Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:49:12 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Brake MC ?
In-Reply-To: <vanagon%2008121408335479@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Hey Ron, I think its fine for you to promote your Vanagon related business
on the Vanagon List but it is completely inappropriate for you to make
comparisons with competitors.
Thanks, Jake
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:33 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:
> > I seem to be needing another brake master cylinder for my
> > 84...I notice a big difference in price between Bus Depot and
> > Van Cafe..Around $50 difference. One comes with all the
> > switches and says"German"..the other is ''economy''.. So
> > would I regret not spending the extra $ ? Why the large price
> > difference here?
>
>
> Our $64.95 one is an aftermarket European made master cylinder, whereas our
> $99 one is German made by an OEM supplier. (Van-Café, by comparison,
> charges
> $119 for the German one.) We have not seen any significant reliability
> differences between the two brands. The aftermarket one has a very slightly
> higher out-of-the-box return rate than the OEM one does (which may indicate
> slightly less stringent quality control), but both are well under 1 percent
> so we're looking at nearly insignificant quantities in either case.
>
> Remember that the DOUBLEDIP listmember appreciation sale is still on until
> midnight tonight. You can get the usual ongoing 5% listmember discount
> (referral code list1e) on either master cylinder (as both exceed the $50
> minimum for the list discount). But if your order exceeds $100 you'll get a
> second 5% discount by putting DOUBLEDIP in the "comments" field.
>
> - Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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