Re: [T3] RMMW

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-charset windows-1255>I once enquired about some small items from RMM, and was told that the
shipping would be $62.

Needless to say I never troubled them again.

Daniel






> For those of us in Colorado, the demise of RMM comes as no surprise. Three
> years ago, when the Berg cruise came to Colorado, the show at RMM was
epic,
> and there warehouse was chock full of parts. Two years ago, they had filed
> for bankruptcy, and their warehouse was about half empty. Last year, the
> show had a pretty poor turnout, I think there were more water-cooled than
> air-cooled cars, and their warehouse was nearly empty. The top floor of
> their building, which used to contain their phone answering center and
> administrative offices was EMPTY. The writing has been on the wall for a
> long time with RMM.
>
> Douglas R. Gray
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mary Barbara [SMTP:marybiba@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:00 AM
> > To: comwest@att.net; type3@vwtype3.org
> > Subject: Re: [T3] RMMW
> >
> > Since we live in Woodland Park, we drove by RMMW yesterday, just to
check
> > it
> > out.  There were several large freighters lined up, loaded with the
racks
> > from the parts area and the building was starkly empty.
> >
> >
> > >From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
> > >Reply-To: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
> > >To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [T3] RMMW
> > >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:30:43 -0700
> > >
> > >RussW=> A little long ...
> > >
> > >Two paragraphs is *not* long. Of course, he didn't actually *say*
> > anything
> > >in them, so on that basis I might see your point.
> > >
> > >It seems to me that, if the new organization is indeed in the midst of
> > >deciding what parts to carry, whether in catalog or special order, this
> > >might be an opportune time for us Type 3 types to put together orders
of
> > >bits we've been intending to get around to buying and order up. Are
they
> > >still taking orders?
> > >
> > >Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
> > >'66 KG1600
> > >
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