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Subject:Re: Rock Auto makes it good
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 2 Dec 2014 11:14:43 -0600

Nope.

Jim

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@comcast.net>
wrote:

> I just looked at their site, with today"s competitive glass market it seems
> like you could almost get installed at that price. I'd love to sell glass
> only at the price. Can"t you find one locally ?
>
>                                                    Stacy
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I forgot to mention that they often have 5% discount coupons that can be
> > found with a Google search.  I've always been able to find one.  I've
> also
> > found their shipping charges to be low as well.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of Jim Felder
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 8:22 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Rock Auto makes it good
> >
> > After looking around for the better part of a year, I finally decided to
> go
> > to Rock Auto for my Vanagon windshield. They are not very easy to find
> > these days.
> >
> > The price was not bad, considering that I paid almost that much when my
> > Jetta windshield got smashed on the road.
> >
> > It arrived in less than a week---broken. It was broken in at least ten
> > places. I went online to the return button on the first page and in ten
> > minutes I had printed out a prepaid return label for the box. Fifteen
> > minutes after that, on a friday afternoon, I have the thing unloaded at
> > fedex.
> >
> > The acceptance of the package at fedex automatically notified Rock Auto
> > that the windshield was on its way back to them, which automatically
> > triggered the shipment of another item to me, which shipped yesterday and
> > should be here on Friday.
> >
> > Nobody can say whether the windshield was already broken when Rock Auto
> > received it, or if it was broken by the carrier. I hope the next one was
> > handled or packed better than the last one. But, you can't beat the
> > service.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
>
>
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