Been down that road.
An engraving pen is awesome.
When you show them, they are not happy.

df

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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:29:22 PM
Subject: Re: heads- bus depot or van cafe??

wow..........what horrible stories.
I think it's more a matter of sloppiness and incompetence, than outright rip
off attempt, most of the time.
but all 3 of those stories are nightmares for sure.

secret markings, I can dig that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: heads- bus depot or van cafe??

I once turned a valuable counter-weighted Corvette crankshaft into a
machine shop for re-grinding, and they tried to give me a
non-counterweighted Chevy crank when it came to pick it up.� When I
insisted, they located my crank.
I also had a friend turn in some rare early VW parts to a plating shop for
re-chroming, and many of them were 'lost', never to be returned.
Another friend of mine had a restoration shop charge very big bucks to
completely re-do his early Karmann Ghia convertible, and they 'lost' the
riveted VIN tag, affecting the resale value greatly.
I recommend getting a signed receipt, an itemized list and mark your
parts, maybe even using hidden stampings, engraving, digital pictures or
such, to protect you from loss or theft by unscrupulous shops.� This is the
only way to have your case stand up in court, if that becomes necessary,
later.

Mike B.