Posted by Christos on July 11, 2008 at 21:20:28 from (130.108.192.231):
I went to my friendly not so local AGCO dealer to pick up some parts I needed for my carburator. I had taken off the carburator to my ferguson and some how lost the four screws and the spring. I also since I primed the carburetor decided to pick up a can of flint metalic grey for the heck of it.
I figured the spring would cost the arm and a leg...nope.
Each of those screws from AGCO cost 8 bucks. Thats right $32 for four little screws. That can of paint, 12 bucks.
When I get the total $53 bucks that included the shipping (which I was fine with paying that...its a given these days.) I go to the parts guy you gotta be kidding me. Thats when he told me the unit price and he chuckled.
I realize the laws of supply and demand...I"m taking microeconomics this summer, but how can AGCO justify charging such a high price to cause the dealer to mark it up to 8/screw and with that paint when it was 7 bucks last year!!!
I don"t see how I could be able to afford repainting my tractor using OEM paint - if a can is 12 what could a quart or a gallon be?
I"m only 24 and you know if this is the wave of the future its going to be a sad one for me and my posterity.
I know alot of you think people shouldn"t complain about the cost of parts because they"re availble for machines that are generations old, but its a joke. Even if fuel has caused the almost two fold increase in price for that paint, how can anyone justify its cost at 12 bucks a can? .
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