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Old 11-28-2011 | 06:28 PM
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I was looking around on eBay for HID driving lights. Lots to look through & remember language translations & BS advertising gimmics.
THEN I saw this www.ebay.ca/itm/HELLA-MICRO-XENON-HID-DRIVING-LIGHTS-LAMP-KIT-/120580825063?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &hash=item1c132d5fe7
I sent a message: $4000! Seriously? I can find the same hit on Amazon www.amazon.com/Hella-Micro-Xenon-Driving-Capsules/dp/B000DILI32 for $720! $400 would be a deal so I really hope that was a typo! lol

OMFG $4000 for a pair of lights & his ad says 49 sold!
Least he includes shipping in that.
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 06:34 PM
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ouch hes in NY also lol
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 06:54 PM
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Yeah... damn "yolkers" lol j/k
4K for 2 lights... that's more than some pay for their vehicle lol AND there is another dude in Germany selling that same kit for $3500 - maybe a cousin.
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 06:57 PM
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49 people fell for it tho unless its a typo
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 07:07 PM
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Yeah if so then we're in the wrong line of work - purchase lets say 100 @ $720 = $7200. Sell just the 49 they have sold for $4000 ea. = $196,000 - the $7200 original purchase price = $188,000 profit!
 
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well i know my next line of work hahaha.
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 10:51 PM
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Yeah if so then we're in the wrong line of work - purchase lets say 100 @ $720 = $7200. Sell just the 49 they have sold for $4000 ea. = $196,000 - the $7200 original purchase price = $188,000 profit!
I think you meant 100 @ $720= $72,000
 
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Old 11-28-2011 | 11:09 PM
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Obviously I didn't have as much coffee as the person that typed the ad out for $4,000. I lost a zero lol
WTGJ on my fubar
& yeah I realize the end result would be a measly $124,000 so we'd all have to reconsider our line of work lol

<edit> I think WTGJ (Way To GoJorg) should be a new nic for ya
 

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Old 11-28-2011 | 11:23 PM
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LOL, I noticed because of my job, if I miss a 0 is a big deal

This is what I do for a living
 
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Old 11-29-2011 | 06:33 PM
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Lol you mean another Gimli Glider? Back in the late '80's an Air Canada jet ran out of fuel & glided to Gimli Manitoba to an abandoned runway - safely! All because of the imperial/metric change we had.
 


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