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curtis4085
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 Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject: Busdepot curtians for 79 Westy |
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Edit: Busdepot has great customer service and stand behind there products. Ron and Gang ( exspecially Matt) have been able to take care of any problems.
Manufacture had a mixup and New replacement curtains are in the works as we speak. The German curtains are superb quality, definetly happy with my purchase.
If ever i have a dollar to spend on a VW part it will be going to Busdepot for sure. CUstomer service is everything and so are quality parts and these guys have them both.
Update; these guys are on top of it and have been in contact. Solution is in the works. Best customer service award should be on there wall!
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Just to let you know, to properly sew a set of curtains takes hours. (having this done NOW) If you don't care about quality you can pound a set together in a couple hours.
I am having a set made and material costs alone are over $200. A least I can control the quality this way. It seems to be in life with every project a person undertakes, if you want it done right, generally you have to do it yourself, then if your not happy there is only one person to blame.
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| Before you throw Bus Depot under the Bus are you sure you have the right curtains in the correct spots? BUSOK and Kleift and Klok sell the same ones and I am willing to bet they all come from the same source. The Bus depot says they are made in the westfalia factory. I suppose you may have recieved a mismatched set but Ron will make good on it if you did. Did you label your original ones as to where they go? I have never had a bad transaction with Ron that was not taken care of. And that was only due to the fact that the parts I ordered were from a different country of origin than stated. Take a deep breath, you may just have them in the wrong spots. Good Luck. |
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curtis4085
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| Hoody wrote: | | Before you throw Bus Depot under the Bus are you sure you have the right curtains in the correct spots? BUSOK and Kleift and Klok sell the same ones and I am willing to bet they all come from the same source. The Bus depot says they are made in the westfalia factory. I suppose you may have recieved a mismatched set but Ron will make good on it if you did. Did you label your original ones as to where they go? I have never had a bad transaction with Ron that was not taken care of. And that was only due to the fact that the parts I ordered were from a different country of origin than stated. Take a deep breath, you may just have them in the wrong spots. Good Luck. |
Sorry...No not throwing anyone under the bus. I did say i hope they will make good on it and im sure they will. I have had many many transactions with them and never a problem. Probably one of my top favorite vendors. I guess im just bummed as it takes so long to get the curtians and i was so specific on my needs. I did explain i detail to them what my existing curtians look like. And yes i know exactly where the curtians go and how they mount. I took pictures prior to removing them.
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Relax curtis. Its Sunday and I feel your pain brother. Im sure they will honor the sale if its wrong. Make sure you put them in right-if so and are wrong Im sure they will make it right.
Now, $500 are you crazy! 
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curtis4085
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Now, $500 are you crazy! |
the material alone is $30 plus a yard... Suppose to be OG material. I wanted the best and quality cost money. The quality and color are perfect. I just need to get the right ones so they fit.
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| notchboy wrote: | Relax curtis. Its Sunday and I feel your pain brother. Im sure they will honor the sale if its wrong. Make sure you put them in right-if so and are wrong Im sure they will make it right.
Now, $500 are you crazy!
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it keeps out heat better...no really this shit happens...does not matter what hobby, what planet, what car, it just happens. most likely they are a vanagon design. sounds like the ones i had.
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| 420GOAT wrote: | | it keeps out heat better...no really this shit happens...does not matter what hobby, what planet, what car, it just happens. most likely they are a vanagon design. sounds like the ones i had. |
maybe Vanagon style as the rear window curtian was taller than all the curtains. almost twice as tall as my origanal rear curtain. It will all come together in the end im sure.
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| crushie wrote: | Just to let you know, to properly sew a set of curtains takes hours. (having this done NOW) If you don't care about quality you can pound a set together in a couple hours.
I am having a set made and material costs alone are over $200. A least I can control the quality this way. It seems to be in life with every project a person undertakes, if you want it done right, generally you have to do it yourself, then if your not happy there is only one person to blame.
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Nonsense. It's all straight hems and easy sewing. I've made a couple of full sets and there's really not much to it. You pay for the material you want.
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| Bloog wrote: | | crushie wrote: | Just to let you know, to properly sew a set of curtains takes hours. (having this done NOW) If you don't care about quality you can pound a set together in a couple hours.
I am having a set made and material costs alone are over $200. A least I can control the quality this way. It seems to be in life with every project a person undertakes, if you want it done right, generally you have to do it yourself, then if your not happy there is only one person to blame.
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Nonsense. It's all straight hems and easy sewing. I've made a couple of full sets and there's really not much to it. You pay for the material you want. |
I would love to see you handy seamstress work. Since you have 0 pic's maybe you can post 1 pic of your skills? |
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| Bloog wrote: | | crushie wrote: | Just to let you know, to properly sew a set of curtains takes hours. (having this done NOW) If you don't care about quality you can pound a set together in a couple hours.
I am having a set made and material costs alone are over $200. A least I can control the quality this way. It seems to be in life with every project a person undertakes, if you want it done right, generally you have to do it yourself, then if your not happy there is only one person to blame.
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Nonsense. It's all straight hems and easy sewing. I've made a couple of full sets and there's really not much to it. You pay for the material you want. |
I would have to agree... I made a set for my bus in November, while I was on vacation... just before a VW show... from cutting my material (almost $300 worth of vintage cloth) to measuring, to pinning, to sewing with just your average sewing machine... yeah there were quite a few hours logged. But if I added all the hours together it would have been done in one day. I did it over a few days and just a couple of hours at a time. If I would have had more of an industrial sewing machine, and probably if I wouldn't have been using 30 year old thread... it would have gone a lot smoother and taken even less time. As it is, I LOVE my curtains, and you will NEVER find another set like them!
As far as putting the curtains on the right windows... You have the front curtain, the slider door curtain, the short rear curtains with rods top and bottom, and then the other three sets are all the same so far as I know?!?! How can you mix those up? They are all unique.
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that saucks, especially if your at the stage of installing them....now you have to wait 
i'm sure they will correct this, maybe even throw in something for your hassle!
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| crushie wrote: | | Bloog wrote: | | crushie wrote: | Just to let you know, to properly sew a set of curtains takes hours. (having this done NOW) If you don't care about quality you can pound a set together in a couple hours.
I am having a set made and material costs alone are over $200. A least I can control the quality this way. It seems to be in life with every project a person undertakes, if you want it done right, generally you have to do it yourself, then if your not happy there is only one person to blame.
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Nonsense. It's all straight hems and easy sewing. I've made a couple of full sets and there's really not much to it. You pay for the material you want. |
I would love to see you handy seamstress work. Since you have 0 pic's maybe you can post 1 pic of your skills? |
Maybe I'll have a chance to take a pic and post it later...
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The mateial is close but not exact. The og stuff has a fatter loose weave compaired to the new, atleast the set I saw. No big deal and most people wont even know. My GF found the same material at Michaels in white.
So we now have all the shit to make two maybe three sets. To include material, sewing machine (nice industrial one used for the seats as well) and some dye and dye remover. Cost? More than $500 at this point but I can get 3 sets Cost for the GFs labor, Im thinking Ill pay several chores around the home not to include projects requiring my manly touch, a twelver of Corona and lime, two or three dinners and maybe a movie. Thats like what? $150-$200 more $ out of pocket? But Im sure Ill be getting some night time residuals from all that anyway So it works out.
On top of all this I have yet to take my faded yellow set, use rit dye remover on them and re dye a bright yellow  Recon og salvage resto curtains.
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| If the yellow ones are the same material as the late bays don't waste your time....it won't work. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Ron and his team are on top of it. I spoke with Matt today and all will be handled in time. I have to take some pictures of the new and existing curtians to show the differences so we can make sure we are moving in the right direction.
The fix for the front may be just moving the A pillar snaps to make it fit properly. All though i noticed the new front curtian is not the same design. Its taller and does not have the corners notched out at the bottom of curtain where it would bend a 90 at the A pillar. Its just a long piece of fabric no snaps, generic.
The rear curtian they said they should be able to get right size no problem and the slider door curtian i am sending pictures so we can make sure the replacement is applicable to my needs. My needs are simple and complex, Stock stock stock.
tHE good thing is you can count on busdepot to stand behind there products and a solution is afoot.
THanks Ron and all the gang at Busdepot.com for all there hard work and there great products.
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73 Westfalia (accident)
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