Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:39:14 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Old Vanagon parts and other makes source
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+1 Mark.
It was the VW dealer in Langley that told me that Roger Jobs VW in
Bellingham had the steel 2.1 coolant outlet.
No extra charge.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote:
> Your Ford dealer is charging you a fee for running a parts locate? I never
> thought of doing that to our customers. I do not know that all but
> certainly some car lines sold in the US and I suspect other countries as
> well have provisions for the dealers to search others for parts. At the
> dealership end it is a simple operation, input the number into a computer
> and review the results a moment later, no need for a fee. It takes the same
> equipment and amount of time as it does to check availability for any part.
> Getting the part is where extra may money come in. In some car lines when
> one dealer purchases the part from another they pay what the selling dealer
> will sell it for which is usually 10 - 20% above cost plus shipping. There
> are also obsolesence parts dealers that purchase old inventory from dealers
> and manufacturers, some sell to anyone while others might only work with
> wholesale accounts. According to my local VW dealer their system is set up
> to automatically sh
> ow if another dealer has the part when they do an availability check if the
> part is eligible for a dealer to dealer transfer. A VW dealer can order a
> part on their Stock Order and if no Distribution Center has one but a dealer
> does and is willing to sell it the part will ship dealer to dealer. There
> is no mark up for the part when this happens but there will be a freight
> charge as this situation does not qualify for free shipping like a normal
> Stock Order. The dealer that has the part is not obligated to participate
> and may choose to keep the part in inventory. If the part is on back order
> status and they may need it for their own customers the dealer will keep it.
> A part that is obsolete will usually be let go of as no dealer wants parts
> that do not sell at least 4 - 6 times per year in inventory.
>
>
> Mark in AK
> Assistant Parts Manager
> Continental Honda
> Continental Acura
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Nighbor <cnighbor1@COMCAST.NET>
> Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:23 pm
> Subject: Old Vanagon parts and other makes source
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > All car dealers, service shops have access to old parts in the USA
> > has they can do a computer search of the inventory of all USA
> > dealers for that particular part. My 1991 Escort ZX2 parts are
> > hard to find but Ford dealers can do a search for a slight fee.
> > than there is an extra charge for getting to were I live but still
> > parts are out there. I just got a engine hose that way. Plus of
> > course there is all the specialty Vanagon parts sources.
> > Charles Nighbor
> >
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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