Parts Place was: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI de-tuned European

[Harmon Seaver]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 05:52:24PM -0400, Bob O Shaughnessy wrote:
>
>     Please keep in mind the many warnings about dealing with Parts Place.  I
> and others have railed against them for years based on horrible personal
> experiences of used, broken parts sold as new, the complete and utter lack
> of return policies, the inconsistent prices and other issues.  There was a
> story on the Vanagon list a few years back of a woman who lived near them
> being ripped off so badly that it would make some of the worst scam artists
> blush.
>
>     I for one, wouldn't expect a word of truth out of them concerning the
> TDI engines that they are selling, nor would I recommend that anyone spend a
> dime with them.
>

    Yeah, I was going to mention that. Never got totally ripped off by them
except on prices. They are (or were last I looked) incredibly expensive for a
lot of stuff.

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Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
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