Re: My parts dept "learned" how to bargain

From: Alan Short (ashort@flash.net)
Date: Tue Mar 23 1999 - 12:10:21 EST


Asautt@aol.com wrote:
>
> I wanted to order skid plates and front tow hooks for my Dak. I put in a price
> request to Koller and printed out their replies. Thought I would check with
> the dealer I bought the Dak from to see what the difference was in price. So
> the parts bubba totaled it up and including our Washington state tax (8 1/2 %)
> they were about $80 higher than Kollers price including shipping. The parts
> mgr said they had "Absolutely no room to bargain", until I whipped out the
> Koller quote.... whadda ya know...he went back to his trusty calculator and
> came within $17 of Kollers price including sales tax. So in the interest of
> "support your local businessman" I got the parts ordered here today. Should
> have a project for the weekend. I will in the future give Koller some business
> for spending their time and effort to send me quotes, but also plan on using
> them to give me some leverage with the local guys.
>
> Chief
Way to go Cheif,
 This is exactly how I got the Leach headers from the dealership parts
dept. They got within 15.00 of the dml group buy, but originally quoted
me a much higher price. They must get a little commission on sales,
otherwise they wouldn't care to bargain. Alan S.



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