Please spare the "i told you so's" and "why did you give guys money for a car youve never seen". Ive head that a million times and dont want to hear it anymore.
After waiting almost a year for our cars (a buddy and me), we have not recieved anything. No proof of where it is, no money back (after writing bouced checks to us), and no cars of course. We paid them 65% deposit back in september of last year, and after a lot of communication with them about "your cars are on the way, blah blah" they said customs "held" them and they were going to give our money back. Then they wrote us refund checks from a UK bank and of course, bounced.
We have 4 people including me and my friend that are in the same boat regarding this. We all have money out and nothing to show for it. After this long, we are going to seek legal help in this. I am banning together everyone that skykit has a debt to. We will all come to a decision on what to do whether it be go over there and take care of business ourselves or get the law involved.
Anyone screwed by skykit, please get in contact with me.
They probably are, they havent been online in forever and are not responding to emails or phone calls. We are just going to fly there and break some legs, arms, and whatever else we can get our hands on.
Yea, well about a year or so ago, it was harder to find skylines in the US. Ive got a pretty good crew together against these guys, hopefully it works out.
oh yea, me out of $13k, friend out of $14k, another guy out of $46k and another out of $20k. That is A LOT of money. These other threads will tell even more about him:
i dont blame ya, id be loosin my mind, hell im already nervous as hell since my GTR will arrive in a couple weeks via train from Edmonton Alb Canada to Castlegar BC Canada.
currently we are allowed to import vehicles 15yrs or older, but the gov't under pressure from auto makers and saftey cynic's want to push it back to 25yrs or older mirroring the USA... at that point you guys will luckier, aside from the emmisions, because we cant do kit cars, well we can but its no easy task....
The beurocracy in importing Skylines in the US will never end. People are still bringing these cars in legally or otherwise, just a matter on how you want to spend in getting them in and the risks of it all.
Most of my buyers are lucky in enough that bought they're cars in before DOT and Customs tightened up and rounding up illegal imports.
What sucks is companies that promise buyers like you and then they disappear without any car, and you cant even contact them.
I'ved dealt with subcontractors in the US who promised my buyers they can do rego's and title their cars, and they waited and waited, until they gave up and went to someone else who can do the job right.
Luckily their cars are titled now and can be driven stateside.
These days, i dont even entertain US buyers anymore, we concentrate more in the European and ofcourse here in Australian buyers.
Anyways....good luck with the predicament you're in man.
I think CELM knows these guys, try to give him a buzz or an email.
The beurocracy in importing Skylines in the US will never end. People are still bringing these cars in legally or otherwise, just a matter on how you want to spend in getting them in and the risks of it all.
Most of my buyers are lucky in enough that bought they're cars in before DOT and Customs tightened up and rounding up illegal imports.
What sucks is companies that promise buyers like you and then they disappear without any car, and you cant even contact them.
I'ved dealt with subcontractors in the US who promised my buyers they can do rego's and title their cars, and they waited and waited, until they gave up and went to someone else who can do the job right.
Luckily their cars are titled now and can be driven stateside.
These days, i dont even entertain US buyers anymore, we concentrate more in the European and ofcourse here in Australian buyers.
Anyways....good luck with the predicament you're in man.
I think CELM knows these guys, try to give him a buzz or an email.
i think you should put some of your focus on the Canadian market before it closes... lots of potential buyers there, i just bought an already landed GTR32... if the laws change our ports will be pretty much closed but, if the laws do not changeour market is perfect for imports because domesticly available vehicles are very expensive... for example... a brand new subaru STI will cost 45-55k in canada but in the usa they cost 30-40k our exchange rate is not that massive... which is why alot of people are looking to buy abroad because used cars are just as costly...
We do get inquiries from Canada, but most buyers inquire about cars they cannot import.
I basically tell them do they're homwork first, before they do all that inquiries. And most of all have the funds to back it up. There's a lot of time wasters out there mate.
i bet there is, but when i was looking to bring in an GTR32 from japan i couldnt get a single business to reply to me with answers to my questions...
which is why i bought one already landed... it cost me about 4000 more than one if i had brought it over, but with all the goodies it had along with the great condition, i felt 16,800 was worth the investment
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