Dom. When was the last time you priced genuine oil filters, and for heavens sake do not I repeat do not price the bl@#$y air filter. We should get together with some of the other listees here in Oz and make an order witrh Ron for parts to send us. Ray Hunnam -----Original Message----- From: Dom <dmoon@METZ.UNE.EDU.AU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:04 Subject: VW Australia v Busdepot Hi I'm not normally one to complain but I saw something today that really made my blood boil. I was surfing through the busdepot catalogue, and what a fine service you all have over there I must say, and I came across something which I am having trouble finding here "Hubcap Set of 4, Heavy-Duty Genuine VW, Stock on 80-up Euro Vanagon, fits 71-92, Painted Silver" $US29.95. I rang VW in Sydney a couple of months ago to enquire of the price for these items (not the chrome ones) and they wanted $AU80.00 each for them. That's $AU320.00 ($US206.00) for a set of painted hubcaps that VW have been pressing out since the 70's. Then I remembered the time I rang them for an engine criossmember. $AU680.00 ($US440.00) for a piece of bent steel. (I had mine beaten back and refitted for $40.00) Then the time I asked about a rear bumper $AU380.00 ($US245.00) which I ended up getting from an independent importer of VW parts, new and painted for $170.00 ($US113.00) Now I ask myself. After the price I got on the hubcaps, why did I even bother ringing them about the rest. I can only think that they must only get an order when someone is doing an insurance job. No wonder our premiums are so high Dom
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