The only way you can be sure to get good quality parts if you're worried about it is to get them from a dealer, period. The stuff you buy from AutohausAZ sits on the shelf with loads of URO brand parts. If they're willing to sell that garbage, they can't be motivated to sell you the highest quality parts - they're more interested in profits, which the cheapest and poorest quality will give them. Hence their motivation to push the cheap stuff.
I know of several instances where people have confronted rapist dealers and in a couple of them the dealer backed down and sold for MB list, as opposed to "consumer list, i.e., the 4X markup you reference. There have got to be multiple dealers in your area, although I'm sure not all are close to you. If you confront them on pricing, tell them you'll just go to the other dealer. That won't sit well, as they are a competitor in this case. The alternative is to find a good dealer parts guy, explain your parts buying habits and tell them you would prefer to buy from them. Ask them to go to their boss for approval. You might be surprised. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jun 11, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That's why I said Jabba or FLAPS, or if you must dealer them, call the > MBNorthlake in Charlotte and see what they will do -- it has been reported > they do reasonable pricing for stealers. At least you would have a comparo > to take to your local stealer. > > --R > > >> On 6/11/15 11:25 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> My local dealer will happily charge 4X what I would pay at Autohaus AZ, >> less a 10 percent MB Club discount. No thanks.. >> >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Call Jabba or just go to the FLAPS and get some. I think they are all >>> chinee now anyway, but I do seem to recall that Jabba got me some for the >>> SD he said were somehow better, they were in some branded box anyway. Who >>> knows They aren't hard to change, be sure to get a tube of bearing grease >>> while you're at it as you will need to clean and regrease the bearings. Go >>> to HF and buy a cheepcheep gauge to test the bearing tightness. You can >>> change both of them in an afternoon easy enough. Get new pads too. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>>> On 6/11/15 10:02 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >>>> >>>> What brand should I stay away from? It seems the pads last longer than my >>>> rotors... >>>> >>>> Andrew >>>> 1983 300TD squeals and leaks >>>> 1985 300TD garage queen >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
