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