You’re complaining that I didn’t cover all the other ways they can rip you off? I already wrote that article: Read more

And the reference to price is what the number is that follows the dollar $ign. I can get something at the wholesale price and be an end user. At this point you are simply making a silly argument. If you really don’t understand this point, I don’t know how to help you. Read more

And yet it is an industry standard to mark up parts. My article was pointing out that SOME markup is to be expected. The only thing to gripe about is how BIG the mark up is. Read more

I also found this on the motorcraft site: Read more

I pulled that straight from their website last week.
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I have so many questions which can’t have good answers . . . Read more

Whose definition? Read more

Your comment makes no sense and that’s AFTER I actually read it. If my article was TL;dr for you, you should just say so. Read more

So if I am an individual and the seller decides to sell it to me at the discounted price he gives to merchants who re-sell, my price is not wholesale, even if the two numbers are the same?
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Read the comments and you will see quite a few people who think mechanics ought to sell the parts at their cost.
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I’m about to stop reading them. There is a weird phenomenon that happens on almost everything I post. The longer the post is up, the weirder and more combative the comments become.
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Because the article is not about labor costs. I also did not mention the melting point of pyrex glass or mid-19th century French poetry.
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Can you name any other industries that do that?
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Reading is tough. Read more

But does the carpenter supply you the wood and nails at his cost?
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The responses are across the board. Half the readers agree and are glad I wrote it. A few have accused me of being a shill for mechanics. And a few more complain that my examples (from my real life) are not “accurate,” whatever that means.
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That’s your opinion about them needing to be sanctioned. And yet, it is a widespread industry-standard practice. Read more

I won’t be changing the article because one reader out of 40K + is confused. You CAN buy good parts through Amazon as well. That was merely ONE point of several that I made. Read more

Oh, sorry. I get buried in the comments and often read them too quickly.
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No, the alternator was a perfect example. I wrote the article talking about phone calls I get and people I speak with. I cannot imagine your knowledge of that is better than mine. Read more