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Bay Window Steve
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 Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Master Cylinder Questions - 69 |
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I did some searching, and found some things, but not this exactly. I'll recap. I have a 69 Deluxe. When the master cylinder when out last year, I bought one from O'Riellys for $26. It was an exact match of the one I took off the bus. Side by side, they were exactly the same. It ended up being crap, so I returned it (life time warranty), and the second was crap too. Got a third, ran it a year, now its out. Okay, instead of continuing this way, I want a good one, I dont have to continually replace. Here is my issue.
I've priced Master Cylinders everywhere, looking for German.
Cip1 - $149.95
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VWC%2D211%2D611%2D021%2DQ
Busdepot - $186.01 - German
http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=211611021Q
Wolfsburgwest - $150.00 - German
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=211611021Q
Germansupply - $85.44 - German
http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=16874&cat=&page=1
My question is, why such a variance in pricing? Also, if I can get a crummy one for $26, and it matches exactly, why are even the crummy ones priced so high online? Also, I want the best I can get, for the best price obviously. Based on my research, that appears to be German Supply, but there "German" one is priced much lower than the other sites. What gives? I know the O'Rielly one is a cheapo, but man, $26 vs $186.01 is hard to swallow.
Thoughts?
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germansupplyscott
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ours is made by ATE. it was on sale because we had overstock on them. unfortunately as of this week we are sold out of the sale price items and back to regular stock so the price went up almost 40.00. our price still looks pretty decent even with the increase. i do find that on the original OE parts the prices can be all over the map. some of our suppliers have old stock or old pricing. then the price will go up a lot or the OE part will disappear altogether and get replaced with a cheaper non-OE part. it isn't good when this happens but it happens too often. original quality parts are getting harder and harder to find at any price.
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Kirk
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| So your price just happened to go up $40 12 hours after he posted a price comparison with the other vendors? Right. |
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Bay Window Steve
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Yeah, I find that kinda odd too. I notice the website is updated with the new price now too. Want me to do anymore comparison shopping for you?
I may give WW a shout and see. They claim theirs is German.
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| Steve - which did you end up getting? |
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