Chinese hulls, motors, and hardware

[j.m.]

Hey Steven, this place has some really quality looking stuff. And supposedly their motors are excellent, seeing as how they won 1st in the 2009 Germany international comp.

http://www.tenshock.com/Enindex.asp

The y hydros look pretty cool, and the euro style monos are just gorgeous. I can't see a seam line on the boat which means they are almost assuredly wet joined in the mold.

Could you get some pricing for their stuff?

Here's a few videos of the hulls>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC7Wk2A9MJc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnWyewQNX-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wd66ofx05I

[Rumdog]

Check out www.minicatracingusa.com He is the only importer in the U.S. for Tenshock products. I have owned 2 micro hydros and they are awesome! I wanna get my hands on a starship rigger someday.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Check out www.minicatracingusa.com He is the only importer in the U.S. for Tenshock products. I have owned 2 micro hydros and they are awesome! I wanna get my hands on a starship rigger someday.

Yup.

[j.m.]

So tenshock won't sell to you?

I think mini cat has the prices WAYYY too high for what his costs are.

[domwilson]

Uh oh...You might want to take this up with him. He is a member of this board.

[egneg]

Open mouth only long enough to insert other foot!

[screwball]

hahahahahaha

[Steven Vaccaro]

He is a member of this board and is open minded. So I say you should ask away.

I can say that I too import things. Its not as clean cut as it seems. I've have received damaged items, wrong items sent and many more problems. Getting this settled with most overseas companies is almost not existent. So its counted as a loss and reflected in the price of our items.

[j.m.]

I could be wrong since tenshock doesn't put prices on their website, but based off other Asian RC distributors, their prices have been extremely low.

[v-spec]

They will sell to whoever places the larger order just like most any other Chinese company. That's just the way it works, like it or not.

[j.m.]

Yep. So the guy over at mini cat is piecing together rtrs. And tenshock sells the individual parts. Following the us trends, we like to buy bare hulls and the individual parts and make the boats ourselves. I think there would be a larger demand for the bare hulls if OSE carried them than the demand for the rtrs minicat sells.

correct?

[v-spec]

He does a nice job with them I've had one myself but the price is a little to much in my opinion. He does not hide what they are though so if you really wanted you could buy one off ebay instead of through him and mod it how you like and save a little money.

[Flying Scotsman]

He is a member of this board and is open minded. So I say you should ask away.

I can say that I too import things. Its not as clean cut as it seems. I've have received damaged items, wrong items sent and many more problems. Getting this settled with most overseas companies is almost not existent. So its counted as a loss and reflected in the price of our items.

Boy, is that the truth. Importing items that are faulty or damaged and trying to get compensation for the real landed cost

Douggie

[j.m.]

It's business. I'd like to say I know, but i'm too young to have experienced that.

But from my experience with one Chinese distributor (hobby city) the shipping was fantastic. Fast as mess and the items were packed in the memory foam stuff and well sealed. Granted these were electronics not boat hulls, not all distributors have bad shipping.

Im just looking for more diversity in the boats we run over here and the brands that ose sells. A euro style mono class would be sweet....

EDIT> So sailr is the mini cat guy? He is fair! And open minded. A very good businessman... So much that I didn't know he was one! xD

[bustitup]

Boy, is that the truth. Importing items that are faulty or damaged and trying to get compensation for the real landed cost

Douggie

Steve and Douggie

there has got to be a way for Steve to buy through eBay sellers which would make it easier to make Chinese suppliers liable...reason being these Chinese eBay sellers rely on the eBay rating system...if they have that hanging over there head they will be more anxious to make things right with the buyer

I see over at RRR...... fuller is already making some kind of deal with them because he is selling products that head of the river sells

the advantage that a US seller of Chinese products would have is faster shipping available to US buyers