So, this guy from Australia emails me....

[seatsR4toilets]

....says he's looking for a Blaster, and says he saw I had one for sale on ebay. I tell him it's got a Wet Jet motor, and it's $1,000.
He wires me the money, and I don't hear a thing for probably 3 months.



Fast-foreward to today;
He shows up at my shop with this:

 

[seatsR4toilets]

...and it's filled with this:


(notice the shredmaster on the blue one)

 

[seatsR4toilets]

He had 7 total, plus parts, plus three trailers, plus a quad.
After he left, he said he was on his way to Arkansas for two more.


If anyone is interested in selling their Blaster, he's coming back in about 5 weeks, and looking for more to take back "down under".
I'll foreward his email to anyone that wants it as soon as I confirm that he's OK with that.


(I'm just happy he's not taking FX-1's away from us here):grumble:

 

[Watty]

Heh, his name isn't Steve by any chance?

 

[seatsR4toilets]

No, it's Greg. Don't know his last name. I forget. Lives about 2 hours from Sydney.

 

[BruceSki]

i had some guys do that with my old blown up ranger i sold on ebay. they would get a flight to the farthest city from where they lived in mexico, then drive/tow the cars they bought down to mexico. they showed up at my house with 4 people driving four cars and hooked my ranger up to a tow bar.

they got bagged with no plates on two of the cars trying to leave my house so they came back. i made up cardboard license plates and sent them on their way.(no joke)


they said even if they buy a cherokee with 125,xxx on it for 2,000 they can go sell it for 4,000 in mexico somehow. all i know is they gave me 1,400 bucks for a 3.0 ranger with a connecting rod sticking out the side of the block and a very worn out clutch.:biggrin:

im sure that guy makes a nice buck doing what he's doing.

 

[seatsR4toilets]

Yeah, he must.
He said he can get $3500 U.S. for just a basic, plain, beat up Blaster 1.
That's solid money, IMO.

....but then there's that little problem called "shipping costs"...

 

[suva]

A friend of mine sold his old 4x4 'yota like that, some guy came down from Canada and paid $3k for his '89 with horrible paint, mowed out fenders and bald tires. My friend heard from him a couple months later, I guess he resold it for $9K with only minor work!

 

[seatsR4toilets]

I've got no problem watching stuff like that go overseas....but Blasters, and FX-1',s, and Shelby Mustangs.....that hurts in the pit of my stomach to watch that stuff leave here forever.

 

[tshank123]

Theres plenty of blasters to go around, I wouldn't worry about that. FX-1s, way less, so that hurts. But is that any worse than guys that hoard FX-1s? Anyone know someone like that? lol

 

[waxhead]

I reckon he may do his chips on this deal
By the time he gets shipping on it all etc there isnt going to be alot of profit left

 

[superramjet]

Theres a guy in our area filling up containers with 4stroke runabouts and sending them to brisbane. I"d like to know what it cost to ship a container there. Send skis over there and bring back new x2's

 

[waxhead]

Yeah 4stroke runabouts would make better money
There isnt any new x2,s bummer huh

 

[seatsR4toilets]

Theres a guy in our area filling up containers with 4stroke runabouts and sending them to brisbane. I"d like to know what it cost to ship a container there. Send skis over there and bring back new x2's

I think an entire container to Sydney is $9,000.

 

[seatsR4toilets]

Theres plenty of blasters to go around, I wouldn't worry about that. FX-1s, way less, so that hurts. But is that any worse than guys that hoard FX-1s? Anyone know someone like that? lol

Ummmm.......:mischievous:
Wonder who THAT could be.

I think I do a pretty good job of sharing. I don't keep everything, and I even give FX-1 stuff away, or send it out for basically the cost of the shipping.
Matter of fact, I'm thinking I'm gonna sell off everything I have left after I finish this ski (other than obvious spares needed), and that'll be it. I think I'm done FX-1 collecting. One is enough.

Prick, make a road trip and buy all this stuff. (you KNOW you want it...resent:
I'll make ya the deal of all deals if you take EVERYTHING

 

[driftmaster]

Do you have this guys number. I have a BII I would like to get rid of.
thanks
Shawn

 

[ryan]

will he come up to new york? i got blasters for him!!!!
yammasacky@aol.com

 

[godocgo]

give him my number, i got 2 carbon blasters he can take over there. the 1020 version and the 8 mil stroker. both are ready to ride.

 

[cambo au]

20ft container is about 4000 aus

looks like he has a good head for buisiness as blaster 1s are the hottest thing to import at the moment

 

[seatsR4toilets]

I'll call him tonight and see if it's OK to hand out his number.
I'm pretty sure he just picked up a US cell phone when he got here.The area code is like 609 or 608 or something.

Anyway, I'm sure he'd run up to New York. Since he's been here, he hit I think Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New Jersey, Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida.

I'll post again tonight or tomorrow after I talk to him.