Date:         Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:42:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake MC ?
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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fwiw,
just to give another view........and a reasonable one I think.........
I don't see anything wrong with making a reasonable comparison to other
offerings.
it's not like he criticized the other company, he just stated facts about
price, and I assume 'true' facts at that.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Brake MC ?


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
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27

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