Why so much?
05-13-2012, 05:06 PM
#13
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Georgia
Posts: 986
Yes, AM does price match - They were not too friendly when I did that a few months ago. It was a $600 part.
Complaining??? By no means... Just curious if anyone had a thought on price difference.... It's extreme.
AM has been excellent to me.
Summit has been excellent to me as well considering they're 15 minutes away... Just hate paying sales tax
My brother has spent a few thousand in the McDonough store this month building his stroker motor for the 77 C-10.
Waiting for the install for a race.... Going to be around 450 HP, but no traction I am sure.
Complaining??? By no means... Just curious if anyone had a thought on price difference.... It's extreme.
AM has been excellent to me.
Summit has been excellent to me as well considering they're 15 minutes away... Just hate paying sales tax
My brother has spent a few thousand in the McDonough store this month building his stroker motor for the 77 C-10.
Waiting for the install for a race.... Going to be around 450 HP, but no traction I am sure.
05-13-2012, 08:48 PM
#14
Reason it's cheaper is cause you're not paying for AMs mark up. Summit racing is a much larger distributor and buys in much larger quantities which means better prices for the customer. But most sites are cheaper than AM, but not all.
05-16-2012, 05:28 PM
#15
Hey guys,
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
Ford Racing has had some pricing changes in the last few months that are pretty confusing. They've tried to get their retailers to adapt a new MAP pricing policy, and we worked with them and stuck to it. Some of the vendors just aren't having it.
It's not something we're doing intentionally to price gouge, and I hope you understand! We're not in this to make a killing off a single sale, and never have been. We're Mustang enthusiasts and know exactly what it's like to shop around for a deal! We have tons of return customers and have always been customer service-based and not about making a quick buck.
Between our price-match policy and our forums discount for active members of MustangForums, we'll always be the same price or cheaper than any of our competitors. We ship for free same-day if orders are placed before 5PM EST. We've got real-time inventory, free tunes for life, free mounting/balancing and a ton of other perks that have made us unique in the past!
I'll see if I can't get this feedback passed along to the right people. In the mean-time, if anyone is looking for this manifold... call us up! I'll never let us lose a customer over a single sale where we're not priced right. Give us a shout any time and we'll do whatever we have to do to keep you guys around!
Hope this helps!
Chris
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
Ford Racing has had some pricing changes in the last few months that are pretty confusing. They've tried to get their retailers to adapt a new MAP pricing policy, and we worked with them and stuck to it. Some of the vendors just aren't having it.
It's not something we're doing intentionally to price gouge, and I hope you understand! We're not in this to make a killing off a single sale, and never have been. We're Mustang enthusiasts and know exactly what it's like to shop around for a deal! We have tons of return customers and have always been customer service-based and not about making a quick buck.
Between our price-match policy and our forums discount for active members of MustangForums, we'll always be the same price or cheaper than any of our competitors. We ship for free same-day if orders are placed before 5PM EST. We've got real-time inventory, free tunes for life, free mounting/balancing and a ton of other perks that have made us unique in the past!
I'll see if I can't get this feedback passed along to the right people. In the mean-time, if anyone is looking for this manifold... call us up! I'll never let us lose a customer over a single sale where we're not priced right. Give us a shout any time and we'll do whatever we have to do to keep you guys around!
Hope this helps!
Chris
05-16-2012, 05:37 PM
#16
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 12,260
AM offers price match. Just call them. As far as Summit Racing is concerned, they are a great company! I live 30mins away from the Tallmadge store and I can honestly say I've never had any issues with them. This is however the first item that I've seen priced cheaper at Summit vs. the competition. They usually aren't that cheap unless you buy off brand cheap products. AM is strickly Mustangs...Summit has a much larger audience of enthusiasts from every manufacturer so they sometimes don't have items that you would see at AM, Late Model Restoration, Brenspeed, etc. If it's a better price, go for it. I never could understand why people bash other companies in defense of "their" company. As long as the customer service is good, I'll buy from them if the price is right.
05-16-2012, 10:03 PM
#18
5th Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: GA
Posts: 3,015
Thanks for the response, Chris. Not trying to get everything stirred up. Odd to see a difference that big.
Cannot go wrong with price match.... Customer service is still present with AM. I have spent over 3k with your place and plan to continue.
Sparta - Maybe they're left over's which they intend to sell based upon the price they paid before FRPP'S markup.
Cannot go wrong with price match.... Customer service is still present with AM. I have spent over 3k with your place and plan to continue.
Sparta - Maybe they're left over's which they intend to sell based upon the price they paid before FRPP'S markup.
05-16-2012, 10:12 PM
#19
4th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Temple, TX
Posts: 1,277
Hey guys,
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
Ford Racing has had some pricing changes in the last few months that are pretty confusing. They've tried to get their retailers to adapt a new MAP pricing policy, and we worked with them and stuck to it. Some of the vendors just aren't having it.
It's not something we're doing intentionally to price gouge, and I hope you understand! We're not in this to make a killing off a single sale, and never have been. We're Mustang enthusiasts and know exactly what it's like to shop around for a deal! We have tons of return customers and have always been customer service-based and not about making a quick buck.
Between our price-match policy and our forums discount for active members of MustangForums, we'll always be the same price or cheaper than any of our competitors. We ship for free same-day if orders are placed before 5PM EST. We've got real-time inventory, free tunes for life, free mounting/balancing and a ton of other perks that have made us unique in the past!
I'll see if I can't get this feedback passed along to the right people. In the mean-time, if anyone is looking for this manifold... call us up! I'll never let us lose a customer over a single sale where we're not priced right. Give us a shout any time and we'll do whatever we have to do to keep you guys around!
Hope this helps!
Chris
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
Ford Racing has had some pricing changes in the last few months that are pretty confusing. They've tried to get their retailers to adapt a new MAP pricing policy, and we worked with them and stuck to it. Some of the vendors just aren't having it.
It's not something we're doing intentionally to price gouge, and I hope you understand! We're not in this to make a killing off a single sale, and never have been. We're Mustang enthusiasts and know exactly what it's like to shop around for a deal! We have tons of return customers and have always been customer service-based and not about making a quick buck.
Between our price-match policy and our forums discount for active members of MustangForums, we'll always be the same price or cheaper than any of our competitors. We ship for free same-day if orders are placed before 5PM EST. We've got real-time inventory, free tunes for life, free mounting/balancing and a ton of other perks that have made us unique in the past!
I'll see if I can't get this feedback passed along to the right people. In the mean-time, if anyone is looking for this manifold... call us up! I'll never let us lose a customer over a single sale where we're not priced right. Give us a shout any time and we'll do whatever we have to do to keep you guys around!
Hope this helps!
Chris
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