

| Subject: | Re: cheap vanagon skylights |
| From: | Trevor Reid |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:55:20 -0800 |
Thanks Robert! We're always looking into product ideas and production improvements etc...You can buy that container through Bus Depot - Our US Distributor http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255070814C Appreciate your words on the group - it's been a tough go bringing the Delta Six line up back on stream - and work with quality improvement and technology improvements... Trevor has over 35 years experience in manufacturing metals, wood and plastics... we appreciate it when folks appreciate that! We are a small Mom & Pop biz doing our thing to keep the Westfalia in particular alive - just like many others out here! It's a good feeling group to belong in! Cheers... Cheri & Trevor www.theskylightguy.com On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > Cheri/Trevor, > Thanks for what you're doing. > > Question: any possibility that you volks can come up with a grey-water > tank, maybe 15 litres, > that will mount directly under the drain under the driver side of the van. > There used to be one, but it's been discontinued. > Would be a great addition for those of us who want periodic "holding" of > that stuff, until we get > outside a fed/state/local campsite where it can be dumped. Great > convenience so we don't > have to jerry-rig our own adaptations. > bob > On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Trevor wrote: > > > Hi Volks, > > > > Thanks for all our loyal customers, especially Bus Depot! > > We agree outsourcing has caused an economic problem, we have been > approached to make our parts, the skylights and Delta Six line of camper > parts & OEM skylight but refuse to move it offshore...yes we can't drop our > price to $30 and still keep our overhead afloat... > > > > so, being the first aftermarket skylight maker effectively dropping the > original retail value down from $465 CDN to replace it 17 years ago with > the first aftermarket sold 15 years ago through Bus Depot and Van Cafe and > a few other places around North America... > > > > Trevor had a painter fix some repairs on his van who managed to paint > over his skylight, that's when Trevor found out how much it was to replace > the skylight. The $465 was just for the lens btw not for the whole > replacement kit...so Trevor engineered on autoCAD his first mold...thanks > to Trevor, you gotta say, prices have been dropping ever since! There are a > couple places that undercut our prices, but not match our quality, service > or warranty! > > > > A year ago we bought the OEM manufacturing company for the skylight, > camper hook up parts, faucet, we now own the OEM skylight mold, which after > we had spoke with the original mold maker to refine our mold, many years > ago, won't be much difference when we start making our 2012 skylights on > the OEM mold. That's shape, it's also important what material is used and > the thickness of the material. If its too thick, and you drive underneath a > low parkade or something, instead of the skylight cracking which it was > designed to do, you could rip the whole pop top apart...yum yum... > > > > Anyways, you can rest assured if you buy one of skylights and you need > assistance, Trevor can talk you through any stage of the assembly, we also > are very confident in the quality of our skylights and we warranty them! > Our skylight fit to the OEM hinges and assembly kits too. > > > > We feel confident in saying we make the darn best Westfalia skylights in > North America in over ten different colors! > > > > **************** > > Cheri LePage > > GFAB Manufacturing Ltd > > www.theskylightguy.com > > 604-740-1018 > > > > > > On 2012-01-03, at 8:11 AM, PJBerr <berr@ROGERS.COM> wrote: > > > > All of us North Americans suffer from the outsourcing of the manufacture > of > > everything to cheap labour markets. They build junk because they build to > > 'spec'. Whose 'spec' are they building too do you suppose? Take a > > BlackBerry, iPhone or any other hi-tech item apart and see how > excellently > > they make stuff. > > > > Not only do we have them make our things, we have them make cheap junk to > > sell to ourselves. When you see garbage from China, it is the North > American > > company that asked them to build it so. > > > > Capitalism at its' finest. > > > > Cheers and Happy New Year! > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of > > Robert Mac Dowell > > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:18 AM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: cheap vanagon skylights > > > > This is the reason this country is the condition it is now. People want > > to save $9.00 on a cheap plastic piece of crap that is no where neare the > > quality of the other, just to save $9.00. > > -- Trevor GFAB Manufacturing Ltd www.TheSkylightGuy.com <http://www.theskylightguy.com/> 604-839-3597
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