Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:58:20 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: How much should parts cost?
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you're totally right about some shops not being aware of the vanagon
community.
from not being online.
I think we like to think,...heck we 'know' that we have as a whole group, as
a movement even, developed quite a powerful network of vanagon resources.
Shops that are not connected in there are missing out on a lot !
even had a case recently ....a guy's 91 Carat that would cut out and buck ..
part of the story of that year long saga was that he had to a 'very
expereinced' VW and Vanagon techicina...like decades worth of expereince the
guy cliamed, yet he had never heard of 'vanagon syndrome'.
if he was tied into lists like this he sure would know about then !
and .....odd thing too...
where I am there must be 200 vanagons , at least...southern Oregon, probably
more even.
Quite common.
yet.....I think there is exactly one local vanagon person who's into these
groups and this fantastic online resource, and he knows about me from there.
But all the rest of them ..
I do have a few other non-yahoo group vanagon customers ...
but since so few of the local vanagon owners are on lists like this ...few
know of me.
Most of my vanagon jobs come from out of town, even out of state.
isnt' that odd.
and ....anybody with half a brain who studies and ..heck, they can just
lurk, don't even have to ever post ..if they follow this and other groups
they will known what commonly goes wrong, what parts should cost ..
where to get them etc....
Like I 'could' own and work on vanagons without these lists, but that would
be so dull and boring compared to this great community and resource we have,
and have built up together over time.
re
if the shop charged $95 an hour to handle finding parts for Vanagons
shops don't charge customers labor time for finding parts ..
or I sure hope they don't !
the shop has to mark up the parts a reasonable amount to cover the costs of
what it takes to supply parts, and the responsibilty that goes with suppling
a part.
believe me, it would be more effecient to tear up 20 dollar bills than it
would be to sell parts at cost.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay lefstein" <jleftbrane@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: How much should parts cost?
> well, i work at a shop and don't make the call on bills, I will say
> what i think..
>
> if the shop charged $95 an hour to handle finding parts for Vanagons
> it could be the same as the % they charge... lol...
>
> but at my shop we have a parts guy and a a guy who handles the books,
> they both get paid a fair salary i would imagine that cost's money.
> the other issue is many shops have no clue about the samba, gowesty,
> frank condelli, van again etc.. my shop is only finding out about most
> of these places because i am so immersed in the vanagon world....
> parts guys often only want to deal with who they already know... and
> being in canada is getting harder for parts...
>
> hope this helps
>
>
> On 4-Sep-10, at 10:11 AM, Bruce Todd wrote:
>
>> This question goes out to all the working vanagon mechanics & shops
>> out
>> there...what would a reasonable and fair mark-up be on parts
>> purchased by
>> the shop for the client? I think I'm getting gouged on a few things
>> but
>> before I make a call to discuss I thought I would ask the list.
>>
>> I do understand that parts are a profit item for a shop...but what is
>> typical?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bruce
