Premium car parts rip off
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A friend needed to replace the trailing arm bushes on a Jag X type. He contacted Jaguar and they sent the parts out at £27.60 each in a plastic Jaguar branded bag. The part had Ford stamped on it and after further investigation the exact same part was acquired from Ford for £6. How can Jaguar charge over 400% plus for the same part? Is there even worse examples out there?
Is the X Type not based on a Ford platform and fairly similar to the Mondeo? Maybe this caused Jaguar to think that he paid Jag money for a Ford car and that maybe he would pay Jag money for Ford parts also? Still think it's unfair regardless. Worse still are the garages that charge a premium for parts for UK cars that are made by foreign companies, Japanese cars for instance.
If ford are selling them for £6, then they cost less than a £1 to manufacture.
I have worked on a number of products and I think the largest mark up I've seen was a turbo costing ford £70, sold by a ford dealer for £700, but the largest %age was a solenoid which cost £3.50 to make, and ranged from £65 to £95 depending on the brand on the box. VW was highest, Rover was lowest IIRC
I have worked on a number of products and I think the largest mark up I've seen was a turbo costing ford £70, sold by a ford dealer for £700, but the largest %age was a solenoid which cost £3.50 to make, and ranged from £65 to £95 depending on the brand on the box. VW was highest, Rover was lowest IIRC
BRMMA said:
When I wanted to replace the ignition switch in my Boxster the cost was about £40 from Porsche, £15 from Audi or £8 from VW. For a set of brake disks for my GS Maserati want over 2k, buying the same part from Brembo who make them for Maserati brings the cost down to £350
That is a crazy mark up by Maserati.Try owning a Lotus Esprit - parts from Lotus are extortionate, quick internet search reveals and 'alternative parts list' and as usual most are manufactored by Toyota, Land Rover, GM etc so I just buy those parts and they all fit as they should.
Learnt this from my old TVR. Most sports cars of that ilk have 'borrowed' parts
Learnt this from my old TVR. Most sports cars of that ilk have 'borrowed' parts
AlpineWhite said:
Perhaps ford sell more of them than jaguar.
Perhaps ford buy them for less than jaguar.
Perhaps jaguar have higher costs in their supply and distribution.
Perhaps jaguar owners are willing to pay more than a ford owner.
I think you missed the 5th option.......Perhaps ford buy them for less than jaguar.
Perhaps jaguar have higher costs in their supply and distribution.
Perhaps jaguar owners are willing to pay more than a ford owner.
most Jag drivers are old duffers, on their way to the golf club, who don't go on the internet and don't know about independant parts retailers. Therefore, they charge as much as they think they can get away with.
A guy walked in to us today asking if he could borrow a locking wheel nut key as the one for his X-type had sheared in 2. All he wanted to do is whip off the 4 locking wheel nuts but Jaguar wanted to charge him £104 for the privilege of doing it for him or £70 for a new key. £70 for the new key although expensive is to be expected but £104 just to undo 4 bolts is an absolute piss take. Unfortunately the one we had did not fit.
GenePoolReject13 said:
A guy walked in to us today asking if he could borrow a locking wheel nut key as the one for his X-type had sheared in 2. All he wanted to do is whip off the 4 locking wheel nuts but Jaguar wanted to charge him £104 for the privilege of doing it for him or £70 for a new key. £70 for the new key although expensive is to be expected but £104 just to undo 4 bolts is an absolute piss take. Unfortunately the one we had did not fit.
Most tyre places can remove locking wheel nuts.I like BMW as their prices aren't extortionate, for example that key would be a tenner or thereabouts.
jamoor said:
why not just get an aftermarket part.
Because once you've considered the labour cost to fit the bushes, fitting inferior copies is a false economy. I find you have to pick your aftermarket parts very carefully because while some represent decent value, most are cheaper for a reason unless you can get OEM manufactured ones from another source (which, as the OP had found, happens often).Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff