Finally something without rs6 tax!

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Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by amanda1 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:21 pm

Just ordered this little switch for the drivers door and it's going to cost me a massive.................. £16 incl vat from dealers. I do like prices like this :bigwave:


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Post by guy » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:31 pm

Should be about a fiver max I reckon!
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Post by tmg » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:25 pm

always remember many many years ago when I popped the mirror control knob off the switch on the door in a passat that I had. went to the parts counter at the local VAG distributor, and asked for a new one. I knew the guy at the counter, and he laughed when I asked for one (seemingly it was a common problem :)

disappeared in the back and came back with a switch in a bag, and asked me if I wanted the seat, skoda, vw or audi one. I asked him what was the difference and he said (and this is cloudy but I do remember the 6x differential between cheapest and dearest) something along the lines of 5, 7, 12 and 30 pounds (thats how long ago this was :)

and I asked him what the actual difference was and he said nothing - they are all this one here :)

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Re: Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by mik15 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:01 pm

bought the exact button for 8.27 pounds, brand new and original :), that was cheap indeed..also bought at the same time the front windows switches surrounding trim for the same price each...i guess they wanted to get rid of it as nobody buys them anymore. Here is a good one, we bought last year from Audi a brand new set of 4 x 19" rims for the RS6 C5 for about 1.146 pounds, they had it in their warehouse for the last 5-6 years and after an hour of negotiation with the manager we got them down to the above price from 3.274 pounds asking price, that was a really good deal. Also saw in their warehouse an 18' set for the RS6, they were willing to sell it for the same price, curious what other goodies they might have left in there...:)
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Post by audi_driver79 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:13 pm

Oooer mine got knocked off 4 years ago on my diesel so I just put some cellotape over it and its been no trouble since, forgot its there really!
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Post by bam_bam » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:34 pm

mik15 wrote:bought the exact button for 8.27 pounds, brand new and original :), that was cheap indeed..also bought at the same time the front windows switches surrounding trim for the same price each...i guess they wanted to get rid of it as nobody buys them anymore. Here is a good one, we bought last year from Audi a brand new set of 4 x 19" rims for the RS6 C5 for about 1.146 pounds, they had it in their warehouse for the last 5-6 years and after an hour of negotiation with the manager we got them down to the above price from 3.274 pounds asking price, that was a really good deal. Also saw in their warehouse an 18' set for the RS6, they were willing to sell it for the same price, curious what other goodies they might have left in there...:)
I read that as you bought a set of OEM RS6 Ronals for £1.14. Is that true?!?!?
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Post by imacool » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:59 pm

bam_bam wrote:
mik15 wrote:bought the exact button for 8.27 pounds, brand new and original :), that was cheap indeed..also bought at the same time the front windows switches surrounding trim for the same price each...i guess they wanted to get rid of it as nobody buys them anymore. Here is a good one, we bought last year from Audi a brand new set of 4 x 19" rims for the RS6 C5 for about 1.146 pounds, they had it in their warehouse for the last 5-6 years and after an hour of negotiation with the manager we got them down to the above price from 3.274 pounds asking price, that was a really good deal. Also saw in their warehouse an 18' set for the RS6, they were willing to sell it for the same price, curious what other goodies they might have left in there...:)
I read that as you bought a set of OEM RS6 Ronals for £1.14. Is that true?!?!?
A helluva discount, they went down from £3.27...
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Post by bam_bam » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:05 pm

Ballsy, if it were £3.27 I wouldn't have been haggling. That's crazy!
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Post by imacool » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:13 pm

I wonder how much the 18" set would be after negotiation. 99p?
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Re: Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by mik15 » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:17 pm

the power of dot :), good to have an accountant on the forum, so now replace the "." with a "," and you get the picture :beerchug: , and you get to keep the dot, for free ;)
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Re: Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by TechNick » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:26 am

Mind you, wouldn't put it past an accountant to haggle down from £3.27... ;)

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Post by bam_bam » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:50 am

mik15 wrote:the power of dot :), good to have an accountant on the forum, so now replace the "." with a "," and you get the picture :beerchug: , and you get to keep the dot, for free ;)
You're giving us your dot, for free?!
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Re: Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by Capt Ric » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:18 pm

Remember once an interior plastic light cover on ATR 42 ( mostly French aero plane) being identical to one in Citroen BX.
Apparently the airplane part was over £1000 !

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Re: Finally something without rs6 tax!

Post by Shoppinit » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:53 pm

The certification and traceability required for supplying aviation parts is brutal, though.
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