Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:35:38 -0500
Reply-To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Parts Prices Going Up Everywhere
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Yes I have especially noticed this with VW dealer only parts. I had a
jump of 40% in the cost of parts from VW in September. Everyone that
used to complain about the cost of coolant hoses, etc. should have
bought them last year because the price of most of them just went up 40%
and I am sure it is the weak dollar thing plus normal price increase
from VW combined. I got pretty beat up on prices until I got a new
dealer price book. I am used to 10-20% increases every six months or so
but this was a jump in a large number of parts and I sold several
expensive parts for less than what I paid for them (I felt I had to
stick by my original price quote or published web prices).
One part in particular I have noticed has seriously jumped in price is
the Vanagon rear heater core. I still have these for $70 but this price
will only last as long as the current stock I have. The new price for
the rear heater core will be around $149. If you need a rear heater
core, now would be a good time to get one. Just FYI.
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
The Bus Depot wrote:
>This has been a recent thread on the Type2 list. I thought I'd post the
>"condensed version" of it here because it applies equally to Vanagon parts.
>See below.
>
>- Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
> (215) 234-VWVW
>
>_____________________________________________
>Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Hineline
>Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:29 AM
>To: Type 2 List
>Subject: [T2] Bus parts and exchange rates
>
>
>I took it upon myself to resend the following, because many listees are
>doubtless deleting messages with the WR1 subject heading:
>
>Ron from Bus Depot wrote:
>
>"The fall of the dollar also has a lot to do with it. Everything
>imported is skyrocketing in price because the dollar is dropping to new
>lows every day. Most indications are that this will only get worse over
>the near future. If you need any imported parts (and most VW parts are,
>of course, imported), I _strongly_ advise you to stock up now, because
>huge price increases, industry wide, are almost a certainty. This is
>not a come-on but an honest assessment of the current market.
>Everything I'm reordering is costing me 10-25% more because of the
>dollar's fall, and every other importer's seeing the same thing. Prices
>on many parts are going to skyrocket."
>
>And Richard Atwell concurred:
>
>"This is good advice. I deal with CDN currency conversions all the time
>and it really hurts right now. Right after the election it just went
>zoom."
>
>Mark Hineline
>
>
>
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