

I feel your pain, living in Germany although nice, sucks when I try to buy stuff over here. Shipping on these hoods is between $500-800 cause UPS and DHL will only ship via Air Frieght. :thumbsdow

as opposed to.... ground? rofl.

do yall have any of the OEM double sided CF hoods in stock? I'll probably be ordering one later today or tomorrow

get the rk sport hood, its very functional if youve ever seen the underside of it. it has a tunnell to ram air right into the 2.4's intake if you have a short ram.

I don't have enough cash for the RK sports hood, maybe later on I could sale OEM hood, and purchase the RK hood later in the future.

as opposed to.... ground? rofl.

:lol: Nah, Ocean Freight. It's over $300 ocean freight though and could be a month or longer to get it as I would have to wait till the container and then ship were full :thumbsdow

nah this is all messed up , non refunable deposit of $150 is alot to lose if the # isnt met? and people who pay right away are gonna have to wait til the # is met anyway so they have to wait either way so why not just extend the time that way you know people will have the money and be able to pay, since the time is cut so short now you got people dropping out like flies and the # on some of them orders will not be met. im out this is becomeing a nightmare for a simple hood order thanks anyway

i dont think you understand what he wrote.

the $150 deposit it to hold the hood till you get the entire amount of money for it. If for some reason you say i dont want it and drop out you lose the money because thats covering a portion of your order which we will place. people who pay in full and if the numbers are met will have their hoods shipped immediately. those of you who only put the deposit down WILL NOT get a hood until its paid for.
if the people who wanted to order send their 150 to hold their hood, we will probably see the numbers being met quite easily.
we are doing what we can at this point to work with you guys.

hey BAD GIRL is there a certain time frame that this would have to be paid off in full?? say i put that 150 down now and then i can only come up with small increments of payments to you guys??

I think the deposit sale is great ideal.... CA is doing everything they can to help members out and to help us meet the goals. My thanks goes out to them :twothumbs

well im waiting for the answer from CA and i will purchase or be in the group buy for the rk sport hood

Yea same here. I want to know how long we have to pay it off b4 i put my deposit in.

I don't have enough cash for the RK sports hood, maybe later on I could sale OEM hood, and purchase the RK hood later in the future.

you can make payments...

you can make payments...

oh cool I didn't see that part

is it just me or are there no pictures onthe first page?....

i think theres suposed to be at least?

no, there are no pictures supposed to be there but heres a pic of the rk sport hood for reference.

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/1/1909013791.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4557363)

im sorry but this pisses me off there is like 1 day i believe left for trying to get this hood and putting a down payment and i still havent been responded to for the question of is there a certain time frame that this hood will have to be paid off?? what type of payments will have to be made?? Large lump sum?? what explain cobalt-addiction and if its the customers interest and u will let them make payments in any amount to a timed amount that they want then you will have another hood sold in your case....Just get back to me before it is to late

same here I have been waiting to hear back as to how exactly the deposit thing is going to work. I would really like to know the same information so I know if I would be able to pay it off or not according to their guidelines. Without that information I am not putting down a down payment in fear that it will not be refunded if i can not meet their guidelines.

I just ordered my hood

no, there are no pictures supposed to be there but heres a pic of the rk sport hood for reference.

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/1/1909013791.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4557363)


thanks, can anybody re-post pics of all of the hoods....for some reason i'm not geting any on the first page.

I just ordered my hood

Which one did you order?

06Black- just go to CA website they have them all on there....

I ordered the OEM double sided CF hood.

Lets go guys. just a day or so before this one time offer is gone.
you likely wont see CF hoods at this price/shipping cost again.

I hope everyone that really wants this can get in on a great deal.

Remember, CA does have a phone number, if your really serious about getting this, you dont have to wait for replys on a forum :).

I would like to hear from them as to how the deposit will work. I know I'm not the only one either. If Kenny or Badgirl would chime in as to how its going to work I'm sure there would be a lot more orders which could potentially get make the numbers for some of the hoods. If they could post the current number of orders that would be helpful as well so that we could see if it is likely for them to meet the number or not cuz i know no one really wants to have to pay more than the discounted price.

if you want your questions answered the fastest way would be to call cobalt addiction

we are closed on the weekend and unable to answer the calls but kenny will be in in about 2 hrs and i know he will be posting more info.

does it still end at noon though?

when do the hoods get shipped out??? I can't wait to get mine :)

no info yet?

This whole thing has gotten to be ridiculous. Donna was on this morning and knew that we had a lot of questions that needed to be answered by Kenny and said he would be in in about 2 hours. It has been around 8 hours now from when she has posted that and no one from CA has informed us as to WTF is going on.

People have been asking questions sense friday and have not gotten a reply because CA must not check the forums and are not in the office on weekends. If this offer is ending today I would say its safe to assume numbers where not met. If that statement is true, I would go as far as saying that it is directly related to the lack of communication as to how or if a deposit option was going to available and how it was going to work. At this point I am very upset with the entire situation as I sure many other members are. At this point I am about to say F*** CA, and from this experience take my business elsewhere.

i thought we would have some numbers by now

omg, stop your whining. if there was a deadline not met, it was because of the consumer, not the vendor. they put it together, made a easier payment deal, and you all wait until its over to throw down your cash. im glad i didnt waste my time waiting for you all to quit fence sitting.
my hood is clearing customs.

I hope I get mine before the weekend, if not thats fine

omg, stop your whining. if there was a deadline not met, it was because of the consumer, not the vendor. they put it together, made a easier payment deal, and you all wait until its over to throw down your cash. im glad i didnt waste my time waiting for you all to quit fence sitting.
my hood is clearing customs.

To be quite honest their was never much info on the whole partial payment option. There was never a specified time as to when the payment in full was due or where to send the down payment to. Or how any of the payment option would work. O well its just one of those things....


IF people want it really bad they will make it happen ....maybe we can do a deposit on the hoods ...say $150.00 non-refundable deposit to hold your hood , but balance must be paid by a certain time period. That would be about the only other solution as we would have to front the rest of the money for your hood and have it sit here and wait till payment is made. Then if payment isnt made we have atleast covered our butt and it will guarantee that the people really do want the hood instead of just saying they do and will never buy it anyway. Let me know what you guys think ?.

That was the last post by Kenny on 1/18.

later

seems to me, kenny was trying to compromise last minute to help you guys get a hood.
it seemed last minute to me, but this wasnt a group "down payment buy", was it?
I saw 24 ppl wanted a hood, and what, 5 stepped up and laid down some green.
my hood didnt qualify, for the GB, or i woulda been in it with you.

if you want your questions answered the fastest way would be to call cobalt addiction

yup., not wait to cruise the boards to sit and stew over it.
there is stilla GB on yourcobalt, but the forum is owned by the store owner it pushes.
not that they admit it. on that note, this forum was registered using a 3rd party company for the sole purpose of hiding the true owner. i wonder which vendor it is...

[QUOTE=biniecki;773869]This whole thing has gotten to be ridiculous. Donna was on this morning and knew that we had a lot of questions that needed to be answered by Kenny and said he would be in in about 2 hours. It has been around 8 hours now from when she has posted that and no one from CA has informed us as to WTF is going on.

People have been asking questions sense friday and have not gotten a reply because CA must not check the forums and are not in the office on weekends. If this offer is ending today I would say its safe to assume numbers where not met. If that statement is true, I would go as far as saying that it is directly related to the lack of communication as to how or if a deposit option was going to available and how it was going to work. At this point I am very upset with the entire situation as I sure many other members are. At this point I am about to say F*** CA, and from this experience take my business elsewhere.[/QUOTE


everyone gets so up in arms...just relax...we will work something out with the deadline OBVIOUSLY.

Did any of those people laying out the complaints right now pick up the phone?

as was said earlier, they went out of their way to offer an alternative payment option (how often do you see that?) and it was suggested by myself and a few others that if you are truely serious about getting a hood, you would not hesitate in doing a little bit of legwork yourself, and maybe picking up a phone.


god everyone expects things on a silver platter these days.

i called this morning and talked to a John and he said there will be info posted tonight...he said somethign along the ines of a very in depth post to answer all questions....i dunno. i told em to hurry he people are waiting to hear from em...

im really hoping something gets worked out so i can get my hood for the price said or else i may have to retract my payment if its gonna be more money.

OK sorry for the delay . I have been away for the weekend and MONDAY had a major meeting with my contractor over renovations to my house so i wasn't at work . I tried to get BADGIRL to inform everyone but she was busy at work and i couldnt get ahold of her during the day.
1st off - We are trying to help you guys out by offering these great prices on LIMITED STOCK ITEMS - HARD TO GET ITEMS - THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT MONTH ......HENCE THE URGENCY HERE!!!!!!!!! Just because your getting money in a month doesnt mean there will be any hoods left at these prices. Also to get these great prices we have to order all the hoods at once. HENCE there has to be a reasonable time line.
WHEN WOULD EVERYONE LIKE THIS GROUP BUY TO END ???????????????

- Problem ...if there isnt enough hoods available at that time we cannot offer the same pricing .....also the last people to pay would not get a hood.
ALSO what happens when we get 5 deposits and it takes the people 4 weeks to pay ? Should we keep the people paying in full waiting that whole time since they all need to be ordered together for these prices to exist?
YOU GUYS TELL ME ? THIS SITUATION I CANNOT MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY and we are being shiit on because of it ? This is like a lose , lose situation and all we are trying to do is help you guys who wanted this to happen.

DEPOSIT - Paypal will not let us hold money without shipping something . So a deposit cannot be made through paypal. Otherwise people can screw us by refunding or filing paypal complaints and we are stuck with 10 hoods that ties up our money .
Solutions ANYONE ? Money order for the deposit seems like the way . THERE HAS TO BE A COMPROMISE HERE !!! THESE ARE A ONE TIME LOW PRICE !! We are workign our butts off to offer these hoods , you guys gotta make the money happen !!!

TRUTH - For the amount of hoods and money this group buy is talking about we are making very little profit. $10K in hoods and shipping and we would be making barely 5% profit for all the hassle. That means if one person screws us we will be in the negative for doing this group buy. That cannot happen. Its extremely frustrating and getting to not be worth it for us.


We can extend this group buy for 1 more week to accept full payments and deposits. The full amount must be paid in full within 4 weeks. IF the payment is made and there are no more hoods left you will be refunded 100%. It will be shipped in order by the first person paid in full will be the first hoods shipped no matter what order your deposit came in.
We will see if this is acceptable? Let me know, i will have this as a feeler for today and tomorrow and see if you guys have any better ideas.
We are getting many negatives for trying to help do something we don't have to do. From a business stand point it doesnt matter if this group buy goes through or not as we make more money if the hoods are sold at regular price with less headache....and they are still being sold as we speak so supply is always getting lower..... WE ARE TRYING TO SHOW YOU ALL OUR APPRECIATION AND OFFERING THESE SPECIAL PRICES TO HELP YOU ALL !!!!!!!! YOU GUYS ASKED AND WE ARE TRYING TO HELP .....BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE FOR ALL OF US!!!!!!!!!

Let me hear your suggestions !!! But make them real suggestions to help the situation PLEASE!!!

PEOPLE PAID AND HOODS ORDERED SO FAR :
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DRAGONSFIRE - OEM DOUBLE SIDED - residential shipping
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GREY AUSSIE - INVADER 2 - Canada
IHATEWYOMING - INVADER 2
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CADETLAX - SS - residential shipping
ROLLERMANDAN - SS
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TOOLSHED - RK SPORT
DV_PLATINUM - RK SPORT
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I just want to say thanks CA for everything :twothumbs and your plan sounds fair

Just curious, how long you think it will take for my hood to come in?

Thanks kenny for the updates.

Bump. guys you cant ask more than they are giving right now.
All of us that have $600+ already invested in this are waiting, CA is waiting, a full extra week to get yourselves sorted out for this.

Vendors dont have any responsibility to "finance" your hood for you, but thats what they are doing to allow you to get in on this deal


If you want a hood. this is the time to jump.

Glad to hear the information. I dont know any other option for the PayPal problem so the Money Order would probably be the only option. I just want to know if you prefer only $150 as the deposit then the rest via paypal, or can we send as much as we want for the deposit and then pay off the remainder?

With the paypal problem I would also assume that you would prefer to have a deposit and then the remainder paid off with one payment. This way you don't have to accept multiple money orders and try and keep everything straight.

To clear up the 4 week period, is it 4 weeks from the original deadline (making due date Feb 19th), 1 week extension (making due date Feb 26th), or day of deposit?

its crazy that more people arnt jumping on this...

The money order would have to be for a minimum of $150.00 Anything more you can send would be extremely helpful to us who is fronting the rest of the money.
The remainder of the payment can be made by money order or by paypal that is up to you.
I'm need to get info from the people who have already paid how long they are willing to wait? The longer the wait , the less of the chance there will be enough hoods left....that's the whole problem here !!!!
So what i need to here from is the 7 people who have paid and have them decide how long they wish to wait for you guys to come up with payments!!!!

What i am trying to work out is everyone will have till JAN 31st midnight (next weds). The last day of the month to submit there money orders. WE MUST RECIEVE THEM IN HAND BY THEN . You will then have till FEB 21ST (weds) to have the remaining money in PAID IN FULL. IF NOT PAID IN FULL BY THAT DATE YOU LOSE YOUR DEPOSIT OF $150.00 (this covers are butts for fronting the money for you so the group buy can go forward)

Once they are all recieved we will start shipping the hoods that have been paid if enough people have sent there order in to make the minimum. If not we will contact each person to see what they would like to do based upon price change. As people finish paying off there deposits there hoods will then ship out.

Any other suggestions are welcome !!!!!

ok, well i am dv_platinum for the rk sport hood and i have no problem waiting till jan. 31st but no longer than then. so the people who make a deposit and jump on teir income tax they should be able to pay off these incerdible hoods by feb 31st with no problem.

Im comfortable waiting until january 31st.

but since we have paid in full...and you would have non refundable deposits by then from the rest....I would think the hoods should be shipped to the people who have been paid up since the start in early february.

I kinda think the only people who should have to be waiting that extra 3 weeks are those who havent paid the balance due.

i think thats what CA said, the paid hoods will ship out but the financed hoods will not ship until paid off. sounds like a good deal to me

well sorry to all who expected me to be in this group buy... I love the look of the carbon fiber and i realize that it is a very hard time to get any of these hoods but i will certainly not rush and scrounge up cash every week to pay it off in 4 weeks....Its cool though because i dont have the funds and i no im missing out on a very good group buy... I guess if i didnt spend my money on my vibrant headers and my xbox i could have this.....

all sounds good and fair to me

bump

so on feb. 1st those of us who paid in full for our hoods they will be shipped out? If so I'm fine with waiting for another week.

im not waiting till jan 31st for my hood or is it jan 31st they are gonna ship or when are they even gonna be shipped. hell i could have spent the extra money and got it from Rk Sport and had it by now......i think those who have paid in full and have to wait that long for the hoods should get some kind of incentive or something....i asked my boss to borrow the money for this hood so i could get in the group buy. he is charging me 10% interest a month till its paid for and hell im gonna end up paying 100 bux more for something i dont even have yet.....can i come pick it up ASAP im only 4hrs from ya......ive called a few times now and Kenny ur either not there or ur with a customer.....oh ya im toolshedamerica and i ordered the Rk Sport Hood.

edited as promised.

edited first line- sounded like it was directed to people personally-

I cant control that people live in canada or that people dont have the money for the hoods right now. or any of the circumstances that are not allowing people to purchase these. im not trying to be rude, but cmon guys....we are trying to work with everyone the best way we can.
a GB was asked for and that is what everyone got. I dont see why a choice few want to take this out on us like its our fault that no one is purchasing them. we cant give these away for free, nor do we have 10,000 bucks lying around to lay out for these to have people cancel or change their minds.
we have done everything possible to make this work.... i dont know what more to tell you guys other then, if you cant do the GB then just say I cant do the GB right now

*** ok well ill throw this edit in since now that i read it it comes across like i am directing this to people personally....its not meant to be taken that way.

im not trying to turn anything in a pissing match Donna. i think it was just unfair to those who have paid in full for their hoods like i did. but ive talked with John at the shop and got a deal worked out. He told 9 people have gotton the ss hood. i dont believe that 3 more people are gonna buy the rk sport hood. so i switched to the ss hood to make 10 for the group buy..YIPPE....sorry to the other guy that got the rk sport hood. 1 reason i did this was cause he told me that if only the 2 of us got the rk sport hood we would have to pay full price for it cause we where the only ones....and i aint putting out more money....so i said gimme the rk sport hood and a triple gauge pod and a floor brace that made up the difference in price....so i got it worked out...thanks CA for the gr8 customer service...and i hope this works out. if not ill be waiting for my refund.....not to be a D**K.....

edited as promised

How dare you bitch at me badg1rl, ive been standing up for you and CA. i emailed asking for my invoice, which i need. and dont think you bent over for me. i recieved no discount, i bought right off your website, and paid the listed amount. i am no part of your group buy. i cant even fight the bogus amount without an invoice to PROVE exactly what i paid. why should i pay a % based on a ficticious amount?
bottom line...i need my invoice. please respond to my email, and i shall edit out all this.


if i where in ur boat id be pissed to....did u use paypal...you can print an invoice off there cant you...

Wow so they said it the hood costs 900 bucks??? I wonder if that is for insurance reasons. If its damaged they will get twice the money back.

all i am saying that in general if you read through this entire 4 pages, there has been a lot of negativety directed towards us when we did this to help the community. im saying that we have no control over other peoples circumstances. im not bitching at you directly...im saying that, customs, extra fees, etc. are not something we can change or control, people not ordering is not in our control, people waiting on tax returns are not in our control. i dont know the issue with your order as i dont handle that , kenny will get to the bottom of it as thats what he does, i am confindent in that. i havent said anything in my post that wasnt already said by kenny in his post earlier.

im not handling this group buy as i have said, i am just on the boards as eyes to help where there are issues. if there is problem you MUST contact kenny directly.
i have no idea when or what you ordered as i dont take orders etc.
i dont have access to emails for the company as that is what kenny handles. im not trying to be a bitch, never have,as i think that you have taken my message all wrong. im just stating to those who have posted the negative comments about this GB, that we cant control the fact that some people are not coming through, or that people are waiting on tax returns, etc. if anything , talk to the fellow board members who said they would purchase as the failure to order is what is holding this back.

we WILL work with people who pay in full or have paid in full, but we cant wait a year to get the money from those with deposits and most of the problems are people who want to put the deposit down but cant come up with the rest. like tsa performance said, john worked something out with him to make up the difference if the #s arent met. we arent unwilling to help. just if you cant do the GB you cant do the GB....

firestorm, i understand where you are coming from with your order, like i said im sure kenny will get to the bottom and help out. i think you took my message waaaay too personal.

please acknowledge that the artificial inflated value will work in your favor in case it is damaged. that way, insurance will pay for the product and cost of shipping. in this case, i am boned. ups just called, who is brokering it, and i cannot change the declared value. bax, the shipper say they cannot broker it this week.
god knows why. i guess i erred in not checking the value before the hood was shipped. i have been buying product monthly from the usa for over 10 years, and never had this happen before. probably none of you care, unless you live in canada.

so since i paid in full for my rk sport hood and the other guy changed hoods am i totally screwed now. i cant afford full price and i dont like any of the other hoods...(dv_platinum)

when you put a 900 dollar value on a 430 dollar part, that is what is costing me a few hundered xtra. it wasnt on my end, i assure you.

like i said , kenny handles the orders and emails.
im sure he will get back to your email asap.

either call or email kenny as he doesnt check the forums often and wont see this right away.

I just found out from Tsa_Performance that he is #10 on the SS hood. Do you have more than 10 or is that it for them. I wanted an SS hood as well but if your stock is gone than thats fine. I should've gotten in earlier.

I just found out from Tsa_Performance that he is #10 on the SS hood. Do you have more than 10 or is that it for them. I wanted an SS hood as well but if your stock is gone than thats fine. I should've gotten in earlier.

get the rk sport with me. its nicer imo

we could use a few more in on the invader hood!

get the rk sport with me. its nicer imo

I personally dont have a problem with that hood I just dont think its worth the extra $180. Plus the SS has always been my first choice. I kind of like the I-Trenz but I dont believe it is being offered and regular price would be an additional $215 from on their site.

they have more then 10 ss hoods. the guy told me that is the easier and most plentiful hood of all of em...wait i just read most of the posts here. celicacobalt was #1 or the rk sport i was #2 and slveblat you where #3....can we please get a tally on whoi getting what hood so we know our goals yet......

Im not buying a completely different design hood than i initially wanted just to slip into the group with the biggest numbers.

If I have to pay a few bucks extra, I will.

man i just want my hood, im ready to wait till the 31st but by then i want it to be shipped since ive paid in full i just hope some others realize what a good deal this is on the rk sport hood since ive looked around and nobody can touch this price on the rk sport, plus in the celica community ive seen some nice hoods like this around then dissapear and become much more expensive if you find them.

man i just want my hood, im ready to wait till the 31st but by then i want it to be shipped since ive paid in full i just hope some others realize what a good deal this is on the rk sport hood since ive looked around and nobody can touch this price on the rk sport, plus in the celica community ive seen some nice hoods like this around then dissapear and become much more expensive if you find them.

x2 :twothumbs

All I have to say is I better not be affected because of others not participating in the buy. Hope to have the hood that I already paid for in full in my possession soon.

we could use a few more in on the invader hood!

im trying sooo hard to get it.......

Since this seems to be running a little longer than I originally thought it would I'm tryin one last thing to see if I can get this to GE Can someone tell me the actual dimensions and weight of the invader 2 and the SS style Hoods (still deciding which one I like better) when they are boxed up for shipment. I need in inches LxWxH + actual weight including box. Thanks.

man i just want my hood, im ready to wait till the 31st but by then i want it to be shipped since ive paid in full i just hope some others realize what a good deal this is on the rk sport hood since ive looked around and nobody can touch this price on the rk sport, plus in the celica community ive seen some nice hoods like this around then dissapear and become much more expensive if you find them.

as i stated before the guy told me since there was only 2 guys in fot the rk sport hood ud have to pay FULL PRICE for it thats 799.99 and 165.00 shipping i think. thats why i switched to the ss hood.....but after reading i saw 3 guys got it.....i dunno.

keep in mind that even if we dont get full numbers for a certain hood, the shipping discount is probably likely to stay, since the volume of hoods in general is still high enough for us to get a discount.

the shipping company doesnt care which TYPE of hood it is :)

well people, come on and buy those rk sport hoods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least put $150 down...

my fibreglass hood is 52"x48"x3" on the shippers info, i still dont have it tho.
Weight: 25.0 L **
Volume Weight: 46.0 L
not sure what this meant, for weight.

OK Heres is answers to help clear things up again ....This is restating the same things in possibly another way so people can understand.

If the minimum numbers arent met then we cannot do the discounted pricing. We can offer soem pricing based upon what numbers are actually sold but we would need to know what that number ends up at the end of the group buy.

To clear this up....WE are not screwing you guys over .....your fellow forum members who said they were in for this group buy are screwing you over. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A SALE !!!! IT IS A GROUP BUY !!!!

GROUP BUY means - a special price is offered based upon a certain number of the same items selling. The savings come because the manufacturers give dealers price breaks depending on how many items they buy at one time. So if we buy 10 hoods at one time we get better pricing than if we are only buying 5. We get better pricing on buying 5 over buying just 1 or 2. Then becuase of doing this all at one time we then pass the savings onto the customers. Normally group buy pricing is at or below dealer/MAP pricing. Items do not ship till the minimum number set in the group buy is reached.

I think some people don't get this point of a group buy because other vendors/ manufacturers have corrupted the term . They are using SALES and treating them as a group buy

SALE means - a special price based upon a possible overstock on an item or a special discount by a manufacturer. Normally sale prices are at or above dealer/MAP pricing. SALES ship out as the orders are recieved and are NOT based upon a minimum number being sold. Sales are normally good until all items are sold.

We listed in our last post what numbers have been reached .....here it is again for those that missed it :

PEOPLE PAID AND HOODS ORDERED SO FAR :
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DRAGONSFIRE - OEM DOUBLE SIDED - residential shipping
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GREY AUSSIE - INVADER 2 - Canada
IHATEWYOMING - INVADER 2
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CADETLAX - SS - residential shipping
ROLLERMANDAN - SS
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TOOLSHED - RK SPORT
DV_PLATINUM - RK SPORT
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*******If orders are already paid in full and the minimum is made for the group buy we will ship the hoods out on FEB 1st . If the mimimum is NOT made we will contact each customer and offer them a price based upon how many are sold. IF they choose to not accept that offer we will then refund them 100% **************

im not waiting till jan 31st for my hood or is it jan 31st they are gonna ship or when are they even gonna be shipped. hell i could have spent the extra money and got it from Rk Sport and had it by now......i think those who have paid in full and have to wait that long for the hoods should get some kind of incentive or something....i asked my boss to borrow the money for this hood so i could get in the group buy. he is charging me 10% interest a month till its paid for and hell im gonna end up paying 100 bux more for something i dont even have yet.....can i come pick it up ASAP im only 4hrs from ya......ive called a few times now and Kenny ur either not there or ur with a customer.....oh ya im toolshedamerica and i ordered the Rk Sport Hood.

We also could have shipped the hood out to you immediately if you were in a rush at full price just the same as RK sport would have . It actaully also is listed as cheaper than there website and you would have saved yourself about $75.00 off there listed price if you needed it immediatley.
That however is not what a group buy is though ....so possibly you were mistaken and didnt read all the posts pertaining to the group buy.
We are trying to help everyone out and offer the best prices we can .....people join a group buy based upon the price savings , not because they need the item immediately as there are many stipulations that have to be met in order to get the reduced pricing.
IF you are in a hurry we can get the hood to you ASAP at full pricing

so all together only 7 people bought hoods. this sux. people talk so much shit around here like im gonna buy a hood for sure, then what happens. no i cant get the money together. people dont know what kinda deal they are missing on this. i hope that rk sport sells out of this hood after this group buy then no one can get it after that

please acknowledge that the artificial inflated value will work in your favor in case it is damaged. that way, insurance will pay for the product and cost of shipping. in this case, i am boned. ups just called, who is brokering it, and i cannot change the declared value. bax, the shipper say they cannot broker it this week.
god knows why. i guess i erred in not checking the value before the hood was shipped. i have been buying product monthly from the usa for over 10 years, and never had this happen before. probably none of you care, unless you live in canada.

The hood was purchased seperately and we have been dealing with this issue through email with the customer .This issue shouldnt even be in this post as it doesn't pertain to this group buy. I'm just listing the answer to the problem so others can see what had happened since it was brought into this post.
ANSWER:
These hoods are being sent directly from the MANUFACTURERS . I Have no control over what they listed the pricing for on the insurance of the hood. HOODS and BODYKITS are the most commonly damaged items during shipping as they are large boxes and fragile items due to the fiberglass and carbon fiber. THE MANUFACTURER has no idea what price you paid for the hood from us . They list it as retail price when they estimate its cost . We in the US don't have to deal with this sort of thing so i have no idea how duties or brokers work. We just try and help the CANADIAN customers by offering the product and we get shipping estimates from our shipping companies but they never tell us anything about duties or taxes...those are always the customers responsibility. I do disagree with having to pay the amount based upon the $900 dollar value and that is why i sent you an itemized receipt to help out the situation. There is only so much i can do . Shipping these large items (hoods / bodykits) is completely different than shipping normal packages to CANADA. I will try and help in anyway possible , just let me know what we can do.
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*****FOR EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD************
If there is a problem like this we would appreciate it if we were notified by phone or direct email so we can help out ASAP. We answer emails all day long and the phone from 10 am - 7pm mon - fri. TALK TO US FIRST before posting it. We cannot surf the boards all day long. It helps if we know of the problem first and can handle it before a post goes up in a section that we check twice a day normally in the morning and at night and gets everyone in a uproar. There are certain members that just thrive on any reason to bash a vendor which takes away from the actual thread purpose , so once a small little thing is said it envokes a huge BASH session ...when everything could be simply handled just by contacting us directly and clearing up the small issue.
Also BADGIRL , is just a liason on these boards for us . She is here to help keep us notified of what is on the boards and any issues people may have. BUT PLEASE COME TO US FIRST BY PHONE OR EMAIL AS WE CAN HELP YOU FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. She is just here to help keep communication open and she tries her best to help everyone ...so please take it easy on her . She does all this while still working a full time job during the day.

so all together only 7 people bought hoods. this sux. people talk so much shit around here like im gonna buy a hood for sure, then what happens. no i cant get the money together. people dont know what kinda deal they are missing on this. i hope that rk sport sells out of this hood after this group buy then no one can get it after that

Yes you are right out of about 20+ people we only have 7 that have paid !!!!!!!
This is not our fault as we are trying to work as many possibilities as possible and make everyone happy .....
We are not the ones messing this group buy up , we are trying to cater as best we can!!!!
But there is only so much we can when the minimums are not met .

so all together only 7 people bought hoods. this sux. people talk so much shit around here like im gonna buy a hood for sure, then what happens. no i cant get the money together. people dont know what kinda deal they are missing on this. i hope that rk sport sells out of this hood after this group buy then no one can get it after that

Lol, most people backed out because they didnt no the circumstances that CB addiction would have to go through and the time constraints that they had to sell them in. I for one backed out because i cant come up with 900 beans to pay for a hood, and i woulda put it on credit but im already on like 3 to 4 group buys on this site

um, i originally posted in the hood GB because i wanted a hood. i was then informed that my hood didnt qualify. there is no disputing this. the post of mine you quoted, was in no way meant to slander CA, but to help my canadian buddies prepare for what is to come.
So, that said, my post is very relevant to your group buy since one of your group buy customers may have their GB hood shipped to my location. I am in it weather you like it or not. I assumed you were having it drop shipped because i checked into I Trenz before i ever contacted CA to buy. Im aware that you need to provide them notice and pay the 10 dollar drop charge and whatever.
Knowing what i know now, i will not buy another product orininating from I Trenz assuming what you say about -- not having control-- of their shipping. I find it difficult to accept that they will not change the shipping info at your request.
Kenny, i was not raising dust to smoke you out, i am plainly staing a fact that you americans are most likely unaware of, and i hoped you would lerarn from it in order to help your sales north of the border. If that market doesn't appeal to you, fine, but other vendors are very aware of border issues. I had a USA unnamed person send me a new pcm, tuned, and had marked the box "re-sold, value $100 usd." when in actuality, it was $525. I saved a ton. This time i pay more, too bad for me.
you quoted me as having to deal with my issue? You can't change it, your helpless in your position of this deal, as I am. My hairball was not seeing an invoice so i had a chance to fight it, but i was told after i showed them the invoice, that it cant be changed after the info was entered by the shipper. bottom line.

ive dropped outta the group buy completly. i just spent 30 mins on the phone with Kenny from CA and just ordered an ss hood and a triple gauge pod. they are shipping it tomorrow and ill have it on a few days....thats was easy..there is no way ur gonna get 5 people for the rk sport hood nor the 10 for the ss hood. i dont mean to be mean but kids dont have the $$$$$$$. Kenny and his team at CA are 100% and ill do buiness with over and over....A+++++++++++++++++++ for CA....and to celicacobalt and slvrbalt u both said u paid for thr rk sport. i went thru the posts and you guys i think are the same person. only 2 people got the rk sport hood. and one was me so who was the other. u guys both sayin ur the same paypal name....i dunno....good luck to all left in the group buy but i dont see the #s comming for ya.....call Kenny or John and they will take care of ya...

um, i originally posted in the hood GB because i wanted a hood. i was then informed that my hood didnt qualify. there is no disputing this. the post of mine you quoted, was in no way meant to slander CA, but to help my canadian buddies prepare for what is to come.
So, that said, my post is very relevant to your group buy since one of your group buy customers may have their GB hood shipped to my location. I am in it weather you like it or not. I assumed you were having it drop shipped because i checked into I Trenz before i ever contacted CA to buy. Im aware that you need to provide them notice and pay the 10 dollar drop charge and whatever.
Knowing what i know now, i will not buy another product orininating from I Trenz assuming what you say about -- not having control-- of their shipping. I find it difficult to accept that they will not change the shipping info at your request.
Kenny, i was not raising dust to smoke you out, i am plainly staing a fact that you americans are most likely unaware of, and i hoped you would lerarn from it in order to help your sales north of the border. If that market doesn't appeal to you, fine, but other vendors are very aware of border issues. I had a USA unnamed person send me a new pcm, tuned, and had marked the box "re-sold, value $100 usd." when in actuality, it was $525. I saved a ton. This time i pay more, too bad for me.
you quoted me as having to deal with my issue? You can't change it, your helpless in your position of this deal, as I am. My hairball was not seeing an invoice so i had a chance to fight it, but i was told after i showed them the invoice, that it cant be changed after the info was entered by the shipper. bottom line.

Did you try and contact I-TRENZ about the issue since they manufacturered it and listed the amount . I do appreciate you notifying us as to the whole ordeal . I didnt know anythign like that existed and we don't know every companies specific policy in drop shipping especially to CANADA. We have been offering canada shipping on bodykits for years and have never heard of or run into this issue . That is why i am so surprised by the whole thing .
Also The ecu/pcm example you listed is a perfect example of what NOT to do by a seller or dealer. We have had many problems with shipments getting lost or damaged going to canada. If that ecu/pcm was lost or damaged the sender would only recieve 65% of the stated value on that package depending on which shipping service they use. That means that if it is $500.00 ECU/PCM , AND WE ONLY LIST ITS VALUE AS $100.00 , we would only get $65.00 back from the shipping company insurance. So we would then have to replace the ecu out of our pocket due to the shippign company losing it and us only stating a $100.00 value.
Yes it is a lose /lose situation- but we have to do what is necessary to cover both parties butts incase soemthign is recieved broken or is lost. Those companies marking items as "gifts" or under valued , are the companies that when the item is lost , stolen or damgeaged they do nothing for you and cannot help otherwise its out of there pocket.
We deal with this everyday ...and it only takes 1 lost package or damaged package for you to learn the hard way.
I don't know what shippign comapny I-TRENZ shipped it by or who the brokering agaent was. I'm sure the policy changes dependign n those things . If i were you just fight with I-TRENZ and the brokerage . Contact I-trenz and find out why they did that and what can be doen . Im sure it depends on the broker you use . Try a different broker . Im sure there is something that can be doene . Problem is we are not in Canada and are not dealing with the broker . I would work soemthign otu with them as there has to be soemthign that can be doen ...don't feel stuck ...just move up the line and talk to a manger or different broker

im on my friends account, sorry for the confusion.

the pcm thing was just an example of how the paperwork can drastically change the end dollars for canadians. you are right, its a bad practice. but no different than tricking insurance companies into thinking the package is worth more than it really is. I think both could be viewed as fraud if the dollars at stake got high enough. this little thing tipped the scale the other way. i am not going to contact I Trenz over this, as i have 0 interest in becoming a dist. with a 10k/yr minimum. but if i did, i would definitely make sure that the shipped value is what money was actually paid for the unit. (for anything leaving the states.) if the shipping was a small dollar under 50 bucks, the % of cost dont change much, but this shipping bill is higher, plus the artificial retail cost. who they chose to ship, you also had no control over. it funny, a parcel starts in garden grove, and it has more miles on it than my car ffs, heh.
24-Jan-2007 1400 1 Documents to Broker Edmonton, AB, CA UPS
24-Jan-2007 1240 1 Scanned Edmonton, AB, CA
24-Jan-2007 0837 1 Arrived Calgary, AB, CA
24-Jan-2007 0653 1 Departed Minneapolis, MN, US
24-Jan-2007 0455 1 Scanned Minneapolis, MN, US
24-Jan-2007 0455 1 Arrived Minneapolis, MN, US
23-Jan-2007 1703 1 Departed Toledo, OH, US
23-Jan-2007 1437 1 Scanned Toledo, OH, US
23-Jan-2007 0730 1 Arrived Toledo, OH, US
23-Jan-2007 0145 1 Departed Chicago/O~hare Airport, IL, US
22-Jan-2007 2345 1 Scanned Chicago/O~hare Airport, IL, US
21-Jan-2007 1 Exception Scan* Chicago/O~hare Airport, IL, US
21-Jan-2007 2357 1 Arrived Chicago/O~hare Airport, IL, US
19-Jan-2007 2303 1 Scanned Los Angeles, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 2300 1 Departed Los Angeles, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 2020 1 Arrived Los Angeles, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 1930 1 Departed Garden Grove, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 1907 1 Scanned Garden Grove, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 1453 1 Shipment Labeled Garden Grove, CA, US
19-Jan-2007 1500 1 Received Garden Grove, CA, US
We used some leverage to have some costs waved by UPS, which helped, and they submitted some form ive never heard of, as i pleaded my case to ups managment. bax international was rthe shipper, who brokers, but couldn't this time in a timeline i was willing to live with. bax is the one that refused my request to alter shipping info. i hired ups to broker cause i have an acct with them and they could start the paper work same day. ups is the one that managed to lower the DECLARED VALUE, for this special circumstance. i was told that this isn't a normal practice. cost have just magically dropped a couple hundred dollars, good thing hey? now the xtra fees are down to just below 200, as opposed to a larger figure.
Kenny, I am not mad at you or your company, that isn't what my posts are about in this thread. You stated that no one has mentioned this before in a few years of dealing with CDN ppl. perhaps they didnt notice, or care, that they were paying xtra taxes for nothing. Do you like taxes? I most certainly do not, Canada is one of the higher taxed countries in the world, almost double what americans pay..but our quality of life may be better for some things, modding a car isn't one of those things that is advantageous for us.
good thing its a WANT, not a NEED. the money i save on these litlle things, let me buy more stuff, and you as a vendor should be happy there are guys like me on the boards blowing thousands. when i see a website with american pricing, i typically add 36 - 40 % depending on the current exchange rate, which usually covers brokerage, tax, & duty.
i add 50% to include everything except shipping. it gives me a decent ballpark for landed costs. so your hood was 430 + 50% = 720 plus 250 usd shipping (300 cdn)= roughly $1020. I do have a wife, and out of respect, i clear purchases, therefore i like to have a realistic ballpark when groveling for unnecessary performance parts on a car ive driven for 3 months in the last year.

Firestorm , I completely agree with you on all of this . I just wasnt in control or knew of any of this . I had no idea what they listed the hood pricing as , nor did i know of all this in detail as no one has ever taken the time to explain it over the years. All i know is from a business standpoint we need to cover our butts because we have lost alot of money over the years through shipping services because of this same issue when an item is damaged or lost/stolen . If it had shipped directly from us i would have put the price of the replacement cost of the hood which is lower than retail and not added the shipping price into it . I would figure any other business would do the same but i have no control over the manufacturers decisions. I will relay all that you have shared with me to help maybe correct there error and also to help ourselves out as i never knew this existed.

I do thank you for your help letting us understand and letting other canadians understand . I do think it should be in a seperate post somewhere addressing to the CANADIANS on this board as this may happen from any US manufacturer . By educating the purchaser will help prevent this from happening to others. . I just think somethings depending on how they are said in emails or messages come across differently then they are meant.
Also i am trying to keep this post as it is intended which is the hood group buy info ...your points are valid pertaining to it , but a seperate post would have accomplished alittle more as not all people are reading just this group buy and ALL CANADIANS should be made aware of the customs , duties , taxes and estimated costs can be . Also would save alot of debating in a post that is to recruit peopel to buy hoods for special pricing .
No harm , No foul ......if you need help we are here to help you .......now back to the group buy please.

heh, fair enuf.
the hood almost made it to NY, lol. and your in strong island. odd cali shipments made it to chicago destined for western canada.

ive dropped outta the group buy completly. i just spent 30 mins on the phone with Kenny from CA and just ordered an ss hood and a triple gauge pod. they are shipping it tomorrow and ill have it on a few days....thats was easy..there is no way ur gonna get 5 people for the rk sport hood nor the 10 for the ss hood. i dont mean to be mean but kids dont have the $$$$$$$. Kenny and his team at CA are 100% and ill do buiness with over and over....A+++++++++++++++++++ for CA....

^Ditto

I've decided to do the same, I just purchased the hood and is being shipped and should be here much sooner.

well if im waiting and im the only one buying the rk sport hood i expect some small discount at least since i wouldve had it by now if i straight out purchased it.

bump

so many tire kicking "gonna" gets and "wanna" buys

thank you to those of you who werent full of shit when they said they really wanted to get a hood.

My apologies to the rest of us that this didnt turn out to reflect the best of intentions I had at the start.

I think you would agree, with 25+ people telling me they wanted hoods....It seemed like the right thing to ask CA to offer us a GB.

Kudos to CA for stepping up bigtime and doing everything they could to cater to the wiffle woffle community, who even when offered a $150 deposit, financed hood, still sit quietly in the corner pretending they didnt put their names down for this.

I hope at least that we will have a bulk of hoods large enough to keep our shipping discount, because at this point thats probably likely to be all we can salvage.

I would be happy to pay retail on the hood, and get the cheaper shipping.
at least it would be something out of this whole fiasco.

I live in upstate, NY if I send a MO out Saturday will it get to u guys at CA in time before the deadline??

later

BTW: an0malous u guilt tripped me into buying one. I felt bad after all the hard work CA put into it. Plus i get paid for 3 weeks of work on Feb 1st... so paying for the hood will be no problem-o.

so many tire kicking "gonna" gets and "wanna" buys

thank you to those of you who werent full of shit when they said they really wanted to get a hood.

My apologies to the rest of us that this didnt turn out to reflect the best of intentions I had at the start.

I think you would agree, with 25+ people telling me they wanted hoods....It seemed like the right thing to ask CA to offer us a GB.

Kudos to CA for stepping up bigtime and doing everything they could to cater to the wiffle woffle community, who even when offered a $150 deposit, financed hood, still sit quietly in the corner pretending they didnt put their names down for this.

I hope at least that we will have a bulk of hoods large enough to keep our shipping discount, because at this point thats probably likely to be all we can salvage.

I would be happy to pay retail on the hood, and get the cheaper shipping.
at least it would be something out of this whole fiasco.


*violin with sorrow music in the background* lol I don't even have the shipping discount lol all I have is 30 bucks off the hood but, now it seems like thats not gonna happen since the qouta amount of hoods sold were not reached so I gotta pay the regular price oh well its just 30 bucks xtra I'll give CA a call and see if they could just ship out my hood on Monday and hopefully get it on Friday

yeah people around here dont back up what the say, those group buy feelers are useless since everyone says yes till its tie to do it. hell, i even said maybe i would but i still bought it

CA still got some buisness out of it, good for them, but its probably not worth the hassle they have suffered thru thus far...

CA still got some buisness out of it, good for them, but its probably not worth the hassle they have suffered thru thus far...

i agree

so many tire kicking "gonna" gets and "wanna" buys

thank you to those of you who werent full of shit when they said they really wanted to get a hood.

My apologies to the rest of us that this didnt turn out to reflect the best of intentions I had at the start.

I think you would agree, with 25+ people telling me they wanted hoods....It seemed like the right thing to ask CA to offer us a GB.

Kudos to CA for stepping up bigtime and doing everything they could to cater to the wiffle woffle community, who even when offered a $150 deposit, financed hood, still sit quietly in the corner pretending they didnt put their names down for this.

I hope at least that we will have a bulk of hoods large enough to keep our shipping discount, because at this point thats probably likely to be all we can salvage.

I would be happy to pay retail on the hood, and get the cheaper shipping.
at least it would be something out of this whole fiasco.



Actually I was one of those people that were interested. INTERESTED be the key word, I WAS interested till I saw how things were gonna work and the final prices of the hoods. NOW I'm no longer INTERESTED because of the deal. You made a INTEREST thread of who was THINKING of purchasing a hood not of who WAS forsure going to buy a hood. Did CA give a good deal...Yes..was it good enough for me to go ahead and buy...No. Thank God I didn't because this thread was a straight lost cause from the point of the retarded deposit idea. Sorry if you think I some how failed you or others failed you by backing out of a deal we actually never said we were going to do. If you wanted a damn hood that bad you could have paid the extra money for it. But I do thank everyone for making this a comical thread. My buddies and I love reading about everyone complaining about the small things in life you have to suffer through everyday while were in Iraq not crying about a thing. The response I have to your comment on "still sit quietly in the corner pretending they didnt put their names down for this". Am I fucking sitting quietly in a corner now???

Actually I was one of those people that were interested. INTERESTED be the key word, I WAS interested till I saw how things were gonna work and the final prices of the hoods. NOW I'm no longer INTERESTED because of the deal. You made a INTEREST thread of who was THINKING of purchasing a hood not of who WAS forsure going to buy a hood. Did CA give a good deal...Yes..was it good enough for me to go ahead and buy...No. Thank God I didn't because this thread was a straight lost cause from the point of the retarded deposit idea. Sorry if you think I some how failed you or others failed you by backing out of a deal we actually never said we were going to do. If you wanted a damn hood that bad you could have paid the extra money for it. But I do thank everyone for making this a comical thread. My buddies and I love reading about everyone complaining about the small things in life you have to suffer through everyday while were in Iraq not crying about a thing. The response I have to your comment on "still sit quietly in the corner pretending they didnt put their names down for this". Am I fucking sitting quietly in a corner now???


Congratulations. your not one of the 20 other people who spoke up about wanting a CF hood, and have suddenly dissapeared.

And it only took you getting pissed off to do it :)

Now if we had had everyones response yay or nay BEFORE this developed to this point, we might at least have had a better idea about who was serious....and who was just dreaming.

yeah i thought interested would mean that yes you can buy the hoods...

Well I'm sorry for all the trouble but something important had come up and I had to us the money else where. It's not that I didn't want to.

Im not saying people might not have had good reason....
but it just really would have helped if we didnt have 25+ people say they are definately looking to buy a CF hood, and specifiy a type.... and then when CA does all the legwork....no one responds....
Sucks for CA, sucks for those of us who shelled out money, when we could have likely had our hoods weeks ago for a few more bucks than we're gonna get them for now.

yeah i thought interested would mean that yes you can buy the hoods...

And you my friend are ignorant, Interested means theres a chance that I'll purchase the hood if I like the deal. Low and behold I don't like the deal. Therefore I'm no longer interested in buying the hood. I have plenty of funds to buy whatever I want, it's not financial thing, it's just the price is not what I really wanted to pay, and obviously nobody really needs a hood, so I chose not to by it. Again I understand CA went out on a limb on this, but somethigns just didn't fit what I wanted, ie. the shipping to a business address, I'm in IRAQ ,how the hell am I surposed to take delivery of a hood at a business address?? I know it could have been shipped to my home for a higher price but that's not what I what I wanted to pay for the shipping, that there no longer made it a good enough deal for me to buy it. Plus I got extended in this shit whole for far longer than I ever wanted to be here, so it's just not important.

Im not saying people might not have had good reason....
but it just really would have helped if we didnt have 25+ people say they are definately looking to buy a CF hood, and specifiy a type.... and then when CA does all the legwork....no one responds....
Sucks for CA, sucks for those of us who shelled out money, when we could have likely had our hoods weeks ago for a few more bucks than we're gonna get them for now.


Right, I fully understand what your saying, but on a serious note, this price really isn't that great, especially since this seems like the biggest most complicated GB of 2007!! It's really one big clusterfuck. This GB is a dog and pony show all the way and everyone involved is gonna end up just paying reg. price anyways, plus its gonna end up taking for ever for the hood to arrive to your door anyways. Again thank you CA for trying, but it's just to big of a complication to even think about buying something like this without being able to be on this site everyday and keeping up with this GB which seems to be going nowhere at a high rate of speed....

I was also interested. I wasn't hoping for a "right now" kind of thing. I was hoping that it would've been a month or 2 down the road. I tried to get the money at the beginning but it just wasn't working. Then all the money that i managed to scrap up ended up going to some unexpected bills. At this point i was pretty much out of the running until CA came up with the deposit idea. I liked the idea but never heard on how it was going to work. Once i eventually heard how it was going to work there was only like 5 people buying the hoods so I figured it wasn't worth it anymore because the sales price would be getting jacked back up near the regular price and didn't feel like paying that so I am totally giving up on this now. I will wait til summer and see what the market is like and start saving now for it

so, cobalt addiction, whats the verdict on my rk sport hood price shipped so we can get this done since no one else is buyig hoods?

ur probably gonna hve to pay full piece. thats what they told me....

ur probably gonna hve to pay full piece. thats what they told me....

yeah, i just ended up buying full out since this gb was ruined and i built myself up to wanting the hood so much. the turbo can obviuosly wait since no one can put one out

got my hood on, Thx CA!

Pics please, Pics^^^^^^^

Damn... and this is the reason I don't frequent this site anymore...
but your loss my gain, I"m picking up a hood friday when I go down there now that they got them in stock because of this..
lata

pretty nice hood actually.
Ghalterman, your a piece of work. Find a pond if you wanna go fishing. You whine the deal isn't good enuf, you whine shipping is too much, go back to your hole in Iraq.
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It looks like a carbon fiber decal in that pic. But thats my opinion

i couldnt stand posting the hideous mustang pix any longer.

bump. Checking in on the 31st january.
Will you be contacting us/updating so we can see what extra $$ may be needed to ship out our hoods tommorow? :)

im not so sure anyone is still even involved in this...

kenny will be posting up in a bit

I'm still waiting for my hood or some info lol

i got my hood todya. the box was destoryed but the hood was 100%. installed really easy and looks breat...thanks CA....and for those that asked about the hood pins. the latchs are perfect u should have to use em...

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hood looks great.

but dude...that bumper...

it needs work badly....

it looks broken middle, low.
never mind thAT. WHAT CENTERLINES DID YOU BUY?

im still waiting to see if mine shipped

man I want my hood bad, I thought they weren't suppose to be shipped out til tomorrow or something?

I got my hood in yesterday (1/31) put it on and WOW is all I can say. Looks amazing and the shipping was incredibly fast and in great condition! THANK YOU COBALT ADDICTION FOR THIS! You guys rock, pics to come soon...

long story short i hit a dirt bank in the snow and broke the bumper.

long story short i hit a dirt bank in the snow and broke the bumper.

that sucks

bummer, and the centerlines box in you back seat?

bummer, and the centerlines box in you back seat?


i sell em....well i got some close out cause my warehouse dropped the line as of this year and im moving so i took the boxes from a set i SOLD the other day...

mmm centerlines. i want.......

i would really like a shipping number or something

call them

i keep calling them and they cant give me an answer and emailing them isnt working too great. im starting to get mad.

has anyone else gotten their hood yet, i havent even gotten a tracking number

I should be getting a tracking number in the morning

Got my hood today. Thanks CA

im glad someone got their hood...

no tracking number yet :(

no tracking number for me either, they almost shipped out a fiberglass hood but luckily i called them, supposedly now i should be getting a tracking number on friday since my hood had to be made to order or something.

I should be getting mine either Monday or Tuesday

still no hood for me yet!!!!!!!!!!! suppssed to not be shipping out till next week now!! this sux so bad. i paid a long time ago and i still have no tracking number.

quit your bitching...

Thank god I stopped caring about what was said on this forum.... I feel bad for Kenny though... I don't even want to imagine the bitchy emails he's been getting lately..

guys things take a while to be shipped. specially if it wasnt a hood they had in stock. Most of these companies are on the west coast and it takes at minimum at least 1 week for them to get the product. and then to reship it.. Remember these are going FREIGHT shipments which are not the fastest means... they are not going out like ups or something.

they are drop shipped, but things take time to be produced. you guys in the Gb didn't think vendors were gonna make up inventory assuming all you were actually serious rofl.
CA has done all they can with this group, IMHO.

p.s. ive wetsanded my clear job so my paint lines are buried, and im doing my second clear tomorrow, yay for me.

eh one more post for the hell of it 4500woot.... but yeah I"ll be there monday and see if I can get any info for you guys... just gotta come down.. no one is tryin to rip you off or anything..

things can just sometimes take a little while... and sending someone 50 emails a day is not gonna want to make them answer you anytime soon... trust me on that one

I think that CA did a great job with the GB doing evertthing they could to bring this to us. They care about there customers and I will stick up for them anytime and once I get my tax reture I will be doing business again.

yah just relax guys. CA did a good job dealing with a lot of BS members on this deal.

ALOT of people said yes, and then shut up when it was time to pay up.

Imagine if they really HAD bought all that stock assuming all those people were buying?

yeesh.

I expect my hood within the next week or so. once again thanks kenny for helping us all out in trying circumstances.