RE: Buying from Vendors (was:[DML] T-panel foam)

[Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gotta respond.  


As a DeLorean owner since September 1982, my
experience with "the vendors"  - except for ONE - has
always been professional and prompt.  Help via phone
to me or to a local mechanic here in Colorado is
always available at no charge.  

Yes, on some occasions, the part I've needed has been
a slight amount more than I might have been able to
negotiate elsewhere, but not very often.  And, if it
doesn't work, doesn't fit, or I just plain ordered the
wrong part - - I can exchange it with no questions
asked.

As a former moderator, I can assure you that there is
neither an overt nor covert relationship between the
vendors and the DML.  

Buy your parts where ever you wnat, but don't get
upset when others suggest supporting the DeLorean
vendor community.

Dick Ryan
VIN 16867






--- MATTHEW D SPITTLE <supermatty@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 106722 INSULATION, ROOF PNL $38.18 
> 
> $38 for a piece of foam, plus shipping.  That's
> expensive for a college student,
> even one working full-time.  
>   
> I'm not having much luck with the vendors lately.  I
> basically don't buy from
> the vendors unless it's DeLorean specific.  Some
> examples:
> 
> One time I ordered a hood latch spring from a
> vendor.  The cost was $2.95.  When
> the spring arrived, I saw that the total sale was
> $17.  Yes, it was $14 for
> them to ship a spring to me.  It could have fit in a
> regular envelope with a
> single stamp.  When I installed this high quality,
> SEVENTEEN-DOLLAR-SPRING, it
> didn't make my hood *pop* open any more than the
> original one did.  So, I went
> to Ace Hardware, picked up a spring for $1.50, and
> now my hood pops open!  
> 
> Another vendor I called 3 times so far about getting
> door keylocks, but no luck
> so far in getting back to me, and it's been almost a
> month.  I tried another
> vendor, but they said the locks aren't available. 
> Oh well, it must not be that
> important.     
> 
> I won't mention all the times when I was a newer
> owner and I found out by
> calling one of the vendors that something I need
> wasn't available.  Well, let
> me mention one...one time, I called a vendor and
> realized I wouldn't ever be
> able to have a functioning engine compartment cover
> because there were no more
> hinges available.  
> 
> So these are the events that inspire me to boycott
> the vendors for all but the
> most exclusive/unreproduceable parts.  If you feel
> the same way I do, let me
> recommend E-Bay (www.ebay.com) and Josh Haldeman
> (jhaldeman@xxxxxxxx) as a
> source for your DeLorean parts.  Neither of the said
> sources ever run out of
> certain parts; neither take multiple phone calls to
> ensure items are shipped,
> and neither charges me over 4 times the cost of the
> total order to have it
> shipped.  
> 
> Last time I checked, the DML was independently
> operated, without commission from
> vendors(or is it?).  For this reason, I would like
> to respectfully ask the
> moderator to add the phrase, "Go get one from the
> vendors." and all
> permutations of that phrase, to the list of items
> which are caught in the net
> during the moderating process.  
> 
> I've heard the argument; that if we don't buy all of
> our nuts and bolts from a
> vendor, then we won't fund the remanufacturing of
> new products that aren't
> available.  Well, either those new products, or the
> vendor's new Ferrari.  
> 
> I'm not trying to stomp on anyone's toes, but I
> think we need to remember
> consumers drive certain merchants to sell, not the
> other way around.
> 
> Matt
> #1604
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:41:12 +0000, Travis Goodwin
> wrote:
> 
> > The T Panel has a custom shaped piece of foam.
> It's best if you just pick it
> > up from a vendor, their not very expensive.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt [mailto:supermatty@xxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:37 PM
> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DML] T-panel foam
> > 
> > What kind of foam is used for underneath the
> T-panel?  Can I get 
> > this at Lowes?  
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Matt
> > #1604
> > 
> > 
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