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Just wondering anyone else the huge prices increase on some OEM parts lately?

A couple items here for an example have increase well over 200%. A carburetor fuel bowl for a Briggs went from a little less than $30 cost to $110. And just yesterday I was needing to restock a MTD PTO cable that last November was $9.50 is now 30.28 cost. Just looks like the OEM are price gouging us just because of the Covid 19 excuse. I can see some price increase due shortages but not over 200% increase; otherwords, more tripling the prices. They even the margins bewteen the wholesale and prices with at times the cost being nearly the same as the suggested retail price.

I have seriously cut back on restocking items and even considering closing the shop if I start losing money on parts due to high shipping costs. I have already had to my increase retail prices of MTD parts 10% above suggested retail just to cover shipping costs. Even my retail prices the Briggs parts are being increased too above suggested retail. Right now the only OEM that seems to holding down prices is Husqvarna but I don't lasting for much longer either.

Just was quoted a price on a Stihl carburetor one week of $28 and when it came in the next week it was $47. What worst I had already quoted out the repair job so I lost money on that sale of the carburetor as I sold it for $35. Just cant keep doing that.

RGS put all of their prices up 15 % a couple of months ago & Stens prices are going up 10% down here July 1.
As for OEM parts down here they are 3 to 4 times the USA prices so I doubt that they could put them up any more .
But I do agree with you that the big end of town has decided to maintain profit levels despite falling sales by bumping up the prices & blaming Covid.

It's from that ONE CARGO SHIP that got sideways in the Panama Canal. Lumber and everything else has skyrocketed. Because you know when ONE ship turns left or right, prices have to go way up. Makes total sense.

No doubt the Democrats are behind all this. Or some billionaire loser needing more money. As in Bill Gates, the one that CAUSED COVID-19. Gates owns the lab in China where the Covid-19 virus "leaked out" from. Also a huge portion of EVERY vaccine we all know about. $$$$

I thought Sleepy Joe Biden had some Executive Order against price gouging?

slomo

I don't quote anything to a customer anymore. Whatever the price is plus markup plus labor. Just paid $85 for a JD timed deck belt that used to cost $60. Dealers in my area are passing along price increases too. Plus most are 5 to 6 weeks to even get to a customers mower. That means more business for me. Getting Stihl parts is still a pain plus the $20 order fee on every order. Some folks balk when i call and tell them what the parts will cost but after they call around they have me fix it. Parts cost hasn't affected my profit margin. Just getting the parts is a pain.

Hammer you must be dealing with JD on the Stihl items. I switch to a different dealer that just put my orders in with his weekly stock orders and saves me on the shipping costs. Still pay a small shipping charge but it is fair to both of us as we sometimes meet the free ship level.

And Slomo you can't just blame the Dems as the Repubs are just as guilty. I have yet to receive a single penny of the promised stimulus money payments and I definitely qualify. Maybe I get their attention next 8-10 years when I file my taxes and don't send any money.

I have 3 stihl dealers within 20 miles of me and all 3 are JD dealerships. I have resorted to buying OEM stihl off ebay. Not my first choice but a 3 dollar fuel line doesn't cost $23. One dealer will put my order in with theirs but they order every 2 weeks and it takes almost a week to get their order.

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Hammer you must be dealing with JD on the Stihl items. I switch to a different dealer that just put my orders in with his weekly stock orders and saves me on the shipping costs. Still pay a small shipping charge but it is fair to both of us as we sometimes meet the free ship level.

And Slomo you can't just blame the Dems as the Repubs are just as guilty. I have yet to receive a single penny of the promised stimulus money payments and I definitely qualify. Maybe I get their attention next 8-10 years when I file my taxes and don't send any money.

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I'd like to eliminate both the Dems and Repubs. Make the American party.

Stop all the "lifetime" appointed waste of breath Senators camping up there sucking down money from special interest companies.

All lobbying should be outlawed. Doesn't do the American public ANY service.

Put me in charge for a day. Be some new changes take place.

slomo

I was talking to the owner of a JD/Stihl dealership. He told me flat out that Stihl only wants dealerships to service Stihl equipment. They only sell parts to the public because they are required to do so. He said JD doesn't mind owners fixing older equipment because parts profit is easy money for JD. He also said JD is waiting on the "right to repair" issue to work its way through the courts. If they win we will see mowers like tractors with proprietary electronics and software that are not serviceable or able to be purchased by the public. I already tell people i don't work on fuel injected engines or Mtronic saws. Won't be that long that the one man shops are gone because they can't afford or be able to get the diagnostic tools for new equipment and owners will have to go to the $100+ /hr dealer and wait weeks because they turned the key on the mower and nothing happened. But feel better because you can use it in California.

StarTech said:

Hammer you must be dealing with JD on the Stihl items. I switch to a different dealer that just put my orders in with his weekly stock orders and saves me on the shipping costs. Still pay a small shipping charge but it is fair to both of us as we sometimes meet the free ship level.

And Slomo you can't just blame the Dems as the Repubs are just as guilty. I have yet to receive a single penny of the promised stimulus money payments and I definitely qualify. Maybe I get their attention next 8-10 years when I file my taxes and don't send any mone

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slomo said:

I'd like to eliminate both the Dems and Repubs. Make the American party.

Stop all the "lifetime" appointed waste of breath Senators camping up there sucking down money from special interest companies.

All lobbying should be outlawed. Doesn't do the American public ANY service.

Put me in charge for a day. Be some new changes take place.

slomo

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Actually I going to vote for the "None of the above" candidates or the boulder that been sitting my backyard for the last 50+ yrs. I know at least the boulder will get nothing done right or wrong.

Very few people understand the difference between a real democracy & a representative democracy which is the system of just about every western government.
And remember in the original Greek democracy only the male property owners were allowed to vote.
So it was government by the rich for the rich.
Despite the rhetoric nothing had changed in 2000 years .

as for Briggs prices, I expected to see big increases in their prices.
Having gone down owing $ 600,000 a good bit of that would have been payments to their suppliers.
Having been shafted once a good few of them would be reluctant to supply them again and those who do will want to recover their losses through higher prices and very limited credit.
When our customers went down, we would offer to continue to do their work at a 50 % premium and paid weekly till the past due was paid off.
Most actually accepted this offer because having gone down, no one else would do work for them on credit .

And of course, unless Briggs goes big time into whole goods then they have a very limited life left other than as a parts supplier for obsolete engines as it is only a matter of time before petrol engines are gone and those remaining will all be made in China or India

Take a look at the box the small kohler and briggs engines come in. The say made in china. Had a guy with a 70's log splitter with a worn out engine. He told me to put a real 'murican engine on it not some crap from china. Got a briggs in and the box says made in China. Didn't show the guy. Just easier that way.
Hopefully the aftermarket suppliers will produce more parts. Like it or not pretty soon lots of OEM will be NLA so without aftermarket folks will be SOL. Hope the OEM or nothing guys don't get a panic attack. Dealers will just say too bad so sad can't fix it would you like to buy a new one?

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He gets my vote I am all in

Mentioning Briggs here this year I haven't seen as many of them here when to the Kohler and Kawasaki engines. I have actually purchased under $300 in parts from Briggs this year so far. Usually by this time of year it is closer to $2000. And usually less than $100 in Honda parts but it closer to $1000 so far.

Something tells me users are leaving Briggs engines behind.

@StarTech My Briggs sales have been dropping since about 2017. Seeing less and less of Briggs, Kohler has been about the same if maybe slightly more. Kawasaki has been common this year, Most of the market coming from older units. And like Bert mentioned due to the bankruptcy there are a lot of supplier that are reluctant to work with them.

I have a new out of box Craftsman pressure washer in the shop that I have been waiting on a $6 part since September. This is a Craftsman pressure washer with Briggs stickers on it that I am positive was made by Generac. The part number was a Generac part number that has since been discontinued by Generac.

After some less than satisfactory dealings with B & S Australia, I am no longer fitting any more B &S engines unless specifically asked to do so .
I rather think that B & S Australia is taking orders & money then holding on to it till they have enough to put an order on B & S USA.
The wait times are hideous .
Same with Oregon , when I finish the last couple of rolls of chain I will no longer stock any Oregon products because of B & S Australia's attitude to customers.
So there is another 20 or so sets of Gators I will not be fitting every year and a dozen or so chain bars will now be Japanese Sugihara's.
Hopefully my wholesalers will end up bringing in their entire range .

I had an older craftsman pressure washer thai needed a part for the pump. All parts lists showed not spared. After just googling pressure washer water inlet i found the part for $20. It is sometimes a circuis trying to find part numbers and then the part.

ILENGINE said:

I have a new out of box Craftsman pressure washer in the shop that I have been waiting on a $6 part since September. This is a Craftsman pressure washer with Briggs stickers on it that I am positive was made by Generac. The part number was a Generac part number that has since been discontinued by Generac.

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Isn't that just ducky. I just got in tie straps from Oregon that were back ordered through my distributor for last 4 months. Strange though as the alternate distributor had them in stock. I would cancelled the b/o items if it weren't me getting hit with a lot shipping charges (as I would had dropped below the free ship mark) I would have cancelled the order.

Anyway I am now check both distributors before ordering parts. I can wait the extra day of shipping time.

But if things keep on the same path of doubling and tripling of costs I just might close down the business.

Woohoo. Ordered from stens yesterday afternoon and ups showed up today with my order. Hope they are back to normal now.