Let's be honest - group buys don't happen all the time. When they DO and you miss out? Good luck chiming into another one, especially if it is a niche group buy in which a MAJORITY of a community has already purchased a product.

SI won't exactly "go anywhere" anytime soon either though, so in the unfortunate event that you DO miss a group buy, well... talk to us. We can still tune your car.

- Cost/Benefit/Waiting Time
Group buys are highly effective ways to organize many people toward a certain product. BUT, is it worth the wait? Realize that in a two-month time since a GB proposal, you could have already had an ECU tune performed in a maximum turn-around time of 3-days. Was it worth the $3 or $4 a day to excruciatingly wait for the other "I'm down" participants to deposit as well? That's your call. Will a group buy even happen? If organized correctly, I think it can work.

That being said, SpeedInnovation IS open to a group-buy effort, but it must be highly organized for this type of product and industry.

THE FOLLOWING GROUP BUY IS IN EFFECT (since 1/11/07)
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NEW YORK / CROSSFIRE ECU MEET AND GREET / MAIL-IN FLASH

Now I've received MANY, MANY inquires about:

1) I want in on the group buy, but I'm not in NY, can I still have my ECU done for the group buy price?
SI creates an EXCEPTION for XF Members:
If XF members themselves want to join in collaboration with the NY group buy, we'll accept 5 minimum mailed-in ECUs, with deposits up front (more on this later) for only people who cannot make the NY GB meet. By the deadline date (specified below). All this means is that NY with their own euros, which could include crossfires must come up with 20 Physical cars to tune at a shop willing to align with SpeedInnovation during the meet date.

2) When is the deadline date?
February 11th. Exactly one month from the start/interest date. Why? Because if the GB deposits are met AT or BEFORE this date, specifically on THIS DATE we (Jesse and I) will book our tickets to NY at least 2 weeks in advance to get great airfare pricing and accommodations.

REALIZE, that this ALSO gives us time to tune the mail-in ECUs - spread over 2 weeks, which makes our job easier. Realize that in any given day, we will probably be able to tune 25 ECUs max without passing out in front of our stations. So the spread of ECU shipping and receiving helps us here.

3) Alright, now about that scary up-front deposit everyone talks about...
Many of you are concerned about up-fronting a full deposit to get "in" on the group buy - we understand and have chosen to be a bit more "lenient" regarding this issue. Now this is different for those doing the mail-in ECU's, they'll have to pay upfront regardless (I hope this is understood quite clearly on WHY)... but won't be tuned until the 25 people are confirmed by February 11th...then they can be authorized to roll-in.

A 50% Deposit must be received by February 11th based on group by pricing for XF Members (hope this makes everyone happy):
$450 3.2L/320 via paypal (send $235 via paypal, balance to be paid off in person in some verifiable form).
$750 SRT-6/C32 via paypal (send $400 via paypal, balance to be paid off in person in some verifiable form).

Deposits are EASIEST handled through paypal, obviously, because of the refunding process should this not go through by February 11th. When depositing via paypal, please include all relevant information. I will personally e-mail you an invoice of some sort verifying your payment via paypal regarding a deposit on the software tune.

YOUR PRIMARY PAYPAL VERIFIED E-MAIL ADDRESS: jose@speedinnovation.com

I hope this makes it fair for all parties involved and also highlights to you, as a consumer, the extreme dedication of SpeedInnovation as a tuner ready and willing to dedicate our time and effort to provide XF Members with real, honest, tuning.