I went to the site and a lot of the suppliers that had the lowest price
did not actually have the item in their catalogue (I was searching for
prices for the Behr radiator and front heater core for a 90 vanagon).
Just my experience with this site.

David Clarkson
90 Westy (264,000 miles)

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 7:36 am
Subject: Re: Frugal Mechanic?

Ryan Alfonso wrote:
> http://frugalmechanic.com/cars/1989-volkswagen-vanagon
>
> Hmmm.  May pose a threat to our beloved suppliers.  "Buy local!"
>
>
>
Whoa!!! This is heavy! Some items are as much as $200 less on
Frugalmechanic.com  than on websites of our beloved suppliers.- and this
is for same brand, same condition stuff. Money talks, but money isn't
everything. With our "Beloved Suppliers" you get a lot of techie talk
and support. That alone is worth a bunch. Even before seeing this
FrugalMechanic website, I buy my stuff from a list vendor that typically
charges just a tiny bit more, but I get what I pay for - exemplary
service.That's worth a lot to me. But $200 difference on some critical
items? Sheesh - that's enough to make you sit up and take notice.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver