Good points, Jaime. I do as much legwork for my dealer people that I can within the limitations of my resources. I use online (free) EPC web sites, so I often don’t have the advantage of things like color codes or footnotes, but if I have the number it makes their job a lot easier as they’ll see the details when they enter it into the EPC.
If I’m unsure of a part number I make sure they have the last 8 of the VIN so they can pull it up and see. Something else to tell them is that you’ll work off of stock orders. That means you won’t get your parts for 2-3 business days, maybe a little more, but it allows them to bundle your order in with their regularly scheduled warehouse orders. This saves them money and earns them credit with corporate in the form of lowered shipping costs and inventory discounts. -D > On Jul 23, 2019, at 7:57 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Have you brought them some examples from the online sites? > > My local dealer told me they have people doing this all the time and > usually match the price for people. They have to understand that this is > the way the business is going. > > Its also important that if you expect a very good price, you should make > their life somewhat easier by providing the part numbers of what you need. > If you go to them with a long list of descriptions they have to hunt down > part numbers for, they're not going to want to give you much of a discount. > > Jaime > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 7:18 AM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I asked my local dealer for a discount on parts, and he talked to his >> manager. He says the best they can do is 15 percent off after I spend >> $1,000 and 20 percent off after I spend $5,000. Naperville MB lists their >> prices at a 26 percent discount, but then there is shipping. I would like >> to build a good relationship with the dealer, but the internet option would >> save way more money. >> >> Rick >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
