I can see this has been discussed on here and other OS sites, but I can't seem to find the last step of the process...

Yesterday morning got stuff out of the boot and closed it. Went to put something back in it and it wouldn't open.
Made the motor noise like it was trying to open.
Tried using the key to open it and it didn't work.
Tried unlocking and relocking it and it still wouldn't open.


Got home from work last night and pulled the boot lid trim out and found this:



This stupid bit of plastic is broken. Why is it plastic? No one knows...

Called VW and the friendly guy there emailed me this.


So I figure I need item 33. However cant buy that part by itself- need to buy item 29 (Part No 1J5 827 567 A)
This was quoted as costing $124.15.

So my question is : Is there somewhere else I can buy this part from in Australia that anyone knows of?
There are some ebay places but they seem to be in Turkey or China and will take a couple of weeks to get to me. I also don't know what the quality is like.

There is also these www.jettatrunk.com people who make some super strong version... They are very convincing on their web page. I dunno though.



So yeah... Ideas or feedback?

Thanks