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Sewell Prices went up?

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Old 08-20-11, 11:38 PM
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Well, i just order from Sewell and noticed some items went up and some items went down so they may have adjusted prices for demand... Not good , not bad.. I have two things that went down by a few bucks after my order and one thing went up $5, all in all i broke even so no loss..
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Old 08-21-11, 12:13 AM
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yea especially the hid headlights for the GS... a big jump in price... supply and demand i guess.
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Old 08-21-11, 12:19 AM
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Toyota/Lexus does price updates at least a couple of times a year. Lexus charges Sewell more, Sewell has to charge you guys more. It's just how it works.

Sometimes things go down too.

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Old 08-21-11, 02:06 AM
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Boooo!!! ~I was waiting for them to put the rear GFX on special~ Boooo!!!
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Old 08-21-11, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
yea especially the hid headlights for the GS... a big jump in price... supply and demand i guess.
Originally Posted by Jeff Lange
Toyota/Lexus does price updates at least a couple of times a year. Lexus charges Sewell more, Sewell has to charge you guys more. It's just how it works.

Sometimes things go down too.

Jeff
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Boooo!!! ~I was waiting for them to put the rear GFX on special~ Boooo!!!

Actually, some prices went down too..
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Old 08-21-11, 04:44 AM
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I checked on the price for the F-sport exhaust on Thursday 8/18 and it was $1086.40. On Saturday 8/20, when I was checking out the price went down to $1076.70! ...yea it's only like $10 but hey
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Old 08-21-11, 05:40 AM
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just ordered a sunshade and steering damper and noticed the CL and online prices were the same bummer.
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Old 08-21-11, 06:30 AM
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You guys can complain but the bottom line is that prices change and they have to make money and they are STILL cheaper than your local dealer or anyone else for that matter.

I bet NO ONE would complain if the F-sport intake went on sale for $199 or the shift **** for $49.... it goes the other way too.
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Old 08-21-11, 06:40 AM
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I really can't believe people are complaining about prices going up when you drive a almost 40k car 20 dollars shouldn't be something you complain about. Prices always go up, Cost of goods is constantly raised so businesses have to raise theirs. If you don't like it drive a stock car!
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contact kerry@lexus of westminster. you can find him in the vendor sections. he MAY be able to get you a "better" price
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Old 08-21-11, 09:33 AM
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All I know is that aftermarket parts are a rip. My dad used to be in retail and one of his buddies works at Lexus corporate. He said the markup is something like 300% on these parts.....which is a little ridiculous, regardless of how expensive our cars are.
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Old 08-21-11, 10:23 AM
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They may be at the corporate level, but at the dealer level, especially for what Sewell is selling them for, they're not making much on them.

They're choosing the volume route over the percentage profit route.

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Old 08-21-11, 10:35 AM
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I have to LOL at dealerships not making much off of their parts and etc. Have you seen how big some of these large dealerships are? Some of the owners of local dealerships own half of their towns. There making good money off cars, parts, service etc.
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Old 08-21-11, 10:47 AM
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I'm not saying they're not making money, that's the point of running a business. I'm talking about profit percentages. I work in parts at a Toyota dealership, I know what markups are like. I also know how much Sewell discounts their prices, that's a pretty big drop in profit, but they do it so they can sell more product and make it up in volume.

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Originally Posted by joeker
contact kerry@lexus of westminster. you can find him in the vendor sections. he MAY be able to get you a "better" price
I'm doing so now. Only cause sewell wants to sell me the steering damper for $26... Great price. But they want $12 in shipping.
So for that reason I'm shopping elsewhere. I wish sewell would just put some stamps on it and I get the item in 2 weeks rather then 5 days.
O well.
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