How come you can get S-AFC II's on e-bay for like less than $250 but most stores have them for over $300? Just curious since i'm looking for a replacement one for my 89' TII.

 

We call that "Phychotic Markup"

It's the same unit.

 

I got mine off ebay for 265. It was brand new and included everything. Works great!

 

yeah mine was for sure under 300 ... got it off ebay ...

rockin

 

be carefull there are a lot of "grey market " ones that go for cheap but if you have a problem with the unit apexi usa will not warr. it

 

No AFC will be warranted if it was installed by the buyer. It must be installed by an authorized shop to have a valid warranty. I went through this when I bought my First S-AFC "I" for my 87 sport about three years aso. The reason I think they sell for 250 is because of volume purchases.

 

What is going on on Ebay is that the guys selling all the aftermarket parts are buying them by the container load..... (no ****, buy the container load), usually on the container are several pallets of each of the items the guy is selling.....

Dude gets one helluva a brice break by buying a container because he is buying directly from the distribution centers in Japan and the only shipping is by boat and to his warehouse.... ever notice how most of them are from southern california... Long Beach port is one of the busiest in the world!!!

These guys also have multi millions invested in their shipments... most tuner shops can't compete so they get a few at a time from a US dealer wh sells them to the parts shop for about wha thte guy on ebay is selling his for!!

On thing to note....... I've bought several items from the E-bay dudes..... I've always got exactly what i ordered, but when talking to them on the phone.... I get the distict impression that the parts are being sold as part of an underground monely laundering scheeme..... I talked to the SAME guy for three different things, all being sold one different internet parts distributors on ebay...... Yakuza??????

My local Mazda/GM/Nissan/Pontiac Parts Desk guy buys some of THEIR parts from a dude in Boston who buys containers of parts......

If i had the money to do it... I'd buy a whole container of goods and ebay that **** too.... but I aint got a couple of million lying around either

 

I almost got scammed on an S-AFC II listed by an individual on e-bay.
I got suspicious because Pay Pal cancelled him.
When I e-mailed him for payment information, the location was different then the e-bay location.
I requested the account contact information from e-bay & found the account had been hijacked but some thief.
I walked away in time.
The volume sellers are less risk than individuals.
Just watch that things match up.

 

yeah usually all the parts you can get on ebay from companies are going to be cheaper than in stores. So for items like safc's, avc-r's and other things that you could get at any company I'll get it on ebay through a company because it is almost like getting from any other online store. Never been ripped off yet (knock on wood) Now for those parts that are used through indaviduals thats when you have to be carefull.

 

On the warranty card that came with my S-AFC II says "warranty only valid in Japan", thats the only thing it says on the card in english.

 

I got an American(A-spec?) SAFC. It was in english and it said something like "for the warranty to be valid the Apex'i S-afc must be installed at one of our authorized dealers. Check our site for a list of authorized dealers near you" I checked the listing and the closest to me was 100 miles away. yippie!

 

I think we can all pretty much assume that there is no warranty with this thing. Hopefully, it will not break.
Car stereo **** is the same btw. When I bought my type R/S speakers from alpine, I was pretty excited. They sounded good, but I wondered what the warranty is if they broke, didn't want nice **** to be bought again. I checked the box and it said
"warrantied only if installed by an authorized alpine dealer"

wtf, that means, no ****** warranty.

I found one site called monkiewrenchracing that had the safc in black or silver for 325. So far this is the best place I have found, its a well established site with a decent price.

 

haha i went to a local shop just to be fair i like to suppor the locals.. well i go in there and he quotes me 1100+ bucks for 720 fuel injectors fpr safc and fuel pump.. the price he was "giving me" was 495 for the safc after he umm "knocked it down" from 595 chuckle damn i love ebay...

 

You should be thankfull. Unlike the ebayers, the locals cannot buy these things in the same volume and give the same price. Ebay sells them for like a 5% markup im sure, and a local place is never going to sell something at below cost to a regular customer, and im 100% sure, that the ebay prices are way below your locals costs...

Just to keep in mind in the future, your local guys are just trying to make some money to support their business, they're not ripping you off.

 

I just picked up a SAFCII limited edition with the black face/white lettering for 200 bucks shipped of EBAY, works like a charm and what a hell of a deal.