Backorders on Toyota maintenance "stuff", thoughts?

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Check parts.toyota.com dealers, because they're running free shipping (to a point) right now, and one dealer an hour away was doing 10% off. I just bought an entire front end from them. At any given time, a random dealer on toyota online is probably doing 10% off, it's just a matter of finding them and placing a large enough order that the shipping is offset.

Some of that is true, but some of it is just profiteering. If you can buy OEM on Amazon and get free shipping and get fast delivery, I don't feel like rewarding the toyota dealer who offers higher prices for the same part and higher shipping. I'd like to support him, but geez....last week I dropped in to get some transmission fluid. He is 25% higher than Amazon and said he didn't have any in stock....but he could get it by early this week.

I'm not sure which world dealers live in sometimes. Best price gets my business. Oh, well...sorry for the mini-rant.