Ahah!!  Another victim of the dreaded ADM acronym(ADDITIONAL DEALER MARKUP!)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Mueller <hmueller@ABOUT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 9:12 AM
Subject: ProRac roof rack installation costs

>        Hello listers,
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>        I just had a ProRac roof rack system installed by a local Volks
>        dealer. Installed were the two bars for an escape pod plus two
>        attachment points near the front so that one bar can be moved
forward
>        to accommodate a 17 ft canoe.
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>        I was somewhat surprised when the labor bill came to $450 for 6
hours
>        of labor. Perhaps that's in line but it seems excessive for
drilling
>        6 holes and screwing in 6 bolts.
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>        Has anyone else had any experience with this. A search on "prorac"
in
>        the archives turned up 0 hits...weird, I thought I had found info
on
>        ProRac before.
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>        Thanks....Harry.
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