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Well all I know is as cost goes up for shops like mine we are having to raise our rates to cover these increase costs. And it is looking like I will need to raise my labor rates again.
Most of my larger vendors have raise their sales prices and minimum free ship level to cover these costs which is also adding to cost for the customer to buy parts. RBI even added a small handling charge on all orders, plus they will not ship b/o items until my next order. I have no idea on Gardner now that screw up their website and yet to have straighten it out. I done lost over $10K in engine sales because of them as I can't even get a straight answer from my sales rep.
And referring to actual parts cost some of the parts have more than triple in cost in the last five years. I just ordered a part that I paid $8.50 back in '22 and now it is over $27
Most of my larger vendors have raise their sales prices and minimum free ship level to cover these costs which is also adding to cost for the customer to buy parts. RBI even added a small handling charge on all orders, plus they will not ship b/o items until my next order. I have no idea on Gardner now that screw up their website and yet to have straighten it out. I done lost over $10K in engine sales because of them as I can't even get a straight answer from my sales rep.
And referring to actual parts cost some of the parts have more than triple in cost in the last five years. I just ordered a part that I paid $8.50 back in '22 and now it is over $27