That price increase just stands to reason.
Recent reports say that most imported cars will increase as much as $1000.00
per unit in the 2005 model year just because of steel prices.
If Wal Mart / Sams Clibs kicks the slats out of the new KMART/SEARS you can
bet they'll boost their prices too.
The worls is changing quickly ...............
On a recent visit to Albertsons / Vons or other I couldn't buy Tobasco Sauce
but had three made in Mexico alternates to choose from.
News from financial sources are that Microsoft released the new version of
QUAKE thay had a $90,000,000 day. That's 90 Million for plastic disks and
computer games.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: Vanagon Parts Prices Going Up Everywhere

> 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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