Amazon car parts - I think it's broken
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Just been looking for Landcruiser parts on amazon and for some reason stuff is ridiculously cheap.
I've ordered a fuel filter for three quid, bosch lambda sensor for £6.51, a pair of Monroe shocks for £11.86 and some Borg&Beck brake pads for a fiver.
Go have a look. As an example, stick in "Sachs vibration damping" and you'll get all sorts of shocks for five quid upwards, or "Bosch oxygen sensor" - again, crazy prices.
Will they turn up? Probably not, but it's worth a shot
I've ordered a fuel filter for three quid, bosch lambda sensor for £6.51, a pair of Monroe shocks for £11.86 and some Borg&Beck brake pads for a fiver.
Go have a look. As an example, stick in "Sachs vibration damping" and you'll get all sorts of shocks for five quid upwards, or "Bosch oxygen sensor" - again, crazy prices.
Will they turn up? Probably not, but it's worth a shot
All showing as Amazon themselves. It must be broken - bet I get 'out of stock' emails next week.
Eg
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-ran...
Silly prices starting at £5.84....
Eg
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-ran...
Silly prices starting at £5.84....
You might find they never turn up. Some scam sellers list things ridiculously cheap with the assumption that few people will bother pushing for a refund. Unfortunately it works. When it's only a few quid, quite a few buyers wont bother getting a refund, despite Amazon being generally very good with customer service.
Not saying these are definitely a scam..... but if it looks too good to be true.....
Not saying these are definitely a scam..... but if it looks too good to be true.....
It's amazon's pricing policy. I watched some shocks get cheaper and cheaper with one pair left in stock until they were so cheap it was worth getting just in case. Some of those lambdas are worth buying and selling on... Compare them with the other sellers.
I tend to check Amazon for car parts, as they are often competitive.
I tend to check Amazon for car parts, as they are often competitive.
Mighty Flex said:
It's amazon's pricing policy. I watched some shocks get cheaper and cheaper with one pair left in stock until they were so cheap it was worth getting just in case. Some of those lambdas are worth buying and selling on... Compare them with the other sellers.
I tend to check Amazon for car parts, as they are often competitive.
Just got 2 lots of rear CLS55 pads (1 set Ferodo, 1 set TRW) and some TVR Griff rear Ferodo pads for £24 the lot.I tend to check Amazon for car parts, as they are often competitive.
I just need one more Sachs shock to get a full set (sachs rear, monroe front) for the landcruiser. Spent £19 for the three.
If that's how they work their prices when they're low on stock, fair enough
Nothing super cheap that I need, but I did recently get a TRW suspension arm from them cheaper than anywhere else.
That's all sold by Amazon stuff? I'd be confident that its also genuine parts direct from them, though other sellers is a bit like ebay: Proceed with caution: some times you get a cheaper brand, or a fake of a premium brand.
That's all sold by Amazon stuff? I'd be confident that its also genuine parts direct from them, though other sellers is a bit like ebay: Proceed with caution: some times you get a cheaper brand, or a fake of a premium brand.
t but amazon themselves I’m hoping will be ok. If they have stock...This could be interesting, just ordered a full Valeo clutch kit including single mass flywheel conversion for £37. Eurocarparts is currently selling them for £410. I wonder if it will actually show up! It's sold by Amazon and not some dodgy third party seller so I suppose it should...
It happens quite often with stock they can't shift - if you order one the price will suddenly shoot back up.
I ordered a set of idler pulleys a couple of weeks ago for example at 8 quid each for the 3, then they shot back up to the usual 40 quid.
It works well for obscure cars - I got pretty much the entire suspension for my 406 Coupe last year for about £80 in total, that was 4 dampers, 4 springs, new wishbones, balljoints, droplinks, top mounts track rods, radius arms, etc, etc, all at a few quid each.
The second after I ordered the total for them all would have come to about 800 quid...
I ordered a set of idler pulleys a couple of weeks ago for example at 8 quid each for the 3, then they shot back up to the usual 40 quid.
It works well for obscure cars - I got pretty much the entire suspension for my 406 Coupe last year for about £80 in total, that was 4 dampers, 4 springs, new wishbones, balljoints, droplinks, top mounts track rods, radius arms, etc, etc, all at a few quid each.
The second after I ordered the total for them all would have come to about 800 quid...
PhillipM said:
It happens quite often with stock they can't shift - if you order one the price will suddenly shoot back up.
I ordered a set of idler pulleys a couple of weeks ago for example at 8 quid each for the 3, then they shot back up to the usual 40 quid.
It works well for obscure cars - I got pretty much the entire suspension for my 406 Coupe last year for about £80 in total, that was 4 dampers, 4 springs, new wishbones, balljoints, droplinks, top mounts track rods, radius arms, etc, etc, all at a few quid each.
The second after I ordered the total for them all would have come to about 800 quid...
Yeah I ordered a front wheel bearing, two abs sensors and the clutch and flywheel conversion kit and it came to £72. I just added the same things to my basket again and it's come to £768.56! I ordered a set of idler pulleys a couple of weeks ago for example at 8 quid each for the 3, then they shot back up to the usual 40 quid.
It works well for obscure cars - I got pretty much the entire suspension for my 406 Coupe last year for about £80 in total, that was 4 dampers, 4 springs, new wishbones, balljoints, droplinks, top mounts track rods, radius arms, etc, etc, all at a few quid each.
The second after I ordered the total for them all would have come to about 800 quid...
It is broken, has been for a while.
There's gold out there.
I spotted and bought Bilstein B12 suspension ( so Bilstien B8s and Eibach Pro Springs) for 110 quid for VW/Audi
They weren't for my car, so I sold them on cheap but still returned 300 odd in profit. Soon as I purchased the price went up to 600 odd, but Amazon still honoured. Like you I thought it was incorrect, however in heinsight I should have bought 50
There's gold out there.
I spotted and bought Bilstein B12 suspension ( so Bilstien B8s and Eibach Pro Springs) for 110 quid for VW/Audi
They weren't for my car, so I sold them on cheap but still returned 300 odd in profit. Soon as I purchased the price went up to 600 odd, but Amazon still honoured. Like you I thought it was incorrect, however in heinsight I should have bought 50
Oldandslow said:
Speculatively bought one shock absorber for £9. The one for the other side wasn't listed but I'll happily pay full price for the right if the left turns up.
I’ve bought loads of parts from Amazon, it’s actually the first place I check. I backed the truck up on a load of INA timing belt kits, tensioners, idlers, gaskets etc a while back for a couple of my cars, silly cheap money.Then I found a new rear brake caliper for £20 ish and bought that. The other side was nearly £100 so I waited and waited with it in my wish list until 6 months later the price starts steadily dropping and dropping and dropping by a few quid every couple of days until eventually I got that for about the same price as the first one.
Patience, grasshopper
Edited by Nealio on Thursday 6th September 11:36
Most of my bits have arrived over the past few days - some are clearly old-ish stock but all bar a couple of things haven't ever been opened/unsealed.
Made a massive investment and got a front set of Monroe Adventure shocks off ebay for 35 quid as the box is damaged rather than wait for amazon ones to match - even so a full set of 4 Monroes for the Landcruiser for under £50 is still 25% of the cheapest anywhere else.
Amazon driver seemed to be limping this morning....
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