No more "Birth certificates" from VW???
Stefan Frick
a so called "Birth Certificate" for my -73 1303S. This was in the end of
March....
Yesterday I received a letter from VW where they regretfully told me
that the requested information was stored on "old and extremely fragile
mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
If you want to have a look at the letter, I've put up a scanned copy on my
website, http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11107929/index_e.htm
(just scroll down to the bottom).
It's really not that important to me personally, since I already know when
my car was built (Thanks to the RAMVA FAQ...) but it would have been
nice to have this more "official" certificate. Anyone else who has got the
same sad news from VW?
-Stefan
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Stefan Frick <nob...@home.now> wrote in message
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Jenn
year since I was in class, so perhaps I can figure it out.
Keyur Desai wrote in message <7n5joh$134$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>This is the reply I got from VW after requesting a birth certificate for my
>'66 bug:
>I hope some one could help me translate it!
>
>Lieber Volkswagen Kunde,
The equivalent of hello VW enthusiast or friend, I believe.
>
>vielen Dank für Ihr E-mail, das inzwischen schon zur Bearbeitung an eine
>kompetente Stelle weitergeleitet wurde.
Thanks for your e-mail, not sure about the second half, I think it says
you'll get a copy soon, but am not sure.
>Von dort wird man Ihnen so schnell wie möglich antworten, aber um etwas
>Geduld müssen wir Sie doch bitten.
They'll try to get it to you ASAP, but it may take them a while, not sure
about that second part.
>
>Mit freundlichen Grüßen
"With Friendly Greetings," essentially sincerely.
>
>Ihre Volkswagen Kundenbetreuung
>
Your Volkswagen something ;)
Jack-of-all-trades
Sorry, this won't let me copy what I got and put it here. Best I can do
is give you the link to the translator I used. I didn't make a lot of
sense out of the answer tho.
http://rivendel.com/~ric/resources/inter.html
Chris Klinger
>
> This is the reply I got from VW after requesting a birth certificate for my
> '66 bug:
>
> Lieber Volkswagen Kunde,
>
> vielen Dank für Ihr E-mail, das inzwischen schon zur Bearbeitung an eine
> kompetente Stelle weitergeleitet wurde.
been forwarded to the appropriate party (literally, has been sent for
processing to someone in a competent position).
> Von dort wird man Ihnen so schnell wie möglich antworten, aber um etwas
> Geduld müssen wir Sie doch bitten.
From there you will be answered as quickly as possible, though we must
ask you for a little patience.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
With friendly greetings,
>
> Ihre Volkswagen Kundenbetreuung
Your Customer Service
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- (Original message)
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Keyur Desai
'66 bug:
I hope some one could help me translate it!
Lieber Volkswagen Kunde,
vielen Dank für Ihr E-mail, das inzwischen schon zur Bearbeitung an eine
kompetente Stelle weitergeleitet wurde.
Von dort wird man Ihnen so schnell wie möglich antworten, aber um etwas
Geduld müssen wir Sie doch bitten.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ihre Volkswagen Kundenbetreuung
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
KRAWL
>Dear Volkswagen Customer:
>>
>> kompetente Stelle weitergeleitet wurde.
>been forwarded to the appropriate party (literally, has been sent for
>processing to someone in a competent position).
>
>> Geduld müssen wir Sie doch bitten.
>ask you for a little patience.
>
>>
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>With friendly greetings,
>
>>
>> Ihre Volkswagen Kundenbetreuung
>Your Customer Service
>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
thank you for your email, which was in the meantime already passed on
for handling to a competent place. From there one will answer as fast
you as possible, but around something patience we must ask you
nevertheless.
Yours sincerely
Its Volkswagens customer service
---- original message ----
Jan Andersson
KRAWL wrote:
> Dear Volkswagen customer,
> thank you for your email, which was in the meantime already passed on
> for handling to a competent place. From there one will answer as fast
> you as possible, but around something patience we must ask you
> nevertheless.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Its Volkswagens customer service
LOL! I couldn't have said it better! ;-)
Jan
Richard Henwood
>'66 bug:
>I hope some one could help me translate it!
>
>Lieber Volkswagen Kunde,
>
>kompetente Stelle weitergeleitet wurde.
>Geduld müssen wir Sie doch bitten.
>
>
>Ihre Volkswagen Kundenbetreuung
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>
>
>
>
thank you for your email, which was in the meantime already passed on for
handling to a competent place. From there one will answer as fast you as
possible, but around something patience we must ask you nevertheless.
Yours sincerely
Its Volkswagens customer service
from http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/ which has helped me out many a
time.
Richard
Stefan Frick
I sent off a written request to:
Customer Services
Volkswagen Postfach 3180
Wolfsburg 1
GERMANY
In the letter I included the VIN-number and (IMHO) a polite
request for a "Birth Certificate"
-Stefan
Bug-Man skrev i meddelandet ...
VWMike1
>that the requested information was stored on "old and extremely fragile
>mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
I got the same letter today. Best $7.50 I ever spent! (not). Kinda
disappointing, as I wanted to know the factory options on my car. Not a total
lost cause though, I know my car was originally Pearl White with a Red
interior, and that is how I am restoring it. I got all vital information and
color combos from WW's website like carpet color too.
Mike F
98 GTI VR6
65 Beetle
<Remove "SCHWING" in email address to reply>
Neil
little e-mail from them this morning:
Dear Mr. Mast,
Thank you for your enquiry in connection with your vehicle's records.
Regrettably, we are unable to provide you with the requested information,
as the historical vehicle data is stored on old and extremely fragile
microfiche. These records need specialist handling and some are already
unreadable through overuse. We apologise for this unfortunate circumstance.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Volkswagen Customer Relations
I guess that means they aren't giving them out anymore.
Neil
65 Notch
Stefan Frick wrote:
> Like many others, I wrote a letter to Volkswagen in Germany requesting
> a so called "Birth Certificate" for my -73 1303S. This was in the end of
> March....
>
> Yesterday I received a letter from VW where they regretfully told me
> that the requested information was stored on "old and extremely fragile
> mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
>
VertBug
requested for my father's '63 bug today. I sent $10 to the Customer Service
address in Germany about 3 months ago. The letter I received included the
usual information (color, engine #, date of production, date of delivery,
delivery country). They apologized for being slow with the reply because of
the "fragile records" too.
Steve Prescott
73 Vert Bug
Bug-Man
make a few copies, so they can still give them out to everyone, who knows,
maybe even put it on a computer system! That would take FOREVER. They just
going to let them rot, or they gonna fix the problem?
--Eric
E-Mail: Bug...@sisna.com
Visit My Web-page: http://www.angelfire.com/nm/GoPed/VW.html
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Neil <nm...@micron.net> wrote in message
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> I e-mailed them about 4 months ago with a request. I received this
friendly
> little e-mail from them this morning:
>
> Dear Mr. Mast,
>
> Thank you for your enquiry in connection with your vehicle's records.
>
> Regrettably, we are unable to provide you with the requested information,
> as the historical vehicle data is stored on old and extremely fragile
> microfiche. These records need specialist handling and some are already
> unreadable through overuse. We apologise for this unfortunate
circumstance.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Volkswagen Customer Relations
>
> I guess that means they aren't giving them out anymore.
>
> Neil
> 65 Notch
>
>
Dave Hall
Have you tried VW at Milton Keynes? Customer support at Wolfsburg gave me
a contact address:-
Volkswagen Group (United Kingdom) Ltd.
Ms. Valerie Hall, Administrator
Yeomans Drive
Blakelands
Milton Keynes MK14 5AN
Phone 01908 601 823
Fax 01908 601 991
They may have the same problem, I guess, but there may be separate records
of imports to this country. (I am assuming you are UK based as this is the
uk.... NG).
--
Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
peopleenergy
<Bug...@sisna.com> writes
>Wonder if they will ever get a "specialist" to come in and restore them and
>make a few copies, so they can still give them out to everyone, who knows,
>maybe even put it on a computer system! That would take FOREVER. They just
>going to let them rot, or they gonna fix the problem?
>
>
>--Eric
>E-Mail: Bug...@sisna.com
>Visit My Web-page: http://www.angelfire.com/nm/GoPed/VW.html
>
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>> I e-mailed them about 4 months ago with a request. I received this
>friendly
>> little e-mail from them this morning:
>>
>> Dear Mr. Mast,
>>
>> Thank you for your enquiry in connection with your vehicle's records.
>>
>> Regrettably, we are unable to provide you with the requested information,
>> as the historical vehicle data is stored on old and extremely fragile
>> microfiche. These records need specialist handling and some are already
>> unreadable through overuse. We apologise for this unfortunate
>circumstance.
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Volkswagen Customer Relations
>>
>> I guess that means they aren't giving them out anymore.
>>
>> Neil
>> 65 Notch
>>
>>
>>
>> > Like many others, I wrote a letter to Volkswagen in Germany requesting
>> > a so called "Birth Certificate" for my -73 1303S. This was in the end of
>> > March....
>> >
>> > Yesterday I received a letter from VW where they regretfully told me
>> > that the requested information was stored on "old and extremely fragile
>> > mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
>> >
>> > If you want to have a look at the letter, I've put up a scanned copy on
>my
>> > website, http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11107929/index_e.htm
>> > (just scroll down to the bottom).
>> >
>> > It's really not that important to me personally, since I already know
>when
>> > my car was built (Thanks to the RAMVA FAQ...) but it would have been
>> > nice to have this more "official" certificate. Anyone else who has got
>the
>> > same sad news from VW?
>> >
>> > -Stefan
>> >
>> > --
>> > SPAM-protected address. Reply to:
>> >
>> > s DOT frick AT telia DOT com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
I got a "birth certificate" took 1 week to arrive, funnily enouhh my bus
was born on the same day as my girlfriend
regards
Andy
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P.J.Berg
19/07-99
by BRIEFZENTRUM 50 on a Weltausstellung 01/06 - 31/10 2000 Hannover stamp.
And the letter goes as follows:
Mr.
Per Jorn Berg
Majorstuveien 34
N-0367
Norwegen
Dear Mr. Berg.
Thank you for your enquiry in connection with you vehicle's records.
May we take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in response and
inform you that the microfiche format on wich historic vehicle data is
stored, is
extremely fragile and difficult to read. These records need specialist to
handle
and read them, hence it is a lengthy and time consuming process.
We can confirm the following information for your vehicle.
Chassis no.: 1 160532
Model: 113 Exportlimousine
Engine: 389752
Color: Green
Production date: April 12, 1956
Delivery date: April 16, 1956
Delivered to: Norway
We trust this information is sufficient and regret that other than the above
mentioned information is not available
Thanks for your patience.
Yours sincerely,
i.A. i.A.
Michael Prause Roswitha
Karbe
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Steve & John
I sent in my request early this year and just received mine 7/31/99. Maybe
they figured out a way to get them going again.
Good luck everyone!!
John Y.
1967 Bug (Max)
"May you always walk with penguins"
G.W. East
so long I've forgotten how long it's been) I received my letter from VW.
Kinda disappointing though. All I got was the chassis #, (which I had to
send to them), the model # 113, engine # (which I didn't have), color,
(white, that's all it said) Production date 05/12/1966 and delivery date
05/13/1966 and lastly delivered to (not registered). I was informed in the
letter "We trust this information is sufficient and regret that other than
the above information is not available." Still it's better than not
receiving anything.
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Till the Next Time,
George East
http://www.matnet.com/~gwsvws
VWMike1 <vwm...@aol.comSCHWING> wrote in message
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> >where they regretfully told me
> >that the requested information was stored on "old and extremely fragile
> >mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
>
VertBug
That info is about all that you can get from VWAG as far as I can tell. When
I first sent my request for info on my '73 in 1997 I got the same basic reply
that you did. (Luckily they didn't have such a long wait for a reply back
then). I received the same type of information about my Dad's '63 bug last
week.
I guess the thing I like the most about the Birth Certificate is that it
tells you the date the car was built. You can look up what day of the week
your car was made! Ever wonder why you have so many problems with your Bug?
Maybe it was built on a Friday. ;)
Hopefully, VWAG has sorted through their "fragile files" and they will be
sending out more Birth Certificates to owners soon.
Steve Prescott
73 Vert Bug
VWFWEEMIN
It was basically the same as the other example.
My VW was born aug of 67.
They must still be sending them out.
So keep the hope alive.
Daniel
68 Beetle (francis)
71 Westy (camilla)
screwd...@gmail.com
On Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Stefan Frick wrote:
> Like many others, I wrote a letter to Volkswagen in Germany requesting
> a so called "Birth Certificate" for my -73 1303S. This was in the end of
> March....
>
> mircofiche" and that "some are already unreadable through overuse".
>
> website, http://w1.111.telia.com/~u11107929/index_e.htm
> (just scroll down to the bottom).
>
> It's really not that important to me personally, since I already know when
> my car was built (Thanks to the RAMVA FAQ...) but it would have been
> nice to have this more "official" certificate. Anyone else who has got the
> same sad news from VW?
>
> -Stefan
>
> --
> SPAM-protected address. Reply to:
>
> s DOT frick AT telia DOT com