HA HA HA HA! “Dealer discounts” are often a total screw. They’ll quote you list plus 20% and then give you a 10% “courtesy discount” to make you feel like you’re getting a deal.
They all do it, even mine. I caught them doing it to a coworker one time. He bought a neighbor’s SLK230 for one of his kids. He asks me about doing an oil change on the car, and I told him it’s relatively straightforward, but to buy a filter from the dealer, not FLAPS. His kid calls the dealer’s parts counter and hey quote him $18. Now I know darned well the oil filter for an SLK230 is not $18 list, so I told him to ride along with me at lunch one day when I went to pick up parts. We get to the dealer and I told him to go up to the counter in front of me. He asks for the part, they look it up, and quote him $14. I stepped up and questioned the parts guy. “Really? That’s a $12 filter, list price.” They sold it to him for $10, the jobber (my) price, because they got caught trying to scam the guy. As crappy a practice as this is, there’s nothing illegal about it. There is certainly an ethical issue here, but again, this is a car dealer. List price is nothing more than reference point for discounting, and is not a retail or fixed price. The dealer can charge whatever they want for a part, as Mercedes cannot set the retail price, only the price the dealer pays them. -D > On Jan 14, 2021, at 8:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Do you ever try to get a discount from the dealer? Mbca membership used to > get you I think 10% off on parts and labor. > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 4:27 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> Another reason why I just buy them for the stealership. Yeah, they’re more >> expensive than aftermarket, but they’re very high quality and I never have >> to work about them fitting or having a pile of little plastic adapter >> things I have to sort through to find the right one. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jan 14, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I used to do the same and then got a run of truly awful wipers. The >> mid-range ones seem pretty terrible too, Angie bought some a year or so >> ago, I can't remember what brand but they were junk right out of the box. >> Thats when I started buying Bosch, I've never had a bad set of them. >>> One thing I was thinking of after I sent my last message, have you guys >> noticed that wipers don't seem to degrade, they just fail. The last few >> sets I've had worked good until suddenly they didn't work hardly at all. >> Used to be I could wipe my knife blade down a wiper and get a week or two >> more but not now. >>> -Curt >>> >>> On Thursday, January 14, 2021, 3:52:58 PM EST, Allan Streib via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I never found that the expensive wipers lasted any longer than the cheap >>> ones. So for years I have bought the cheapest I can find, and keep a >>> spare set handy. >>> >>> Maybe the high-end wipers are better now? >>> >>> Good tip on RA closeouts. I will have to remember to check them. Just >>> recently got closeout brake pad set for the Focus, normally $35 got them >>> for $7.93. >>> >>> Allan >>> >>> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >>> >>>> Can you get much more than a year out of your wipers? On the one hand >> your wipers aren't called upon to move the weight of snow that ours are, on >> the other hand Florida does get significant rain storms. Plus all the sun >> you get has to be hard on 'em. >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> On Thursday, January 14, 2021, 3:21:57 PM EST, Dan Penoff via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think I mentioned some time ago that I was consistently getting OE >> brand wipers from RA as inventory closeouts for pennies on the dollar. >> There seemed to be a constant flow of the things into their system. Many >> that I got were branded NAPA wipers but were Bosch or one of the other >> major brands, not junk. >>>> >>>> Any more I just get the Mercedes ones for the MBs, as they’re not all >> that bad considering how often they have to be replaced. I think the W210 >> wipers are around $18 my cost, so I just keep one on the shelf. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 14, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Took my Dodge pickup for its yearly safety inspection yesterday. The >> guy passed it but mentioned it was going to need a tie rod soon. Since the >> tires are only a couple months old I figured I ought to actually fix the >> tie rod. He said he couldn't tell if it was inner or outer, they're not too >> expensive so I figured I'd just do both, its probably the outer but while >> I'm there... >>>>> Anyway while I was at it I checked on wiper blades. Last year when I >> bought wipers (Bosch Evolution) at FLAPS they were like $20-$25 apiece. For >> 3 cars that adds up quick but bad wipers are the worst, especially in snow. >>>>> From Rock Auto they're $6-$8 each. I know where I'll be buying wipers >> from now on.... >>>>> -Curt >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
