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Originally Posted by BlubBlub
For as much as I've been at my local MB dealer's parts desk over the years - with 6 other older Benz's at one time or another (!) you'd think they'd be nice to me, but every time I come in they treat me like just another street sucker with a VISA card... Little to no advice -- and even less curiosity about the respected marque they represent in the US...
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Some parts guys are helpful, others are useless. If there's another dealer nearby, it wouldn't hurt to try elsewhere. Otherwise, get the EPC (electronic part catalog that the dealer uses), look up the part numbers yourself, and buy online at wholesale.
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Originally Posted by BlubBlub
...and from the prices you've quoted, what they charge here in the DC area seem even inflated beyond MSRP!! Thanks again.
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That is very common. Most dealers mark up the prices beyond the MSRP (set by MBNA). It's usually small (if any) on high price items, but it can be significant on little things. For example, while a $1000 part may have no markup, a $10 part could be marked up 50%-100%. It pays to be informed on the pricing... problem is, pricing changes every few months, so it's tough to keep up (although not all part prices change - just some of them).
Click here for the latest price list I have, April 2009. It's a 2MB Zip file, it unpacks into a text file you can open with Notepad. Remove the dashes when searching, i.e. you'd have to search for "1247250165".
