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Not trying to beat a burnt-out bulb, but here's Vanagain's offering for the�glove box light�, and my current sale on Ebay :
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Vanagain: "The glove box one I have in stock as well but it is VW only and much
more expensive.� $68 new or $30 for a good used one."
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warmerwagen:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230374103263&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT
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It would'nt be profitable for Ken to lower his pices, due to his low volume. 
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But on Ebay, traffic is much higher . 25% of my sales are worldwide .
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Mr Sullivan emailed me that my glove box light was expensive (at $11.40 , 3.00 S&H).
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Vanagain's is $30.00 plus 3.00 handling and 7-8 dollars shipping . 
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At what price does it get affordable? Maybe cheaper for Mr Sullivan to drive to a wrecking yard and buy his own dome light. May it will be cheaper for him in time, gas, and purchase price.
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BTW, my profit on the used Vanagon dome light I sell for $12.75 is 7 cents.
The time I spent sending this email no doubt ate this profit up.
Vendors like Vanagain and I are providing a door -to -door parts service. The price charged is what you pay for service. And of course, we combine shipping.
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I might just have my 2 cents worth left.
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Robert
1982 Westfalia
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--- On Mon, 11/30/09, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Parts Needed Dome Lights
To: "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 5:28 PM

At 08:14 PM 11/30/2009, Robert Keezer wrote:
>
>Hi David,
>
>I finally found the lights on the Vanagain site. Here's the cost breakdown:
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>Cost for item BAT947105 - $9.00

Wow!� Either that's a mistake or he's raised the prices a lot.� Back 
in say June-July I paid $7 or so for two of them -- new, not 
used.� Maybe he was giving me a break, 'cause I was getting a bunch 
of cooling stuff, but it didn't sound that way.

>UPS Standard Ground-� � � $7.91
>Handling-� � � � � � � � � � � � � $3.00
>Total Order-� � � � � � � � � � ���$19.91

Yes, packing & postage as the Brits say make it expensive as a single 
item, even if you take $5.50 off the price.� That cost was swamped in 
my combined order.

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>This is for a new light.
>
>Here's a break down of my used light:
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>� My cost : (including purchase, ebay and paypal fees, and travel expenses.
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>Purchase price:� � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���$1.63
>Ebay listing fee:� � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���$ 0.35 for 30 days
>Ebay Final Value Fee (FVF)� � � � � � � $1.88
>Paypal fee on $14.48 =� � � � � � � � � ���$0.93
>Time , gas , wrecking yard fee� � � � ���$1.10
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>My cost total:� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���$5.89
>My Ebay net:� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���$5.96

Sux, don't it?� I kept trying to tell Sylvan that she was making 
about fifty cents an hour or less selling/shipping odd items on ebay, 
but it didn't sink in.

>
>My profit: $0.7 .

[$0.07]� When I was a kid that would get you a six-ounce Coke plus 
the two-cent bottle deposit.

>This doesn't factor in other costs such as internet or electricity.
>This is the first time I have done this-I'm surprised. Clearly I 
>need to raise the price .
>
>My shipping cost to most places is about $1.75 USPS First Class mail.
>That's 2-3 days delivery.
>Cheapest shipping Vanagain has is UPS ground -5 days -$7.91

I live nearby so it's generally overnight to me but I take your point.

>Look at my Ebay store , you;ll see I am affordable. A used Vanagon 
>fuel pump is 45.00. , a 1.9 engine computer $125.00.� When you 
>factor my cost and fees on the computer , for example, I'm lucky to 
>get 30 -50 bucks. for my time and cost.

It's good to know; I'll definitely keep you in mind.

Yours,
David