On 15 Jul 2004 at 21:30, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:

> On a somewhat related issue, I have somewhat good news for the Canadian
> contingent of the Vanagon list. We have reached a distribution
> arrangement with a relatively large Canadian parts supplier that will
> allow some Canadian orders placed with The Bus Depot to actually ship
> directly to you from within Canada rather than coming from the U.S.

This sounds like good news for me, since I will need to order all the parts for a complete
1.6TD rebuild soon. But I'm still a little concerned about not knowing which parts if any
will ship from Canada. I have resisted ordering from US vendors for this reason, as I
have seen the exorbitant (or extortionist...) brokerage/duty that can be applied for no
apparent reason at times when I receive things at work. I've had many cases where the
total fees exceed the value of the item!
Can any Canadian listees relate any experiences, good or bad, with ordering VW parts
from the US? I need to order $400+ in parts, and could save $100 or more over local
pricing, but am afraid this savings could easily disappear in brokerage/duty...

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L awaiting 1.6TD conversion
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