Re: Accessories are expensive...

["e" <e@sbbs.se>]

Hi all, I just signed up to the list
Does the stock cargo net really cost about $90!  that is one hell of a
markup!
I got mine from PepBoys for about $15 and haven't had a problem with it,
it's been there for almost 2 years now. A friend at work just got a
Wolfsburg edition and they didn't even install his net!
Fortunately for the educated consumer there are a number of other outlets
for purchasing OEM & performance items.
I've bought items for both my Jetta and 87 Cabriolet from Mark at
Adirondack.  Last year a windshield washer fluid pump for the Cabriolet
ended up costing about half of what the dealer was charging.
www.germanautoparts.com or www.parts4vws.com seem to be two favorite places
to buy stuff.

ian

- -----Original Message-----
From: MAOberer@aol.com <MAOberer@aol.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: Accessories are expensive...


>the answer to why they do it is because they CAN!!!  They make their cars
>incompatible with most everything so that they can profit not only on the
cars
>themselves, but tenfold on their accessories or even tools to work on the
damn
>thing...which is good planning on their part from an economical standpoint,
>but it's never sucked so bad to be a consumer.
>
>Matt