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Why Are Main Dealers So Expensive?

  • 04-08-2010 2:33pm
    #1
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone know exactly why?

    I just paid €190 for wiper arms (the part that the blade clips onto) and even though I need them, I still think it's ridiculously expensive :mad:


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  • #2
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Anyone know exactly why?

    I just paid €190 for wiper arms (the part that the blade clips onto) and even though I need them, I still think it's ridiculously expensive :mad:

    Because you paid it ?
    If people didnt buy from a main dealers then they wouldnt be long reducing the prices.


  • #3
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    with so many having gone out of business you would have assumed the other would have learned by now if that was the case...


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Surely you could have got them somewhere else for less than that. Why did you let them go ahead at that price?


  • #5
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Because you paid it ?
    If people didnt buy from a main dealers then they wouldnt be long reducing the prices.

    Erm, can't get them anywhere else....kind of answering my own question there but I've gotten other parts from breakers yards but they didn't have the wiper arms.


  • #6
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    mickdw wrote: »
    Surely you could have got them somewhere else for less than that. Why did you let them go ahead at that price?

    See post above.

    BTW mick, I got those wiper blades that muckwarrior suggested. No more noise :D


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  • #7
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Anyone know exactly why?

    I just paid €190 for wiper arms (the part that the blade clips onto) and even though I need them, I still think it's ridiculously expensive :mad:

    IMHO A lot of the costs on parts is driven by the manufacturer and not the dealer.
    I would assume that as a main franchise dealer they have to sell OEM parts and are not allowed to sell cheaper supurious products. this will have a big effect on their costs of parts


  • #8
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    See post above.

    BTW mick, I got those wiper blades that muckwarrior suggested. No more noise :D

    But you got arms as well:confused:


  • #9
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Erm, can't get them anywhere else....

    Erm, ebay


  • #10
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    mickdw wrote: »
    But you got arms as well:confused:

    Yep, old ones are rusty and manky looking.


  • #11
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    steve06 wrote: »
    Erm, ebay

    Search returned 0 results :(


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  • #12
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    did you really need new arms or did the dealer just tell you you did? its usually enough to fit new blades...


  • #13
    bmw535d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    you could have just sanded them and sprayed them. cost ya 11.99.


  • #14
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    you prob would have got them for half that up north too


  • #15
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    bmw535d wrote: »
    you could have just sanded them and sprayed them. cost ya 11.99.

    I've already done that but the paint keeps chipping.
    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    you prob would have got them for half that up north too

    I priced them up north and once postage and everything is factored in, the price wasn't significantly different.
    corktina wrote: »
    did you really need new arms or did the dealer just tell you you did? its usually enough to fit new blades...

    The dealer has never seen my car. I wanted them myself.


  • #16
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    robtri wrote: »
    IMHO A lot of the costs on parts is driven by the manufacturer and not the dealer.
    I would assume that as a main franchise dealer they have to sell OEM parts and are not allowed to sell cheaper supurious products. this will have a big effect on their costs of parts

    Agreed

    And don't forget, somebody has to pay for those big fancy showrooms......


  • #17
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    I've already done that but the paint keeps chipping.



    I priced them up north and once postage and everything is factored in, the price wasn't significantly different.



    The dealer has never seen my car. I wanted them myself.

    I think your having a crib about nothing tbh. You didnt need new arms as you said but forked out big money anyway and now your sorry for doing it..Your thinking what a waste of beer money...;)


  • #18
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    SARASON wrote: »
    I think your having a crib about nothing tbh. You didnt need new arms as you said but forked out big money anyway and now your sorry for doing it..Your thinking what a waste of beer money...;)

    Even though I don't drink???? And when did I say that I didn't need them?


  • #19
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Post 10 and 15.


  • #20
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Didn't actually say I didn't need them ;)


  • #21
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...tbh, it's not always true.

    The rad in my Porsche got holed last week. Indy motorfactors quoted Stg280+VAT for the part. Porsche dealer (Agnews) were Stg 231.

    In the end, got a rad built, locally, for €185.

    That's less than you paid for 2 wipers !!

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #22
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...tbh, it's not always true.

    The rad in my Porsche got holed last week. Indy motorfactors quoted Stg280+VAT for the part. Porsche dealer (Agnews) were Stg 231.

    In the end, got a rad built, locally, for €185.

    That's less than you paid for 2 wipers !!

    Sweet! That's the first time I've seen a dealers being cheaper than an indy! Especially considering that it's a Porsche dealer!


  • #23
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Sweet! That's the first time I've seen a dealers being cheaper than an indy! Especially considering that it's a Porsche dealer!

    Not so: see it with Citroen and Ford a bit, too.

    Oh, and those who Know, Know, that a Porsche is not expensive to drive anyway........;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #24
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Anyone know exactly why?

    I just paid €190 for wiper arms (the part that the blade clips onto) and even though I need them, I still think it's ridiculously expensive :mad:

    Jeez they saw you coming .. what kind of car was it ?


  • #25
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Barr wrote: »
    Jeez they saw you coming .. what kind of car was it ?

    Hahha true! It's a Mazda RX-8


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