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Old 10-24-2005, 10:19 AM
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Parts Pricing...

To tell you the truth, there are only two ways to make money in this business.

Either sell the part at cost + xx% (usually 15-25) and charge OUTRAGEOUS shipping charges (usually marked up 200% or more), or they charge a price which reflects the cost of doing business.

We (at Marin Subaru) charge 10% off retail, and ONLY add in ACTUAL shipping charges. This covers our costs including having the parts shipped to us...

The part numbers (depending on year) should be:

20311PA001
20311PA011

They retail for 160.45, and we sell them for 144.40.

Different geographical locations have different costs of doing business as well. If I were to start an online parts place, I'd simply have a warehouse somewhere in a low rent location, and that would keep overhead low, where I could sell the parts cheaper than a prime location (high rent district).
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