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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.
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.