Fmic
Do you realy think some one is sitting there makeing these fmi. The quality of the materal I understand. The company buys a **** load of the materal (metal). Then you have robots peace and weld it together. They can make mmmm say 100 of them in an hour. Then they sell each one for 600. If they sell all 100 of them thats 60,000. All in all yes it cost them 50 bucks to make a 600 fmi.
Not to burst your bubble but it still isn't going to cost them just $50. Do you even know how much a robot welder cost and to run?
It isn't like they are making bubble gum and no one has a mark up that high. Funny part is I actually know how much it cost to put a FMIC kit together seeing that 2 people I have known for some time make FMIC kits for the A4 and I now deal with a 3rd person that builds them.
Last edited by Mike-2ptzero; Oct 1, 2009 at 04:51 PM.
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If you Mass produce any thing in the end the company makes big profit. If they sell even 75% of there product it cost them nothing to make.
Yes if there is only a few hundred made then it will cost more. The less that is sold, the less profit they get, the more it cost.
Now if a company mass produces a high quality 600 fmi, (that means thousands have been made) in the end they made big profit and it cost them nothing to make. Thats why ebay is so cheap theres many many many of them out there. The more there is the cheaper it will be. people just have to buy the **** to make that kind of money.
Yes if there is only a few hundred made then it will cost more. The less that is sold, the less profit they get, the more it cost.
Now if a company mass produces a high quality 600 fmi, (that means thousands have been made) in the end they made big profit and it cost them nothing to make. Thats why ebay is so cheap theres many many many of them out there. The more there is the cheaper it will be. people just have to buy the **** to make that kind of money.
Last edited by fastenhard; Oct 1, 2009 at 05:57 PM.
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everything you are saying is a general over exaggeration. do you know the profit and expense figures from any specific company? do you know exactly how those ebay FMICs are made? or are you just guessing at all of this?
If you Mass produce any thing in the end the company makes big profit. If they sell even 75% of there product it cost them nothing to make.
Yes if there is only a few hundred made then it will cost more. The less that is sold, the less profit they get, the more it cost.
Now if a company mass produces a high quality 600 fmi, (that means thousands have been made) in the end they made big profit and it cost them nothing to make. Thats why ebay is so cheap theres many many many of them out there. The more there is the cheaper it will be. people just have to buy the **** to make that kind of money.
Yes if there is only a few hundred made then it will cost more. The less that is sold, the less profit they get, the more it cost.
Now if a company mass produces a high quality 600 fmi, (that means thousands have been made) in the end they made big profit and it cost them nothing to make. Thats why ebay is so cheap theres many many many of them out there. The more there is the cheaper it will be. people just have to buy the **** to make that kind of money.
Ebay is cheap because its a nice place to scam people on shitty products. Believe me the companies selling the cheap crap on Ebay aren't getting rich selling it. They are not making $550 on a $600 kit. But what do I know I have only been self employed for 21 years and have been dealing with aftermarket turbo parts since 1995 seeing that I owned a turbo eclipse before getting my A4.
I bet if I put that FMIC kit on my car it would blow apart in the first week.
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