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E-mail says pass it on. Thought someone might benefit.

 

Hey, 5% is 5% lol, I'll take that dollar and buy a soda or something

 

Gawd I love this place

 

jobbers (parts stores) and wd's (warehouse distributors ) NEVER responsible for labor claims, ONLY the manufacturer of parts pay labor claims. it is the responsibility of the jobbers and wd's to push the claims paperwork up hill for consideration of the part's factory rep. the factory rep (me) will either approve or deny the claim for payment. if the labor claim falls outside the stated warranty of the manufacturer the are still ways to skin cat and make the repair shop happy. as a Bosch rep, i gave way many hundreds of spark plugs to off set lost labor cost . the point of all this is that on my Delphi fuel pumps , RA made zero effort to file a labor claim after I provided full documentation of my lost labor cost. ZERO communication from RA about my claim. right now my 96 needs a power steering pump, no way in HECK will I purchase a pump from RA when labor will exceed cost of part by a factor of 2 or 3. if the members of this forum are paying for labor $$$! purchase your parts from the shop doing the work, that way the pain in the azz is on them. two months ago I went through this same issue with a brake booster .shop charged me $ 700 for the job, parts and labor ( part $150) brakes failed in 3 miles. second repair cost me nothing. had I purchased from RM total labor loss to me would have been $550 ! damm glad I learned my lesson with the Delphi pump.

 

Just ordered a 4WD actuator for our old Chevy truck this morning from RA. Placed the order at 11:56. Just got the "It's shipped!" email at 12:51. Great price too, with shipping.
Hard to beat service like that.

 

Tried one last time. This time, I didn't bother to research. Plug in part numbers and ordered. We shall see if it comes to the right one. A few bucks cheaper than Amazon or eBay but let's see what I get. Seeing as how low my expectations of them are, they would have to work hard to disappoint me. But lowered expectations are SOP dealing with new people.

 

I've bought half-a-dozen things over the years. About half, I've sent back. Rotors had visible run-out....good thing I checked them first. Cheaper wheel bearings were just that....cheap I could tell they wouldn't last due to lack of smoothness when rotated. Heater core was wrong...had wrong pipe routing.

It's been 3-4 yrs but I decided they might be selling "seconds" at least part of the time....or maybe SOME things are junk like an overstock warehouse? Something has to explain their pricing...though you can sell lower w/o brick/mortar.

When I got the bad wheel bearings, I bought new ones (cause the car was in the shop getting front end rebuilt). Good thing I had a rapport with that shop manager. Yeah...I think they do well honoring returns but I can't remember that they return original shipping? I think I still ended up getting the "better" wheel bearings from RA...plus the tie-rod ends. Other parts I got from Amazon.

 

I just love it when members monkey around!

 

Best suggestion is "don't buy the cheap one". Go for a brand you trust and make sure that's what you get. Returns can be a pain. Its a lot of work and expense to repackage and ship items you don't like. My local NAPA/Carquest store is pretty competitive and offers advice. I like having parts over the counter and the guys and gals who work there are usually gearheads who know what I"m talking about, unlike the burnouts at the 'zone or advance. NAPA also helps me out when I can't find exactly what I am looking for. Hard to do that with internet ordering.

 

 

Don't you have to be working hard to be burned out?

Some of the NAPA people aren't worth a bucket of warm spit either.

 

I generally shop by part number. I search and compare shipping and whoever is cheapest wins my hard earned money. Sometimes it’s RA, sometimes not. I have seen some head scratching shipping charges on RA before. I have purchased many brand name parts from them. Ac delco, moog, timkin, Hawk etc. I have found the shipping to be reasonably quick and the items packaged well. And hey, who doesn’t like hot rod magnets??? I have only had one bad experience with an order of ball joints. One box was missing the boot. I
contacted them and they tried telling me it was the newer style integrated boot ball joint. Uh, no it was not. I had to email them photos of the part and also the image from their very own website showing them that it was supposed to come with a boot. I literally had to teach them the difference between an internal and external boot ball joint before they realized that mine required a boot. After the light bulb turned on they promptly sent me another, complete ball joint kit and I sent the incomplete one back. Annoying? Yes. But overall I am pleased with my experience with them. Mistakes happen, no one is perfect 100% of the time.

 

Good point. Some are cheaper but higher shipping and handling. Pretty much what I would do.

I just placed an order with RA. Should I be expecting hot rod magnets?

Absolutely. I had MB give me the wrong part 3 times. Bag and box correct but part totally wrong. Parts guy was so embarrassed he decided not to call me till he compared my part with the arriving part to make sure it is right.

 

OK. Just got my parts. They were in the Ford box so no prostitution thus far. So far, my impression is that you order what you can see after you compare prices but you won't get fast customer service if you have a question.

 

Ordered Thursday, arrived Monday morning. Exactly what I ordered. No complaints here.

 

Love their commercials.....

 

I work for napa and their parts are Moog. Most of the parts at napa come from China, Mexico, India. It says so on the labels.
I bought suspension parts for my Suzuki at Rock Auto. The parts were OEM. The dealer wanted over $1400. Rock Auto charged $300 shipping included.

 

Almost seems like they can sell it cheaper than Suzuki dealers can nuy it. Wonder how they can do it

 

 

I guess what shocked me is that they can sell it for about 20% of what Suzuki can. 20%off, I'm good. 80% off, I'm shocked. Must be a huge quantity.

Other than a few items I shop online