> You can get them from Bus Depot for a much more reasonable price than from > the dealer. > That is true ($40 vs $50 or $60), but it is still expensive for a strap of > metal. > > The funny thing is, when I called bus depot, they told me that the muffler > strap is a dealer only item and they get the strap from the dealer. It > didn't make sense.
Sure it does. I buy a whole lot more of 'em than you do, so I pay less. (Your VW dealer _can_ discount below the VW retail price; he's just not particularly inclined to if you're ordering a single muffler strap as opposed to dozens at a time.) Also, I get some from out of Germany, at a still lower cost, and base my selling price on an average of the costs. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. (215) 234-VWVW www.busdepot.com _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders Only: 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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