Greedy parts suppliers. - Page 2

Addicted · 12-02-15, 07:52 PM

I should point out I don't want to stand up for the particular supplier as I suspect I know who they are and they are rip off merchants

vorsprung durch technik · 12-02-15, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Addicted

I should point out I don't want to stand up for the particular supplier as I suspect I know who they are and they are rip off merchants

So who is he so we can avoid??

Addicted · 12-02-15, 08:23 PM

Curiously, the part I quoted this week looks identical to a quattro window clip! I wasn't given a part number, but it holds a trim around the window of a mk1 Scirocco..

vorsprung durch technik · 12-02-15, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addicted

Curiously, the part I quoted this week looks identical to a quattro window clip! I wasn't given a part number, but it holds a trim around the window of a mk1 Scirocco..

I am non the wiser.

4v6 · 13-02-15, 10:24 AM

Heres the part, heres the price and heres who to avoid for one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-ur-qu...item463262eb35

The other advert is here, should change their username to "Powered by Avarice".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-coupe...item46339bd00f

Addicted · 13-02-15, 10:44 AM

Ah OK, not the part or supplier I was thinking of...

However, if they've had a new tool made and run a batch off then my prices on page one still stand. Depending on the tool type and batch quantity (depending on projected sales) then its feasible and even quite likely that these parts owe them £3 each..

Looking at his other items I'm not convinced that the parts aren't printed on a FDM machine like mine... I've asked him..

Hanuman · 13-02-15, 12:09 PM

I'm pretty sure thats Andy Galloway, who in the absence of parts from Audi (NLA), went down the route of making his own. I know that one person supplied a number of similar parts to a body shop as part of a rebuild, for the parts to vanish, and still needing them.
I can't say for sure one way or the other, but the parts aren't free to produce. If there's a choice of alternatives, then great.

slammedAudi · 13-02-15, 12:28 PM

If he's producing these in small volume, then the price is not unreasonable.

I have some of these new and unused (bought for future projects before they became hard to get), and I would want more than a fiver a piece to sell them........

You can't be expecting to pay 1980's prices for stuff remade in 2015 after all.....

Addicted · 13-02-15, 04:15 PM

The parts ARE 3d printed, Andy has confirmed.

Isimmo · 13-02-15, 04:48 PM

I think the 'elephant in the room' is Audi Gmbh's approach to its heritage. TBH.

12-02-15, 07:52 PM	#11
Addicted Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 591	I should point out I don't want to stand up for the particular supplier as I suspect I know who they are and they are rip off merchants __________________ 1985 Type 81 2 door 2.8 V6 1983 Golf GTI track weapon 1977 Scirocco G60 1968 Sand Rail 2006 A4 2.0 TDI Avant = DEAD due to oil pump failure.. then alive.. then DEAD due to cam belt tensioner failure! and ALIVE again!!!

12-02-15, 08:23 PM	#13
Addicted Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 591	Curiously, the part I quoted this week looks identical to a quattro window clip! I wasn't given a part number, but it holds a trim around the window of a mk1 Scirocco.. __________________ 1985 Type 81 2 door 2.8 V6 1983 Golf GTI track weapon 1977 Scirocco G60 1968 Sand Rail 2006 A4 2.0 TDI Avant = DEAD due to oil pump failure.. then alive.. then DEAD due to cam belt tensioner failure! and ALIVE again!!!

13-02-15, 10:44 AM	#16
Addicted Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 591	Ah OK, not the part or supplier I was thinking of... However, if they've had a new tool made and run a batch off then my prices on page one still stand. Depending on the tool type and batch quantity (depending on projected sales) then its feasible and even quite likely that these parts owe them £3 each.. Looking at his other items I'm not convinced that the parts aren't printed on a FDM machine like mine... I've asked him.. __________________ 1985 Type 81 2 door 2.8 V6 1983 Golf GTI track weapon 1977 Scirocco G60 1968 Sand Rail 2006 A4 2.0 TDI Avant = DEAD due to oil pump failure.. then alive.. then DEAD due to cam belt tensioner failure! and ALIVE again!!! Last edited by Addicted; 13-02-15 at 10:55 AM.

13-02-15, 12:09 PM	#17
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	I'm pretty sure thats Andy Galloway, who in the absence of parts from Audi (NLA), went down the route of making his own. I know that one person supplied a number of similar parts to a body shop as part of a rebuild, for the parts to vanish, and still needing them. I can't say for sure one way or the other, but the parts aren't free to produce. If there's a choice of alternatives, then great. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

13-02-15, 04:15 PM	#19
Addicted Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 591	The parts ARE 3d printed, Andy has confirmed. __________________ 1985 Type 81 2 door 2.8 V6 1983 Golf GTI track weapon 1977 Scirocco G60 1968 Sand Rail 2006 A4 2.0 TDI Avant = DEAD due to oil pump failure.. then alive.. then DEAD due to cam belt tensioner failure! and ALIVE again!!!

13-02-15, 10:24 AM	#15
4v6 Ex Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,565	Heres the part, heres the price and heres who to avoid for one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-ur-qu...item463262eb35 The other advert is here, should change their username to "Powered by Avarice". http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-coupe...item46339bd00f

13-02-15, 12:28 PM	#18
slammedAudi Grown up member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 104	If he's producing these in small volume, then the price is not unreasonable. I have some of these new and unused (bought for future projects before they became hard to get), and I would want more than a fiver a piece to sell them........ You can't be expecting to pay 1980's prices for stuff remade in 2015 after all.....

13-02-15, 04:48 PM	#20
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	I think the 'elephant in the room' is Audi Gmbh's approach to its heritage. TBH. __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.