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I ran into that too
Posted by nwas (more from nwas) on Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:36:39
In Reply to: Local dealer giving me good reasons not to shop there, Mattias.se, Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:03:49
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eeuro sent me the wrong sizes. Ended up at the dealer, when I think I paid $8 per o-ring.
Dealer parts departments ahere to a "standard" retail markup of 100% on all parts. The rest of the auto parts industry runs on much lower margins. Parts is always the more profitable in a dealership - 100% markup, non of the hassles of service or the high investment and personel costs of sales.
They stock very little nowadays, instead ordering in the parts they need overnight. While they quote you big money to get something overnight, they actually get a slew of parts that way every day so the cost of the freight is distributed over many parts - they just stick it to the retail customers when they want something fast.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Local dealer giving me good reasons not to shop there, Mattias.se, Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:03:49
- Re: Local dealer giving me good reasons not to shop there, John Myers, Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:10:23
- Local Dealer Giving me MORE Reasons to shop there, TG, Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:36:42
- I ran into that too, nwas, Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:36:39 <-- Viewing This Message
- Generic parts from usual sources, Bill Homer , Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:47:28
- Dealers are source of last resort or, Noel, Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:57:53
- Re: Local dealer giving me good reasons not to shop there, Gene N , Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:47:08
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