Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:55:20 -0800
Reply-To: Trevor Reid <trevorawake@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Trevor Reid <trevorawake@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: cheap vanagon skylights
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Thanks Robert!
We're always looking into product ideas and production improvements
etc...You can buy that container through Bus Depot - Our US Distributor
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255070814C
Appreciate your words on the group - it's been a tough go bringing the
Delta Six line up back on stream - and work with quality improvement and
technology improvements... Trevor has over 35 years experience in
manufacturing metals, wood and plastics... we appreciate it when folks
appreciate that!
We are a small Mom & Pop biz doing our thing to keep the Westfalia in
particular alive - just like many others out here! It's a good feeling
group to belong in!
Cheers...
Cheri & Trevor
www.theskylightguy.com
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cheri/Trevor,
> Thanks for what you're doing.
>
> Question: any possibility that you volks can come up with a grey-water
> tank, maybe 15 litres,
> that will mount directly under the drain under the driver side of the van.
> There used to be one, but it's been discontinued.
> Would be a great addition for those of us who want periodic "holding" of
> that stuff, until we get
> outside a fed/state/local campsite where it can be dumped. Great
> convenience so we don't
> have to jerry-rig our own adaptations.
> bob
> On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Trevor wrote:
>
> > Hi Volks,
> >
> > Thanks for all our loyal customers, especially Bus Depot!
> > We agree outsourcing has caused an economic problem, we have been
> approached to make our parts, the skylights and Delta Six line of camper
> parts & OEM skylight but refuse to move it offshore...yes we can't drop our
> price to $30 and still keep our overhead afloat...
> >
> > so, being the first aftermarket skylight maker effectively dropping the
> original retail value down from $465 CDN to replace it 17 years ago with
> the first aftermarket sold 15 years ago through Bus Depot and Van Cafe and
> a few other places around North America...
> >
> > Trevor had a painter fix some repairs on his van who managed to paint
> over his skylight, that's when Trevor found out how much it was to replace
> the skylight. The $465 was just for the lens btw not for the whole
> replacement kit...so Trevor engineered on autoCAD his first mold...thanks
> to Trevor, you gotta say, prices have been dropping ever since! There are a
> couple places that undercut our prices, but not match our quality, service
> or warranty!
> >
> > A year ago we bought the OEM manufacturing company for the skylight,
> camper hook up parts, faucet, we now own the OEM skylight mold, which after
> we had spoke with the original mold maker to refine our mold, many years
> ago, won't be much difference when we start making our 2012 skylights on
> the OEM mold. That's shape, it's also important what material is used and
> the thickness of the material. If its too thick, and you drive underneath a
> low parkade or something, instead of the skylight cracking which it was
> designed to do, you could rip the whole pop top apart...yum yum...
> >
> > Anyways, you can rest assured if you buy one of skylights and you need
> assistance, Trevor can talk you through any stage of the assembly, we also
> are very confident in the quality of our skylights and we warranty them!
> Our skylight fit to the OEM hinges and assembly kits too.
> >
> > We feel confident in saying we make the darn best Westfalia skylights in
> North America in over ten different colors!
> >
> > ****************
> > Cheri LePage
> > GFAB Manufacturing Ltd
> > www.theskylightguy.com
> > 604-740-1018
> >
> >
> > On 2012-01-03, at 8:11 AM, PJBerr <berr@ROGERS.COM> wrote:
> >
> > All of us North Americans suffer from the outsourcing of the manufacture
> of
> > everything to cheap labour markets. They build junk because they build to
> > 'spec'. Whose 'spec' are they building too do you suppose? Take a
> > BlackBerry, iPhone or any other hi-tech item apart and see how
> excellently
> > they make stuff.
> >
> > Not only do we have them make our things, we have them make cheap junk to
> > sell to ourselves. When you see garbage from China, it is the North
> American
> > company that asked them to build it so.
> >
> > Capitalism at its' finest.
> >
> > Cheers and Happy New Year!
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Robert Mac Dowell
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:18 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: cheap vanagon skylights
> >
> > This is the reason this country is the condition it is now. People want
> > to save $9.00 on a cheap plastic piece of crap that is no where neare the
> > quality of the other, just to save $9.00.
>
>
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Trevor
GFAB Manufacturing Ltd
www.TheSkylightGuy.com <http://www.theskylightguy.com/>
604-839-3597
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