So is someone giving out pitch forks?

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I agree to certain piont.
(I have not bought anything from Diesel Giant.)

I am guessing the point of this thread is Education of the potential customer.

But, to me it is an ethics question. If I opened a business and charged 3 times as much for an item to customers who had some expectation that that prices would be somewhere close to the average price of an item; is that ethical?

As I indicated in a previous post you could view Diesel Giant as being an exceptional Businessman or not depending on how you want to view it.

Clearly his policies are starting to starting to get some negative back-lash that might have an effect on profits.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

By the time I did an internet search go get the best price on a Pitch Fork (or worse yet had to bid on one at eBay) and waited for it to be shipped to me I would have moved on to other more pressing issues.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Important Notice to Netizens: You're on the Web!

Never done business with the Guy.
His policies are his.'Kinda nice of him to state them up-front.
You're an Adult (Hopefully)...Don't relish the interaction...free to go elsewhere.

[Side note: 'With all the incredible Slimy,Backhanded,Blindsiding,Perfidy that
styles itself as "Bizzness" [I.E. U.S. Chamber.Etc.,Etc.],in a Republic (this ain't
no Democracy), where the Emperor(s) are lobbyists ,This guy is Stellar by
comparison.]

'Mind you Grumbling(Gripes) is the Life Blood in my Arteries.

Next thing you know I'll read that he's been Forcibly,Involuntarily anointed
a Used Car Dealer.

Caveat Emptor is not a Breakfast food.

Renntag + Diesel911,

Someone wants to dictate what style and color of PF ,and then induce you to
finance it for 20 years...After telling you where and how you might use it.

Really! Internet "Pricelining" used to be FUN,now it's a second or third job.

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'84 300SD sold
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What is "price gouging" who is "price gouging," when and where is the "price gouging" going on? Needs to be defined to have any value....


An aftermarket indy parts house on Northwest Hwy. & Jupiter in Dallas, TX. - All Auto Parts -where people driving imports flock to to buy parts - quoted a price of nearly $20.00 for a Sylvania brand replacement headlamp bulb on an E300TD - whilst the Mercedes-Benz dealer in Dallas, TX. Park Place Motorcars sold me the MB brand/packaged headlamp bulb for $11.00 and change the next day.

Many members here often make a blanket statement that; ALL MB dealers "price gouge" calling them "stealerships."

In the above specific example I gave - which outfit is doing the "stealershipping??"

I've looked at his tutorials a few times and they seemed good. The only part I considered purchasing there was the lower radiator hose heater which seemed overpriced, even though it included the hose, compared to other sources.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

DG's prices aside, which I guess is up to the buyer to decide if they are worth it, my negative experience with him stemmed from not getting what I thought I was going to get. The picture next to the items I thought I was purchasing was not what I got in the mail. When I asked why, he was very defensive and told me "that's what I use on all my diesels". In the end he accepted the items back and refunded my money so he's not a crook -and he may have changed his website to reflect what he is actually selling- but that was my experience for what it is worth.

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1985 300SD 99K

Pitch forks aren't necessarily created equally.

You need to provide specific examples in order to determine one pitch fork's quality and value from another.

This discussion thread is a bit of a "no brainer"!!
Why get on a discussion forum and complain about a decision to buy parts from some one else when this site exists because of a parts supplier.
If you dont like DG's prices then go complain on his site!
I am left wondering why the OP didnt get a price from Phil at fastlane.
I hope people like Phil, Roy & Brian are having a quiet laugh about the whole thing!!
Maybe the OP could have just started the thread with a statement like "fastlane was 30% cheaper than DG for a ##### part"!!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I thought the Idea of a Forum was to share information and opinions. And, I believe this thread is doing that.

I assume the sponsors of the forum must feel they benefit from it or they would not sponsor it.

If enough people complain will it get Diesel Giant to lower his prices?
I do not know.

Also it is easy to find out if the negative and the positive have been factually represented by going to the DG site.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

DG, like this forum, has some good DIYs, from that standpoint I have to give him a I like this approach in business.

THAT SAID

I have never bought anything from him because his prices are so bad. I'm the kind of guy who will buy a MilkyWay bar from the parts house if i need to go talk to the parts guy, his time is worth something, so he should at least make a sale of a MilkyWay bar. with that attitude I try not to read the DG DIYs because I know I will not buy anything from him. If his prices were a buck or 2 higher, and I was using his DIY info, I would gladly pay the higher price as a "thank you" for the information. But at 200% or more markup over other sites online, I can't justify even reading his site... not when there is PeachParts

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Are you kidding? Do you really think the O-rings at HF are of the same quality?

This is a huge problem. The people that expect cheap crap to be of the same quality of the best. This is why it's getting harder and harder to buy quality anything these days. People buy the cheapest thing they can get their hands on so the company that makes quality parts makes nothing. They are forced to produce a crappy product just to stay in business..

I have to say the people that think a quality parts seller is ripping them off when they can buy the an inferior quality part for less elsewhere are just dim bulbs and I have little to no respect for their opinions.

The reason is that the OP got a bir up his butt and wants to hurt Diesel Giant. It's a totally unfounded claim of of over priced parts. So what! If you want inferior parts but elsewhere. I will continue with Diesel Giant.

And for all the nay sayers No I don't work for Diesel Giant.

Nothing like a timely post. Commenting on a three year old thread?

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― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now

So you think $21 for 6 high quality o-rings is a reasonable price?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13