The Joy of Summit

[Philm]

I am with you Lobelly,
If you are looking for a part that the speed shops do not stock they do exactly what you would do, air frieght it in from the US or from another distributor.

It is all about value, if a speed shop adds value to the part by offering there expertise or do some home work for you then I would buy it from them. Too often though I have the dim wit on the other side of the counter give you a blank stare and ask you for a part number because they cannot be bothered to look it up.

Also they never alter prices to reflect the dollar at the time, yeah I know stock is bought well before they get it but there seams to be very little if any change over the year.

I once when to a local speed shop that was about 40mins from my place and asked if they stocked a common MSD part, no stock but I can order it in for you and you can come back in 3 days and pick it up. The sales person then picked up the phone and rang the large distributor that is only 15mins from my place and began to order the part. I interupted and cancelled the order, drove back home and stopped in on the way to the distributor, opened a trade account bought the part and off I went.

Anyone can buy and sell, add value and then you will make a profit.

Phil

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Originally Posted by Philm

I am with you Lobelly,
If you are looking for a part that the speed shops do not stock they do exactly what you would do, air frieght it in from the US or from another distributor.

It is all about value, if a speed shop adds value to the part by offering there expertise or do some home work for you then I would buy it from them. Too often though I have the dim wit on the other side of the counter give you a blank stare and ask you for a part number because they cannot be bothered to look it up.

Also they never alter prices to reflect the dollar at the time, yeah I know stock is bought well before they get it but there seams to be very little if any change over the year.

I once when to a local speed shop that was about 40mins from my place and asked if they stocked a common MSD part, no stock but I can order it in for you and you can come back in 3 days and pick it up. The sales person then picked up the phone and rang the large distributor that is only 15mins from my place and began to order the part. I interupted and cancelled the order, drove back home and stopped in on the way to the distributor, opened a trade account bought the part and off I went.

Anyone can buy and sell, add value and then you will make a profit.

Phil

I agree with you about some of the people who man counters and that is what it has come to. The day of the man who you talk to is the owner who has the experiance and knowledge, as an example a customer of mine bought a blower kit from one of the wholesales shops in Melbourne to suit his small block chev with kiwi pro heads on it. If the bloke behind the counter new anything about what he was selling he would have sold him a kit with the large port manifold but he just sold him what he (the customer) asked for. When the customer goes to fit the manifold he finds that the top of the ports is exposed so he comes and sees me and I make him an adapter plate that will seal his manifold. When I close up and stop doing this he will have to go and find his own part numbers and combinations that will fit and work together and then source them himself.
You cannot buy knowledge and experiance from ebay.