007husky wrote:
may be they balance profits/lossses from other departments with the parts department.
It is unreasonable to think that they can justify a 100% markup in many parts...(like the drive shaft i m about to buy from mopartsamerica for 50% of the dealer`s price for the EXACT same part).
specially when moparts america is already making profit too and they can still give you half the price than a dealership.
In my opinion dealers are just bs... you have to wear kevlar pants when you buy a car so you don`t get screwed, they generally fail at repairs (or bs you about warranties) and are extremely overpriced.
may be I just had a lot of bad luck with dealers... but i go out of my way to avoid them.
No, you aren't alone in the treatment by dealers. I got hosed out of warranties by two different dealers on two different vehicles. My Jetta had 5100 miles on it when I bought it, and had been previously registered... But the scum dealer wouldn't provide the "certified used car 100k warranty" b/c they insisted it wasn't a used car. Oh, then it DROVE to Florida from Mexico where it was built? No, but you still don't get that warranty for free. You can always pay us the $1800 that warranty costs.
Then there was the fiasco on the CRD where I *HAD* the 7/70... Until Chrysler's system decided I didn't. The selling dealer offered zero help on that one too.
There is a reason they are known as "stealerships" and it is a well-earned name.
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