Date:         Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:26:30 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@netcarrier.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         The Bus Depot <ron@netcarrier.com>
Subject:      Re: MotorWorks and the Vanagon
In-Reply-To:  <002101bfff75$a14d08a0$c022480c@pavilion>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

> Rocky Mountain MotorWorks: has anyone bought parts from them
> before, good experience?

> Yes, and yes.  I'm almost certain that they are tied in with Bus Depot in
> some way.  Possible a cooperative warehousing and shipping
> effort?  I could be pretty far off base on that, though.



We do have a distribution arrangement with them, so periodically you may see
a Motorworks product in your Bus Depot order, or even receive a box from
Motorworks when you placed the order with us.  One difference, though, is
that we always discount at least 10%, and often up to 40%, off their catalog
prices (assuming like products, of course).

Only a small percentage of the products we ship are from Motorworks.  I also
deal with some of the same wholesalers and importers that Motorworks buys
from (and some that they don't), so in many cases,  I may ship the same
product as them but am getting it from their supplier and not from them.  In
other cases, I simply choose to carry different parts.  Often this is
because, on that particular part,  my quality standards differ from theirs.
This is not to imply that Motorworks generally sells inferior products (they
don't), but in some cases I do tend to aim a bit higher.  For example,
whereas they ship off-brand Chinese wheel bearings, I import Febi kits
directly from Germany.  Given my lower overhead, the end cost to the
consumer is about the same as on the Chinese bearings, but you got a
reputable German brand.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW