Good for Peter, I know he had many suiters but few have the space or network to take something like that and run with it.
       I think it will only be a positive thing for all parties. The only downside will be that us local guys will have to wait another day to get parts instead of overnight, or once or twice actually the same day. 
        I would have thought that GW would have bought it and made themselves a super power. Good for us they didn't, as now we still have a friendly competition between the two. I was shocked the first time I ordered a part from VC and it was a GW part. It was then I realized that GW is now a Brand and not just a parts supplier. They sell a few of my products as did VC and I look forward to the future.
        
                                               Stacy

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> On Jan 7, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Peter is retiring, Santa Cruz shop is closing Jan 17th:
> http://www.van-cafe.com/newsupdates/#q2788
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> 
> Stuart