Darrell Waltrip Volvo

[pocket penguins]

He still has them listed, but doesn't stock many of them any longer.When was the last time you bought from him?

well, I was at the warehouse yesterday and he has a ton of parts in stock, including wheels, turboes and what not ............ You seem to pretend to know a lot being all the way in Cali :ph34r:

[Guest 300+_T5R_855]

My mistake, it's what I heard from what I consider a reputable source.

Capitalism is fine. I was just making a point that I felt needed mentioning. oh yeah! about not having inexpensive performance parts for our cars and then don't support those who bring them to market.

[Black Betty]

So I've bought parts from both parties, I have bought more from Jamie though. I'll explain my reasoning.

Jamie is closer so i get my parts next day or 2 days without crazy shipping charges

I didnt even know you stocked many oem parts

Whenever i have a question i can just call jamie and ask him, then just tell him what i want and he sends it to me.

Prices are so close to FCP that i switched from buying from FCP to Jamie because Jamie does have customer service and I have no question im getting OEM parts

[FistFull]

are you guys just talking 850/s70 parts or do they have s60 parts ...

[prasamin]

Can you get the BBK there too? How about a 3" down pipe?

Guess what, they are selling at the wholesale price. If you spend a certain $$$ amount with them or are a shop that is how you usually get these prices. Your volume of purchases used to get you discounts, now it doesn't matter. This royally eff's up the market. I'll bet if their local shops found out they were doing this they would be pissed too. I used to make a small margin on Volvo parts and used it to supplement my other products. Without being able to do that I don't have enough after market parts to keep chasing Volvo sales. I have a few products that are in testing, but may not bring them to market due to the lack of overall support. R&D costs time and money.

At some point you will realize that supporting vendors because they have good customer service and a few parts unavailable elsewhere, but may not be the LOWEST price on the block on every part has long term benefits.

I believe in competition just like the rest of us, but this is like when Edelbrock would sell manifolds to SuperShops and SuperShops would retail them for less than we could buy them from our wholesale house. Racers would come to us to pick our brain on what to use and then go buy the item from SuperShops. Guess what, SuperShops is no longer in business, because they didn't have the expertise behind the product they sold, and we no longer offer free information. If customers put a value on the information they received, they would have bought the product from us. Now they get neither.

You make the call.

I see your point, CJ, but I think the "information" which you speak of can now be found on the internet, along with the cheaper prices. People don't need to pick brains anymore. They just go to www.volvospeed.com/bb or www.google.com

[Chilled man]

are you guys just talking 850/s70 parts or do they have s60 parts ...

you need to read

There a Volvo Dealer ..... :slapshandonforhead: :lol:

[Pops Racer]

$300 for a shift knob?! Your all nuts. $10 for a wood grain auto knob from a local VS member. I'd put a chunk of wood on on my shifter before I pay $300.

$300 = 2 real good snow tires, or a heater core and blower (which I need). 5 weeks of gas. I know thats not the point, but damn.

FCP = high shipping costs and sales tax.

Make what you can, I say. CJ fabs some great stuff, but its Jamie for OEM.

[Guest 300+_T5R_855]

$300 for a shift knob?! Your all nuts. $10 for a wood grain auto knob from a local VS member. I'd put a chunk of wood on on my shifter before I pay $300.

$300 = 2 real good snow tires, or a heater core and blower (which I need). 5 weeks of gas. I know thats not the point, but damn.

FCP = high shipping costs and sales tax.

Make what you can, I say. CJ fabs some great stuff, but its Jamie for OEM.

I never said the shift knobs were $300.00 They are $159.50 are for a manual, not an automatic.

[Pops Racer]

I never said the shift knobs were $300.00 They are $159.50 are for a manual, not an automatic.

Dooly noted.

$159.50 for a shift knob?! WTF!

[Livvakt]

Dooly noted.

$159.50 for a shift knob?! WTF!

:lol: :lol:

[ryan850-t5]

the point cj is making is that there is a limited supply so the price increases. it doesnt mean that everyone is going to pay that price. now if the demand isnt there and cj wants to sell now then he will have to lower his price.

the other part is that by buying from him your allowing him to produce after market products that arent available from anyone else. now im not sure how many people are buying these products, but if the demand isnt there than he'll either have to lower his price or stop selling. now if the demand is there and he can sell for the price he's asking then thats fine.

the problem is that jamie's prices are 'undercutting' everyone else so if other dealers/suppliers want to sell oem they either have to lower cost or not sell at all. cj would rather not sell at all because he wouldnt be making a profit.

ryan

[leurven]

Finally someone gets it. Thanks Ryan!

[Chilled man]

Finally someone gets it. Thanks Ryan!

And the rest dont care how many of us actually buy those small and random items that he makes compared to the majority who just want OEM parts cheap.

OEM Parts Cheap > Then extremly small market

in the end for as small as the volvo maket is you should be making parts for cause you enjoy it not for gross and obscene profit for materilas.

99% of the stuff he makes can jsut be copied by any machine shop for about the same price if not cheaper.

And as stated before now where getting more vendors for aftermarket parts so why should we cater to one ?

3" DP - OBX hands down $150ish shipped.

BBK - gary gets everything for it for less then $800

I dont here the rest of the vendors crying about it

In the end we buy from who we want becuase they have what we need its that simple.

[Volvo Virgin]

Buncha freakin cry-babies. I'm self employed myself and there's always someone out there willing to do it or sell it cheaper. If they want to work harder for less money that's how free enterprise works. Man up and get over it.

[Guest 300+_T5R_855]

Buncha freakin cry-babies. I'm self employed myself and there's always someone out there willing to do it or sell it cheaper. If they want to work harder for less money that's how free enterprise works. Man up and get over it.

Ah yes this is true, but since I cannot buy from Volvo North America directly the playing field is slightly askew. The discounts were based on volume, but no longer. I could give a rats a$$ because I can make what I want for myself and be quite content. I was merely pointing out the consequences of basing everything on purely price.

Well said Ryan.

If you think for a minute that OBX's down pipe or the BBK Gary puts together is the same as what I sell you are sadly mistaken. Knock yourself out bruddah. Frankly I prefer Ferrari quality over Hyundai pricing any day, since Hyundai can't make Ferrari quality at Hyundai prices.