time to de-list bad vendors?

[Kneale Brownson]

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At 09:52 PM 09/14/2002 -0700, The Loves wrote:

>Just make sure you know your part numbers.
>In the last three years I have received 2 wrong belts, one wrong idler
>pulley and two wrong cam seals. All of these for my 4kq.
>No biggie though considering the great service and great prices.
>Rod at TPC still ranks at the very top of all vendors I have had the
>pleasure of dealing with.
>Hats off to Rod

If you order a specific parts number, without telling Rod the application,
they'll ship what you order.  If you order by both parts number and
application, Rod will question an inappropriate number or ask for the VIN
to verify a parts number that changed during a model life.  I once ordered
a replacement hose on one of our 4kq's from the number molded into the hose
I took off.  He said it was not the right hose for that year 4kq, but
supplied it because it matched what came off.  Possibly the engine had been
replaced before we acquired it.
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