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Dealer parts vs. subaruparts.com
I need new front shocks... Subaru parts wants $99 each for them... My local subaru dealer wants $169.95... Crazy... I really want to buy locally, but the pricing is just too far out of line, even with subaruparts.com's insane shipping charges. Has anyone ever tried to haggle with the parts counter manager for better parts pricing?
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im almost positive they won't price match they'll just tell you to order from subaru parts.
they make there money on "labor" not on parts. but hey you can always ask |
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They should match or beat SP's pricing, and they charge actual shipping costs. Tell them that Ben Roth referred you...
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If they charge $170 for an item another retailer can sell at a profit for $100, I'll guarantee you they aren't making money on labor alone. dcb |
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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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Wholesale
Actually with my fleet I bill myself as LHopp Foreign Auto Repair and the dealer in Albuquerque sells the parts to me at wholesale prices and they still make some money on the parts. Don't kid yourself--the dealers make big bucks on parts.
Lee
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Which is why I just shop at subaruparts.com. Their pricing is much more reasonable than local dealers and they're the only place that provides online parts lookup with diagrams. Many of us here would still be at a dealer's mercy or wasting a lot of time talking to parts counter reps if it weren't for those diagrams. As for the shipping, they charge a flat 13% of the order, which I suppose could be good or bad depending on what you're ordering.
Personally, I've spend about $1.5k in suspension and miscellaneous parts with them in the past couple of months and have no complaints about their service and I definitely liked the fact that there were no hassles with playing phone tag to find the right parts. KuoH Quote:
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I now deal with jason from 1stsubaruparts. He ended up being cheaper than liberty subaru for everything and charged me realistic shipping
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