[Gordy Doyle]

SD73 that is crap how they did you like that. More and more it seems like the little guy gets beaten up by humongous companies like LKQ. I appreciate your effort in getting the parts to market. I followed all your threads on both the tail panel and the trunk drop offs. i read those threads a hundred times and learned a ton of stuff from your effort and all the other guys that contributed. i wasn't planning on even buying a tail panel but couldn't resist for the price.
After ordering it from Summit i called goodmark and they told me that the price dropped because they just recouped their original tooling costs and that it was their policy to reduce the price of new introduction parts after the initial costs are recouped. It never occurred to me that guys like you get screwed on that deal. it makes it harder for somebody to go through the effort to help the company do their r&d knowing they going to overcharge you and all the customer you send them to get the project off the ground.

On a different note Goodmark said they should have full quarters available for the 70-73 within the year. I'm hoping that the surge in tail panel sales will convince them to fast track the quarter panels. But i'm torn because i don't want to be the first guy to buy one knowing that they'll be dropping the price if a wait a little longer. they're screwing themselves because it makes potential customers take a wait and see approach before ordering the new peices.
They should do an introductory offer for the first couple hundred orders so the first guys don't feel screwed or get a bad taste for the company when they sell them cheaper later.