Beware of you local Porsche part department...

[rsfeller]

I won't trash talk here, I"ll just let the facts speak for themselves. I've seen a couple fellow Porsche owners on here from the Central Ohio region.

I was going to order a window regular from the wonderful Sunset Imports but they are out of stock and my local dealer has one. It broke 100% yesterday so it needs fixed ASAP. I used Loren's Retail Price List to arm myself with what I should pay for this item (approx. $198.00 Porsche retail). I called MAG in Columbus and they told me $300!!! I instantly asked why Porsche recommended it at $198.00 and without and argument he said he could let it go at that price.

You have to be kidding me! (FYI Sunset was $150).

Moral of the story:

1. Be an informed consumer. Donate to renntech.org so you have access to the retail price list, it will save you money the first trip to a unscrupulous dealer.

2. Be an informed consumer

3. Consider all Porsche dealers untrustworthy until proven differently

These were the same guys that told me they would charge me for 3 hours labor for an ignition switch I did in 10 minutes in the parking lot across the street.

Shawn

Ohio

[WARDHOG]

They don't call them "Car stealers" for nothing. Like everything dealing with them, you have to haggle the prices down and then ask for a PCA discount.

You're right about donating to this board because this board is like the having a hell of a lot of Porsche techs standing around waiting to give very good advice on your car. I try to donate twice a year because of the warm and fuzzy feeling I get when an answer is answered correctly and fast. My hat is off to Loren and Toolpants and the rest of you. :cheers:

:renntech:

Edited November 10, 2006 by WARDHOG

[rsfeller]

They don't call them "Car stealers" for nothing. Like everything dealing with them, you have to haggle the prices down and then ask for a PCA discount.

You're right about donating to this board because this board is like the having a hell of a lot of Porsche techs standing around waiting to give very good advice on your car. I try to donate twice a year because of the warm and fuzzy feeling I get when an answer is answered correctly and fast. My hat is off to Loren and Toolpants and the rest of you. :cheers:

So saying I'm PCA is the secret password for most Porsche dealers not charging way over suggested retail?

It's funny the wife went into pick up the part today. They didn't leave it at the front desk with her name on it like I asked so another staff member helped her and gave her the $300 price too! She then said that was not the correctly price and he reverted to $198 w/o even asking a question. Very shady if you ask me...

:renntech: