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Jul-19-2016 07:17 AM
I'm pretty sure there is one wholesaler/importer for the entire country and they enforce the "catalog price or nothing" type rule on all of their dealers.
so, fellow Canadians, where do you shop for major stuff? I'm looking at axles and brakes in the next 12 months for example. personally importing stuff is feasible for me but what about the rest of us?
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Jul-20-2016 08:18 AM
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Jul-20-2016 04:47 AM
SoundGuy wrote:garyhaupt wrote:
To address your question? Yes...we are absolutely overcharged. If you ask why..it's the exchange. It's border fee's. It's anything but...'we can, so we do.'
You're also paying for the Canadian distribution network as well as almost nothing RV related is produced here in Canada no one works for nothing. 😉
Compared to about 85% in Australia. I guess the large US market, would be overwhelming to Canadian producers
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Jul-19-2016 09:56 PM
There are other places besides e-trailer that can be a lot less. I've only bought twice from them and I think it was because I couldn't find something elsewhere. If you have a part number for an item, shop 'til you drop on the internet until you find the lowest item cost + shipping cost. Some US companies don't like shipping to Canada and some won't ship here at all.
If you buy online, never use a courier service into Canada. They will cost you a fortune for a brokerage fee, fuel surcharge, taxes, "other" fees and fees on top of fees. I've had a few too many problems with one of them for various reasons and avoid them like the plague. Canada Post can be much cheaper but the problem with them is that your parcel can get held up in Customs for days or weeks. I once had a super rare irreplaceable vintage car part shipped to me from California and when I picked it up at my local post office, one end of the box was open with nothing inside. Customs made no effort to repack and seal it up. That was the last time I used the postal system into Canada.
If you check Amazon.ca prices vs Amazon.com, some of their prices are highly inflated in Canada, like around double and more. Take a Husky hb4500 electric tongue jack as an example - $212US vs $552Can. Makes no sense.
Dealers can be expensive but I've found prices at a local RV parts & repair shop can be decent and I'll use them if I need something quickly. If it's a non-RV specific part like plumbing or electrical, there are many sources here that can be cheaper than the US.
The only way to save big is to get items shipped to a US address across the border. If you can make it work, group a number of purchases around the same time so you only cross the border once to get them.
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Jul-19-2016 01:01 PM
garyhaupt wrote:
To address your question? Yes...we are absolutely overcharged. If you ask why..it's the exchange. It's border fee's. It's anything but...'we can, so we do.'
You're also paying for the Canadian distribution network as well as almost nothing RV related is produced here in Canada ... no one works for nothing. 😉
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Jul-19-2016 09:09 AM
I was hoping for a more local(Canadian) supplier
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Jul-19-2016 08:43 AM
To address your question? Yes...we are absolutely overcharged. If you ask why..it's the exchange. It's border fee's. It's anything but...'we can, so we do.'
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Jul-19-2016 08:25 AM
"As for dealer pricing no wholesaler can dictate retail prices"
stevemorris wrote:
legally no they cant, but it seems odd that parts in general are the same price in many places
Has nothing to do with being "legal". RV dealerships, like any businesses, are privately owned, independently operated businesses that have nothing to do with the distributor from whom they're buying. Each retailer sets his/her own retailing pricing according to their own business plan so of course while at times pricing may be similar on a given part they also may be quite different - it's up to each individual retailer to decide, just as it's up to you to decide what you're willing to pay for that part, and for that there is no one answer as we're all different.
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Jul-19-2016 08:13 AM
legally no they cant, but it seems odd that parts in general are the same price in many places
55 bucks for a brake magnet at 5 different places, and that's not installed, just over the counter. I can get a complete dexter backing plate with shoes and magnet at e trailer for less than 30 bucks
I'm considering new axles from dexter, over the border here I come
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Jul-19-2016 08:05 AM
stevemorris wrote:
I'm pretty sure there is one wholesaler/importer for the entire country and they enforce the "catalog price or nothing" type rule on all of their dealers.
Well you'd be incorrect. 😉 Up until recently there were four major players in the Canadian RV generic parts distribution business - Danzy (which is now Robert Thiebert), Atlas Trailer, NTP/Keystone/Stag, and Coast - however Coast was recently absorbed by Keystone and has closed their two eastern distribution points. Dealers here in the east can no longer order directly from Coast even though Coast western distribution point are still operating. Previous Coast part numbers however have been imported into the NTP/Keystone/Stag data base so in most cases Coast parts can still be ordered from NTP/Keystone/Stag. As for dealer pricing no wholesaler can dictate retail prices which are set by each individual dealer based on their own retail formulae.
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Jul-19-2016 07:32 AM