do the dealers have for parts?? When i worked at a auto parts store 30 years ago there was a list price, wholesale price, and a jobber price.
I had a bad whistling noise so I took my truck to the Peterbilt dealer where my truck came from. They pressurized the CaC and it held pressure and no noise. it ended up being a bearing in the turbo making the noise.
The shop foreman came over and said the turbo was $3600 and I told him to put it back together like it was because I wasn't paying that much and I was going to shop around the internet for one cheaper. He left and came back and said I could have it for $1978 so I had them put it on. Probably still double what I could find one for on the internet.
I had been blowing fuses on my windshield wipers and they said I needed a new motor. I priced the motor there and they wanted $461 and I said no thanks I would shop around. The city where I was picking up my next load had a Pete dealer so I stopped and they priced a motor for $349. They were getting cheaper so I didn't buy it. The wiper motor motor went up in smoke in Kansas City so I stopped at the Pete dealer and said how much for the motor? They priced it to me for $523 and i went off on him. I told him Des Moines was $461 and Ceder Rapids was $349 and he wanted over 500? He stuttered and said I can sell it for $375. I had no wipers and it was raining so I had to buy it. I went and asked the shop how much to put it on and they said $150-200. I took it out in the parking lot and put it on myself in less than 30 minutes.
Do they just double the list price and wait for you to talk them down?
Are the Peterbilt dealers I have gone to just crooks?
I know now that when I go to buy a part I will never pay the first price they quote me.