Great deal on 30"- 31" cats on Ebay

[ray schrauwen]

I didn't know where to post this as it's just a little hint and not really an advertisement.

I was just doing an occassional search on ebay in the RC hobbies section under "catamaran" and found some pretty nice Chinese hulls that never took off or got into mainstream sales.

The 2 cats are very different from each other in hull bottom & top.

One is or almost has to be a Skunkworks 31" cat and the other a 30" sprintcat knock off.

I asked the seller the empty weight of these hulls and finally after 3 or 4 days he replied to my pleasure that they were 1Kg hulls, very nice weight for LSO.

The second cat looks as I said like a sprintcat, I pushed the button on one of those.

Price is awesome @72' ish Cdn but, a nasty $55 in shipping still only brings you to $128 or so. He said the box is very strong at 4.6kg shipping weight.

The paint work looks very nice but, that is to be seen soon. I'll let you know.

I'm hoping I haven't broke any rules or stepped on any toes. After all, the only other empty hulls in this size & weight catagory are not available (at this time) from OSE or, FCR. Yes Aeromarine sells the original but, not for $75 or so...

Just trying to pass on a good deal, thats all.

http://stores.ebay.ca/S-A-Hobby-Center?_trksid=p4340.l2563

[srislash]

Those both look allright.I'll look forward to hearing how they are.Still looking for a rough water boat.The Skunkworks one looks good with the fancy paint.I still say it's wrong to put flames on a boat,but that may just be me.
But that's a past experience that left an impression.

[ray schrauwen]

The sprintcat version (as I call it) will eat up chop allot more but, again until I see how sharp the edges are, I'm speculating some although the transom profile is a dead ringer.

[srislash]

[Drax21]

I also saw these boats. They don't look too bad. Would love to purchase one but the customs fee would kill me even at that cost.

[ray schrauwen]

Yeah, thats pretty sad. I wonder if I will get dinged at the door for any customs. I have never had to doll out anything that has come from China yet.

[Drax21]

Yeah, thats pretty sad. I wonder if I will get dinged at the door for any customs. I have never had to doll out anything that has come from China yet.

I forgot to put the costs down on a order from Hobby King once. Order was only worth $40 but my customs and handling fee was $45!.

[srislash]

I forgot to put the costs down on a order from Hobby King once. Order was only worth $40 but my customs and handling fee was $45!.

The only problem I've had was brokerage fees thru UPS.Had the Used Miss Bud show up with an additional $65 bill.We'll see when I get my Ice 240 as Castle sent it UPS.

[ray schrauwen]

Thats usually hit or miss depending how they "valued" it.

[srislash]

Thats usually hit or miss depending how they "valued" it.

The Ice was warranty item.We'll find out Thursday.

[Drax21]

Worst I probably been hit is when I bought my Cyber Storm Hull with Hardware off Ray Fuller. I paid $275 with shipping
Ray put $300 insurance on it and It took ages to get here as customs was playing with it and then I received the bill for £56 or $88 in your money
Really wasn't worth me buying it after that.... I even sold my Pursuit to cover the rest of the Cyber Storm build.

[battlefury]

Has anyone bought that sprint cat knock off?
Does the bottom ride pads and tunnel looks similar to the AM sprint cat?
I am having doubts about these bootleg versions prices are too good to be true

[ray schrauwen]

I'll let you know shortly.

[srislash]

The Ice was warranty item.We'll find out Thursday.

I got my Ice 240 back today!!! YAYY No hassles,bils or anything.They even sent me my parallel connectors back.

[battlefury]

I'll let you know shortly.

Sure thing boss,I am so tempted to pull the trigger will be counting on you to give a review on the hull. Looks roomy for twin configuration