[s-cars] Parts suppliers

[LL - NY]

Although interesting anecdotal stories, I think it is somewhat irresponsible
to spread unverified reports. Your mention of the pricey sunvisor is at
least personal experience (as was mine, I priced through them since I could
drive through on numerous occasions, and ended up with other vendors b/c the
quoted price was as much as other vendor's shipped prices, not including the
gas I would've used) the rest is hearsay. Yes, I realize this is a public
forum, but such reports could be considered slander and at least IMHO
shouldn't be reported.

LL -  NY

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Peter Dowker<pdowker at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > So as I pepper the list with questions....
> >
> > Any perspective on Shokan as a parts house in terms of quality and
> > professionalism?
>
> I recently ran into someone who knew a member of the Shokan 'clan',
> via another automotive community.  The person claimed, and I have no
> way to verify this, that everything magically came from cars with a
> specific mileage on them if someone asked...I think it was 42k?
>
> I've heard over the years a number of horror stories, including
> someone who was clearly shipped the wrong part, shipped it back, and
> was refused a refund because "you installed it", and others have been
> told that they had returned a different part than what they got (ie,
> "we sent you a working part and you're trying to get your money
> back.")
>
> I also will never forget calling them back around '94-'95 looking for
> a used sun visor for The Car I Was Permitted The Use Of, and being
> quoted a price nearly as high as the dealer was asking for a new one.
>
> As for alternative parts sources:
> http://www.audifans.com/kb/Parts_suppliers
>
> That list receives updates and contributions from fellow list members.
>  There's a listing of companies on one page (ie just contact info and
> bare facts), and it links to another page with all of the
> recommendations/avoids (ie, the opinions.)
>
> -Brett
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