Why, oh why ?
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DH01

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820 posts

191 months

Thursday 12th October 2017
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My nearest OPC is about 100 miles away. My fault not theirs. The parts department is very helpful on the 'phone at finding part numbers for me from my garbled explanations of what the bits look like.
I don't expect them to hold parts in stock for my car, it's nearly 14 years old, so the parts have to be ordered from Porsche UK at Reading, I believe. As the OPC is always helpful I'm happy to use them and would rather not cut them out of the process.
But why , oh why do the parts have to physically be sent to them and then sent out again adding days to the time it takes to receive anything ?
I asked if the parts could be sent directly to me and was told no.
Am I asking for something unreasonable in this modern age of all being connected with computers etc , to order from my OPC, I pay them, they place the order and it gets sent to me from Porsche ?
Frustrating at the very least.

MrJingles705

409 posts

166 months

Thursday 12th October 2017
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I grok this entirely; I try and use anyone else (design911 usually) where I can for this reason.

lemmingjames

7,845 posts

227 months

Thursday 12th October 2017
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could just on ebay, type in the part number and generally itll pop up for sale somewhere

v8ksn

4,713 posts

207 months

Thursday 12th October 2017
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Depending on the cost of the parts, it might be a good idea to join PCCB as you get a 10% discount on OPC supplied parts as a member.


DH01

Original Poster:

820 posts

191 months

Thursday 12th October 2017
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v8ksn said:
Depending on the cost of the parts, it might be a good idea to join PCCB as you get a 10% discount on OPC supplied parts as a member.

I was given 10% discount instantly because of the age of the car, I'm not sure that joining a club would give another discount ?