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Subject:Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
From:Bill Kasper
Date:Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:56:35 -0800

nope.  nope.  nope.  gotta make contacts.  having nearly completed a
very large group purchase of parts, i can tell you it is not easy.  and
vwsa will not do business with a us customer directly (at least the
three folk i spoke with there said they were not able to help me).
particular dealers might, but then you're paying retail, not wholesale.
  and prices have gone up by 1/3 in the last year, as the rand:dollar
has gone from 12:1 to 8.5:1.  still good value, but not as deep a
discount.

bill kasper
santa cruz, ca
who will *never* do another group purchase, so don't even think about
it.

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 12:22 PM, Jeff Oxroad wrote:
> Anyway, I don't know how favorable the Rand exchange rate is these
> days. But
> does anyone know if VWSA will do business with a customer in the USA
> and ship
> and all? Doesn't seem like that should be too complicated, but I'm
> guessing
> it is.