I hate getting ripped off.

[prosa69]

I went to a yamaha dealer today to get a seal.  I paid over 14.00 for the seal.  I thought okay its expensive but what am I gonna do.  Well I get home and look up the msrp.  11.00 and change.  Then I get on the same companies web site and it was 7.74 for the same seal.  I would of had to order it from there web site and have it shipped to my house 3 miles away which is total BS.  So whats the deal with all these different prices.  Its only 3 dollars over msrp but thats just on one seal.  I cant imagine if I bought an item more expensive how much I would have been ripped off.     

From now on I will save my gas and order online from them and have them ship it to me.  Just hope they dont charge 50.00 for shipping. 

[AintSkeered]

Let me guess, was it a stealer(dealer) in SW Broward County, FL?

[renmus]

supply side economics?  the shops have to upcharge to cover the costs of overhead.  (rent, employees, taxes, electric, equipment etc.)

[greenmachine]

The parts guys are on commision of gross profit. I went to Barnies in brandon, FL. to get a tie rod for my KFX. The guy told me $46 on the phone, and said "be sure to ask for him"
Well when I got there, he was on lunch and the parts mgr helped me. He checked stock and said they were out. he looked under the counter and found it with a paper wrapped around it with the guys name on it. He rang it up and I paid under $27 with tax.
needless to say, the next stop was the General Mgrs office and he called in the parts mgr to hear my story. I havent seen him there since then.

[YELLOW RR]

Next time try ServiceHonda.com