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--- Al Fitz <alfitz@alfitz.com> wrote: > I bought a car at an auction on Long Island NY (99 > VW bug) and had it > shipped to the local VW dealer for an estimate and > to have a key made. They > charged me $200 to make a key and $160 to look at > the car. I expected a > charge but thought that was excessive, BUT when he > also charged me $400 for > STORAGE on the car he was working on, I thought that > was a RIP-OFF. > > So if you ever have an opportunity to deal with: > > Donaldson's VW > 5700 Sunrise Highway > Sayville NY 11782 > > DON'T DO IT. They are the worst of the worst type of > dealer!!!! While I know this thread is off topic, I will warn others about Donaldsons. I believe they have a fairly good reputation on the island, but I have had nothing but grief with them. Unfortunately, they're just across the street from me, which means I have to now go WAY out of my way to another dealership when I need someone who knows what they're doing to work on my car. Check out my rant on this very dealership: http://www.tiserves.com/VW/myvws/97jetta/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org