I came to the conclusion that these yards are mostly dealing with shops and/or walk-ins and they don't see it as worth their time to respond to an individual/DIY inquiry from the internet. I kind of get that, but it's frustrating when you're seriously looking for a part.
Allan On Mon, Dec 20, 2021, at 2:37 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > I went back and looked in my notes. > > I put requests in at 7 different salvage yards that listed an E320 > wagon rear bumper between 20 and 150 miles away. none of them responded > after a week. I called the three closest to me, two didn’t know if they > had one and weren’t willing to check, the other simply said they didn’t > know and I could come by and look. > > What’s the point??? > > -D > > On Dec 20, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Interesting, I got front fenders for Angie's Golf on there. A newish > local yard staffed with young guys though... > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 2:17 PM, Allan Streib via > Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > And be ecstatic if they ever call you back or acknowledge your inquiry > in any way. > > I have had zero ... ZERO ... success buying anything (never even got a > response) from car-part.com<http://car-part.com> listings. > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021, at 11:47 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Search car-part.com<http://car-part.com> for the main pieces you need, > sort by distance and > write down who has what. Then call somebody who seems to have most of > it. > > Or just buy this and some painting supplies. > https://www.copart.com/lot/57810101/ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
