SJM?

[Cody Forbes]

Ps. Again just for my specific case (and the other local shops), my choices are:

 1) WorldPac that has 90% of what I need in normal service parts to me same day.

2) Dealership that has about a 25% success rate on things I need being in stock, otherwise I have to pay for overnight shipping and like you said leave a car sitting.

3) non-local sources.

There's a local Euro parts house called Viking Imports. If I want ANYTHING for a Beetle or MkI - MkIII golf or an E30 they have it on the shelf and it costs peanuts. The last time there was a MkI in this shop was 1985. I need parts for the 2009 S4, the 2011 S65 AMG, the 2010 S5, and the 2011 M3 that are in my shop and "the little guy" can't afford to stock them.

-Cody (mobile)

On Jan 5, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> Overnight is trivial from local warehouses, but still leaves the customer's car in your parking lot.
> 
> Same day, scheduled, in some markets is not the same as same day all day long in any given neighborhood.
> 
> On 1/4/2012 8:03 PM, Cody Forbes wrote:
>> It would be nice Huw, but FWIW WorldPac is free overnight shipping on orders over $75 and free same day delivery at 2-4 scheduled times daily if it's in stock at the local warehouse (90% of the time it is). Thats hard to beat or even match.
>> 
>> -Cody (mobile)
>> 
>> On Jan 4, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Huw Powell<audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 1/4/2012 4:34 PM, pyro_10314 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> That's what I meant by comparing them to the big box stores,, no more
>>>> mom n pop shops can survive. Didn't really know anything about worldpac
>> 
>>>> before these emails.
>>> 
>>> Sure they can - by offering a level of service the Worldpac network doesn't - same day delivery all day long to local repair shops, and perhaps some level of expertise.  Of course, even those places are now "affiliated" with various larger operations out of necessity (Federated, NAPA, Auto Value, etc.).
>>> 
>>>> -----Original message-----
>>>> From: cobram at juno.com
>>>> To: pyro_10314 at yahoo.com
>>>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>>>> Sent: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 21:17:30 GMT+00:00
>>>> Subject: Re: SJM?
>>>> 
>>>> Not really, they have tier pricing, the more you buy, the more of a
>>>> discount you get. I got a compressor for the 200TQA a while back, quoted
>>>> from a friends autoshop account ($5000+ a month in business with
>>>> WorldPac) and then ordered (for convience) through another friends
>>>> autobody shop account (does very little business with worldpac). The
>>>> price difference was almost $375 more when billed to the autobody
>>>> account, that was quickly rectified.
>>>> For all intents and purposes, the "little guy" is gone when it comes to
>> 
>>>> import autoparts. If he's still around, he's usually nothing more than a
>>>> drop shipper with a WorldPac account.
>>>> 
>>>> "pyro_10314 at yahoo.com"<pyro_10314 at yahoo.com>  writes:
>>>>> So worldpac is just like walmart, home depot and any other big boxstore
>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>>>> 
>>>> BCNU,
>>>> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
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