Um, I just checked the price on the rear heater core again and the price
went back down to normal.  Last week they were up above $100 at
wholesale.  Maybe it was a computer glitch.  I guess this is my week for
looking stupid.  Thankfully today is a new day.  Sorry about that.
False alarm.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

>Ken,
>
>The rear heater core is not a dealer only item.  I sell them for $52 each
>and haven't heard anything about a huge price increase for this item.
>
>Now, front heater cores, that's a something completely different
>altogether...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>www.vanagonparts.com
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Ken Wilford
>Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:36 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Vanagon Parts Prices Going Up Everywhere
>
>
>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:
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>>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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