Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
> On October 24, 2017 at 4:46 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Parts guy produces 2 filters with the same > part # on them and the invoice shows them separately and the Buick > filter is much more expensive than the Chevy filter. Like buying Bosch ignition points from the VW dealer or the Porsche dealer. Everybody knew, decades before the internet, that you wanted to cross reference the Porsche part number to the Bosch number and buy it from an independent parts store, or cross the Bosch number to a VW number and buy it from the VW dealer. Prices on the VW parts were often less than half the price of the Porsche parts, even if they came in yellow and red Bosch boxes from both dealers. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
I had a similar experience many years back buying a temperature sensor for my Saab 99. The indy parts guy knew his stuff. He sold me a part listed for a VW at about $20, the identical part # but listed for the Saab was about 4X that price. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Randy Bennell via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:47 PM To: Mitch Haley via Mercedes Cc: Randy Bennell Subject: Re: [MBZ] suspension flood My father used to tell a story about buying oil filters. He was in a GM dealership for some reason and decided he might as well pick up oil filters so he went to the parts counter. The partsman asks what they are for and is told one for a Chevy pickup and one for a Buick sedan (I don't recall what years etc). Parts guy produces 2 filters with the same part # on them and the invoice shows them separately and the Buick filter is much more expensive than the Chevy filter. My father asks why and is given some weak excuse, so he tells the guy he has changed his mind and wants 2 filters for the Chevy. Parts guy is a bit miffed but produces a new invoice and the same filters are sold for the lower price. RB On 24/10/2017 3:40 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> On October 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM Dan--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> >> I doubt that very much. Retail parts aren't a big profit center for them, >> so they are actually very affordable. Just don't call in and ask for a >> price over the phone or they'll bone you. However, if you show up in person >> they're good. > Now that's a very strange game. > When somebody calls for a price check, they're saying "I'd like to buy it > from you, but if the price is too high, I'm staying away". And their response > to that is to quote double the actual price to scare the potential customer > away? > > Now, what just happened to me has a clearer motive behind it, if it was > intentional. > A business customer calls the local Chevy dealer for the price on a couple of > seatbelts. My cost on them is $98 and $119 at Ed Rinke Chevrolet, but I'd > have to pay shipping or drive to the Detroit area to get them. I was going to > see if a dealer in Lansing would match Rinke's price, but my body and paint > man offered to get them for me wholesale. The local folks tell my friend that > they belts are the same price, $102.xx each. He says he'll take that. When > the belts came, he showed me the invoice, and they charged him 106.95 and > 129.70, which is more than I would have paid the Detroit guys to ship them > straight to me. > > Mitch. > > ___ > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
My father used to tell a story about buying oil filters. He was in a GM dealership for some reason and decided he might as well pick up oil filters so he went to the parts counter. The partsman asks what they are for and is told one for a Chevy pickup and one for a Buick sedan (I don't recall what years etc). Parts guy produces 2 filters with the same part # on them and the invoice shows them separately and the Buick filter is much more expensive than the Chevy filter. My father asks why and is given some weak excuse, so he tells the guy he has changed his mind and wants 2 filters for the Chevy. Parts guy is a bit miffed but produces a new invoice and the same filters are sold for the lower price. RB On 24/10/2017 3:40 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: On October 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: I doubt that very much. Retail parts aren't a big profit center for them, so they are actually very affordable. Just don't call in and ask for a price over the phone or they'll bone you. However, if you show up in person they're good. Now that's a very strange game. When somebody calls for a price check, they're saying "I'd like to buy it from you, but if the price is too high, I'm staying away". And their response to that is to quote double the actual price to scare the potential customer away? Now, what just happened to me has a clearer motive behind it, if it was intentional. A business customer calls the local Chevy dealer for the price on a couple of seatbelts. My cost on them is $98 and $119 at Ed Rinke Chevrolet, but I'd have to pay shipping or drive to the Detroit area to get them. I was going to see if a dealer in Lansing would match Rinke's price, but my body and paint man offered to get them for me wholesale. The local folks tell my friend that they belts are the same price, $102.xx each. He says he'll take that. When the belts came, he showed me the invoice, and they charged him 106.95 and 129.70, which is more than I would have paid the Detroit guys to ship them straight to me. Mitch. ___ ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
> On October 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I doubt that very much. Retail parts aren't a big profit center for them, so > they are actually very affordable. Just don't call in and ask for a price > over the phone or they'll bone you. However, if you show up in person they're > good. Now that's a very strange game. When somebody calls for a price check, they're saying "I'd like to buy it from you, but if the price is too high, I'm staying away". And their response to that is to quote double the actual price to scare the potential customer away? Now, what just happened to me has a clearer motive behind it, if it was intentional. A business customer calls the local Chevy dealer for the price on a couple of seatbelts. My cost on them is $98 and $119 at Ed Rinke Chevrolet, but I'd have to pay shipping or drive to the Detroit area to get them. I was going to see if a dealer in Lansing would match Rinke's price, but my body and paint man offered to get them for me wholesale. The local folks tell my friend that they belts are the same price, $102.xx each. He says he'll take that. When the belts came, he showed me the invoice, and they charged him 106.95 and 129.70, which is more than I would have paid the Detroit guys to ship them straight to me. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:27:29 -0400 Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > I doubt that very much. Retail parts aren't a big profit center for > them, so they are actually very affordable. Just don't call in and ask > for a price over the phone or they'll bone you. However, if you show up > in person they're good. > > Had a buddy call them for a price on an SLK oil filter. Phone guy > quoted him $20. > > Had him walk in ahead of me at the counter so they wouldn't associate > him with me and it was $10. I stepped up and said he was with me and > it went to $8. > > It's the games they play. Why, I have no idea. I had similar happen when I was looking for 10 gallons of synthetic 75W-90 for our Kenworth's differentials. I called around and went to Fleet Pride in Albuquerque to purchase it because they had the best price. When I got there to actually buy it, it was noticably lower than the telephone quote. The fellow there said he wasn't sure I was coming in, so he quoted a higher price over the phone. I was glad for the lower price in person, having saved something like $100, IIRC. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
I doubt that very much. Retail parts aren't a big profit center for them, so they are actually very affordable. Just don't call in and ask for a price over the phone or they'll bone you. However, if you show up in person they're good. Had a buddy call them for a price on an SLK oil filter. Phone guy quoted him $20. Had him walk in ahead of me at the counter so they wouldn't associate him with me and it was $10. I stepped up and said he was with me and it went to $8. It's the games they play. Why, I have no idea. -D > On Oct 24, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > Your dealer is heading toward bankruptcy. > >> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> About $8.00/liter at my dealer. Retail. >> >> -D >> >> > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> > wrote: >> > >> > As low as $8.40 at AuhohausAZ >> > >> > http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=saoz0ovrdyugr1vpfkd2nkrb&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1194320@300TDT&year=1983&cid=fluid@fluid&gid=12144@Hydraulic >> > System Fluid >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I had some sitting around in the old TD and poured it into the SEC but I >> >> need more since the tank was mostly empty and the bottle was not full. I >> >> look at FCP and it is $6.99/qt for Febi which is a good price. The old >> >> stuff I had was the blue bottle, which I think was Febi too, it was >> >> "genuine" I think when I got it years ago. >> >> >> >> https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/560SEC/Hydraulic >> >> -System-Fluid?year=1989&e=624&m=20&page=1 >> >> >> >> So I look on Amazon to see about getting free shipping, and its like >> >> $14-$20/liter. hmm. >> >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alia >> >> s%3Daps&field-keywords=mercedes+hydraulic+fluid&sprefix= >> >> mercedes+hydra%2Caps%2C173&crid=2H4BFEFC3T3SJ >> >> >> >> I guess I need to order some from FCP but I need to add some other bits to >> >> get free shipping. >> >> >> >> --FT >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
Your dealer is heading toward bankruptcy. On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > About $8.00/liter at my dealer. Retail. > > -D > > > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > As low as $8.40 at AuhohausAZ > > > > http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid= > saoz0ovrdyugr1vpfkd2nkrb&makeid=800016@Mercedes& > modelid=1194320@300TDT&year=1983&cid=fluid@fluid&gid=12144@Hydraulic > > System Fluid > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I had some sitting around in the old TD and poured it into the SEC but I > >> need more since the tank was mostly empty and the bottle was not full. > I > >> look at FCP and it is $6.99/qt for Febi which is a good price. The old > >> stuff I had was the blue bottle, which I think was Febi too, it was > >> "genuine" I think when I got it years ago. > >> > >> https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/560SEC/Hydraulic > >> -System-Fluid?year=1989&e=624&m=20&page=1 > >> > >> So I look on Amazon to see about getting free shipping, and its like > >> $14-$20/liter. hmm. > >> > >> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alia > >> s%3Daps&field-keywords=mercedes+hydraulic+fluid&sprefix= > >> mercedes+hydra%2Caps%2C173&crid=2H4BFEFC3T3SJ > >> > >> I guess I need to order some from FCP but I need to add some other bits > to > >> get free shipping. > >> > >> --FT > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
About $8.00/liter at my dealer. Retail. -D > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > As low as $8.40 at AuhohausAZ > > http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=saoz0ovrdyugr1vpfkd2nkrb&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1194320@300TDT&year=1983&cid=fluid@fluid&gid=12144@Hydraulic > System Fluid > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I had some sitting around in the old TD and poured it into the SEC but I >> need more since the tank was mostly empty and the bottle was not full. I >> look at FCP and it is $6.99/qt for Febi which is a good price. The old >> stuff I had was the blue bottle, which I think was Febi too, it was >> "genuine" I think when I got it years ago. >> >> https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/560SEC/Hydraulic >> -System-Fluid?year=1989&e=624&m=20&page=1 >> >> So I look on Amazon to see about getting free shipping, and its like >> $14-$20/liter. hmm. >> >> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alia >> s%3Daps&field-keywords=mercedes+hydraulic+fluid&sprefix= >> mercedes+hydra%2Caps%2C173&crid=2H4BFEFC3T3SJ >> >> I guess I need to order some from FCP but I need to add some other bits to >> get free shipping. >> >> --FT >> >> >> ___ >> 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
Re: [MBZ] suspension flood
As low as $8.40 at AuhohausAZ http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=saoz0ovrdyugr1vpfkd2nkrb&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1194320@300TDT&year=1983&cid=fluid@fluid&gid=12144@Hydraulic System Fluid On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I had some sitting around in the old TD and poured it into the SEC but I > need more since the tank was mostly empty and the bottle was not full. I > look at FCP and it is $6.99/qt for Febi which is a good price. The old > stuff I had was the blue bottle, which I think was Febi too, it was > "genuine" I think when I got it years ago. > > https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/560SEC/Hydraulic > -System-Fluid?year=1989&e=624&m=20&page=1 > > So I look on Amazon to see about getting free shipping, and its like > $14-$20/liter. hmm. > > https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alia > s%3Daps&field-keywords=mercedes+hydraulic+fluid&sprefix= > mercedes+hydra%2Caps%2C173&crid=2H4BFEFC3T3SJ > > I guess I need to order some from FCP but I need to add some other bits to > get free shipping. > > --FT > > > ___ > 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
[MBZ] suspension flood
I had some sitting around in the old TD and poured it into the SEC but I need more since the tank was mostly empty and the bottle was not full. I look at FCP and it is $6.99/qt for Febi which is a good price. The old stuff I had was the blue bottle, which I think was Febi too, it was "genuine" I think when I got it years ago. https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/560SEC/Hydraulic-System-Fluid?year=1989&e=624&m=20&page=1 So I look on Amazon to see about getting free shipping, and its like $14-$20/liter. hmm. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mercedes+hydraulic+fluid&sprefix=mercedes+hydra%2Caps%2C173&crid=2H4BFEFC3T3SJ I guess I need to order some from FCP but I need to add some other bits to get free shipping. --FT ___ 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