This could be done. The company I work for is the sole VW endorsed provider of Web sites to VW dealers, and we have built sites for 95% of the US VW dealers. All have email, and we will be doing the same for VW Canada next year. You can find dealers by location at the corporate Web site: http://www.vw.com. The dealer locator is in the drop down for "cars." All dealers in our program have email addresses and a parts request form, so you can do this yourself pretty easily for as many dealers as you want. I'm not sure a blanket email to hundreds of dealers would be any more effective, but some do offer Internet discounts.
Jeff wrote: > > Hey Volks! > > As my dear Brownie sits idle in the cold, and I toil from the basement on my > internet schtuff, I had an idea. > > If I could collect email addys of all the VW dealers, I could make a form to > submit a part for bid. ie, my Coolant Bleeder Assembly. Put the year, model, > engine (someone help with what fields I would need to have), the part number and > or description. Put your email addy in, push the button and wait for all the > responses from internet savvy dealers. Any caveats with this? Just like our dear > list vendors, the dealer doesn't have to be local anymore either, and when we > need a dealer only part... > > Of course this would be a free service to the list. It could save us some big > money, which is something I gave up when I started this internet biz... > > So if you have suggestions, post them to the list, and if you have email addys > of dealers, send em to me! > > Going for the second cup of coffee, > > JW > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Jeff Wiegand | Head Cook | Electroponics, Inc. > jeff@electroponics.com | http://www.electroponics.com/ > News - http://www2.electroponics.com/news/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244 ext 208 Getting your share of the Net yet? http://www.cobaltgroup.com http://www.casedealer.com/demo http://www.caseihdealer.com/demo |
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