I'm sure, Harmut means well. He is aware of a couple of situations when forum members ask me to locate/acquire parts in the US. Then subsequently bought them elsewhere leaving me "holding the bag" so to speak. It would be fine if I was a business enterprise. Often, I buy the part and transfer to the forum member at zero profit to me. It's a service to the community which Hartmut provides himself.
The point you might have missed (and he did not) was that I have an AFM patch harness that you seek. I would not want to burden Hartmut of keeping it on his shelf when it serves just as well on mine. This is not about the money but community. Otherwise, I would be asking twice the price I paid because that is the going rate for them in the US.
With regards to VW inventory control, they frequently quote what is "in the country" in every country. It doesn't always mean they will be NLA ( no longer available). I recall coming into possession of the "last Syncro shift knob in the US". I bought it immediately. A few weeks later, more inventory came in from Europe to acquire the title 'last shift knob in America.'
On a side note, Aussie Syncro shift knobs and those on American Syncros are the same. Those on German Syncros are different. Can anyone tell me what's different?
BenT
On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:24 PM, "David" <davidleibmann@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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> Unusual Reply?
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> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Hartmut Kiehn" <hartis@...> wrote:
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>> Hi Ben,
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>> Funny those guys, anyway, if none of them has bought the unit you have
>> please send it to me , always good to have a spare... Still have your bank
>> details. Hartis
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