[s-cars] I hate dealerships

[Tom Green]

If you mean the flip side to great places to live and raise a family  
is dealers that rip you off, I disagree.
There is a dealer in the St  Louis area that is involved with the new  
ACNA chapter there, and offers
discounts and tech sessions to the club.  Whether adjusted up or  
down, net is what you pay, plus tax,
shipping, and some west of the Mississippi add on that I am not  
familiar with. :-)  It would be interesting
to compare what "list" price they start with in Philly compared to  
the heartland USA.

To the point, List is generally retail and Net the selling price.  My  
net at the dealer is 10% less for ACNA
discount.  The pins were 2.25 list 2.02 net last fall.  Two years ago  
they were $1.40, but not much discount.
:-)  The parts dept is usually very involved in supplying the shop,  
and I try to bring part numbers to shorten
the time required to place my usually small order.   They are aware  
that I shop the internet for high price
items and accept this as necessary for a 10 year old  Audi.  And,  
they expect the walk-in customers to know
that their time is valuable and the time spent on a couple of pins  
won't pay the bills.  Most places that offer
jobber pricing require minimum orders  amounts and minimum total  
business each month.  But, the dealer
parts dept can't push aside the customers who are buying Porsche,  
Audi, or Jaguar vehicles in the case of
the local dealer here.

It's best not to get "desperate" for these small parts and build a  
list of the small things to bring to the dealer
all at once (with part numbers)  or add to internet orders when you  
place an order large enough for free
shipping and this supplier has a good price.

I keep a running list on my desk of parts I want, usually with a note  
on who has the best price.

But, I would not do business with someone charging twice the list  
price of items.  If they have a minimum
order, or charge shipping or handling for special orders, they should  
make that clear up front.

Tom





Previously written:
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:10:55 -0400
> From: Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] I hate dealerships
> To: Ivan Demkovitch <idemkovitch at yahoo.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <443D7AEF.2050109 at comcast.net>
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> Ivan Demkovitch wrote:
>> I mean it..
>>
>> Today picked up special ordered plastic screws that used in  
>> firewall cover (where coil connections)
>> Those 2 T-like plastic thingy's cost me $9
>> 4A0-972-619
>>
>> There is "Net" price of 2.40ea and They charged me 4.xx each.
>>
>> I hate dealerships.
>
> Ivan,
> that's the flip side to living in the heartland, USA.
> I also do not pay net prices for Audi parts at the dealer over here in
> Philly. I pay 20% less.
> :)
>
> -- 
> Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros