Date:         Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:14:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Van-Again -- COMPLAINTS
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At 3:17 PM -0600 1/19/01, Duncan Cameron wrote:
>Ken is most excellent.

Well, lucky you.

I have YET to find that alleged parts vendor Ken Wilford has ANY of
the parts I need.  His parts availability SUCKS!  It's outfits like
his that give e-commerce a bad name.

Examples:
---------

January 2000:  He did not have a single 0.05" over-sized
                muffler bearing in stock.

   March 2000:  He could not find me an NOS chrome exhaust tip for my BA-6
                gas heater.

   April 2000:  He didn't have any heat exchanger boxes for my 1989
                weekender, not did he have a *single* clutch cable that
                would fit.

     June 2000: He apparently does not stock, and has no plans to source,
                summer-solution metric windshield washer fluid.

  October 2000: For my old 1970 westy, he didn't have any front brake
                rotors or pads, no injector seals, nor a timing belt.
                He also cryptically said he had plenty of phosphate-free
                coolant for it, but that we wouldn't sell me any.

December 2000: He did not have 6V conversion kit for my 1989 weekender.

Actually, he *did* have a set of power door locks in stock, and I
received them here in Canada about 6 hours after I placed my order,
but after installing them my van's increase in power was hardly
noticeable.  RIP OFF!!

Fortunately, I've found a parts place that can meet my needs at
http://www.84to96.net/kaleco/.  I'm going to go order their lowering
kit.

T.





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