What does the Mechanic get
#251
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:32:10 -0600, Old Crow <walliscrow@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
#252
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:32:10 -0600, Old Crow <walliscrow@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
#253
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:32:10 -0600, Old Crow <walliscrow@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
wrote:
>Well the Air Force set me down at Williams AFB in '71. Sent me to SEA
>and then relocated me in Glendale at Luke AFB.
Thanks for your service.
#254
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
#255
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
#256
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
> Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
(add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
#257
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Fact is, OEM parts do cost more. That is just a fact of life. Typically
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
#258
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Fact is, OEM parts do cost more. That is just a fact of life. Typically
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
#259
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
Fact is, OEM parts do cost more. That is just a fact of life. Typically
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the surface,
I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of a
dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most retail
outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
Jerry
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
>
> >
> > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
>
> Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying the
> flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes (overhead,
> profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the guy
> bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it was.)
>
> I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
>
>
>
#260
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Re: What does the Mechanic get
I bought a clutch, (made by Sachs) for my Alfa. It cost 60% of the
*exactly* the
same Alfa clutch (made by Sachs). The place I bought it from had counter
staff and
warehouse personnel. Face it - perhaps the dealers don't make any/much money
on parts,
but DC or Alfa do.
the saying "Car makers don't make cars - they assemble them by and large"
has a
large element of truth in it.
Dave
"Jerry Newton" <figatmcttelecom.com> wrote in message
news:400b2d69_2@newspeer2.tds.net...
> Fact is, OEM parts do cost more. That is just a fact of life. Typically
> there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the
surface,
> I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of
a
> dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
> people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
> they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
> parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
> deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
>
> It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most
retail
> outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
>
> Jerry
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> > On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
> >
> > Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> > on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying
the
> > flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes
(overhead,
> > profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the
guy
> > bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> > does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> > Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> > radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it
was.)
> >
> > I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> > (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
*exactly* the
same Alfa clutch (made by Sachs). The place I bought it from had counter
staff and
warehouse personnel. Face it - perhaps the dealers don't make any/much money
on parts,
but DC or Alfa do.
the saying "Car makers don't make cars - they assemble them by and large"
has a
large element of truth in it.
Dave
"Jerry Newton" <figatmcttelecom.com> wrote in message
news:400b2d69_2@newspeer2.tds.net...
> Fact is, OEM parts do cost more. That is just a fact of life. Typically
> there is about 35% markup on parts, which sounds ridiculous on the
surface,
> I suppose, but it isn't like the parts department is the profit center of
a
> dealership. Most dealership parts departments not only employ counter
> people, but they have to employ people in shipping and receiving (because
> they ship AND receive parts), warehouse personnel (somebody has to put the
> parts back ON the shelf), and delivery personnel (most dealerships will
> deliver parts out to their wholesale customers).
>
> It has been my experience that a 35% markup is pretty lenient in most
retail
> outlets of any kind. I think 50% or more is realistic.
>
> Jerry
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:Pine.NEB.4.58.0401171539530.27013@panix3.pani x.com...
> > On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Old Crow wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ain't it grand! There's something else we have to put up with that
> > > people don't understand. Just before Christmas, ours wanted to charge
> > > me back the labor for a hub that I replaced on a Jimmy because I
> > > didn't turn the old part back in to the parts dept.
> >
> > Perhaps you could speak to something about dealer repair shops currently
> > on my mind: Prices at the parts counter. Really, I don't mind paying
the
> > flat rate for labor and I have some idea where that $75/hr goes
(overhead,
> > profit, other departments, and on and on, with a bit left over for the
guy
> > bending the wrench), but charging 100% more than the local parts jobber
> > does for parts, well, that part is hard to eat. Even if they _are_
> > Gen-U-Ine authorized parts. (Recently, it wasn't. D-C no longer makes
> > radiators for 89 Cherokees, but they soaked me for it just as if it
was.)
> >
> > I mean, if can't cost _that_ much to keep a part with a logo on the box
> > (add 20% for that) on a shelf, can it?
> >
> >
> >
>
>