Date:         Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:18:11 -0700
Reply-To:     jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM
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From:         Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?
Comments: To: karen d <yosemite333@HOTMAIL.COM>
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It's pretty standard stuff.  A lot of OEM manufacturers will sell their
items through private channels after removing all identifying marks from the
parts.  This goes from the simple, a marker pen over the imprinted name, to
the extreme, grinding off the identifying marks.

These manufacturers have exclusive agreements to supply OEM products to the
vehicle manufacturers, the removal of the marks is a way for them to work
around these agreements.

BTW:  those plug wires are probably made by Beru.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of karen d
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:35 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?


I sent Bus Depot a message asking who made their $39.95 spark plug wires for
my 84 westy.  Got message back that they had to research.  Then never heard
back from Bus Depot.  I sent 2 more msgs and still no reply.  That was a few
weeks back.   Out of curosity, I sent another msg and this is what I got
back:

I am sorry that it took this long for an answer. We needed to do a
little
research before we emailed you back. According to our contact agreement
we
can not disclose the manufacturer of the plug wires.  However, we can
tell
you that they are made by an original supplier to VW I hope this
information
can help you.


Why would Bus Depot sign such a contract?  Does this mean they are made by
Bosch but Bosch also sells them to Bus Depot at a higher price so that is
why such a contract exists?  If it is Bosch...then do they use the same wire
on both but the cheaper version uses cheaper connectors on the ends?

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