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Mon May 21, 2007 11:43 am

I need to place a $700.00+ order - was wondering if there is a "samba" discount?

If not, is there any other suppliers that offer one?

Mike

Mon May 21, 2007 11:51 am

MConverse wrote: I need to place a $700.00+ order - was wondering if there is a "samba" discount?

If not, is there any other suppliers that offer one?

Mike

I think Bus Depot's discount code is # # # # # (See VDubTech
post below)

Mon May 21, 2007 11:54 am

They have a 5% off projects $800 or more code on the main page.

Mon May 21, 2007 1:31 pm

The Bus Depot discount code will work for many products, and will be good for under $700.

Probably won't include tires, special orders, or engine buys.

Call the bus depot number 215 234 VWVW and ask, if you are interested.

Also, See VDubTech post below

Mon May 21, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks much folks, order placed.

Mike

Mon May 21, 2007 7:05 pm

damn, I just ordered some stuff today, and missed this thread till now. haha oh well, it wasn't huge anyway.

Tue May 22, 2007 5:09 am

Of course that discount code is for Type2 List members only, and is not for the general public. It's a great thing Ron does for us list members and I don't think it's the responsibility of anyone here to broadcast it to the world. If Ron wanted to give the entire world a discount, he would advertise said discount to the entire world. Why don't we stop publicizing the discount so that we can continue to utilize it......if I were ron I know it would piss me right off to offer this discount to certain members of a list, and then have some person with no affiliation to my company broadcast it for everyone. This thread should be deleted.

Tue May 22, 2007 5:39 am

My posts were edited for content.

Thanks, VDubTech for keeping this straight. I wasn't thinking...

Tue May 22, 2007 5:47 am

Sorry...not trying to be a dick or anything...I just feel if Ron wants to make it a general discount code for everyone's use, he would publicize it. Until then, it should be used as it was intended. Signing up for the T2 List BTW, is free.

Tue May 22, 2007 9:36 am

I thought "The Samba" got a discount - that's why I asked for the samba discount code. Signing up for the Type2 list now.

I agree it should be kept private if it was not intended for "samba" use.

Honeybus - thanks for trying to help, and thanks for editing your post accordingly.

VDubTech - thanks for pointing out our mistakes, and for being a gentleman about it.

Ron - Sorry if this caused any problems. As I said in my Email - Your support here on the samba, and all posts from folks in support of your company/products is why I chose to use The Bus Depot.

Mike

Tue May 22, 2007 10:16 am

MConverse wrote:

Ron - Sorry if this caused any problems. As I said in my Email - Your support here on the samba, and all posts from folks in support of your company/products is why I chose to use The Bus Depot.

Mike
i'm pretty sure Ron will still pay the light bill :wink:

Tue May 22, 2007 10:56 am

Back when I was just a Bus owner with a "real job," I was an early member of the first Vanagon list (which covered all VW vans, and later split into 4 lists: Vanagon, Type2, VintageBus, and EV_Update). It was on that list that I announced my decision to turn my hobby into my business, and all of my early customers were list members (some of whom are still active on the lists today). They were avid supporters of my new enterprise, and I largely owe my success today to their early (and ongoing) loyalty and support. In appreciation for this, I have always offered a discount to members of those lists.

The Samba? It didn't exist yet. Clearly there are many avid Bus and Vanagon hobbyists here who are a real asset to our community, and I do want to support you. Your active participation on this forum saves Buses; it helps others maintain them and keeps them out of the scrapyard. (Unfortunately, there are also a minority here who seem to take pleasure in blasting vendors; I've suffered more attacks on the Samba - some deserved, some not - than I ever have on all the mail lists combined. There, people tend to email me privately if they have a minor order problem or gripe rather than broadcasting it.)

I don't have a problem with extending the Type2 List discount to active Samba contributors. The problem is that the Samba pages are read by many people who aren't actually contributors; it's a bit different since it's an open website rather than a subscription-only email list. To post a discount code here would be to make it available to everyone who googles it, which frankly I can't afford to do (and that would dilute its original purpose).

I gave it some thought, and came up with this tentative solution. If you are an active Samba contributor (which I'll define, for now, as having a minimum of 12 posts, at least one of which was within the last 30 days), and are about to place a Bus Depot order, pm me for the code. I will confirm your status before replying with the code, and will honor the discount for one week. If you use the code within that week, you may continue to use it as long as you remain an active Samba contributor (at least one post within the last 30 days).

I'll have to see how this goes. If I am deluged with more requests than I can handle (or if people abuse it, like posting nonsense just to qualify for the code), I may have to retract the offer or tighten the criteria. So please don't pm me if you're not about to use the code for an order, or this could ruin it for everybody.

The discount is not huge, because I work at well-below-industry-average profit margins to begin with. But at 5% it will offset most of your shipping cost (so in effect you will get roughly free economy shipping). The discount applies only to orders over $50, with some exclusions (most notably Sale items, made-to-order or special-order items, engines/rebuilt heads/transaxles, tires/wheels, gift certificates, already-placed orders, and orders to which another discount has been applied). We also offer a publicized discount (code PROJ1200) for 10% off orders over $1200 with the same exclusions. The codes go in the "referral code" field on checkout, and are referenced in your order confirmation. If you phone your order in, simply specify the code number.

Feel free to pass this information on to users in other Samba forums. This thread happens to be in the Bay Window forum, but my offer is open to Samba contributors in all forums.