I’ve known Randy since 1989 when he had a storefront operation in Santa Barbara. Good guy, a real bulldog when it comes to finding a part that’s obscure or difficult to identify.
I used to visit him when I traveled out there, usually without notice. I would just wander into the store like any customer and walk up to the counter, asking him for parts for (my) a 1979 300TD. The first time I did it he just about lost it when he saw the name on my credit card. Hee. I paid his way to Startech in the early 2000s when it was in Milwaukee. I also contributed heavily to his daughter’s college fund through my parts purchases. Randy is a really good honest businessman who does well for his customers. The Internet killed his business, however. Too much competition on price. However, he continues to amass all the NOS parts he can get his hands on. He buys up inventories, dealer stock that’s too old to rotate back to MBUSA, you name it. He keeps it all in a warehouse in Goleta outside Santa Barbara and pretty much works via email to the best of my knowledge. I would buy from him now if he sold current parts. Dan > On Jun 13, 2015, at 3:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I've purchased 111 parts from him in the distant past when I had several > 3.5 coupes and a 109 sedan. > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> He’s around, he just does NOS stuff now, I think. Let me drop him a note >> and see what’s up. >> >> Dan >> >> >>> On Jun 12, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> He may very well be, although I never got a response to my email in >> which I >>> shamelessly dropped Dan P's name.. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Dan, nice to hear that Randy is back in the game. Years ago I >>>> found an old website of his and somehow we ended up talking on the >> phone, >>>> he apologized for leaving the old site up, said he was out of the >> business. >>>> -- >>>> Max Dillon >>>> Charleston SC >>>> '87 300TD >>>> '95 E300 >>>> >>>> On June 11, 2015 1:58:06 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here’s what I suggest: >>>>> >>>>> Contact Randy Steele at EPS, Ltd. >>>>> >>>>> epspa...@impulse.net >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
