Remanufactured parts rant.....
First off, I admit knowing better, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. So yesterday, the alternator on our newly purchased old 2001 Chevy Tahoe starts taking a dump on a roadtrip up to BC....
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Here is a another rant of some sorts about another reman part.
Years ago when I was a area sales rep, I was on location at one of my customers that needed a water pump on his Cummins powered 3500 at his shop over an hour away from my dealership. My company is a Cummins distributor and offer Cummins engines in the medium/heavy duty trucks we sell. I had the genuine Cummins pump in stock at my dealership, but it would have to wait for the following day to be delivered. My dealerships cost was around $40 for the pump and we sold it for around $60.
My customer needed it ASAP so I decided to call a local light duty Dodge dealership to see if they had the part. I gave the parts man the Cummins part number based on engine serial number and he crossed it to the Mopar part number. I almost spit out my coffee when he told me it was almost $200. Since this dealership was about 5 minutes away from where I was, I decided to take a look at this $200 water pump. I got there and it was in the same Cummins box with the same Cummins part number that I had on my shelf for $60, but with the Mopar part number sticker over it for $200.
I told him that my dealership can get this pump for around $40 and I assumed that they had to pay more through Mopar which us why they sold it for a much higher cost. Nope, the only got it for about $55. Of course my customer decided to wait for mine to be delivered after telling how much it would cost if I got it from the Dodge dealer.
I was a bit curious and decided to call another Dodge dealer to see if it was just this dealership that was trying to screw people. Nope, another Dodge dealer in the city quoted a slightly higher price than the other small town dealership did for the same exact part.
Years ago when I was a area sales rep, I was on location at one of my customers that needed a water pump on his Cummins powered 3500 at his shop over an hour away from my dealership. My company is a Cummins distributor and offer Cummins engines in the medium/heavy duty trucks we sell. I had the genuine Cummins pump in stock at my dealership, but it would have to wait for the following day to be delivered. My dealerships cost was around $40 for the pump and we sold it for around $60.
My customer needed it ASAP so I decided to call a local light duty Dodge dealership to see if they had the part. I gave the parts man the Cummins part number based on engine serial number and he crossed it to the Mopar part number. I almost spit out my coffee when he told me it was almost $200. Since this dealership was about 5 minutes away from where I was, I decided to take a look at this $200 water pump. I got there and it was in the same Cummins box with the same Cummins part number that I had on my shelf for $60, but with the Mopar part number sticker over it for $200.
I told him that my dealership can get this pump for around $40 and I assumed that they had to pay more through Mopar which us why they sold it for a much higher cost. Nope, the only got it for about $55. Of course my customer decided to wait for mine to be delivered after telling how much it would cost if I got it from the Dodge dealer.
I was a bit curious and decided to call another Dodge dealer to see if it was just this dealership that was trying to screw people. Nope, another Dodge dealer in the city quoted a slightly higher price than the other small town dealership did for the same exact part.
