Mercedes Benz Preston
I went to Mercedes Benz or Mercedes bent today asking to purchase 5 black plastic internal door lock pieces after 10 minutes and me showing the actual part the bandit behind the counter offered me them for £70 each plus vat.
I informed him that I could buy them from the USA for $2.75 each and showed him the advert on the website,he then said as its an old car they tend to add on a little more than normal.
This is unbelievable margins on such a simple piece of plastic.stay clear
What exactly do you need? Can you post a pic?
Typical mercedes dealership license to print money ! i ordered 6 months ago a handbook for a 300gd w460 from a main agent cost me £54 .00 then 2 months later needed another one so ordered it from another dealership and paid £28 for same item . Rang up mercedes customer services explain situation and said same part nmber and reply was that mercedes dealerships have a starting price and can themn charge what they want on top !
Forgot to say not all the mercedes dealerships are greedy some can be really helpful .
Get the part number and run it through inchcape's online part ordering system. If it does not give you a price call inchcape mercedes. Warrington are pretty good and charge the correct price. Don't use the mercedes owned dealers are they are idiots.
http://www.mercedes-benz-parts.co.uk/
You can also pay about £20 a year and get the full epc for all Mercedes vehicles. It does not give prices though.
http://www.service-and-parts.net/dcagportal/DCAGPortal/portal.action
what you must remember is that the mercedes G is a re badged puch
so it is no supprise that they show no intrest in something they dont make
or care about
REPLY TO THREAD No: 4
You will find most dealers are well versed not to give out any part numbers. They will not even correct you with a superseded part number, merely inform you that the number has changed or the system does not recognise the number.
REPLY TO THREAD No: 5
Mercedes Benz have rights' to the G-Wagen, Puch produce the G-Wagen for Mercedes Benz further the G-Puch is under license from Mercedes Benz.
My contrarion comment - any motor trade main dealer parts dept is only as good as the individual "on the counter" AND your relationship with him.
Rakesh makes very valid comments
I have first class service from my local MB commercial dealer - City West ,Bristol and Avonmouth .
Many club members [myself included] also purchase genuine parts from Northside Truck and Van- one of their parts managers is most helpful.
Gavin Helme -club member- is as clued up as anyone in UK and has often got me out of trouble locating obscure items
Search ebay...generic parts [chassis and drive train] brake pads etc are common to T1 van - I pay £15 for nos good name pads.
Belgian G breaker G-ologie has a lot of useful stuff if a bit pricey.
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