Re: Great price on Repco Metal Masters & tranny seals

[Vikram Mittal <quattro@vulcan.gep.ge.com>]

On Wed, 16 Aug 1995, Eddi Jew wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 14:14:12 -0700
> From: Eddi Jew <jew@rysa.dtc.hp.com>
> To: Vikram Mittal <quattro@vulcan.gep.ge.com>
> Cc: quattro <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Subject: Re: Great price on Repco Metal Masters & tranny seals 
> 
> 
>  > I just bought set of Repco Metal Masters for the front on my 1990 Audi 100.
>  > I shopped everywhere and I think I got a great price of $42 + $3 S/H
>  > from Mid-Atlantic Autotechnik. The have an ad. in the European Car magazine.
>  > 
>  > They definately took their time (8-9 days) sending it to me but I think the
>  > price was pretty good (I may be totally off base here). I have no affiliatio
>  > n
>  > with these guys but just wanted to share this info.
> 
> Be careful with Mid-Atlantic (aka European Traffic). Some people (person?) 
> on the net had a lot of problems with Mid-Atlantic. The archives for the 
> Parts Vendor List shows (him) as "VENDORS TO BEWARE OF". 
> 
> My experience with "Dan" was similar to yours- good pricing, slow delivery.
> I think it's one of those one-man operations that is busy but isn't very 
> organized. But still, when comparing the one-time dealings with Mid-Atlantic 
> and Strano's, I got better service/price (and less screwups) from Mid-Atlantic.

I definately agree with the fact that they are a one man unit that is 
disorganized, but Stranos' price for this item was about 50% higher !!!

Regards,
Vikram.



> 
> YMMV.
> 
> -- Eddi
>