This is a capital idea. I can only see one little problem: what
if the parts list is spread between 3 or 4 vendors and I have to
pay $5 handling fee to each vendor? This can get pretty expensive
fairly quickly for the customer.

The Eternal Squire

wrote:

This is a capital idea. I can only see one little problem: what
if the parts list is spread between 3 or 4 vendors and I have to
pay $5 handling fee to each vendor? This can get pretty expensive
fairly quickly for the customer.

The Eternal Squire


I think that the idea was that you would be able to combine orders
from several people per order to each supplier to reduce the overall
shipping costs. Also, buying by the standard break saves money, per
unit. I have a lot of parts on hand where it was cheaper to order more
than I needed because the next break was less than ordering a smaller
amount. EX: $1.45 each. $12.50/10 or $100/100 and I needed 85 parts. 85
* $1.25 = $106.25 so I got 15 extra parts, and saved $6.25. I've done a
lot of repair jobs over the years with parts I got for "Free" that way.

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