Date:         Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:59:22 -0500
Reply-To:     arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alan Bosch <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM>
Subject:      Parts Place, Was: re: Exhaust
Comments: To: James Ruch <jpeterruch@HOTMAIL.COM>
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<<<snip>>>  Check out Parts Place in MI: 248/373-2300.  Know that there is no
such thing as "cheap" in this department.<<<snip>>>

I'm not in the habit of bashing vendors - or anyone, for that matter - but Parts
Place is the last place you, or anyone, should go for Vanagon parts.  Yes, they
have a pretty good catalog.  Yes, they just might have what you're looking for
on the shelf.  But, based on past experiance, they are far from the most
knowledgeable and professional, and their prices have a tendency to be lofty, at
best.  Parts Place and cheap - even "less expensive" - do not even belong in the
same sentance together.  I have, in the past, received wrong parts and defective
parts that have been clearly their error, and had to do battle with them for a
return authorization and credit.  One instance took three months to resolve.
You will find better support and better pricing from, if not all, of the list
vendors.

My $0.02.  YMMV...

Alan Bosch
& Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)