This has been a recent thread on the Type2 list. I thought I'd post the "condensed version" of it here because it applies equally to Vanagon parts. See below. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Hineline Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:29 AM To: Type 2 List Subject: [T2] Bus parts and exchange rates
I took it upon myself to resend the following, because many listees are doubtless deleting messages with the WR1 subject heading: Ron from Bus Depot wrote: "The fall of the dollar also has a lot to do with it. Everything imported is skyrocketing in price because the dollar is dropping to new lows every day. Most indications are that this will only get worse over the near future. If you need any imported parts (and most VW parts are, of course, imported), I _strongly_ advise you to stock up now, because huge price increases, industry wide, are almost a certainty. This is not a come-on but an honest assessment of the current market. Everything I'm reordering is costing me 10-25% more because of the dollar's fall, and every other importer's seeing the same thing. Prices on many parts are going to skyrocket." And Richard Atwell concurred: "This is good advice. I deal with CDN currency conversions all the time and it really hurts right now. Right after the election it just went zoom." Mark Hineline |
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