Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:46:16 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mud Flaps Group Purchase- UPDATE (sorta)
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> Just Kampers has had some difficulty obtaining these mud
> flaps... Their shipment, which was supposed to take a few weeks,
> instead took months...
> The Bus Depot and Just Kampers are going to combine to place a
> single order, with part of the order shipping to England and the
> other part shipping directly to Pennsylvania...
> The delivered price should be much better as a result...
> These are the same mudflaps sold in the U.S. for about $90 each,
> except that two of them (the rears I think) have a VW logo on them.


Not much of an update yet, but just to let you know I haven't forgotten
about them...

It turns out that the backordered mudflaps that Just Kampers were waiting
for (and were already a month overdue already when I met with them in early
October), STILL have not shown up, making them over two months late at this
point.  This is resulting in quite a few irritated Just Kampers customers,
and obviously is a situation we don't want to duplicate here.

We are not going to make a move until the fabled mud flaps show up in
England, at which time we will get a weight, determine a direct
factory-to-US shipping price (hence a total cost), and place an order as
planned.  The shipper now claims they'll be in the UK in a week, so we'll
see.

I'll let you know as soon as actual mudflaps materialize.

- Ron Salmon
 The Bus Depot
 http://www.busdepot.com