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Question About Buying Parts
In article <dninh.1511$5g.1078@trndny01>, "David Teichholtz" > wrote:
>A tip: If you can, bring in the old part. Put it on the counter and say: " >I want one of these". They will ask a few questions LOL -- the first one often is "Okayyyyyy.... what is it?" Better have an answer ready. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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Question About Buying Parts
"teem" > wrote in message ... > Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing > them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. As others have said, any dealer will be happy to sell most if not all parts to anybody with money. Some jurisdictions restrict some items like airbags but YMMV. The real trick is to avoid paying full retail price. Dealers will give often very substantial discounts to those 'in the trade', this is an area where there are major $$ to be saved. If you have the knowledge to carry it off it is often sufficient to say that you are working on a customers car and want the repairman's or garage discount. If you need a lot of handholding then you will more likely be expected to pay full retail. If you know enough to carry this off, you probably already have experience and know what approach works best in your area. Sometimes it is best to have a friend 'in the trade' buy or order the parts for you. Good luck. |
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Question About Buying Parts
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:21:17 GMT, "Private" >
wrote: > >"teem" > wrote in message .. . >> Will most dealers sell parts to a customer without them installing >> them?.i'm trying to save some $$$. > >As others have said, any dealer will be happy to sell most if not all parts >to anybody with money. Some jurisdictions restrict some items like airbags >but YMMV. > >The real trick is to avoid paying full retail price. Dealers will give >often very substantial discounts to those 'in the trade', this is an area >where there are major $$ to be saved. If you have the knowledge to carry it >off it is often sufficient to say that you are working on a customers car >and want the repairman's or garage discount. If you need a lot of >handholding then you will more likely be expected to pay full retail. If >you know enough to carry this off, you probably already have experience and >know what approach works best in your area. Sometimes it is best to have a >friend 'in the trade' buy or order the parts for you. > >Good luck. > Yea,how do you know you're getting a deal.Unfortunetly,the 2-3 parts I need are still attached to the Ion.That's another issue,getting the broken parts off. |
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Question About Buying Parts
Long thread so I'll just add this for reference. If you're not in a
hurry you can buy online for less than what a dealership will charge. For GM (excluding saturn...) there are 3 good sites for referencing OEM parts and prices www.gmpartsdirect.com www.mileaautogroup.com www.gm-car-parts.com Shipping and time aside the prices for those OEM parts are hard to beat. Unfortunately Saturn isnt part of the regular GM parts network so for Saturn you can try www.RockAuto.com And last but not least 6thplanetusedparts.com |
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Question About Buying Parts
On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:50:53 -0500, BläBlä
. s!rcre4p.c0m> wrote: >Long thread so I'll just add this for reference. If you're not in a >hurry you can buy online for less than what a dealership will charge. > >For GM (excluding saturn...) there are 3 good sites for referencing OEM >parts and prices > >www.gmpartsdirect.com > >www.mileaautogroup.com > >www.gm-car-parts.com > >Shipping and time aside the prices for those OEM parts are hard to beat. > >Unfortunately Saturn isnt part of the regular GM parts network so for >Saturn you can try www.RockAuto.com > >And last but not least 6thplanetusedparts.com Thanks for the heads up!. |
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