Originally Posted by
philosophico
Depends, Ive order from various Benz dealerships online from different state. If you search you'll notice the prices vary from dealer site to site. Some put on a 30% markup and others sell at cost whatever the MBUSA supply chain has them listed. I know the dealers in GA mark there stuff up by 30% so when I needed something special like say a intercooler for my blower. I found it for about $650 in VA but my dealer marked it up on there site to 850. Its obviously who I went with.
Those who have replied seem to be completely missing the point of my post, so I'll try again.
https://parts.mbbhm.com/oem-parts/me...ose-1120180182
Look at that webpage. What does it say in the top-left corner? And the price for the part says
$11.14. But when you show up at the Birmingham MB dealership they say,
"Yeah, that's not us, that's for the MBUSA Parts Distribution Center." (And I remind you, the parts counter I was standing at had just charged me
$26.97 for the item without ever once discussing prices.) Heck, the price 'hokus-pokus' on 1 item was over 100% ($7.00 became $15.12).
I really doubt that
my local MB dealership is the only one doing this.