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Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 1999 05:22:29 -0800
Reply-To:     "Mitch A.Miller" <mmiller@NETEZE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Mitch A.Miller" <mmiller@NETEZE.COM>
Organization: Gatorhead guitars
Subject:      Re: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
Comments: To: YauMan Chan <YAUMAN@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
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YauMan Chan wrote:

> >>> Tim Smith <smitht@UNB.CA> 01/18 10:12 AM >>> > <clipped>..but uninformative posts designed only to sell > product or bring attention to a vanagon related business have no place > on > the list and need to be moderated. Perhaps if vendors policed > themselves I > wouldn't have to bring this non-vanagon issue up again. > > pissed off again by sales weasels, XOXOX, Tim Smith > >> > > I don't usually jump into the fray on this type of issues.. but in > this case the accusation of SPAM was totally without merit. Ron of > Bus Depot was reponding to a specific inquiry by a list member as to > the proper oil filter replacement part number without having to pay an > arm and a leg to the dealer . You local FLAP may not usually know the > correct replacement oil filter for the Vanagon.. and Ron posted a very > appropriate reponse to that inquiry. > > Without vendors posts for example we would not know that we can > retrofit our outside mirror without having to spend $160 at the > dealers or that we can actually afford to add head rest for our middle > and rear seat passangers. > > Ron, Ken, Chris and other vendors who have spent valuable time on this > list have made significant contributions to Vanagon owners like me. > These occassional "ads" and announcements have always been > appropriate, low key and is not an annoyance in anyway. I welcome > them and look forward to finding out what else I don't have to pay > outrageous prices for at the dealers! > > Yau-Man Chan > 87 GL

I hate buying parts from VW. The people doing business on the list give me another choice. As long as they post an appropriate response to an inquiry I think it's fine, my delete key works very well thank you. And thank you Yau-Man and thank the guys doing a OK job keeping it down with their adds, it could be worse.

Mitchell 84 Westy


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