Date:         Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:43:19 -0800
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Water pump?
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--- TC <trclark@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> OR
> let me supply the part & add 10-25% to you labour rate .. simple
> but hiding margins in part SUXX
>

My cousin is a mechanic. He owns a 76 gas station and garage in Oakland.
I can concur that he always get a 10% to 20% discount when purchasing parts.
He gets free delivery too.

But I can concur that it is not him who hides that 10% or 20% profit in the
parts. It is a practice for a parts place to give such discount as an
incentive to get future business. I too can get the discount even buying
from a dealer. I just need to tell the dealer that I got the discount last
time. It always worked at the dealer that I went to. The discount is
always like 10%.

David




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