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I am really getting tired of placing orders for parts. I don't want to mention any names but I just placed an order from this place that borders a state that got hit real hard by the last hurricane, and there is just this attitude or smugness that just rubs me the wrong way. I asked if a particular item they had was OEM. Instead of just saying, "I'm sorry, OEM is not available on that part", I get "Now, you tell me where your going to find an OEM of that!" I mean, it's not said in a mean way, but I get off the phone feeling like a kid asking his Dad for something and being told no. And it's just not this one place, I have experienced this with other places and even walk-up places.
It is like the people who dish out the parts have this gnostic know-it-all smugness. If you show any sign of doubt or questions, they sieze on that to show how they know so much more. I am getting to the point that I would just rather place orders completely online, or from Ebay. Rant Over |
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anthony |
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To slightly change the subject, I hate getting jacked over on parts when you try and support the little guy and buy locally.
I've been swapping out shocks on my daily driver Jetta. I didn't have the forsight to order new rubber bits when I was ordering the shocks so when I went to buy them locally the price is 3.5X the online rate. Screw that. I am not paying $70 for two bump stops that probably cost 15 cents to manufacture especially when I can get them online for $10/each. Who cares if I have to pay $7 in shipping I'm still way ahead. $70 was from the dealer so I tried another place that specializes in German parts. They wanted $20/each. I told them that the online places charge $10 and then he gave me the song and dance about how they operate on a 10% margin and drop ship everything but he would sell them for $15/each but they were out of stock and I'd have to wait 2 days. I get the messsage - just order from the online places and save the bucks. I'm not getting any service or knowledge from these guys. |
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