A few weeks ago, I called acura to get an estimate on a side view mirror replacement, because I was side swiped. I was given one price that was some what descent. Today I called to see if that estimate was the same. It went up $200. It's my fault purely because I should know better then to go to the dealer. Word of advice for those who don't know (in which im sure most of you do) DON'T GO TO THE DEALER!!

 

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sorry to here you got side swipe

 

thanks and i know this thread is more of a complaint, but i was baffled as to why rip off customers? One week its one price and the next you add on more. its whatever. im getting it done

 

Chevy did the same with my air bag sensor... 2011 part was $100, 2013 part was $225... Same part. Wasn't just my dealer, it was chevy as a whole that increased the price. Cost of owning a vehicle...

 

Dealerships exist to make make money, its what they do. Parts markup is one of their best money makers.

 

thats why they call it a stealership

 

All very true but if your going to bs a customer, do it right the first time. Its like they make up prices off the top of their heads whenever they feel like it. Stealership lol

 

www.car-part.com

 

rip flair- sucks your car got side swiped.. my acura dealer did the same thing to me I was wanting another key for car, I called on friday they quoted me $99.00. I go in Saturday ready to buy, key programmed in hand and they wanted $199.00. I gave them an earful! Its a bunch of B.S. Much keeper to find the key or parts on ebay or craiglist now a days.

 

My friend just told me he found my mirror for 190 after Im already getting the work done smh its cool. Just a lesson learned. Thankfully i avoided that shit. For anyone that see this post, make sure to research parts on your own first.

 

Bring your Acura to Honda man.

 

any reason why you decided to wait a few weeks to buy the side mirror after getting the first estimate? it's not a part that you can just say "ehh....i'll buy it later in a few weeks" since it is pretty crucial.

 

Especially when they try to charge more than list price, something they frequently get away with because they know the average customer doesn't know any better. That happened to me once when I went into Acura of Manhattan to buy wiper blade refills and another time when I went into Honda of Nanuet to buy pedal covers with my (of course) already having the part #'s in hand. They BOTH tried to get away with charging me around $10 each. When they discovered I knew the retail list was around $5 and change each, they both immediately changed their tune. They even tried the 'That's What We Charge" approach. I loudly let them (and other customers standing around) know I had no problem paying list price, but double that was something I wasn't gonna to stand for.

So the next time you need to buy genuine Honda/Acura parts from a dealer, go to www.acuraoemparts.com and look up the listing for what you want where you'll see the current list price next to their discounts. Print out the page and take it with you to the dealer's parts dept. If they try to pull that crap on you, whip out your printout and shove it their face like I did.

They don't call 'em STEALERSHIPS fa nuttin!
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Try Tim at OEM Acura Parts.com-he's one of our vendors.

 

Yeah, both tim and bruce are the way to go for oem stuff. I recently called a local honda dealer to get a quote on installing my aspec suspension just to see what they would say... $620 without an alingment. I laughed under my breath and the service writer also pulled the "that's what we charge" in a very defencive tone. I just decided to diy.

 

Well since were all enjoying saying how horrible dealerships are. A dealership near me wanted close to 650$ for pressure switches parts and labor. Pretty pathetic.

 

^that's just insanity. Im surprised they even knew what the hell those were. The dealership I asked looked at me like I was speaking Mandarin Chinese. Of course that was just the guy at the parts counter.

 

the mirror was still on but since the housing was cracked and had a hole in it i needed a new housing and not just the mirror. so i was looking through a cracked mirror. my luck only got worse when i ended up having to pay a $400 ticket along with other obligations that piled on so i had set backs that stopped me from fixing it right away.

 

why not just replace the housing? I'm gonna try one of mine soon, got the housing on the way. http://www.oemacuraparts.com/oem-par...6201-sep-a11zd
http://www.oemacuraparts.com/oem-par...6251-sep-a11zd

First link is passenger side in wdp, second is driver

 

I work for a Honda dealer and honestly, its a business. We have overhead, we have employees to pay, we have health insurance plans, 401ks that dealers match, all sorts of other things that cost money. Unfortunately the internet has show what dealers cost to what the msrp is. Its one of the only businesses that this happens to. You dont go to walmart and bitch about the price of bread, you go somewhere else and buy the bread.

Dealers have price matching. If you go online or find it cheaper and have it in writing, most times they will honor that price. Its like anything, do your research and go to where the best price is or see if they will match.

 

^ I understand what you are saying and I suppose car dealers are like anything else weather its Honda, Nissan, Chevy, Ford what have you.There are fantastic dealerships that will bend over backwards for their customers, God awful dealers and everything in between.

 

When I use to have a TL I needed to get the red "O" ring replaced and I bought it at a Honda dealership 50 cents I believe and when I took my car to get it serviced at Acura they called and tell me the O ring was also replaced and that cost 23 bucks. I forgot to bring the ring in and had to do when they where working on it!

 

Understandable but my issue at the bottom line is dont tell me one price and then later on jack the price up higher. Almost sounds like money is being pocketed or just thinking the customer doesnt know any better. Its a side view mirror. come on now.

 

well go to another dealer, this does sound like typical NJ dealer scheme to me.