Of course, I had to look too...

He is obviously reselling via one of the larger parts importers.  He's even
using the copyrighted photos from that companies website.

And Ron is right... his prices actually suck.  The few I looked up (
 - 171419812MY, Tie Rod End
 - 211611047FEC, Wheel Cylinder
 - 025121403B, Expansion Tank
 - 251407361MY, Ball Joint

Are of these parts all marked up well over 100%.

And shipping....  He is charging $14.60 to ship a ball joint!!  A 1 lb.
part!  And $2.60 for insurance on a $27 item?  This guy is making a lot
money on every aspect of his auctions.

Good feedback though, so he must give good service.  He should for that kind
of $$$

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of The Bus Depot
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: eBay Professor for Vanagon parts ...

> I came accross this guy on eBay.  He says, he
> has over a million $ worth of inventory and he is
> selling the stuff at the lowest prices I have seen
> so far anywhere.  This guys's eBay seller ID is
> "time_n_money".  Check his store, well organized.

Of course I had to go look. :-)  It is a front for a company called GT
International in Ventura, California (never heard of 'em myself).  He
appears to merely be relisting a large wholesaler's catalog, which he
probably orders in as needed or else dropships.  He misspells "Volkswagon."

No bargains here at all. On every Vanagon part in his Ebay store, even his
"10% off 1-Day Sale" prices are higher than my everyday prices.

For example, his "10% off" sale price is $18 plus an inflated $13 shipping
for a Mahle ball joint.  But my everyday price for the identical product is
$12.80 with list discount ($13.47 without) plus about half the shipping
cost.  Similarly, he sells Indian made wheel cylinders cost (which he
questionably claims to "meet or exceed OEM specs") for about the same as my
European made ones.  And you could buy a PAIR of rear hatch struts from me
for about what he charges for just one on his website. Out of curiosity, I
also randomly checked a couple of Jetta parts (since BusDepot.com also
covers all VW models), and found similar results.

 - Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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