Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 117, Issue 1

[Craig Williamson (da-rolls]

Obviously they saw a sucker & took advantage of you. Didn't you get a quote 
first?

You could have done it yourself with a new piece of plastic for pennies, or 
cleaned up the scratches with polishing compound.
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>   1. $277.50 for a new glass for the clock (Michel Savard)
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> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:58:18 -0400
> From: "Michel Savard" <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
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> Subject: [Ferrari] $277.50 for a new glass for the clock
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> Remember my foggy looking glass for the clock ?
> Well it's back home now. Total cost $277.50 canadian. Here is the run 
> down:
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> $26.24 for shipping it to WEST VALLEY (instrument specialists) in 
> California from Montreal.
> $182.00 ($140 u.s., exchange rate 1.30, west valley charged me for repair 
> and shipping.
> $69.26 Canada customs charged me.
> Total $277.50 canadian
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> I should not be paying customs for an item that was sent for repair. This 
> one I don't understand at all. West Valley put a value of $300 u.s. on the 
> bill for insurance purposes. Then Canada Customs charged me on that value. 
> Ridiculous. I think I'll take my chance and call Canada Customs.
> It's one of those things where you say to yourself  'if I had known 
> beforehand, I would have left the foggy glass on. The clock was working 
> and I could see the time anyway. All this because I could not get the stem 
> out myself. I was afraid to break it.
>
> Oh well, the price of owning your Dream Ferrari
>
> Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)
> P.S.: I hope they didn't break it, I'll have to wait for spring to know. 
> SCARY thought.
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