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Re: Low Prices on WW Rotors and cheap tops and carpets

To: Patton Dickson <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>, Spridget List <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Low Prices on WW Rotors and cheap tops and carpets
From: Foxy Dave <dfox@blarg.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:44:57 -0800
In-reply-to: <35211145.C3632D0@worldnet.att.net>
Reply-to: Foxy Dave <dfox@blarg.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
I went looking for them on the web to get the address
and found this. I might rather spend a few more bucks somewhere else instead.

Special Interest Car Parts
   1340 Hartford Avenue
   Johnston, R.I. 02919
   800-556-7496
   800-851-5600

   They have a lot of original TR7 and 8 parts some of them at super low
prices. -Fred Smith. I had been
   wondering how Special Interest Car parts can offer such great sale
prices (the buyer for the local brit. car
   place wonders also.) Now I think I know. Once you buy something, that's
it. I bought two MGB front
   suspension kits and one of the king pins is defective. The only way to
return something is with a UPS call
   tag. So, I call up SIC to do the return. The first day the sales people
can't get through to the customer
   service person (yes, one person). So I leave a message. No call back.
The next day same thing.
   Yesterday, four calls, four messages, same thing. Today, two calls and
the customer service person has
   left and won't be back at her desk until Monday, it's only 2:00. How can
a company that does the volume
   of business they do, only have one person doing customer service? I
guess if they never take any returns,
   then they can sell stuff cheaper. -Dean_Zywicki. Special Interest sent
me a manifold for a 77 or later
   Midget but I have a 1975. As near as I can tell the ports and the flange
to the exhaust system are the
   same but the EGR is located on the top of the manifold instead of on the
bottom front. I paid SI $200 for
   this one and they won't refund my money. Apparently they only give
credits! -John Loucks.


At 07:52 AM 3/31/98 -0800, Patton Dickson wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>I got Special Interest Car Parts flyer last night, as usual more MGB,
>Jag, and Triumph stuff than Spridget.  There was a super low price on
>wire wheel rotors, they were under $10 each (I left the flyer at home). 
>
>Also carpet kits (black and saddle) were in the $99 range, and tops in
>the $139 range.  They had both the early 1275 top and the later tops for
>this price.  I saw they had some earlier tops also, but I didn't note
>the price. 
>
>Once again, remember who you are dealing with here, they have cheap
>prices, but are awful with returns, and I have heard that they can buy
>from cheap suppliers.  All said and done, I will probably order a top. 
>Unfortunately I just bought and installed a set of NOS rotors for my WW
>conversion, and I was happy when I paid $25 for the set, oh well.
>
>Take care,
>
>Patton
>
>
>-- 
>Patton Dickson                   Dallas, TX
>
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> 


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