Another Blau Story

[jesper moreau]

SJMautotechnik is really good. Giv'em a try (just a happy customer)

On 1/21/06, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> OK, so who IS a good general parts source.  GPR is very apologetic, but
> shipping me Chinese copies as OEM (ignition switch).  Oddly, so far its
> been better than OEM :-)
>
> Grant
> On Jan 21, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:
>
> > In addition to their phone system being a mess, their website is nearly
> > worthless as well.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On
> > Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:25 AM
> > To: Michael Palatas
> > Cc: quattro at audifans.com; 200q20v List
> > Subject: Re: Another Blau Story
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 21, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Michael Palatas wrote:
> >
> >> Wouldn't you know, when they arrived, they were cheapo knockoffs,
> >> with aluminum conductor elements instead of the brass ones and the
> >> bakelite was cheap/light as well.
> >
> > That's because Blau uses a lot of parts made in China for the company
> > licensing older Audi designs, and gets away with it by omission; I've
> > warned listers about it once or twice a while back.  I received a
> > replacement coolant tank which was lettered in Chinese.
> >
> > If I had known it wasn't an exact duplicate, not OEM...or seen a
> > clear picture, I wouldn't have bought.
> >
> > Their phone system is horrendous; you have to navigate several menus
> > just to talk to anyone, and there really aren't THAT many people in
> > the place.  When you hold for someone, you get a 5-10 second "hold"
> > and then "that extension isn't available, would you like to continue
> > to hold", and if you don't respond, you're hung up on.
> >
> > It's a real shame that there are very few legitimate places to go
> > anymore for cheap parts; Shokan's been known to be difficult for over
> > a decade, and Blau's turned into much the same.
> >
> > Don't I recall them also using photos of people's cars without
> > permission, with Blau windshield banners and such photoshopped in?(or
> > am I imagining things?)
> >
> > Brett
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Jesper Moreau
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