best place to buy parts?
06-21-2013, 12:40 AM
#1
best place to buy parts?
all my parts came from american muscle but man everytime i order somthing for my car the shipping kills me!! its like 50% or more then the part im buying for us HAWAII guys where is the best deal to order parts?
06-21-2013, 12:57 AM
#2
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maui
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Always try amazon.com first. Brenspeed will ship USPS and offers great customer service. I always use google and try ebay. I have purchased from every major seller out there and many a small ones. You just gotta look around. The Post Office USPS will always be the cheapest. For the big items you can use shiptohawaii.com Check out their website. I have had several friends ship wheels to Maui for only $200.
06-21-2013, 01:04 AM
#3
Always try amazon.com first. Brenspeed will ship USPS and offers great customer service. I always use google and try ebay. I have purchased from every major seller out there and many a small ones. You just gotta look around. The Post Office USPS will always be the cheapest. For the big items you can use shiptohawaii.com Check out their website. I have had several friends ship wheels to Maui for only $200.
06-21-2013, 02:48 AM
#4
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 459
We are just like you, here in Alaska. Everything is at least 50% higher for freight and whatnot. I have to shop around so much to save a nickel here and dime there. They burn us pretty good. I've found, that if I need anything big for my Mustang, that can come from Ford, I use the dealer. The CS/GT bumpers were big differences, and no freight from Ford. My window louvers (big back window) came via Amazon, free freight service. If you check Amazon, make sure you check the free shipping on the left first and see what you can buy without paying the freight to Hawaii. I still haven't figured out how to get a hood up here for a decent price, but I'm working on it. Good luck to you in HI.
06-21-2013, 02:58 AM
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: sweden
Posts: 1,128
same here..i use ebay.com and find the cheapest postage rates.
only one dealer i know of here that supplies genuine parts and thats 100 miles from me..
lucky i hope i never need anything as my car is only summer driven and low mileage
only one dealer i know of here that supplies genuine parts and thats 100 miles from me..
lucky i hope i never need anything as my car is only summer driven and low mileage
06-21-2013, 04:23 AM
#6
We are just like you, here in Alaska. Everything is at least 50% higher for freight and whatnot. I have to shop around so much to save a nickel here and dime there. They burn us pretty good. I've found, that if I need anything big for my Mustang, that can come from Ford, I use the dealer. The CS/GT bumpers were big differences, and no freight from Ford. My window louvers (big back window) came via Amazon, free freight service. If you check Amazon, make sure you check the free shipping on the left first and see what you can buy without paying the freight to Hawaii. I still haven't figured out how to get a hood up here for a decent price, but I'm working on it. Good luck to you in HI.
06-21-2013, 09:27 AM
#7
Let me speak with our Shipping department and see if there's anything I can do for you! To start, if you don't have it already... Shoot me a PM and I'll provide you with the 6% forums discount. That will at least knock of some of the price!
-Dan
I've bought 3 things from other places due to you guys using other shipping.
06-21-2013, 02:52 PM
#9
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 459
One thing that I have learned, to save money on shipping, is to go to the actual supplier and usually they will usually ship with low or no charge for freight. Silverhorse Racing parts come (from their eBay store) with no freight charges to AK or HI. I just bought the front CS/GT lower grille panel, shipped and delivered for 89. Most other suppliers wanted 99 plus 20-25 to ship that little grille panel. I went direct thru eBay to SHR. No hassles, no extra costs. No freight charges. It definitely pays to shop around.
I appreciate what Dan said about the 6% savings for MM people, but when you are talking $100, 6 % is only 6.00 off, and then add the 20 buck freight, ......, I'm still out 14.00 over the lower 48 prices with shipping.
I hope you understand where we, Alaskan's and Hawaiian's, are coming from. We may be States of the Union, but to UPS & FedEx, we are like the proverbial red-headed step child. (old cliche). Bad part of this story is, both UPS & FedEX have major hub facilities at Anchorage International Airport. Huge warehouses, but they burn us so bad on shipping prices. Sellers need to add USPS to all their customers choices, so that everyone gets a chance to buy at fair prices, and are not subject to a royal butt .....ing in the process. At least USPS gives us a break on flat rate box shipping. Thank you for the forum to vent this.
I appreciate what Dan said about the 6% savings for MM people, but when you are talking $100, 6 % is only 6.00 off, and then add the 20 buck freight, ......, I'm still out 14.00 over the lower 48 prices with shipping.
I hope you understand where we, Alaskan's and Hawaiian's, are coming from. We may be States of the Union, but to UPS & FedEx, we are like the proverbial red-headed step child. (old cliche). Bad part of this story is, both UPS & FedEX have major hub facilities at Anchorage International Airport. Huge warehouses, but they burn us so bad on shipping prices. Sellers need to add USPS to all their customers choices, so that everyone gets a chance to buy at fair prices, and are not subject to a royal butt .....ing in the process. At least USPS gives us a break on flat rate box shipping. Thank you for the forum to vent this.
Last edited by akdoggie; 06-21-2013 at 02:55 PM.
06-22-2013, 07:47 PM
#10
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,652
I dont know if it's any different and in CO of course, I use the no shipping charge from AM, but have any of you tried shipping to a business address? I've found that with some carriers shipping to my work address rather than residential can lend itself to quite a discount when I do have to pay shipping on an item.
