"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote:

Yeah I don't think you can do that any more, especially if you are
ordering lots of inventory. GM really could care less what information
you provided along with the part number, they shipped the part number,
period. And that was as late as the late 70's.

Oranges and apples.

Standard inventory items get ordered by part number.

Any item that in any way might be considered "special" gets ordered by
description.

Lew



It did not matter what it was that you ordered from GM. All they were
interested in was "a" part number, right or wrong you got that part number
and it was yours to keep, or return if you had enough return reserve built
up and if it was flagged as returnable that month.
It was strictly the dealer's responsibility to decide if the part being
ordered was correct or not. I typically had 15 to 20 special order parts
per week and if you were familiar with a GM catalog before the 90's it was a
wonder that any special order part could be ordered correctly. The Japanese
on the other hand had a picture with a number that corresponded to a listed
specific part number. GM's pictures merely gave you a vague description and
a hint as to where to look in the catalog.