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  • Things I Found While Looking For Something Else – Part VI

    There were articles in Bloomberg and in “The Week” about overdraft fees. Both articles commented on how Federal regulators are looking into bank practices when it comes to these fees. Apparently the Feds (under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) are urging banks to offer no-overdraft accounts and are thinking about drafting rules that stop any […]

    January 20, 2017 / JD Neeson / No Comments

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  • XDP Upgrade Promotion – Extended!!! (through 12/31/14

    Recently, Volvo Penta announced the launch of a three month XDP Upgrade Program (extending, ending 12/31/14)  that affects all registered Volvo Penta  XDP owners. This program allows registered owners to swap out their XDP drives for either a DPS-B drive and transom shield package or a DPS-B Ocean X drive and transom shield package.  The […]

    August 11, 2014 / mpartsexpress / No Comments

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  • Lubricants, Oils, Sealants, and Adhesives – Discussion and Cross-Reference

    Both Volvo Penta and MerCruiser recommend and supply their own lubricants, oils, sealants, and adhesives.  All manufacturers (and Marine Parts Express as well) strongly urge all consumers to use only original and manufacturer-specified chemicals on their marine engines.  If an engine is under warranty, failure to use the recommended chemicals can void the warranty. Comments? […]

    July 21, 2014 / mpartsexpress / No Comments

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  • XDP Upgrade Promotion (ends 7/31/14)

    Recently, Volvo Penta announced the launch of a three month XDP Upgrade Program (ending 7/31/14)  that affects all registered Volvo Penta  XDP owners. This program allows registered owners to swap out their XDP drives for either a DPS-B drive and transom shield package or a DPS-B Ocean X drive and transom shield package.  The price […]

    May 13, 2014 / JD Neeson / No Comments

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  • Things I Found While Looking For Something Else – Part V

    by J.D. Neeson, President There was a snippet in “The Week” talking about China’s recently announced plan to move 100 million more farmers into the cities over the next six years. Not only is this a massive number of people to move in only six years (one-third of the U.S. population), but there are questions […]

    April 11, 2014 / JD Neeson / 1 Comment

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  • A Real Maine Hunting Camp

    By Brodie MacDearmid, Sales Representative and Registered Maine Guide, Hunting & Fishing The sights and smells of a 100-year-old Maine hunting camp are as equally unpleasant as they are welcoming to hunters. Decades worth of hunting stories resonate through the walls. Tales of a hunter’s pursuit of a wary buck, the journey of finding one’s […]

    March 24, 2014 / Brodie MacDearmid / No Comments

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  • Calving Season

    by Stacy Lash, Accounting & Social Media It’s Springtime! Or at least as close as we may ever get. Winter seems to be lingering on as though time itself has paused. I’m not sure about you, but I’m sick of winter. My body craves warmth and fresh air and the eruption of life that is […]

    March 22, 2014 / Stacy Bettencourt / 1 Comment

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  • The Evil Credit Card Empires or How a Class Action Suit Has No Class

    by JD Neeson, President Visa-MasterCard recently settled a class action suit resolving claims by merchants that the credit card companies colluded in setting excessive fees. The general consensus is that the credit card companies got away with murder. The total settlement is around eight billion which is a tiny slice of the total pie. What […]

    March 17, 2014 / JD Neeson / No Comments

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  • Things I Found While Looking For Something Else – Part IV

    By J.D. Neeson, President Recently, I read an article that claimed German scientists had definitely proved that dogs align themselves along the North-South axis while defecating. Now, I didn’t realize there was contention on this issue, or that the University of Duisburg-Essen was willing to fund the study for two years (I would love to […]

    March 14, 2014 / JD Neeson / No Comments

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  • A Message From Our President

    What a great season!    We are pleased so many of you continue to rely on Marine Parts Express for your maintenance and repair needs.  We handle all types of of marine engines, outdrives, and props and have just become a higher level Cummins dealer . We conducted a consumer satisfaction survey this summer and found out some of what we […]

    December 31, 2011 / JD Neeson / No Comments

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  • Things I Found While Looking For Something Else – Part VI
  • Re-Introducing the OneList
  • Winterization Guide
  • Labor Day Sale 2016
  • Memorial Day Sale 2016
  • Turbocharger Damage Prevention Bulletin
  • The Art of Quilling
  • Winter – Maine Style
  • XDP Upgrade Promotion – Extended!!! (through 12/31/14
  • Lubricants, Oils, Sealants, and Adhesives – Discussion and Cross-Reference

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