Got some last minute buyers on whom I am waiting for confirmation of their orders.
Deadline for me to recieve payment is June 15th, so allow a few days in advance for slow mail to deliver!
I will be accepting payment only in cashier's check or money orders please. I do not have time to deposit personal checks and wait for them to clear, then chase after you if it doesn't to recover the insufficient-funds fee my bank would charge me. Plus, it would not be fair to the others to have to wait. I am trying to beat the 6-month wait with increased eficiency and I think Ehsan recognizes the long turnover time has been an issue with many buyers in the past.
The money I received will be kept in escrow and will not be refunded once I release the group order to Ehsan and he begins to work on it. This is to protect Ehsan from doing work and not getting paid. I am acting as an escrow agent for both sides and Ehsan has been gracious enough to accept my terms as escrow agent as follows:
Step 1: I will wire Ehsan 55% of the order value up front to begin production.
Step 2: Ehsan will update us periodically with his progress by way of this thread, including pictures as needed.
Step 3: Once production of our order is completed and in crates ready to be delivered to shipping agent, Ehsan will notify us (or me) to release the other 45% plus the cost of shipping. I will then wire this balance.
Step 4: Ehsan will verify he has been paid in full and he will then release package to shipping company under my name and provide the details necessary to track the package during its vogage to the USA.
Point of information: We have 11 confirmed orders (& 2 pending confirmation) for a complete soft top kit. Ehsan has advertised in previous postings that 5 or more complete kits in a group order would result in a discount per kit of $50 (i.e., $650 per kit). I intend to collect the full amount ($700) to keep my bookeeping simple using the calculated totals in the database records. What I will do is give each buyer of a complete soft top kit a $50 credit towards any additional cost of storing, parting out, repackaging and shipping to your addresses from my zip code.
There is no way I can predict what US customs will require in fees, if any, to release the package, or if I will have to secure a broker to accomplish that, or if I will have to pay storage fees. If so, these expenses will be passed on to you pro-rated to your share of the total cost of the order. Payment will be due to me before I ship the items to you.
Once I have the shipment in my possesion, part it out and get quotes from UPS to ship to you, I will let you know how much will be due from you to cover these additional costs as well. You will have 14 days to send me a M.O. or cashiers check for any such additional costs.
Failure to provide full payment of your share of the cost of this transaction will result in seizure of the goods you ordered, which will then be sold on
Ebay to the highest bidder. I may refund you whatever is left from such sale after I recover the expenses incurred because of your failure to keep your end of the deal, or I may exercise the option to charge you an "aggravation" fee if you end up deserving one.
Some have asked for my physical address to feel secure about sending payment to a P.O. Box. I am in the phone book in New Orleans and my 24/7 answering service is 504-456-9199. You can text message me as well using the internet <http://www.usamobility.com/send_a_message/index.html> or your cell phone and the following beeper #: 504-668-1899
Don't page me after 9PM Central Time, my dogs hate it and start barking, I will be awaken, and you will be unknowingly making contributions to that "aggravation" fee I was talking about :>)
Anyway, Ehsan, please weigh in if you read this and confirm for the rest of the group that I have described accurately what you and I have agreed to on behalf of this purchasing group.
Ricardo
