[urq] Audi's Fire Sale

[James Howard]

BTW the offer is open until October 31st
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bhowell at rmi.net>
To: <steven.buchholz at kla-tencor.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] Audi's Fire Sale


> Do you have ETKA? If yes, then you can do what I did, use the "ATP"
> function, type the part number in and ETKA will take you to the page that
> the part number appears on. On the older versions of ETKA, you have to
> actually be in the catalog that the part applies to (e.g. you can't be in
> the catalog for a V8, enter the number for a Sport Quattro fender and have
> it take you there.) They fixed that in later versions of ETKA, but I don't
> know exactly when. In this case it wouldn't really matter because the 
> whole
> list of parts would apply to the Sport/UrQuatto catalog.
>
> It is PAINFULLY time consuming, but just a basic understanding of German
> can get you through a few of them without have to look it up. 
> "Motorblock",
> for example, isn't all the difficult to grasp, but one would still have to
> look it up to assertain fitment. Still, I think the list is 15 pages
> printed out on 8.5x11 and I easily have 3 to 4 hours into it and I didn't
> get through all the pages. Having a basic understanding of VAG's numbering
> system makes a big difference too.
>
> As for ordering, I didn't realize they were only available to members of a
> certain group. I guess that translating that cover page wasn't a priority
> for me. I ordered from VAGPARTS.COM, as they are in the UK, so
> communication was easy, they take credit cards and they ship to the USA.
> Although, I will say that they were almost 25% higher on thier price that
> was was quoted on Audi "Fire Sale" list. It didn't really make that big of
> a difference to me because I was ordering a $40 part, so I was willing to
> pay the extra $10 for the abilty to order off "the list". I suppose they
> are probably paying the price that is advertised and then making thier 
> mark
> up. Now, if you were ordering that Sport Quattro gear box, you may not 
> like
> the 25% hit. :-)
>
> HTH!
>
> Ben
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Buchholz, Steven Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:21:35 -0700
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] Audi's Fire Sale (was: The End)
>
>
> Thanks Ben!  No flame thrower on this keyboard ...
>>
>> I, personally, ordered ONE part off that list and I would be the first
> to
>> call myself a parts whore. Now, if you are a Sport Q owner, this is
> your
>> time! As they say, "Act now", "limited time only", "One time offer",
> or
>> whatever cliche' you want to belch out. There are parts on that list
> that
>> will save your ass down the line and you will not be able to get ever
> again
>> and the prices are actually reasonable and borderline cheap.
>>
>> So, as owners, do we take advantage of the situation and get what we
> can
>> into actual owner's hands? or do we bitch about it? Yeah, there are
> going
>> to be a ton of people that snap this stuff up and re-list it on Ebay.
> Could
>> it be said that, at least they HAVE hit the market? Let Ebay set the
>> market, not Audi!
>>
> ... so ... how did you order a part from the list?  AFAIK we have no
> link to the organization ... if we could find a way to get parts ... is
> there anyone who has a list that is a bit easier to decipher?
>
> Steve B
> ... another Audi parts whore ...
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