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Margin/markup on parts

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    #92
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,293 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    you think all the mark up goes straight to the bottom line and into the owners baxk pocket.

    its not an f u attitude to the customer. its this is the price i need to sell this item at to atchieve my business goals. then its buy it or dont

    I know it goes straight out of customer pocket.
    Ya buy it or dont is the simple answer.


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    #93
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,921 ✭✭✭kirving


    trellheim wrote: »
    99% of people no-one knows what the clutch cost , it costs what it costs on the bill

    So just inflate the price by as much as you think you can get away with because people don't know any better?

    You're correct though, most people do not know the price of parts, but probably take it in good faith that the garage won't be charging €100+ beyond main dealer prices for a part.

    Now in this case it's possible, but let's be honest, unlikely that the garage paid dealer prices. Even if they did, €100+ extra easily covers the time to order and a nice profit. The object of sustainable businesses isn't necessarily to screw every last euro out of the customer at every opportunity.


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    #94
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Had a scenario like this today.

    Had a 2017 Skoda Superb with electronically adjustable suspension, needed 2x front shocks, the existing ones were leaking, failed an NCT.

    OE Skoda supplied shocks, €420 each incl VAT retail. Pricey but sure they are what they are. Owner nearly had heart failure, kicking and screaming, the usual. Called a motor factors, cheapest they could source were 450 ex VAT costing us!

    Pays to shop around, main dealer not always the most expensive, something something, something.


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    #95
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,293 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    Had a scenario like this today.

    Had a 2017 Skoda Superb with electronically adjustable suspension, needed 2x front shocks, the existing ones were leaking, failed an NCT.

    OE Skoda supplied shocks, €420 each incl VAT retail. Pricey but sure they are what they are. Owner nearly had heart failure, kicking and screaming, the usual. Called a motor factors, cheapest they could source were 450 ex VAT costing us!

    Pays to shop around, main dealer not always the most expensive, something something, something.

    So did you actually source them and what did the customer pay ?
    And would it have been acceptable to just have bought them at the m factors and charge them out at 600 plus?


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    #96
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭bladespin


    mickdw wrote: »
    Again not the customers fault and therefore completely out if hand then to think you could stick 30 percent on top of your too high cost price.
    As i said before, if garages cannot get their part costs down to a point that allows them their margin while still being competitive, they need to look at themselves not just pile exvessive price onto customer.

    It's their choice (customer and garage), not going around trying to source the same part from every distributor out there, get a price, m,ark it up 30% and offer, if they go for it then grand, if it's too expensive then fine to go elsewhere, by all means look at your parts pricing overall and go with the best wholesaler you can but there's never going to be time to break every single part down by supplier.


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