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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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The big brown truck left a ZIP parts order . ( two days early ) thanks. Everything perfect as usual .
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 06:12 PM
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I find them to be really fast on filling orders as well.
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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I placed an order with them last night and it shipped today
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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I have used Zip many times, never had any problems at all, very good service. Even for up here in Canada.
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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I've used them several times...a big fan of Zip right here!
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I love Zip, been using them since I got my Vette, great people over there.
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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its nice to hear the good service stories. its just as usefull as the stories of bad service as to where i will shop in the future.
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I have been using Zip for about 2 years now.Always had fast,great service.
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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I have been using them more and they do ship fast and orders are right.

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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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Not the cheapest, but usually nothing wrong with their parts. Some have had issues when Zip worked on their cars, but that's another post entirely.
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I run a local repair, maintenance & restoration shop and Zip has been great to work with and very helpful. Bobby in customer service is great!
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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Thank you for all the replies. We try very hard to please every customer.
Not sure what young69owner is saying about service, as far as I know we have no issues.
As far as being the cheapest, I will be the first to say that we are not, not because we charge more, but I try very hard to have the best quality parts and to have them in stock. You cannot compete with a part made in the USA vs. one that is made overseas and there seems to be allot of that out there right now. It has gotten so bad with some suppliers that there is now reproductions of reproductions, we work very hard to sort through these and have the best parts available to our customers, but sometimes it might meant that someone will have something for a better price, but not the same part. If it is the same part and they have a cheaper price, we have a price matching policy that would make it the same price, so I guess they would not be cheaper anymore.
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Originally Posted by oldsarge
I have used Zip many times, never had any problems at all, very good service. Even for up here in Canada.
Did ZIP collect the "extra charges" at the time of order?... Delivery, duty, CDN taxes etc?
Or did you pay them at delivery to the carrier? What carrier do they use?

Ive been using Corvette Central. They collect everything $ wise at the time of order. Works good for me, in Northern Ontario.

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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Dodosmike
Did ZIP collect the "extra charges" at the time of order?... Delivery, duty, CDN taxes etc?
Or did you pay them at delivery to the carrier? What carrier do they use?

Ive been using Corvette Central. They collect everything $ wise at the time of order. Works good for me, in Northern Ontario.

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For Canadian orders we will take the order and do not charge shipping upfront, then we box everything and get the exact shipping amount from UPS (don't want to overcharge you), then we call/email you to make sure the shipping is ok (it gets expensive sometimes) then we add it to the order once you authorize it. all Delivery, duty, CDN taxes, etc. are paid for you already.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by PriceatZIP
For Canadian orders we will take the order and do not charge shipping upfront, then we box everything and get the exact shipping amount from UPS (don't want to overcharge you), then we call/email you to make sure the shipping is ok (it gets expensive sometimes) then we add it to the order once you authorize it. all Delivery, duty, CDN taxes, etc. are paid for you already.
COOL......good to know.
Now I have another "arrow in my quiver" for parts providors.

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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jabbott
Thank you for all the replies. We try very hard to please every customer.
Not sure what young69owner is saying about service, as far as I know we have no issues.
As far as being the cheapest, I will be the first to say that we are not, not because we charge more, but I try very hard to have the best quality parts and to have them in stock. You cannot compete with a part made in the USA vs. one that is made overseas and there seems to be allot of that out there right now. It has gotten so bad with some suppliers that there is now reproductions of reproductions, we work very hard to sort through these and have the best parts available to our customers, but sometimes it might meant that someone will have something for a better price, but not the same part. If it is the same part and they have a cheaper price, we have a price matching policy that would make it the same price, so I guess they would not be cheaper anymore.
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Maybe I just look at the wrong venders to campare prices. But I have found Zips to be one of the cheaper places (price wise that is) I like thier web site that shows the part in stock or not. Very easy to deal with company.

Ok I do have one quistion from you, why would some parts be not shown in a year car but when you search for that part alone you find it? Small concern, great buissness to by from. Thanks
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Manuel Azevedo
Maybe I just look at the wrong venders to campare prices. But I have found Zips to be one of the cheaper places (price wise that is) I like thier web site that shows the part in stock or not. Very easy to deal with company.

Ok I do have one quistion from you, why would some parts be not shown in a year car but when you search for that part alone you find it? Small concern, great buissness to by from. Thanks
I don't know, do you mean when you search for something on a 70 it does not bring it up and then when you search the part by name is does? Do you have an example I can go with so I can look into this.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jabbott
I don't know, do you mean when you search for something on a 70 it does not bring it up and then when you search the part by name is does? Do you have an example I can go with so I can look into this.
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Yes try a brake light switch for a 68. Thanks
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Here is what we have. I searched a 1968 brake light switch and it did pull it up, but it pulled anything with brake, light, switch in the title up. We are working on this in the search fields. Here is what the webpage showed under the search results.
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