Date:         Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:43:21 -0700
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW Parts Pricing
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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The monetary figure you see in ETKA is in Euros.  Germany doesn't use DM's
anymore.

However, considering that ETKA 7 in it's bootleg form is a few years old,
the prices may be out of date.  My version only includes updates thru #597
and there are tons more updates since then.

The local dealer is permitted to sell any part or accessory for whatever
they desire.  But my experience with most dealers, including the local one
here in Ventura, CA is that they generally follow the list price they have
on file with their latest copy of ETKA.  However, if the item has a "1" or
"2" code in the profit column on the main database, that means there's very
little markup, so the dealer generally charges more than the posted list
price.

VW use to print a hard-copy of their prices up until several years ago, but
in this age of computers and expense, they don't anymore.  Good thing, it
was the size of an average 1" phone book.  I have many of these dating back
to 1975 in my reference library.


On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:18 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 01:55 PM 8/9/2013, JRodgers wrote:
>
>> question is - have we ever had available even ONE official VW parts
>> price list as a reference tool? I know prices change over time - but
>> having a baseline would be very nice.
>>
>
> Click on a part in ETKA and you'll get a price.  I suspect it's in
> D-marks, and I don't know what it represents.
>
> My local dealer told me dealers set their own prices for parts.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>



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