Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Its a lose for the customer if you needed the part fast... -Curt From: G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. It's a win / win / win all around because who ever has dead inventory gets it sold, Autohauz gets a cut for marketing it, and we get factory parts at cheap prices. What do you think? On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Not much room for a markup if they work with a third party AND offer free shipping. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: G Mann Sez: I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. What do you think? If I run the tracking number, it tracks back to AZ. That's why it takes forever for me to get parts from them. I think they sell their own stuff. 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
G Mann Sez: I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. What do you think? If I run the tracking number, it tracks back to AZ. That's why it takes forever for me to get parts from them. I think they sell their own stuff. 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. It's a win / win / win all around because who ever has dead inventory gets it sold, Autohauz gets a cut for marketing it, and we get factory parts at cheap prices. What do you think? Yup I suspect that is how a lot of it moves. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I've had bad luck with them having URO rubber parts instead of anything good. It takes an act of Congress to get them to check who actually made stuff. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. It's a win / win / win all around because who ever has dead inventory gets it sold, Autohauz gets a cut for marketing it, and we get factory parts at cheap prices. What do you think? On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I noticed the other place someone mentioned had a lot of URO stuff, too. You just have to be an informed shopper when it comes to these guys. Fortunately, most of them identify the manufacturer. I always check the part when I get it, too, just to be sure. Dan On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've had bad luck with them having URO rubber parts instead of anything good. It takes an act of Congress to get them to check who actually made stuff. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opt ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I'm sure that's the case. That's what Worldpac does. A lot of the online parts retailers are using a customized front end that utilizes Worldpac's system. When you order it just goes to Worldpac and they drop ship from one of their warehouses with the seller's information on the pack slip and shipping label. Dan On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:51 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell, packed to appear it comes directly from them. That would easily explain the delays and shipping lag. It's a win / win / win all around because who ever has dead inventory gets it sold, Autohauz gets a cut for marketing it, and we get factory parts at cheap prices. What do you think? On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Notwithstanding the lag time in delivery, Autohausaz.com is the cheapest parts source I have come across. Makes no difference where i order from. It takes a week to get anything unless i can buy from FLAPS. once in a while it is less, but I figure that is a bonus. If I try to anticipate everything i'll need, i end up with unused parts. If I take things apart, then order, I have a vehicle down for a week (or 2 if the unforseen happens) Sometimes I end up taking the car apart 2 or 3 times as parts trickle in. Its a lot less frustrating to keep one old MB in ready reserve. Then if you have one down waiting for parts, you can still carry on. Right now I have cars scattered over 1500 miles, and that is not good either... ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Clarification: OEM part. I will give Autohaus credit for sourcing lots of little bits that are stupid expensive at the dealer, even with a discount. A good example of this is the O rings for the oiler tubes on the M119 engine. From MB they're like $2/each. Something like $0.35/each from Autohaus, and they often come in the original Carl Reinz bag, too. I needed a thermostat for the new S420, as it takes forever to get to working temperature (I'm assuming it's got the original thermostat in it.) From the dealer it's like $45 my cost, the same OEM thermostat from Autohaus is under $30 shipped. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 5:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I have ordered from Autohaus on occasion when I’m not in a hurry and I need an OE part that’s far cheaper in the aftermarket, like a thermostat. The thing I find amusing is that they state quite clearly that they ship the “same day - or the next” and nothing I have ordered has ever shipped the same day I ordered it, even when I ordered on a weekend and they had plenty of advance time to fill the order. Dan On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Autohaus uses the stupid UPS/USPS arrangement for their cheap shipping. This is the equivalent of a slow boat to China. On a few occasions I've upgraded to UPS and things get to me promptly, albeit they still never ship the same day I order them. If you hit the threshold for free shipping I believe things go UPS as well. I just try to plan accordingly when I order from them and not order something I'm in a hurry for, if possible. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
I have ordered from Autohaus on occasion when I’m not in a hurry and I need an OE part that’s far cheaper in the aftermarket, like a thermostat. The thing I find amusing is that they state quite clearly that they ship the “same day - or the next” and nothing I have ordered has ever shipped the same day I ordered it, even when I ordered on a weekend and they had plenty of advance time to fill the order. Dan On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:55 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curly sez: You can always ask autohausAZ if they can get lemforder The thing I dislike about AhAZ is it takes forever to get parts. Perhaps I am spoiled by Amazon Prime, but I don't like waiting 7-10 days for stuff to show up. I'm going to give eeuroparts.com a try soon. I will report back on their performance. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 126 Rubber WUZ: ADMIN
Grant wrote: I suspect Autohauz works out of inventories owned by other folks and drop ships some of what the list and sell... An UBER of used MB parts - nice. UBER is even used for quick massage needs - legitimate physical massage. mao ___ 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
