Group Buy for Front Diff Collar

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:31 pm

I got in on the buy, I explained why to Adam here and he thought I should share my reasoning. My great-grand-father-in-law is a very intelligent man whose opinion I respect more than most....

"I ended up placing an order and not posting. I have steel now, that was lathed out, but after speaking to my great-grandfather-in-law, who was an engineer who designed large bore drills and dealt with shaft collars, he said the integrity of mine was compromised. I guess the way those are desined, there is actually supposed to be a gap between the two pieces like in Eddo's pictures, not Mutts! He also said there would most definately be galvanic corossion unless a multi-step painting process was used because of microscopic pores in the painting process-which I did not do. "

lilmatty · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:38 pm

Troysterr wrote:

Aw, crap! I've been out of town and totally missed this post until today! I've been waiting for a group buy or something to come together for months!

Group buys really ought to last longer than a week.

Any chance of getting in on it, or is it closed tight?

Hey Troy: This has been brewing for more than a week. You know managing group buys is like herding cats and I admire Adam for making this happen. I think there's enough interest for you to call the guy and start a new group buy though. Adam can provide contact info.

mt

Troysterr · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:07 pm

lilmatty wrote:

Troysterr wrote:

Aw, crap! I've been out of town and totally missed this post until today! I've been waiting for a group buy or something to come together for months!

Group buys really ought to last longer than a week.

Any chance of getting in on it, or is it closed tight?

Hey Troy: This has been brewing for more than a week.

I know! The discussion has been going on for months, and I've expressed my interest! But the first post for this group buy went up at about 9:42 am on June 22, with a deadline of June 30. I believe that's pretty close to a week.

Anyway, I'm not really complaining--it was great that Adam put this together so quickly and efficiently, and I understand that some people wanted to get the order off quickly so that they could get the collars installed. It's all good.

I would just suggest that future group buys be left open for longer than a week.

That's enough about that--I'll work on seeing what can be done, either within this group buy or some other route. And you're probably right--if Adam could gather 25 buyers in a week, it's likely that we could get at least 10 more given a little more time.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:10 pm

Well, I wanted to order it by June 30th, but the truth is you could have called today, July 7th.

The good news is that YOU'RE NOT TOO LATE! Call John tomorrow. yes, tomorrow. He told me he was working on Saturday so he should be able to add to the order as it hits the factory monday morning.

Good luck.

And for the record, this wasn't too bad of a group buy in terms of all the back and forth and BS that often goes with it. Probably because it was a relatively cheap product. But either way, I was glad to be able to help fellow LOST members who are always there for me when I need them.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:17 am

Please go back to the 2nd post and check the list that John just emailed me. It's got real names on it. If your name is missing, please call John ASAP.

It should take about 3 weeks to get this in. He'll try and rush it, but that's the normal timeframe. I'm not sure why he said orders can still be taken until the 14th, so I'll clarify and post that here.

lilmatty · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:37 am

By the way, 25 for a LOST group buy must be some kind of record. Congrats Adam.

Troysterr · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:23 pm

John hooked me up, so I can stop whining now.

If there are any other late-comers, you can probably call John as late as noon on Monday to get in this group buy.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:21 pm

Matt,
I was thinking the same thing, about 25!

Troy, glad you made it. Welcome aboard.

JFortier777 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:14 pm

You only needed 10 for the discount, there should really be another discount for 25.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:18 pm

JFortier777 wrote:

You only needed 10 for the discount, there should really be another discount for 25.

The next price break was 100 as I recall.

JFortier777 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:43 pm

AdamIsAdam wrote:

The next price break was 100 as I recall.

BAH!!!!!

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:06 pm

Any idea when they will be ready and shipped?
I really want a shirt with "ring" around the "collar"

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:11 pm

The order was placed on friday the 7th. He told me to expect them to arrive here, on Long Island in about 3 weeks. Then I guess he'll resend them out to all you lucky folks who don't live on Long Island, so there's extra ship time there.

John did say he hoped that the bigger order might help get it here sooner (priority order), but didn't want to over promise! I'm hoping he is very cautious and we'll get them sooner.

I guess the answer is, sadly, we'll get them when we get them!

I'll post the moment they come in!

CaKJFreedom · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:59 pm

"must be some kind of record"

For both the number ordered in the short time and the fact that most people who raised their hand and went "oooo, ooooo" actually followed through and ordered one. Yeah us!

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:30 pm

We all did it out of FEAR...of things that go "CrACk" in the woods :shock:

Loopkey · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:13 am

DarbyWalters wrote:

We all did it out of FEAR...of things that go "CrACk" in the woods :shock:

So, if your diff cracks in the woods and your exhaust is to loud to hear it, did it really crack?

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:29 pm

Loopkey wrote:

DarbyWalters wrote:

We all did it out of FEAR...of things that go "CrACk" in the woods :shock:

So, if your diff cracks in the woods and your exhaust is to loud to hear it, did it really crack?

Depends if it cRaCkS near a tree that has fallen of course...that's if you can see the diff for the forest.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:13 pm

The Check's in the mail! Or in this case, the collar is in the UPS.

John emailed me that all the items went out today. He also ordered a few extra (I think he said 4) so if anyone missed out, feel free to call him directly.

Enjoy. Hopefully we'll NEVER know if they work, and we'll never find out for sure that they don't work, if you know what I mean!

dirtykj · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:50 pm

Alright! I'll be waiting to get mine.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:59 pm

dirtykj wrote:

Alright! I'll be waiting to get mine.

You'll be waiting the longest, Mr. Irvine, CA. :lol:

But at least you can go surfing while you wait. Oh, and say hi to my sister-in-law. She works in Irvine (lives in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach area).

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