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My point is the unbranded aftermarket spares are from the same place as the genuine.
some maybe, but a lot of them are not, and the unbranded parts are rarely the same level of quality.
My point is the unbranded aftermarket spares are from the same place as the genuine.
Which website do you use for new Holland parts?NH load sensing link pin. £500
non genuine one ordered from website £250, and it came in NH box!
Mde here, just search itWhich website do you use for new Holland parts?
Don't talk daft. A very small percentage will be yes.My point is the unbranded aftermarket spares are from the same place as the genuine.
At the end of the day its up to the seller to fix his/her prices, and charge what they can get away with, cost of production etc has never been relevant, the Iphone is the classic one, though lots extra costs are in the marketing, but it does the same thing as a phone costing 90% less, and often the same components
You ether learn to shop around or assume your very expensive premium brand car must need very expensive premium brand parts, if you are the seller getting 10% of the numpties at full price is more profitable than selling to everyone at 20% of the price, the really clever ones sell the same thing as different brands and "catch " all the market.
You have it in a nutshell, they all charge what they can get away with.
The example above of the track rod end, with Dana charging 50% of the machine manufacturer. £500 is an awful lot of money for a track rod end, and in no way represents the cost of production, shipping, storage, wholesaler margin,dealer margin, etc. They could sell it at £250 and still be making a lot of money.
However, they know the main dealer price and retail their part at 50%, knowing they will sell.
The other favourite quote is referencing the value of product through the machine. Was on here a week ago referencing a part for a fertiliser sower. The dealer/manufacturer tries to make out the part is cheap in relation to the cost of product wasted or damaged. That should have no bearing in the cost of a part, but is just an example of charging what they can get away with.
Good business if you can get away with it.
I remember once buying a full set of flywheel bolts from a Californian Nissan dealership with an online shop offering worldwide shipping, and it costing around the same as a UK dealer would want for a single bolt. And yes, same part numbers, in Nissan branded packaging. When it comes down to flywheels, you definitely don't want to go down the non genuine route anyway.
Alternator for our Weidemann was over a grand , exact same alternator from New Holland under £400 . Lucky the dealer had both franchises
Forward / reverse switch fir my Manitou truck mounted forklift ...... £185!!!! For a bloody switch. Unfortunately I couldn’t find an alternative and need it it urgently. Robbing gits!!!
I will if I need anything else! Thanks.you should have asked me
A friend had a Honda CR-V high pressure diesel pump fail. Dealer wanted £2.5k for the pump. Mate works at the Honda factory and checked their parts database. Honda pay Bosch about £60 for the pump.
some maybe, but a lot of them are not, and the unbranded parts are rarely the same level of quality.
Don't talk daft. A very small percentage will be yes.
A friend had a Honda CR-V high pressure diesel pump fail. Dealer wanted £2.5k for the pump. Mate works at the Honda factory and checked their parts database. Honda pay Bosch about £60 for the pump.