Deceptive Pricing?
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 281
Likes: 2
From: Mount Vernon Indiana
Deceptive Pricing?
This darn bad luck with this Corvette just won't go away!
I ordered a catalog from one of the major Corvette retailers and the prices listed in the catalog were much less then any of the competitors. I ended up ordering carpeting, rear cover retainer clips and the gauge bezel plastic. I wrote the part numbers down and purchased them online at work. I thought the price was way higher then I figure it would be at home, but I thought they just had outrageous shipping charges for the carpeting or something. When I got home, I found out that the website pricing is 10% higher then the catalog pretty much across the board. I feel cheated!! Now I'm trying to get my 10% returned from the retailer and they won't respond.
Has anyone ran into this before and if so did you get your money back? If I don't get my $ back, I'll most certainly drop the name here real soon! Be careful and always check the prices. This seems like a scam to me.
I ordered a catalog from one of the major Corvette retailers and the prices listed in the catalog were much less then any of the competitors. I ended up ordering carpeting, rear cover retainer clips and the gauge bezel plastic. I wrote the part numbers down and purchased them online at work. I thought the price was way higher then I figure it would be at home, but I thought they just had outrageous shipping charges for the carpeting or something. When I got home, I found out that the website pricing is 10% higher then the catalog pretty much across the board. I feel cheated!! Now I'm trying to get my 10% returned from the retailer and they won't respond.
Has anyone ran into this before and if so did you get your money back? If I don't get my $ back, I'll most certainly drop the name here real soon! Be careful and always check the prices. This seems like a scam to me.
Last edited by black_771; Aug 31, 2007 at 09:49 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 1,601
Likes: 52
From: Jefferson City MO
If you purchased on line where the price was higher, there isn't much you can do outside returning everything for your money back. Now if you sent in the catalog order sheet, mailed it in, and they charged you the higher price, you might have some leverage.
I'd call and let them know of the discrepancy, ask for a refund of 10% and if they are unwilling, return everything for a full refund (less shipping).
I'd call and let them know of the discrepancy, ask for a refund of 10% and if they are unwilling, return everything for a full refund (less shipping).
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,771
Likes: 1
From: Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
A word of warning. If it's a supporting vendor, don't say anything. I've seen people slapped down for saying bad things about supporting vendors.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 281
Likes: 2
From: Mount Vernon Indiana
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 507
Likes: 1
From: Phoenix AZ
It might help if you tell them that you beling to the Corvette Forum and we all tend to stick together like glue when someone mentions a place with questionable business practices. They probably don't care. Oh well, I find their prices to be a little high anyway.
Dd
Dd
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,625
Likes: 4
From: Director of Bands
St. Jude Donor '08
Corvette Central???? Damn.... they were the only ones that I have had really positive experiences with. It's getting harder and harder to find good upstanding vendors anymore.
I, too, have been disappointed with certain supporting vendors here on the forum.
I, too, have been disappointed with certain supporting vendors here on the forum.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 12,221
Likes: 446
From: Overland Park Kansas
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C4 of Year Winner (appearance mods) 2019
That said, ANY retailer may have updated pricing (online) since catalogs were shipped. But, I would expect any prices quoted at the time of order to be honored. Did you get prices quoted during the order?
Last edited by GREGGPENN; Aug 28, 2007 at 02:53 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,918
Likes: 1
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
AHHH- Corvette Central
, I just LOVES Corvette Central 
Dude, DO NOT FEEL BAD. We all live and learn. Saying goes something like this; Once burnt lesson learnt. Twice, you're a fool and shame on you. I was had by these guys one time and that was it, never again!
, I just LOVES Corvette Central Dude, DO NOT FEEL BAD. We all live and learn. Saying goes something like this; Once burnt lesson learnt. Twice, you're a fool and shame on you. I was had by these guys one time and that was it, never again!
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,918
Likes: 1
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 281
Likes: 2
From: Mount Vernon Indiana
I'm seriously out of money and I have to make the choice of either selling the Vette, sell my other "hot rod" as my 4 year old daughter calls it, or be content with the Vette sitting lifeless in the garage until I find more funds.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,291
Likes: 207
From: Sussex,Wi
2023 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2022 C3 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
Their web site blairs a "$25.00 shipping charge for complete cat-back systems"
When I received my invoice the next day, they had charged me $37.85 for shipping, plus $7.00 for oversize packaging. Thinking that I didn't buy a matched manufacturer's set, this might be why they charged me more than the web-site price.
So I fired off an e-mail to them about it.
I got an e-mail back the next day, stating they would correct the charge to my credit card from $37.85 to $25.00, but they would still charge $7.00 for the oversize packaging (no mention what-so-ever about this on the web site).
BTW, there's a nice stretch of road out in front of my house.
Just in case you want to drop that car on the "side of the road"
Leave the keys/title on the visor.
Last edited by mikeb; Aug 28, 2007 at 03:34 PM.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 281
Likes: 2
From: Mount Vernon Indiana