As a member of the MB club here in Dallas / Ft Worth, they give us a disscount on the first 10 days and the last ten dayds of the month. Ususally we get the parts whole sale I believe.

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Yea,

I know PP's number. They, like many dealerships, sell at "matrix prices". They are NOT mercedes USA suggested retail pricing, they are much greater (20-50%). Then, they nicely give MB club members a discount of 15-20%. If you look carefully, generally its a rebate- so it's done after taxes. Ok, to defend them, I encoutered that at the VW dealership ??METRO VW.

I've been using Randy Steele since he works for a mb dealership now and ships wholesale prices, not retail or matrix prices. He can also source aftermarket prices if there is a difference.
I also dealt with my previous hometown dealership whom used MBUSA suggested list, after about a year a friend introduced me to the parts guys-then everything was wholesale. If you are getting wholesale, you'll find little modivation on the OEM stuff. OEM networks are basing the prices now on dealerships using matrix pricing, so they price there's somewhere between wholesale and retail it seems.

Michael

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