On Aug 21, 2019, at 9:43 AM, Todd Snyder via Gmclist wrote: > 100% of the time, the answer shouldn't be 'call vendor X'=
so I can pay double for a part that I could walk in and get at my local NA=
PA. If it is so easy to source parts then why don=E2=80=99t YOU just =
go into your local NAPA, plop your part down on the counter and let THEM do=
the legwork of finding a proper replacement? Many of the cross-referenced =
parts have been discovered by spending hours pawing through the back room o=
f a NAPA or some other supplier to find the right item. Some parts have to =
be modified in order to work correctly in the GMC MH application and someon=
e had to take the time to make mods, test them, refine the mods, test the r=
efinements and only then can a part be sold with confidence. That NRE has a=
cost associated with it and is difficult to recoup in such a low volume ma=
rket. I have personally spent many hundreds of dollars buying ignition part=
s, voltage regulators, actuators and other items to develop solutions to ke=
ep our Onans running for another 40 years and many of those parts turned ou=
t to be not suitable for the application and I had to eat the cost. MANY ot=
hers in the GMC community have spent thousands of dollars and thousands of =
hours in totality to develop intake manifolds, aluminum castings, radiators=
, new front suspensions, brake systems, stainless brake line sets, airbag r=
eplacements and a myriad of other things that can now be bought from a vend=
or and simply dropped into place with known positive results. How abou=
t this example - you want front wheel bearings and we give you the Timken L=
numbers for the cups and cones and you go buy them yourself to save 75% of=
f what our vendors charge. Within a few hundred miles you=E2=80=99ll find o=
ut with great fanfare that there is more to the story. There are three diff=
erent versions of the Toronado front wheel bearings with virtually identica=
l numbering and two of those versions will destroy themselves in VERY short=
order if you put them in your coach. Our suppliers know how to source the =
correct sets and know how to DOUBLE CHECK them to be correct before they se=
ll them to you. I also do not know where this =E2=80=9Cpay double=
=E2=80=9D concept comes from. I sell a couple things at wholesale to JimK a=
nd I also know what he sells them for at retail on his website. I assure yo=
u it is neither double what I charged him nor =E2=80=9Cdouble what its wort=
h=E2=80=9D. I have found the same to be true for the other GMC vendors I=
=E2=80=99ve bought from. Can you provide some examples of items on which ou=
r vendors are gouging us with a 100% profit margin compared to other non-GM=
C suppliers? =E2=80=94Jim Jim Miller 1977 Eleganza 1977 Ro=
yale Hamilton, OH
so I can pay double for a part that I could walk in and get at my local NA=
PA. If it is so easy to source parts then why don=E2=80=99t YOU just =
go into your local NAPA, plop your part down on the counter and let THEM do=
the legwork of finding a proper replacement? Many of the cross-referenced =
parts have been discovered by spending hours pawing through the back room o=
f a NAPA or some other supplier to find the right item. Some parts have to =
be modified in order to work correctly in the GMC MH application and someon=
e had to take the time to make mods, test them, refine the mods, test the r=
efinements and only then can a part be sold with confidence. That NRE has a=
cost associated with it and is difficult to recoup in such a low volume ma=
rket. I have personally spent many hundreds of dollars buying ignition part=
s, voltage regulators, actuators and other items to develop solutions to ke=
ep our Onans running for another 40 years and many of those parts turned ou=
t to be not suitable for the application and I had to eat the cost. MANY ot=
hers in the GMC community have spent thousands of dollars and thousands of =
hours in totality to develop intake manifolds, aluminum castings, radiators=
, new front suspensions, brake systems, stainless brake line sets, airbag r=
eplacements and a myriad of other things that can now be bought from a vend=
or and simply dropped into place with known positive results. How abou=
t this example - you want front wheel bearings and we give you the Timken L=
numbers for the cups and cones and you go buy them yourself to save 75% of=
f what our vendors charge. Within a few hundred miles you=E2=80=99ll find o=
ut with great fanfare that there is more to the story. There are three diff=
erent versions of the Toronado front wheel bearings with virtually identica=
l numbering and two of those versions will destroy themselves in VERY short=
order if you put them in your coach. Our suppliers know how to source the =
correct sets and know how to DOUBLE CHECK them to be correct before they se=
ll them to you. I also do not know where this =E2=80=9Cpay double=
=E2=80=9D concept comes from. I sell a couple things at wholesale to JimK a=
nd I also know what he sells them for at retail on his website. I assure yo=
u it is neither double what I charged him nor =E2=80=9Cdouble what its wort=
h=E2=80=9D. I have found the same to be true for the other GMC vendors I=
=E2=80=99ve bought from. Can you provide some examples of items on which ou=
r vendors are gouging us with a 100% profit margin compared to other non-GM=
C suppliers? =E2=80=94Jim Jim Miller 1977 Eleganza 1977 Ro=
yale Hamilton, OH