Nice move. I was thinking about applying the same bargain technique for
a set of valve covers. Thanks for the info on buying power.
Jason
3/23/99 10:24 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Short [SMTP:ashort@flash.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 12:10 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: My parts dept "learned" how to bargain
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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