Originally posted by crazy3contours: EBAY?WHY NOT!!!YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON,T KNOW OF CONTOUR.ORG AND ARE LOOKING FOR CONTOUR PARTS.SO IF THEY DON,T PAY!WELL EBAY CAN SELL THEM FAST, AS LIMITED EDITION PARTS.YOU WON,T LOOSE ANY MONEY.ITS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THEM ON THE STREET, SO PEOPLE WILL ASK ABOUT THE PRODUCT.EBAY WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS PRODUCT!PUT ONE UP FOR SALE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
Obviously the shop will not lose money, but its efficiency is lost. If you have 32 guys paid up front, that buying power allows him to get all materials at once. Suppliers allow discounts when you buy large quantity, its a fact of life. SO by him buying only for ten at a time (so to speak), he is losing margin. And since the original interest was so high, now his cost is higher and he could even lose money per kit. Not saying he wont make a dime, but if you had 32 people and only 17 paid, its not a good ratio this late in the game.
This is why I pushed to get payments earlier in the game, everyone has money till its time to pay the bills....
And for those who dont have the link anymore, you can see who owes:
95 Contour SE '01 3L 
