Posted by fixerupper on May 09, 2013 at 08:41:46 from (100.42.82.30):
In Reply to: JD Parts Pricing posted by Traditional Farmer on May 09, 2013 at 04:48:42:
Boxed parts do cost more than bulk. If each part that came in that cardboard drum was boxed, handled and shipped individually the price could double depending on the original price of the part, the weight, how much contents protection needs to be stuffed into the box. The drum might have come straight from the factory where the Deere box went from the factory to the warehouse and then to the dealer.
My local Deere dealer had a gas grille with the Deere name on it in their showroom. I had just bought the very same grille from a store so I asked the parts man what the price was and I forget the exact dollars but it was a little over $800. The exact same grill I bought from a local store cost $30 MORE than the Deere grill. I told him what I paid for mine just so he could have a comeback for the customers who claimed the grill was so high just because it had the Deere name on it. Jim
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