Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:56:54 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Cheapest Vanagon gas tank on the planet?
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Not the first time I've seen a company's parts or application listing not
match vanagons in the real world.
And sometimes they are not even interested in what the correct information
is.
That is scary cheap all right !
ask them their return rate on those tanks, if they've been selling them a
while.
Frankly, I'm surprised ( or disappointed let's say ) when 'low price' is
the primary concern......
both from the buyer or the seller. One country and culture, it seems, that
has more and more products available to us lately, seems to like to push the
limits of 'how cheap they can make it' a bit too far, until you have things
for sale at 'freight and salvage' that can't even begin to do what they are
advertised to do ( like car dollies and hose clamps ) - that's how super
cheaply they are made.......or better expressed than that -that's how hard
they push the envelope on how cheap you can make a product and still claim
that it is what it is supposed to be. Shame to see humans operating this
way. Before we know it, our own military planes will be made over there,
out of our recycled beer cans, and they won't hold up at all.
I'm just plain afraid to try the extra cheap stuff these days.
it doesn't pay !
and isn't that ironic - you try to save with a low price, yet what good is
it if it won't work or last ?
I'm shocked these days when I see 'made in USA' - favorable surprised.
Once upon a time everything wasn't plastic either, but good ole metal that
lasts indefinitely quite often.
oh well !~
'It's the world ya live in." - one saying goes.
trying to not be bothered by it all, sdf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Cheapest Vanagon gas tank on the planet?
That is cheap - don't know if it's one of those situations where the
following saying applies... "I can't afford to be cheap" - think it'll hold
up?
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've been away from the list for a while, so hopefully this hasn't been
> discussed:
>
>
>
> I happened across this auto parts place on the web today, with Vanagon gas
> tanks for $65.43 and $68.88, with $25 shipping to CT. It's a little odd
> that
> they are listed for '80-'81 and '90-'92. I would assume that they are
> supposed to be the two different filler hole sizes, but that's not the
> right
> year for the change. Also don't know about outlet size, but that certainly
> is a low price.
>
>
>
> Given that one of the list vendors says that all Vanagon gas tanks are
> made
> by only a few manufacturers, I would imagine that these would be on par
> with
> others from other sources. Anyone ever order one of these? How do they do
> it so cheap?
>
>
>
> http://www.genesisautoparts.com/gas_fuel_tank-volkswagen-vanagon.htm
>
>
>
> Ed in CT
>
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Mark
1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
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