Ha, My parts order was 83 items with a total savings of $2200 for over $4500 of parts at MSRP....I bought every piece of rubber for the doors and glass and a s*** load of trim clips and a new seat foam. A front grille, hood insulator and a bunch of other stuff.....I just couldn't stop!!! Thank god it's over...I spoke to the parts manager at the dealer when I went to pick up my order and he said Toyota reimburses them at the end of the month for the difference in $$ and he said he can't even buy the parts for his inventory at the price Toyota is giving on line. He also said they do it a couple times a year...
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Welp, I grabbed a few odds and ends but $389 for a wiring harness seems like a solid investment to me.
Can anyone confirm this couple-times-a-year thing?
Man it is just disgusting how much markup exists in this industry if that is the case. You know darn well Toyota is still not losing money at these prices.
That’s correct.
Viewed globally (Toyota and the automotive industry writ large is massive in total global scale)… their economies of production and pricing-scale far dwarfs anything we can imagine as end, retail users/consumers.
I’ve way long ago stopped thinking about the part; I’ve now concentrated all of my mental energy in understanding supply chains in the construction of a part. That to me explains way more about what’s going on in terms of pricing and subsidy.
I wonder how much it costs Toyota to manufacture one of those $900 brake boosters
Less than $50. Guaranteed.
I appreciate your insight, thank you for posting. While it exasperates me to think about a $50 to $900 kind of markup, I understand that people and companies do need to make money. If a part costs $50 to manufacture, I am not asking to pay $52.50, but I don't want to pay $900. There has to be something in the middle where jobs can still exist, companies can still make money and the consumer doesn't get absolutely raked over the coals.
What world that exists in, I really don’t know.
I might be going out on a limb here, but check out Mark Cuban's new cash-only pharmacy, they charge a flat 15% markup on manufacturing costs, cutting out a lot of the bureaucracy and all the price-gouging that comes with it.
Obviously car parts are a whole different ballgame, but I wonder if there isn't some similar model to the above which could streamline the supply chain from manufacturer to end user.
In any case, I ask myself if the source(s) of such extreme markups like the example above be pinpointed and/or resolved.
Obviously car parts are a whole different ballgame, but I wonder if there isn't some similar model to the above which could streamline the supply chain from manufacturer to end user.
In any case, I ask myself if the source(s) of such extreme markups like the example above be pinpointed and/or resolved.
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Everything around you has these kind of mark-ups.
Clothes
Food
Auto parts
Building supplies
Energy
It's about market value. If someone will pay it, that's the going rate
Someone will pay it because those items are necessary.
I escaped as well. I started making an exhaust list on 2 different sites, then abandoned them both. I guess my head gasket will go now that I've "ignored" my 80 in some way.
So, same dealers? Hope to be better prepared for the next one…
Uhm, everything, I think...What you need, I'll make you a deal.
